''Dear Santa'' or ''Secret Santa'' is a 1998 American

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directed by

Fred Olen Ray Fred Olen Ray (born September 10, 1954) is an American film producer, director and screenwriter of more than 200 low- to medium-quality feature films in many genres, including Horror film, horror, science fiction, action film, action/adventure f ...

and starring D.L. Green, Harrison Myers, and Debra Rich.

Premise

A greedy

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father with little time for his family discovers the meaning of

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when he is whisked off to the

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by an enterprising

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named Lillith.

Cast

* D.L. Green as Gordon / Gordon's Father * Harrison Myers as Teddy * Debra Rich as Carla *

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as Mr. Ambrose (credited as Robert Connell) * Richard Gabai as Kirk * Tena Fanning as Lillith * Ariana McClain as Margo * Bennett Curland as

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* Kim Ray as The

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* Rick Montana as Louie * Michael Lee Jones as Donny * Edrie Warner as Mrs. Sanders

References

External links

* *https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/secret_santa/ 1998 films Films directed by Fred Olen Ray American Christmas films Santa Claus in film 1998 fantasy films 1990s English-language films English-language fantasy films {{Christmas-film-stub