A Christmas Dream

Dec 16, 1984

1h 0m

★ 2.0

Overview

In this NBC Christmas Special from 1984, Mr. T plays a street Santa Claus who meets a young boy, played by Emmanuel Lewis of TV's Webster, who doesn't share the spirit of Christmas. Mr. T sets out to change Billy's mind, taking him around the city to FAO Schwartz, where he gets a magic lesson from David Copperfield, and then to Radio City Music Hall, where he listens to Christmas songs sung by Maureen McGovern, imagines himself as one of the toy soldiers in the Rockettes' Christmas Show, meets Willie Tyler and his dummy Lester, and finally is moved to realize the true meaning of Christmas, before being reunited with his parents.

Genres

TV Movie

Family

Production Companies

Radio City Music Hall Television Productions

NBC

A Christmas Dream Trailers

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Cast

Santa / Benny

Mr. T

Billy

Emmanuel Lewis

Self

David Copperfield

Self

Tai Babilonia

Self

Maureen McGovern

Self

Willie Tyler

Self

Ed Koch

Self

Randy Gardner

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