- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- Release: 1988-11-11
- Director: John R. Cherry III
- Writers: Ed Turner , B. Kline
- Language: English
- Stars: Jim Varney , Douglas Seale , Oliver Clark , Noelle Parker , Gailard Sartain , Billie Bird , Bill Byrge , Robert Lesser , Key Howard , Jack Swanson
- Runtime: 95 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Ernest Saves Christmas (United Kingdom) , O Έρνεστ σώζει τα Χριστούγεννα (Greece) , Navidad de locura (Mexico) , Ernest räddar julen (Sweden) , Ernesto salva il Natale (Italy) , O Natal de Ernesto (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Le père Noël est en prison (Canada) , Ernst rettet Weihnachten , Herencia navideña (Argentina) , Ernest - joulun pelastaja (Finland) , Ernest Saves Christmas , O Natal Maluco de Ernest (Brazil) , Ernest ratuje Boże Narodzenie (Poland) , Hay que salvar a Papá Noel (Spain) , Chaotische Weihnachten , Ernest salva la Navidad (Mexico) , Ernest Saves Christmas (United States of America) , Ernest Saves Santa (Canada) , Ernest zachranuje Vánoce (Czech Republic) , Эрнест спасает Рождество , アーネスト、クリスマスを救え! (Japan) , Ernest Saves Christmas (Australia) , Ернест рятує Різдво (Ukraine) , O Ernest sozei ta Hristougenna (Greece) , Ernest salvează Crăciunul (Romania)
- Plot: Ernest P. Worell, a sweet but silly taxi driver who at times suffers delusions of grandeur, has just chauffeured a rather extraordinary fare: "His Great Red Oneness, the Claus" himself. It seems Santa hasn't got the magic for another Christmas season, and has come to Orlando, Florida for Joe Carruthers, the man he has chosen as his successor. But things quickly begin to unravel, thanks to Joe's meddling agent and Santa's increasingly unreliable memory. Incredibly, dimwitted Ernest soon becomes Santa's only hope! Joining forces with a young runaway named "Harmony Star", Ernest rushes to save the holidays as we know them.
- IMDB:tt0095107
Ernest Saves Christmas Cast · · · ALL
John R. Cherry III
Director
Jim Varney
Ernest P. Worrell
Douglas Seale
Santa
Noelle Parker
Harmony
Gailard Sartain
Chuck
Bill Byrge
Bobby
Billie Bird
Mary Morrissey
Oliver Clark
Joe Carruthers
Robert Lesser
Marty
Bill Cordell
Carl
Bob Norris
Police Chief Spenks
Tom Nowicki
Crew Member