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Mrs. Santa Claus (1996)

Mrs. Santa Claus poster
Directed by
Terry Hughes
Genre
musical film, Christmas film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
G
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Mrs. Claus feels unappreciated at the North Pole and decides to take the sleigh for a test run on her own. She ends up in early 1900s New York City where she helps a family and inspires a suffragette rally.

whimsicallightheartedfestiveupbeatnostalgiccheerfulmusicalcharming

What happens

Mrs. Santa Claus is a 1996 American made-for-television musical fantasy comedy film directed by Terry Hughes, with a score by Jerry Herman, starring Angela Lansbury in the title role. First broadcast as a Hallmark Entertainment presentation on CBS on December 8, 1996, the film was billed as the first original musical written for television since Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella in 1957. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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