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Director:Sidney Lanfield
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McHale's Navy (1962–1966) 
The Day They Captured Santa (1962)      S1.E11
'Santa' McHale must practice some psychological warfare, when he, the crew, Binghamton, and a war correspondent are captured by a Japanese patrol, while on a mission to bring some Christmas joy to the children of a nearby orphanage.
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1962
12/27/1962
TV-G
TV Series Episode
30 minutes
A
Genre:
Comedy
War
 Director(s):
Sidney Lanfield
 Writer(s):
Larry Markes
Michael Morris
Christmas Elements:

00:00:10 Joy to the World, Mr. Claus
00:01:20 Santa Claus is a very brave man
00:02:15 Jingle bells / wrapping present
00:05:50 Captain Binghamton
00:07:20 Merry Christmas… Merry Christmas
Cast:

Ernest Borgnine / Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale
Joe Flynn / Captain Wallace B. Binghamton
Tim Conway / Ensign Charles Parker
Carl Ballantine / Lester Gruber
Gary Vinson / George Christopher
Billy Sands / 'Tinker' Bell
Edson Stroll / Virgil Edwards
Gavin MacLeod / Happy
John Wright / Willy Moss
Yoshio Yoda / Fuji Kobiaji



 McHale's Navy (1962–1966) 



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The Addams Family (1964–1966) 
Christmas with the Addams Family (1965)      S2.E15
Mr. Thompson next door tells Wednesday and Pugsley there's no Santa Claus and the family volunteers Uncle Fester to play Santa for their benefit. But when he gets stuck in the chimney and is a no show, the whole family sets to work to prove to the kids that there is a Santa Claus.
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1965
12/24/1965
TV-G
TV Series Episode
25 minutes
A
Genre:
Comedy
Family
Horror
 Director(s):
Sidney Lanfield
 Writer(s):
Hannobal Coons
Harry Winkler
Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Carolyn Jones / Morticia Addams
John Astin / Gomez Addams
Jackie Coogan / Uncle Fester
Ted Cassidy / Lurch
Marie Blake / Grandmama
Lisa Loring / Wednesday Addams
Ken Weatherwax / Pugsley Addams
Felix Silla / Cousin Itt
Gregg Martell / Mission Santa Claus
Thing / Itself
 The Addams Family (1964–1966) 



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The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
A New York City swindler has until Christmas to come up with the $10,000 he owes a gangster, prompting him to go into scamming overdrive. /// A racetrack tout has a month to pay back the money a gangster lost on a touted horse just before Christmas. Silver Bells
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1951
04/02/1951
Approved
Film
91 minutes
B
Genre:
Comedy
Crime
Musical
Romance
 Director(s):
Sidney Lanfield
Frank Tashlin
 Writer(s):
Christmas Elements:

00:00:01 Opening credits as ornaments on the Christmas tree
00:06:52 Race on Christmas Day
00:11:40 I always turn green this time of the year
00:12:32 Only 23 shopping days 'Til Christmas
00:12:52 If I only had till Christmas
Cast:

Bob Hope / Sidney Milburn - aka The Lemon Drop Kid
Marilyn Maxwell / 'Brainey' Baxter
Lloyd Nolan / Oxford Charlie
Jane Darwell / Nellie Thursday
Andrea King / Stella
Fred Clark / Moose Moran
Jay C. Flippen / Straight Flush Tony
William Frawley / Gloomy Willie
Harry Bellaver / Sam the Surgeon
Sid Melton / Little Louie



 The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)



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