A Different Kind of Christmas
A Different Kind of Christmas

A Different Kind of Christmas

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1996
1h 30m
4.6(7 votes)
Drama
TV Movie

Overview

When you're the city attorney you don't need the kinds of problems that her father was giving her. After her mother died, her father began doing his "Santa Schtick," as she called it, much more intensely... which meant that he turned his home into a kind of year-round Santa Claus castle where children of all ages could come to see the wonderful presents and no child ever left without a gift.

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33 members
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Shelley Long

Elizabeth Gates

Shelley Long
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Barry Bostwick

Frank Mallory

Barry Bostwick
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Richard K. Olsen

Henry

Richard K. Olsen
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Nathan Lawrence

Tommy Gates

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Nancy McLoughlin

Susan

Nancy McLoughlin
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Michael E. Knight

Alan Schaefer

Michael E. Knight
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Bruce Kirby

Santa

Bruce Kirby
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Janell McLeod

Fran

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Keith Flippen

Michael

Keith Flippen
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Rebecca Koon

Marguerite

Rebecca Koon
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Troy Simmons

Lester

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Wells Struble

Charlie

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Directing

John Pontrelli

Homeless Father

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Kelly Wilson

Receptionist

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Fred Nash

Policeman

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Jemila Ericson

Deborah

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Hannah McLoughlin

Little Girl

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Ralph Wilcox

Doctor Nichols

Ralph Wilcox
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Lorri Lindberg

Elaine

Lorri Lindberg
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Barry Bell

Mover

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Cara Stoner

Nurse

Cara Stoner
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Sarah Maria Newman

Singer (as Sarah Weireter)

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Jessica Frank

Girl at Santa's

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Robert D. Raiford

Judge Whitman (as Robert Raiford)

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J. Michael Hunter

Driver

J. Michael Hunter
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Lydia Harris

Teenage Elizabeth

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John Henry Scott

Guard

John Henry Scott
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Shane McLoughlin

Danny

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Patt Noday

LIVE TV Reporter

Patt Noday
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Aaron Schiener

Elizabeth's Date

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Chad Kurtz

Businessman

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David F. Maxwell

Lawyer Reading Newspaper

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Margo Moorer

Madeline Parker

Margo Moorer

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