A Different Kind of Christmas

A Different Kind of Christmas

90 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Dec. 9, 1996

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.

A Different Kind of Christmas

90 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Dec. 9, 1996

A Different Kind of Christmas
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.
IMDb rating 5.4
Producers Carroll Newman Productions, Hearst Entertainment Productions
Original title A Different Kind of Christmas
Directors Tom McLoughlin
Writers Bart Baker

Cast

Shelley Long

as Elizabeth Gates

Barry Bostwick

as Frank Mallory

Richard K. Olsen

as Henry

Nathan Lawrence

as Tommy Gates

Nancy McLoughlin

as Susan

Michael E. Knight

as Alan Schaefer

Bruce Kirby

as Santa

Janell McLeod

as Fran

Keith Flippen

as Michael

Rebecca Koon

as Marguerite

Troy Simmons

as Lester

Wells Struble

as Charlie

John Pontrelli

as Homeless Father

Kelly Wilson

as Receptionist

Fred Nash

as Policeman

Jemila Ericson

as Deborah

Hannah McLoughlin

as Little Girl

Ralph Wilcox

as Doctor Nichols

Lorri Lindberg

as Elaine

Barry Bell

as Mover

Cara Stoner

as Nurse

Sarah Maria Newman

as Singer (as Sarah Weireter)

Jessica Frank

as Girl at Santa's

Robert D. Raiford

as Judge Whitman (as Robert Raiford)

J. Michael Hunter

as Driver

Lydia Harris

as Teenage Elizabeth

John Henry Scott

as Guard

Shane McLoughlin

as Danny

Patt Noday

as LIVE TV Reporter

Aaron Schiener

as Elizabeth's Date

Chad Kurtz

as Businessman

David F. Maxwell

as Lawyer Reading Newspaper

Margo Moorer

as Madeline Parker