Crazy for Christmas

Dec 25, 2005

1h 30m

★ 5.5

Overview

A girl loses her parents and husband and is left driving a limo trying to get by raising her young son. An interesting but strange rich man hires her limo on Christmas eve and has her drive him to various ice rinks where he gives out $100 bills to the people there. The news media catches on and starts following him.

Genres

Drama

Romance

TV Movie

Crazy for Christmas Trailers

Cast

Shannon McManus-Johnson

Andrea Roth

Fred Nickells

Howard Hesseman

Trevor McManus-Johnson

Jason Spevack

Peter Archer

Yannick Bisson

Janet

Karen LeBlanc

Arthur Finnegan

Daniel Fathers

Mrs. Granger

Joyce Gordon

Herb Jasper

Mark Wilson

Lauren

Carla Collins

Roger the Doorman

Joe Flaherty

Frank

Richard Fitzpatrick

Little Boy

Eddie Max Huband

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