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- 2. To get in the holiday spirit, he takes his friend's advice and directs the Christmas play. And what's a Christmas play without a Christmas tree? But everyone makes fun of the short, spindly nevergreen hebrings back - until the real meaning of Christmas works its magic once again.
- 3. this beloved holiday movie follows the wintry exploits of youngster Ralphie Parker, who spends most of his time dreaming of his ideal Christmas gift, a "Red Ryder air rifle."
- 5. A department store Santa Claus must prove that he is, in fact, the real Santa in a court of law.
- 8. After George Bailey wishes he had never been born, an angel is sent to earth to make George's wish come true.
- 9. A misfit reindeer and his friends look for a place that will accept them.
- 10. This made-for-TV Christmas special is a classic. Based on a Dr. Seuss book, it is about a Christmas-hating man who wants to make everyone as miserable on Christmas as he is.
- 12. When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
- 14. Three Christmas ghosts try to inject some genuine holiday spirit into Ebenezer Scrooge.
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- 1. After he accidentally kills a man in a Santa suit, he is magically transported to the North Pole, where an elf explains that he must take Santa's place before the next Christmas arrives.
- 4. When Jack accidentally stumbles on Christmastown, all bright colors and warm spirits, he gets a new lease on life -- he plots to bring Christmas under his control by kidnapping Santa Claus and taking over the role.
- 6. A desperate postman accidentally brings about the genesis of Santa Claus.
- 7. A discarded magic top hat brings to life the snowman that a group of children made, until a magician wants it back, and the temperature starts to rise.
- 11. After the McCallisters mistakenly leave for the airport without Kevin, he awakens to an empty house and assumes his wish to have no family has come true.
- 13. He was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised to adulthood among Santa's elves. Unable to shake the feeling that he doesn't fit in, he travels to New York in search of his real father.
