The Christmas Gift

A widowed New York City architect and his young daughter take a Christmas vacation and end up in a small mystical town in Colorado where everyone believes in Santa Claus.

Cast

John Denver

as George Billings

Jane Kaczmarek

as Susan

Edward Winter

as Thomas A. Renfield

Gennie James

as Alexandra 'Alex' Billings

Pat Corley

as Bud Sawyer

Mary Wickes

as Henrietta Sawyer

James T. Callahan

as Robert Truesdale

Kurtwood Smith

as Jake Richards

Anne Haney

as Clara Huckle

Harvey Vernon

as Hank Huckle

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