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The Christmas That Almost Wasn't (1966)

Directed by Rossano Brazzi

Holiday | Family | Musical

Overview

Sam Whipple, an attorney in once-upon-a-time-land, is startled to receive a visit from Santa Claus shortly before Christmas. It seems that when he was a child, Sam wrote a letter thanking Santa for the presents he’d received, and offering to return the favor someday. That day is now - a mean old soul named Phineas Prune, who holds the deed to the North Pole, is demanding back rent. Otherwise, he’s going to evict Santa, Mrs. Claus and the elves and take all the Christmas toys. It’s up to Sam and Santa to find a way to pay off Prune and prevent Christmas from being canceled.

Rated G | Length 89 minutes

Actors

Paul Tripp | Lydia Brazzi | Alberto Rabagliati | Rossano Brazzi | Sonny Fox | Mischa Auer | John Karlsen | Salvatore Furnari | Antonio De Martino | Adriano Cornelli | Franco Doria | Arnaldo Fabrizio

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
12/25/2014TVStreamingVideo on Demand6 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Bizarro Italian christmas flick.

Definitely a Xmas oddity and one I had not heard of until I searched for Christmas movies on Prime. Kinda creepy with homosexual undertones between *two* different couples (Prune and his butler, Santa and Whipple). Prune also directed this movie which is low budget as it gets but wildly has a miniature set of the town.

The music numbers esp. the title track are very good. Definitely worth the watch.

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