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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed. /// A businessman is shown by his guardian angel on Christmas Eve what the world would be like if he were never born.
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1946
12/20/1946
PG
Film
130 minutes
A
Genre:
Comedy
Drama
Family
Fantasy
 Director(s):
Frank Capra
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00:00:01 "Remember, George: no man is a failure who has friends." - Clarence
00:10:00 animal (squirrel)
00:20:00 asking angels for help
00:30:00 Crow
00:40:00 Singing Christmas Carols
Cast:

James Stewart / George Bailey
Donna Reed / Mary Hatch
Lionel Barrymore / Mr. Potter
Thomas Mitchell / Uncle Billy
Henry Travers / Clarence (angel)
Beulah Bondi / Mrs. Bailey
Frank Faylen / Ernie
Ward Bond / Bert
Gloria Grahame / Violet
H.B. Warner / Mr. Gower



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The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966) 
A Very Merry Christmas (1958)      S1.E14
Donna is frantically making last-minute preparations for Christmas and is vexed when no one seems to care for the fruitcakes she is giving for Christmas presents. Her Christmas spirit is rejuvenated when she learns that no one has planned a Christmas party for the children who cannot leave their ward and return home for the holiday. With the help of the hospital handyman, she tries to rectify the oversight.
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1958
12/24/1958
TV-G
TV Series Episode
26 minutes
A
Genre:
Comedy
Family
 Director(s):
Oscar Rudolph
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00:01:06 hanging Christmas Cards
00:01:50 Merry Christmas
00:02:30 presents
00:03:01 Christmas Bells / fruitcake
00:04:36 Merry Christmas, everybody!
Cast:

Donna Reed / Donna Stone
Carl Betz / Dr. Alex Stone
Shelley Fabares / Mary Stone
Paul Petersen / Jeff Stone
Butler Hixon / Dr. Florey
Murray Alper / Joe
Buster Keaton / Charlie
Mary Adams / Nurse
 The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966) 



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Cheers (1982–1993) 
Christmas Cheers (1987)      S6.E12
It's the Christmas season. Frasier is in a anti-Christmas bah-humbug mood much to Lilith's chagrin. Norm has a part-time job he fails to mention. And Cliff is collecting food for the needy all in an effort to win a trip to Disney World. Rebecca has Carla, Woody and Sam all working Christmas Eve as will she. Carla doesn't mind the extra money. Woody isn't going back to Hanover so he doesn't mind. But Sam hates working what he considers the holiday. When it's close to closing time on Christmas Eve, Carla, Woody and Sam decide to exchange their gifts with each other. That's when Sam learns that everyone seems to have a present for Rebecca - which he doesn't - and in turn Rebecca has a gift for everyone. In a panic, Sam rushes out trying to find somewhere - anywhere - that is still open so he can get a gift for her. The second problem may be to find something appropriate, which strikes that perfect balance of being not too expensive but still saying "I want to sleep with you". He may get h
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1987
12/17/1987
TV-PG
TV Series Episode
30 minutes
A
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Comedy
Drama
 Director(s):
James Burrows
Thomas Lofaro
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It's A Wonderful Month
Cast:

Ted Danson / Sam Malone
Kirstie Alley / Rebecca Howe
Rhea Perlman / Carla LeBec
John Ratzenberger / Cliff Clavin
Woody Harrelson / Woody Boyd
Kelsey Grammer / Dr. Frasier Crane
George Wendt / Norm Peterson
Bebe Neuwirth / Dr. Lilith Sternin
Jayne Modean / Tracy
Harry Frazier / Kris



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Escape from It's a Wonderful Life (1996)
George Bailey is forced to keep doing It's a Wonderful Life (1946) for the next 50 years but wants to move on. /// The makers of this comedy took the Frank Capra masterpiece, It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and re-edited it and totally re-did the dialogue and sound effects
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1996
12/21/1996
Approved
TV Movie
50 minutes
A
Genre:
Comedy
 Director(s):
David Zieff
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Cast:

Jay Martel / George Bailey (voice)
Amy Poehler / Mary Hatch /  Various (voice)
Matt Besser / Mr. Potter /  Various (voice)
Matt Walsh / Clarence /  Various (voice)
Ian Roberts / Uncle Billy /  Various (voice)
Lauren Auerbach / Additional Voice (voice)
Gilbert Gottfried / Man on Porch (voice)
Kent Alterman / Additional Voice (voice)
Anne Casagrande / Additional Voice (voice)
Karl Cluck / Additional Voice (voice)



 Escape from It's a Wonderful Life (1996)



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Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas (1997)
The history of Christmas and the traditions that make the holidays the most wonderful time of the year.
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1997
12/15/1997
Approved
TV Movie
50 minutes
A
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Documentary
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Cast:

Harry Smith / Self - Narrator (voice)
Forrest Church / Self - Minister, All Souls Church
A.W. Purdue / Self - Historian, Open University, England
Elaine Pagels / Self - Religion Department, Princeton University
Stephen Nissenbaum / Self - Historian, University of Massachusetts
Penne L. Restad / Self - Historian, University of Texas
Leigh Eric Schmidt / Self - Religion Department, Princeton
Alan Dundes / Self - Folklore Department, UC Berkeley)
Jean Shepherd / Self - Humorist
James Stewart / George Bailey (archive footage)



 Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas (1997)



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A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011)
TCM looks back at the history of Christmas movies from classics like "Scrooge," "It's a Wonderful Life," "Miracle on 34th Street," and "White Christmas" to contemporary films like "Home Alone."
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2011
12/06/2011
Approved
TV Movie
58 minutes
TCM
A
Genre:
Documentary
 Director(s):
Laurent Bouzereau
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Cast:

Julie Salamon / Self - Interviewee
Michael Patrick Hearn / Self - author
Seymour Hicks / Ebenezer Scrooge (archive footage)
Joe Dante / Self - Interviewee
Chevy Chase / Self - Interviewee
Brian Henson / Self - Interviewee
Michael Caine / Ebeneezer Scrooge (archive footage)
Chazz Palminteri / Self - Interviewee
James Stewart / George Bailey (archive footage)
Alonso Duralde / Self - Interviewee



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From Here to Eternity (1953)
At a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.
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1953
08/28/1953
Passed
Film
118 minutes
M
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Drama
Romance
War
 Director(s):
Fred Zinnemann
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01:01:19 Lookin' forward to this like a kid looks forward to Christmas
Cast:

Burt Lancaster / Sgt. Milton Warden
Montgomery Clift / Robert E. Lee Prewitt
Deborah Kerr / Karen Holmes
Donna Reed / Alma - aka Lorene
Frank Sinatra / Angelo Maggio
Philip Ober / Capt. Dana Holmes
Mickey Shaughnessy / Sgt. Leva
Harry Bellaver / Mazzioli
Ernest Borgnine / Sgt. 'Fatso' Judson
Jack Warden / Cpl. Buckley



 From Here to Eternity (1953)



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