A Different Kind of Christmas

4.571

90 minutes

12/9/1996

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.

Cast List

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