Underplayed Gems

Call Me Claus (2001)

Call Me Claus poster
Directed by
Peter Werner
Genre
comedy television program, Christmas film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 185 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An aging Santa Claus needs to retire and picks a grumpy shopping network executive to take his place. He gets a job at her network to promote Christmas items while trying to convince her to become the new Santa.

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What happens

Call Me Claus is a 2001 American Christmas comedy television film directed by Peter Werner and starring Whoopi Goldberg and Nigel Hawthorne. The film involves Santa Claus (Hawthorne) who needs a replacement Santa after serving his 200-year reign. He decides on Lucy Cullins (Goldberg), an eccentric, grouchy shopping network executive, who hires him to promote Christmas decorations and presents on the network. The film was produced by Red Strokes Entertainment, One Ho Productions and Columbia TriStar Television and premiered on TNT on December 2, 2001, and was also released on VHS and DVD by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. The film has since been reran on Lifetime, Freeform and The Hallmark Channel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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