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Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Video
Language
English
Description
In 1940s Indiana, nine-year-old Ralphie dreams of his ideal Christmas gift: a genuine Red Ryder 200-shot carbine action air rifle. But when gruff dad and doting mom regularly respond with "You'll shoot your eye out!" Ralphie mounts a full-scale Santa-begging campaign. He encounters a slew of calamities from snowsuit paralysis to the dreaded tongue-on-a-frozen-flagpole gambit.
Publisher
GoodTimes
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
After an opening monologue of pure madcap Skelton, enjoy sketches featuring Red's "rogue's gallery": Freddy the Freeloader, Willy Lump Lump, Cauliflower McPugg, Clem Kadiddlehopper, and Deadeye. Red wraps it up with a moving finale, taking us into his living room to meet his family and hear children singing carols.
3) The cozy Christmas movie cookbook: mouthwatering food to enjoy during your favorite holiday films
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Cook up Christmas cheer with inspiration from beloved holiday movies! 'Tis the season for cozy comforts, delicious holiday treats, and having a good cry while watching your favorite Christmas movies! The Cozy Christmas Movie Cookbook: Mouthwatering Food to Enjoy During Your Favorite Holiday Films brings you 100 recipes inspired by America's most adored Christmas films, from Northpole to The Christmas Train, A Royal Christmas, and many more! Give...
Author
Series
Christmas Notch volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Cowritten by #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy and USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone--a steamy plus-size holiday rom-com about an adult film star who is semi-accidentally cast as a lead in a family-friendly Christmas movie, and the former bad-boy pop star she falls in love with"--
Author
Series
Christmas bookshop volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
Ulysses Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Slip on your favorite Christmas sweater, cozy up to a crackling fire, sip some spiced eggnog, and prepare to experience the ultimate holiday love story. But instead of watching it on some cheesy cable channel, open this book and put yourself in the director's chair. First, decide your heroine's problem. Was she just fired from her big city business job? Avoiding going home for Christmas? Or did she just realize the man who proposed to her maybe isn't...
Author
Series
Christmas Notch volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"As a successful film liaison, Elisha Rowe has her heart set on one thing and one thing only: putting her hometown back on the map. So, when she gets the chance to secure the long-hoped-for sequel to Sleighbells under Starlight, a beloved holiday movie, she's willing to do whatever it takes to make sure everything goes smoothly. Unfortunately, that includes claiming to have already gotten permission to film at the historic Christmas house--permission...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Izzy, a spunky nine year-old, gets left at school on the last day before Christmas break. While her parents brave a blizzard to reach her, three bumbling crooks break into the school to hide out until the heat dies down. But when they take Ray, the school janitor, hostage Izzy will have to find a way to save him and teach the crooks a lesson.
Publisher
GT Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
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 school where he meets Megan, a teacher, and becomes close with a young boy named Charlie. His world is turned upside down when the lives of the woman he loves and an innocent young...
14) Prancer
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001], c1989
Language
English
Description
A little girl finds a wounded reindeer in the woods and believes it is Prancer. Her efforts to nurse it back to health so she can return it to Santa bring about wonderful changes in the lives of everyone-- her father, their neighbor, a grouchy vet, a department store Santa and the people of the town.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Follows faithful canine Paws, his human friends Quinn and Will, and some magical talking dogs as they search New York City for an amnesiac Santa Claus and try to rekindle the world's latent Christmas spirit.
Author
Publisher
Running Press, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Turner Classic Movies presents a bucket list of the best and most beloved holiday films of all time, complete with spirited commentary, behind-the-scenes stories, and photos spanning eight decades of Christmastime favorites. Nothing brings the spirit of the season into our hearts quite like a great holiday movie. "Christmas films" come in many shapes and sizes and exist across many genres. Some, like It's a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Story, are...
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Clumsy, earnest baker Sylvie West has worked at the Christmas Café in Silver Bells, Wyoming, ever since her boozy eggnog fruitcake won the town's annual holiday bake-off. Her forever happy place, the café complements her sweet, well-ordered life with her roommates: recently widowed Gramps and her yappy chihuahua-pug, Crumpet. So, when Sylvie learns the café might be sold, she's determined to save it the only way she can: by getting the Holiday...
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