It Nearly Wasn't Christmas (1989)
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.
- Released
- 1989-12-01
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Burt Brinckerhoff
- TMDB rating
- 3.8/10 from 5 votes
Cast
- Charles Durning as Santa
- Bruce Vilanch as Philpot
- Wayne Osmond as Jeff Baxter
- Risa Schiffman as Jennifer Baxter
- Annette Marin as Laura Baxter
- Beverly Rowland as Mrs. Claus
- Tip Boxell as Jeff's Boss
- Star Herrmann as Mother (as Star Roman)
- Paul Grace as Mugger
- Alan Nash as Ticket Clerk
- Jason Ball as Bus Driver
- John Daryl as Cop - Chicago
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