Secret Santa 20 years old

Newspaper reporter Rebecca Chandler, who feels she got no fair chance to prove her worth in her thee years career, looks forward to a Hawaian holiday with her fiancé Ryan, but instead of a ring he brings her- walking orders, he found better. So she accepts again to be the bachelor on duty in the Christmas season, and write the annual romantic non-news feel good-story, once more about the elusive Secret Santa in small-town Hamden, where the Christmas spirit it said to last all year. Bad luck follows her from Indianapolis: her car breaks down, she can only get lodgings in a home for the elderly without Internet, and nobody wants to help her unmask the secret Santa. Soon she guesses it must be the only rich philanthropist, but the popular Mr. John Martin Carter doesn't grant her an interview and isn't tricked either, in fact meets her at the worst repeatedly without her knowing him...

Credits

Sam Anderson as Mr. Gibson

Charles Robinson as Russell

Steven Eckholdt as John Martin Carter

Joel McKinnon Miller as Harley

Marnette Patterson as Callie

Josh Randall as Ryan

Secret Santa Cast

Name	Character
Sam Anderson He was 58, now 79 years old	as Mr. Gibson
Charles Robinson He was 58, 60 years old when he died	as Russell
Steven Eckholdt He was 42, now 63 years old	as John Martin Carter
Joel McKinnon Miller He was 43, now 64 years old	as Harley
Marnette Patterson She was 23, now 44 years old	as Callie
Josh Randall He was 31, now 52 years old	as Ryan
Barbara Billingsley She was 87, 94 years old when she died	as Miss Ruthie
Kathryn Joosten She was 63, 72 years old when she died	as Winifred

Secret Santa Crew

Name	Department
Harriet Greenspan as Casting.	Production
Ian Barry as Director.	Directing
Beth Polson as Executive Producer.	Production
Beth Polson as Story.	Writing
Robert Tate Miller as Teleplay. He was 41 (now 62) years old	Writing

Secret Santa (20 years)

Release day: Sunday, December 14, 2003