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Despite its elegant gorgeous stage set, and costumes of awesome beauty and richness of detail, some of the fairy-tale magic of "George Balanchine's 'The Nutcracker' " has been lost in its translation from a staged ballet into a film. However, the dancing is breathtaking, the narration keeps the story moving, and it is as well acted as it is danced. This is a full corps de ballet version, sumptuous with classic ballet sequences in their full glory....
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"Christmas comes early to McCredie's little Old Town bookshop in Edinburgh. It's summer, but an American production company has decided that McCredie's is the perfect location to film a Christmas movie. Carmen Hogan, the bookshop's manager, is a bit horrified by the goings-on, but the money the studio is paying is too good to pass up. She uses the windfall from filming to create new displays and fend off a buyout offer from a millionaire who wants...
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Scott is distressed to learn that his ex-wife and her husband have informed his son, Charlie, that there is no Santa Claus. While a sullen Charlie visits his dad on Christmas Eve, a noise on the roof brings them outside. It turns out that there is a Santa after all, and Scott has just accidentally killed him. Because of "the Santa clause, " Scott inherits the job of Santa. As the next year passes, Scott rapidly gains weight, grows a white beard and...
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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A country Christmas story: a young Appalachian girl dreams of being a country music star.
The twelve trees of Christmas: A librarian rallies her neighbors to save her beloved library from demolition.
Kristin's Christmas past: A 34-year-old woman who is estranged from her family goes to sleep on Christmas Eve and wakes up on Christmas morning... 17 years in her past, on what was the worst holiday of her life. But this time she may be able to change...
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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It's three days before Christmas, and Nick Snowden forgets about spending Christmas with his wife, Sandy, due to pressure at work. After a fight, Nick walks through a magical mirror and ends up with amnesia. Now it's up to Sandy to recharge his memory and save Christmas once and for all, but Nick's old nemesis Buck Seger returns and uses Santa's amnesia to his advantage.
10) Northpole
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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Northpole, the magical home to Santa and Mrs. Claus, has grown into a huge city powered by the magic of holiday happiness around the world. Yet as people everywhere get too busy to enjoy festive time together, the city is in trouble. Who can help save the cherished traditions of Christmas? One young boy, Kevin, might have a chance if he can convince his protective mom, Chelsea, to rediscover the magic of the season.
12) Lucky Christmas
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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Holly Ceroni, a single mom trying to get back on her feet, is crushed when she learns her winning lottery ticket is in the glove compartment of her recently stolen car. Mike Ronowski, the construction worker behind Holly's missing property, goes along with a plan to befriend Holly and coerce her into giving him half her winnings. Mike unexpectedly falls for Holly and learns there are more important things than money just in time for the holidays.
Pub. Date
1998.
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English
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After making his mark on Wall Street, Will Martin has returned home to oversee his deceased grandfather's real estate company. He doesn't plan on staying, however. He has hired a manager and plans on returning to New York as soon as possible and pick up his old life. But as he helps his grandmother unravel a mystery regarding his grandfather, Will finds himself on a journey of self-discovery, which leads him to question the greedy practice of putting...
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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Christmas shoes -- A workaholic attorney crosses paths with a young boy on Christmas Eve and rediscovers the true meaning of love, life, and the holiday season.
Christmas blessing -- When a medical resident loses a patient, he moves back home with his father to rethink his career. His visit is a bittersweet one, overshadowed by memories of the mother he lost 18 years earlier on Christmas Eve. Nathan accepts a coaching position at a local elementary...
15) Christmas angel
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2013
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English
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When Eddie and Stewart's mother is struck by a car just before Christmas, her life hangs in the balance. As Eddie fights against time, he must produce a miracle. But even with some help from above, can he save her?
16) The angel doll
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[2003]
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English
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A Christmas story told through the eyes of two young boys living in a North Carolina manufacturing town during the 1950s. Jerry is a quiet 10-year-old who enjoys all the advantages of a middle-class lifestyle. Whitey lives in poverty with his mother and ailing four-year-old sister Sandy. As Whitey saves up money from his daily newspaper route to buy Sandy a real angel doll for Christmas, he discovers there are no such dolls for sale in their small...
Pub. Date
[2000]
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Français
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"A little boy sits by a feeble Christmas tree from which salvaged garlands sadly hang. Suddenly, in a dream or by magic, his dead mother appears and places a small gift at the foot of the tree. An enchanted night begins in which a miraculous icon, friends, angels and light fill the room along with laughter and awe-inspiring dance."
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Christmas Notch novel volume 2
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English
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A washed-up former member of a boy band agrees to star in a sexy Santa biopic that also stars his ex, in the second novel of the series following A Merry Little Meet Cute.
Kallum Liebermanis the funny one. As the arguably lesser of the three former members of the boy band INK, he enjoyed his fifteen minutes of fame and then moved home where he opened a regional pizza chain called Slice, Slice, Baby! He’s living his best dad bod life, hooking up...
19) Home Alone
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Accidentally left behind when his parents rush off on their Christmas vacation, eight-year-old Kevin McCallister embarks on a hilarious, madcap mission to defend the family home when two bumbling burglars try to break in, and find themselves tangled in Kevin's bewildering battery of booby traps!
"*** A perennial holiday favorite...charming...finely-crafted...Recommended."--Video Librarian.
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