Released
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
December 1 1989 (about 35 years ago)Rating
25
Based on
4 reviews
- Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
- Genres: Drama, TV Movie
- Runtime: 1 h 40 m
- Country: United States of America
- Company: Osmond Entertainment
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.
