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Christmas in the City

2013 · 87 min

A cozy, predictable holiday TV movie that feels like a warm blanket, with gentle laughs and a touch of Christmas magic.

Directed by
Marita Grabiak
Genres
Drama, Family, Romance
Starring
Ashley Williams, Ashanti, Jon Prescott
Overview
With the threat of having to close her father's candy store, Wendy and her six-year-old daughter Grace travel to the big city in hopes of making extra holiday cash to save the store. When she's offered a job in the toy department of Wolmans, the city's biggest department store, Wendy can't wait! Her excitement doesn't last long when the store's manager, Teanna, destroys the Christmas spirit throughout the store and replaces Santa with a hunky male underwear model surrounded by elfin "babes." What Teanna is unaware of is that she has in fact sacked the real Santa. Unaware of his real "Santa" status, Wendy reaches out to the old man but it seems even he has given up hope. With her daughter losing faith in the holiday, Wendy realizes she must bring the true meaning of Christmas back to Wolmans before it is too late.

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Directed by
Marita Grabiak
Genres
Drama, Family, Romance
Starring
Ashley Williams, Ashanti, Jon Prescott
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • faith
  • love
  • class
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism6
Romance5
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
drama, family, romance, tv movie
Directed by
Marita Grabiak
Written by
Barbara Kymlicka
Starring
Ashley Williams, Ashanti, Jon Prescott, Shanola Hampton, Kylie Noelle Price, David Ralphe, Beverly Leech, Josh Crotty
Music
Russ Howard III
Cinematography
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Runtime
87 min
Country
Canada, United States of America
Languages
English

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