

Felix Funicello is a Catholic school fifth-grader in 1964, whose claim to fame is his cousin Annette Funicello, the famous Mouseketeer and teen movie queen. But grammar and arithmetic move to the back burner this holiday season with the sudden arrivals of substitute teacher Madame Frechette and feisty Russian student Zhenya Kabakova. While Felix learns the meaning of French kissing, cultural misunderstanding, and tableaux vivants, Wishin' and Hopin' barrels toward one outrageous Christmas!
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Cast

Wyatt Ralff
Felix Funicello

Chevy Chase
Adult Felix

Molly Ringwald
Madame Frechette

Annabella Sciorra
Ma

Conchata Ferrell
Sister Agrippina

Meat Loaf
Monsignor Muldoon

Cheri Oteri
Sister Dymphna

Danny Nucci
Pop

Sosie Bacon
Frances Funicello

Quinn McColgan
Rosalie Twerski

Blanche Baker
Mother Filomena

Krysta Rodriguez
Annette Funicello
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