The Christmas Star Word Search Puzzle – Search Characters, Actors and Actresses. Word Search Puzzle Solver. Horace McNickle (Edward Asner) is a two-time felon serving prison time for counterfeiting. On the week before Christmas he escapes from prison dressed as Santa Claus due to his uncanny resemblence to St. Nick resulting from his long white beard and heavyset features. McNickle hides out from the police in a nearby suburban neighborhood where he is befriended and helped by two local children who think he is the real Santa Claus. McNickle takes advantage of the kids naive ness to help him get his counterfeit money hidden somewhere in a local department store while he develops kind-hearted feelings for his two con victims that make him slowly understand the true nature of Christmas. Find out the following actor, actress, character names, and other movie-related words hidden in this word search puzzle based on this movie.. This includes identifying and searching for words that are related to : Jones, Ed Asner, Alan North, John Payne, David Glyn, Peter Bibby, Jim Metzler, Fred Gwynne, Karen Landry, Don Thompson, Philip Bruns, Linda Darlow, Robyn Stevan, Susan Tyrrell, Joseph Golland .