It Nearly Wasn't Christmas

Name: It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
Released: 1989-12-01

1989· G· 1h 40m· Drama· Tv-movie

Feeling unneeded, a disillusioned Santa Claus (Charles Durning) quits Christmas. Through the selflessness of a little girl looking to reunite her parents for Christmas (and the help of his bumbling chief elf, Philpot (Bruce Vilanch), Santa and the child travel across America and Santa discovers that people really do need him and care about other people.

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Key Crew

DirectorBurt Brinckerhoff

WriterAlan Jay Glueckman

Full cast & crew (6 cast · 3 crew)

Details

Released1989-12-01

Runtime1h 40m · G

StatusReleased

StudiosOsmond Entertainment

CountriesUnited States of America

Rating3.8/10 · 5 votes

Original languageen

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