It Nearly Wasn't Christmas

TV Movie
19891989
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

233

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40,523

11,327

Adventure Comedy

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 b... Read allFeeling 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 ... Read allFeeling 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.

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

233

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

40,523

11,327

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Director
- Burt Brinckerhoff
Writers
- Stanley Isaacs(story)
- Golda David(story)
- Alan Jay Glueckman(story)
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Trivia
The shopping mall where Wayne Osmond's character performs is actually in Utah.

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Very poignant

I saw this movie in 91 and again in 2003. I liked it. It is very poignant. The themese are the innocence of children and that there is good in the world. I remember Merle Osmand form the Osmand Brothers when I was a child. i didn't know that he was in to acting. We always hear about Donny and Merie. The acting is good. Some of the actors are famous and some are not. It is a good story about Santa Clause. There are other movies which Santa looses hope. Personally, I think that Chrismas is a special time of year and people sometimes get discouraged with all of they hype. Rent this one you will like it!

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