When Santa Claus decides to retire and pass on his magic bag of Christmas surprises to a new Saint Nick, he enlists the aid of a hilarious assortment of characters. A perky teen runaway and hapless taxi driver Ernest P. Worrell must convince a skeptical kiddie-show host to take over the post of Father Christmas.

• DirectorJohn Cherry
• Release11 November 1988
• Genre
  Comedy / Family
• Duration1h 31m
• Budget$6,000,000
• Revenue$28,202,109
• Rate
  

  5.323
  192 reviews
• Productions

  Emshell Producers, Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners III