A Different Kind of Christmas (1996)

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 (33)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Shelley Long

Elizabeth Gates

Barry Bostwick

Frank Mallory

Richard K. Olsen

Henry

N

Nathan Lawrence

Tommy Gates

Nancy McLoughlin

Susan

Michael E. Knight

Alan Schaefer

Bruce Kirby

Santa

J

Janell McLeod

Fran

Keith Flippen

Michael

Rebecca Koon

Marguerite

T

Troy Simmons

Lester

W

Wells Struble

Charlie

J

John Pontrelli

Homeless Father

K

Kelly Wilson

Receptionist

F

Fred Nash

Policeman

J

Jemila Ericson

Deborah

H

Hannah McLoughlin

Little Girl

Ralph Wilcox

Doctor Nichols

Lorri Lindberg

Elaine

B

Barry Bell

Mover

Cara Stoner

Nurse

S

Sarah Maria Newman

Singer (as Sarah Weireter)

J

Jessica Frank

Girl at Santa's

R

Robert D. Raiford

Judge Whitman (as Robert Raiford)

J. Michael Hunter

Driver

L

Lydia Harris

Teenage Elizabeth

John Henry Scott

Guard

S

Shane McLoughlin

Danny

Patt Noday

LIVE TV Reporter

A

Aaron Schiener

Elizabeth's Date

C

Chad Kurtz

Businessman

D

David F. Maxwell

Lawyer Reading Newspaper

Margo Moorer

Madeline Parker

If you liked A Different Kind of Christmas, you might also like…

89% match

A Veteran's Christmas

2018

84% match

How Sarah Got Her Wings

2015

82% match

TalhotBlond

2012

78% match

Cheaters

2000

76% match

A Christmas Carol

1997

73% match

Normal

2003

68% match

Mary

2024

64% match

The Audrey Hepburn Story

2000

61% match

My Dinner with Hervé

2018

60% match

Kid Galahad

1962

60% match

Winged Creatures

2009

60% match

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

1991

60% match

The Pumpkin Eater

1964

60% match

Doctor Who: Last Christmas

2014

60% match

Resurrecting the Champ

2007

60% match

Fedora

1978

60% match

Come Sunday

2018

60% match

Inherit the Wind

1999

60% match

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

2003

60% match

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play

2019

Similar films

The Monster's Christmas

1981

A Child's Christmas in Wales

1987

Naked City: A Killer Christmas

1998

I'll Be Home for Christmas

1988

New Year, New You

2018

From All of Us, To All of You

1958

Battle of the Bulbs

2010

Der Weihnachtshund

2004

A Bride for Christmas

2012

Christmas...Again?!

2021

A Bennett Song Holiday

2020

Shadow Island Mysteries: The Last Christmas

2010