It Nearly Wasn't Christmas

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 1, 1989

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Osmond Entertainment

Cast

Risa Schiffman,Bruce Vilanch,Wayne Osmond,Beverly Rowland,Annette Marin,Charles Durning

Director

Burt Brinckerhoff

Writer

Alan Jay Glueckman,Golda David

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0097601