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It Nearly Wasn't Christmas

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An elf, a con man (Ted Lange) and Santa Claus help a little girl (Risa Schiffman) go from Chicago to her father (Charles Durning) in Los Angeles.

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12/03/2019 Absolutely love this Christmas movie See more luis g 11/28/2012 Charles Durning is the standout by far. Everyone else is quite passable, but as a whole, the ensemble works fairly well, and the leading characters are quite memorable. As long as you don't expect anything too groundbreaking, this can be a trademark TV movie for the Christmas season. See more 11/19/2012 great movie. i believe in santa. :-) See more 11/17/2009 It is a wonderful movie. Keep trying to find it every Christmas. See more Read all reviews
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Burt Brinckerhoff

Director

Charles Durning

Santa

Ted Lange

Napoleon

Risa Schiffman

Jennifer Baxter

Wayne Osmond

Jeff Baxter

Annette Marin

Laura Baxter
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Synopsis An elf, a con man (Ted Lange) and Santa Claus help a little girl (Risa Schiffman) go from Chicago to her father (Charles Durning) in Los Angeles.
Director
Burt Brinckerhoff
Producer
Mark Burdge, Jon Ackelson
Genre
Holiday, Adventure
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 37m