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Ralphie is a 9-year-old who wants only one thing for Christmas - an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model BB rifle with a compass in the stock. Between his parents, his teacher, and even Santa Claus all Ralphie hears is "No, you'll shoot your eye out." By this time, Ralphie has had enough of that. When Scut Farkus, the schoolyard bully and his sidekick Grover Dill start in on Ralphie while he's on his way home from school that day,...
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"Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. One winter, they join forces with a sister act and trek to Vermont for a white Christmas. Of course, there's the requisite fun with the ladies, but the real adventure begins when they discover that the inn is run by their old Army general who's now in financial trouble. And the result is the stuff that dreams are made of"--Container.
5) Black X-mas
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When Billy was a young boy, he was abused by his mother. His mother cheats on his father and she ends up killing his father. For years Billy is kept in the attic while she and her lover start a "new" family. Billy's mother becomes pregnant and has a daughter. She is treated with love, a love which Billy has never experienced. After years in the attic, Billy comes out and brutally murders his mother and her lover. Now living in Billy's childhood home,...
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Robert is suffering from a developing drinking probem due to his pending divorce. Sam finds every opportunity to rub his success in Robert's face. Candy invites her Vegan boyfriend to the family dinner. Aunt Michelle is praying for a man. Someone gets busted for smoking in the house. Uncle Stephen struggles to bring everyone together to enjoy the family Christmas dinner.
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"This holiday season Clark Griswold vows his clan will enjoy 'the most fun-filled family Christmas ever.' Before you can sing 'fa-la-la-la-lah,' he decks the halls with howls of folly. Seeing is believing. There are 25,000 lights on the roof, an exploding turkey on the dining room table and a SWAT team taking siege outside"--Container.
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Meet Elmer, an old man with precious little to show for his long life other than a few meager possessions and a handful of homeless acquaintances. While breaking into a car, Elmer is caught by the owner, a man named Reg who has no patience for a common criminal and who is not one bit sentimental about it being the holiday season. In exchange for his freedom, Elmer goes to work for Reg doing odd jobs to compensate for the damages. Reg's six year-old...
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Six-year-old Dennis Mitchell is making a list and checking it twice, and then some. He aims to find the perfect gift for his grumpy ol' neighbor Mr. Wilson. It'll take a miracle to get it right. And a miracle is what he gets, thanks to a visiting angel who's on a mission to impart the Christmas spirit to someone who needs it.
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Ever since her husband died, Sarah Armstrong has divided her time between work and caring for her nine-year-old son, Jesse. When Jesse enters and wins a toy company holiday contest, his Christmas wish comes as no surprise - to get a new dad. But even though his wish is a rather large one, nothing is impossible. This is especially so during the holiday season.
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The competition heats up at the annual Greenlawn Christmas decorating contest when Norbert Bridges moves to town and stires up trouble with the reigning champion Donnie Manning. But when the town bans Christmas after things get out of control, it's up to the feuding neighbors to save Christmas.