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6.4/10   209 votes
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21 December 1986 (USA) more
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A widowed New York City architect and his young daughter take a Christmas vacation and end up in a small mystical town in Colorado where everyone belives in Santa Claus. | add synopsis
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Cast

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John Denver ... George Billings

Jane Kaczmarek ... Susan
Edward Winter ... Thomas A. Renfield
Gennie James ... Alexandra 'Alex' Billings
Pat Corley ... Bud Sawyer

Mary Wickes ... Henrietta Sawyer
James T. Callahan ... Robert Truesdale (as James Callahan)

Kurtwood Smith ... Jake Richards
Anne Haney ... Clara Huckle
Harvey Vernon ... Hank Huckle
Twirp Anderson ... Band Member
Pamela Beebe ... Receptionist Louella
William Eric Bookland ... Scruff
Ann Bradley ... Helen the Maid (as Anne H. Bradley)
Cash Cashman ... Band Member
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120 min (including commercials)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Continuity: Although no passengers are picked up or dropped off, the rear door handle on Bud's taxi is in a different position from scene to scene. more
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A Christmas movie worth seeing..., 14 December 2004
6/10
Author: weatherwatch from Georgia

I saw this movie on the Hallmark Channel for the first time. The movie definitely had lots of nice scenery and it did have that old-fashioned Christmas feel to it. The movie does take every opportunity, however, to bash corporate expansion and consumerism, which was a popular cry among the Left in the 1980s, when this film was made. But, overall I would say this is a Christmas movie worth watching and it will help you get into the holiday spirit. After all, most of us could use a break from all of the commercialism during Christmas!

I also should add that Jane Kaczmarek and John Denver both have great performances, as do many of the other actors in the movie. Overall, I give this movie a 6 out of 10.

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