poster movie

It Nearly Wasn't Christmas

3.8 average rating
★★★★★
3.8
English / 100 MIN. / 1989

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Charles DurningBruce VilanchWayne OsmondRisa SchiffmanAnnette MarinBeverly RowlandTip BoxellStar HerrmannPaul GraceAlan NashJason BallJohn DarylTed LangeMichael PicardiMichael RuudBill LawrenceThom DillonJ. Omar HansenMichael FlynnHester SchellMichael D. WeatherredJesse BennettIvan CroslandJeffrey HubrichMarvin PayneShannon EngemannRyan HealeyDave Blackwell

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