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.
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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...
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas (1989) was directed by Burt Brinckerhoff. The film is a Drama, TV Movie production with a runtime of 1h 40m, rated 2.5/10.
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas runs 1h 40m (100 minutes total). Audience rating: 2.5/10 from 4 votes. Genre: Drama, TV Movie.
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas is rated 2.5/10 by 4 viewers — below average. A good pick for Drama and TV Movie fans.
