A Different Kind of Christmas (1996)
Actors:
Craig Safan (composer),
Marshall Harvey (editor),
Tom McLoughlin (producer),
Fred Eldridge (miscellaneous crew),
E. Michael Hewett (miscellaneous crew),
Tom McLoughlin (director),
Shelley Long (actress),
Barry Bostwick (actor),
Bruce Kirby (actor),
J. Michael Hunter (actor),
Patt Noday (miscellaneous crew),
Patt Noday (actor),
Richard K. Olsen (actor),
Jeanne Beveridge (miscellaneous crew),
Ralph Wilcox (actor),
Plot: 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 Schick," 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. But what's wrong with this kind of philanthropic generosity was that it totally embarrassed her when, as city attorney, it fell to her to make him stop his 'commercial' enterprise in an area zoned for private homes. But there's more to it than that and the outcome is not quite what you'd expect.
Keywords: christmas, family-relationships, father-daughter-relationship, five-word-title, holiday-in-title, reference-to-santa-claus, santa-claus-suit
Genres:
Comedy,
Drama,
Romance,
Taglines: Santa Claus - A Neighbor from Heaven or Hell?