Monday, December 14, 2020

Too Close for Comfort : Mr. Christmas (1982)



Made for ABC, airing December 16th in the US.
Season 3. Episode 11.
The story: This year for Christmas Henry, Muriel, Sara, and Jackie are planning on going skiing.
While packing Muriel realizes Andrew has a very high fever and they must call the doctor immediately, So of course, the trip must be postponed.
Jackie shows up with an old man who's been standing outside of her work all month, playing the role of Santa Claus.
When she found out he had no place to go for Christmas, she invited him home for eggnog.
When Henry and Monroe see that the man happens to not be white, they get a bit suspicious.
After talking to him a bit, Henry understands that the man believes he is in fact, Santa Claus.
But Henry believes the man is a burglar.
Stars Ted Knight, Nancy Dussault, Audrey Meadows, Michael Phillip Cannon, Lydia Cornell, Jim J Bullock, Deborah Van Valkenburg, Charles Lampkin, Selma Diamond, Carl Kraines, Bob Basso
Directed by Russ Petranto
Rated TVPG
COMEDY/FAMILY/SERIES/CHRISTMAS

"Well, if you're really Santa Claus, what happened to that red pony I asked for twenty years ago?"

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