The Man in the Santa Claus Suit

TV Movie
1979
TV-G
1h 44m

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Nanette Fabray and Harold Gould in The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979)

The mysterious owner of a costume shop rents a Santa Claus suit to three very different men: a math teacher trying to get the nerve to propose, a homeless restaurateur trying to hide from th... Read allThe mysterious owner of a costume shop rents a Santa Claus suit to three very different men: a math teacher trying to get the nerve to propose, a homeless restaurateur trying to hide from the mob, and a harried political speech writer visiting with his estranged wife and son. The... Read allThe mysterious owner of a costume shop rents a Santa Claus suit to three very different men: a math teacher trying to get the nerve to propose, a homeless restaurateur trying to hide from the mob, and a harried political speech writer visiting with his estranged wife and son. Their lives are inexorably changed by their experience of playing Santa Claus.

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Trivia
Fred Astaire's last TV performance.

Quotes
Stan Summerville: What is this awful stuff?
Dickie Dayton: Awful stuff? It's 20-year-old Scotch. You can't get any better.
Stan Summerville: Well, you see, my taste buds have suffered because of rotgut.

Connections
Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Episode dated 21 December 1979 (1979)

Soundtracks
Once a Year Night
Lyrics by Norman Gimbel
Music by Peter Matz
Performed by Fred Astaire

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Average family fare for a "feel good" Christmas movie. One highlight is Nanette Fabray and Harold Gould as grandparents who's solution for all family problems is to perform an impromptu song and dance act. They are a scream.