Plot: 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 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.--IMDb (by The Pirate King)
IMDb User Review:
Cute Movie! (December 7, 2004 by Zephyrwood):
I love Christmas movies and every Christmas I try to tape all of
the Christmas movies that are shown on TV and I taped The Man In The
Santa Claus Suit several years ago but for some reason never got around
to watching it and I watched it for the first time this December, 2004
and yes it's a little corny but I liked it and thought it was a cute
movie and so far I have watched it 3 times!
As a child of the 70's I
enjoyed the cast of actors who I remember seeing in movies and TV shows
in the 70's and I thought Bert Convy, John Byner and the guy who played
Radar in the TV show Mash were all good and I think Fred Astaire was
great in this 1978 made for TV movie and I thought this movie was pretty
good though I have noticed some bloopers that they didn't seem to catch
like the fashion model that the math teacher wanted to propose to was
named Polly Primer but an actor in the cast called her Polly Farmer but
anyway I think this is a charming movie and I recommend it!
BTW: Can
anyone really picture a beautiful fashion model being named Polly? Polly
Sounds like the type of name a fashion model agency would tell a girl
with that name that she needs to change her name professionally to
something more beautiful and glamorous! Polly sounds more like the name
of a fashion models grandmother or great grandmother!
Soundrack Credits:
Once a Year Night Lyrics by Norman Gimbel Music by Peter Matz Performed by Fred Astaire
Mississippi Mud (1927) (uncredited) Written by Harry Barris
Row, Row, Row (1912) (uncredited) Written by William Jerome & James V. Monaco (as Jimmy V. Monaco)
The Sidewalks of New York (1894) (uncredited) Written by
James W. Blake & Charles Lawlor (as Charles B. Lawlor)
I Love My Baby (1925) (uncredited Written by Harry Warren & Bud
Green)
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