'Twas the Night Before Christmas

197745mReleased

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The story of the Cosgrove family on Christmas Eve in a New England town in the late 1890s.

Released: Dec 7, 1977

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Paul Lynde

Anne Meara

Alice Ghostley

Martha Raye

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