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Release Date:
December 25, 2013
Original Title:
Christmas in the City
Alternate Titles:
Jul I Storbyen
Le Père Noël est licencié!
Navidad en la ciudad
Święta w wielkim mieście
Рождество в городе
Genres:
Drama | Family | Romance | TV Movie
Production Companies:
Johnson Production Group
Lifetime
Production Countries:
Canada | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 87
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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Art Direction:
Chris Scharffenberg
Casting:
Lindsay Chag
Costume Design:
Michelle Green
Director:
Marita Grabiak
Director of Photography:
Brooks Ludwick
Editor:
Tyler MacIntyre
Executive Producer:
Timothy O. Johnson
Hair Department Head:
Elissa Ruminer
Makeup Department Head:
Betsy Kelly Marshall
Music:
Russ Howard III
Producer:
Jennifer Glynn
Production Design:
Susie Mancini
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Brett Bach
Supervising Sound Editor:
Ken Cain
Unit Production Manager:
Timothy O. Johnson
Writer:
Barbara Kymlicka
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