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There are 10729 movie, TV, and many other titles having to do with Christmas
 
Total number of characters named Santa: 1266
 
Total number of elves represented: 1012
 




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Walter Scharf born Aug 01 in 1910 and left us on this day in 2003
American film and television composer, and orchestrator of the original version of Irving Berlin's White Christmas for the film Holiday Inn (1942), and composer of the incidental music for Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
Dinah Shore born Feb 29 in 1916 and left us on this day in 1994
American singer, actress, and television personality
Abe Vigoda born this day in 1921 and left us on Jan 26 in 2016
American actor
Don Knotts born Jul 21 in 1924 and left us on this day in 2006
American actor and comedian
Roberta Flack born Feb 10 in 1937 and left us on this day in 2025
Barry Bostwick born this day in 1945
American actor
Playing:  Santa Claus 2 times , Santa (other) 1 time
Beth Broderick born this day in 1959
American actress
A Baby Blues Christmas Special (2002)
Serving as a prequel to the series, revolves around the birth of Zoe around Christmastime, and Darryl and Wanda's struggles as new parents.
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2002
02/24/2002
Approved
TV Short Animated
20 minutes
A
Genre:
Adventure
Director(s):
Tony Cervone
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Cast:

Mike O'Malley / Darryl MacPherson (voice)
Julia Sweeney / Wanda MacPherson (voice)
Joel Murray / Carl Bitterman (voice)
Kath Soucie / Rodney Bitterman /  Megan Bitterman (voice)
Arabella Field / Melinda Bitterman (voice)
Diedrich Bader / Kenny (voice)
Nicole Sullivan / Bizzy (voice)
Jim Cummings / Hugh Wisowski /  Kris (voice)
Elizabeth Daily / Zoe (voice)
Maurice LaMarche / Additional Voices (voice)



A Baby Blues Christmas Special  (2002)



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Pas un jeu (2021)
Why would Santa Claus always be a white man? What if we changed the rules of the game...
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2021
02/24/2021
Approved
Film Short
2 minutes
A
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Director(s):
Alexandra Naoum
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Clémence Bretécher / Unknown
Romane Baldacci / Unknown
Olivier Dote-Doevi / Unknown
Liv Anglade Espeche / Unknown
Julien Girbig / Unknown
Alexandra Naoum / Unknown
Steve Tran / Unknown
Pas un jeu  (2021)



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Poirot (1989–2013) 
The Theft of the Royal Ruby (1991)      S3.E9
Poirot reluctantly agrees to help an Egyptian prince recover a valuable royal ruby that was brazenly stolen from him during the Christmas holidays.
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1991
02/24/1991
TV-14
TV Series Episode
50 minutes
B
Genre:
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Director(s):
Andrew Grieve
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Cast:

David Suchet / Hercule Poirot
Frederick Treves / Colonel Lacey
Stephanie Cole / Mrs. Lacey
David Howey / Jesmond
Antony Zaki / Prince Farouk
Helena Michell / Sarah Lacey
John Vernon / David Welwyn
Nigel Le Vaillant / Desmond Lee-Wortley
Robyn Moore / Gloria
John Dunbar / Peverill



Poirot  (1989–2013) 



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The Savior Is Born (1992)
Retelling of the story of Mary and Joseph and their travel to Jerusalem for the birth of Jesus.
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1992
02/24/1992
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TV Movie Animated
30 minutes
C
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Morgan Freeman / Narrator (voice)
The Savior Is Born  (1992)



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Mendel (1997)
A Jewish family leaves Germany after surviving the Holocaust and heads to Norway. Mendel, their youngest son, is too young to make sense of the Holocaust but tries to comprehend his family's actions during the war and their nightmares now. His imagination frequently runs away from him.
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1997
02/24/1997
Approved
Film
95 minutes
C
Genre:
Comedy
Drama
Director(s):
Alexander Røsler
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Cast:

Thomas Jüngling Sørensen / Mendel
Teresa Harder / Bela Trotzig
Hans Kremer / Aron Trotzig
Martin Meingast / David
Bjørn Sundquist / Vottemannen
Charlotte Trier / Mrs. Freund
Wolfgang Pintzka / Mr. Freund
John Henning Görbing-Hermstad / Markus Freund
Lene Bragli / Mrs. Rosen
Geo von Krogh / Mr. Rosen



Mendel  (1997)



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Merci patron! (2016)
A family fired by a company owned by LVMH (Group owned by French billionaire, Bernard Arnault) seeks reparation from their previous employer with the help of the movie director.
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2016
02/24/2016
Approved
Film
84 minutes
C
Genre:
Documentary
Director(s):
François Ruffin
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Cast:

François Ruffin / Self
Bernard Arnault / Self
Marie-Hélène Bourlard / Self
François Chérèque / Self (archive footage)
François Hollande / Self (archive footage)
Marc-Antoine Jamet / Self
Jocelyne Klur / Self
Jérémy Klur / Self
Serge Klur / Self
Jean-Luc Mélenchon / Self (archive footage)



Merci patron!  (2016)



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Sweet Thing (2020)
The story revolves around two siblings and their struggle to find solid ground in the homes of their alcoholic father and negligent mother. The children ultimately run away and find a temporary life for themselves.
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2020
02/24/2020
Approved
TV Movie
91 minutes
C
Genre:
Drama
Director(s):
Alexandre Rockwell
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Cast:

Lana Rockwell / Billie
Nico Rockwell / Nico
Will Patton / Adam
Karyn Parsons / Eve
M.L. Josepher / Beaux
Jabari Watkins / Malik
Kelly Charpent / Billie Holiday
Steven Randazzo / Owen
Jeanne Costa / Louise
Kenny Silva / Hector



Sweet Thing  (2020)



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Bait (1954)
A beautiful blonde leads a man down the road to ruin.
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1954
02/24/1954
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79 minutes
M
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Cleo Moore / Peggy
Hugo Haas / Marko
John Agar / Ray Brighton
Emmett Lynn / Foley
Bruno VeSota / Webb
Jan Englund / Waitress
George Keymas / Chuck
Cedric Hardwicke / Prologue Speaker
Bait (1954)



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Cocaine Bear (2023)
An oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge on a Georgia forest where a huge black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.
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2023
02/24/2023
R
Film
95 minutes
M
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Keri Russell / Sari
Alden Ehrenreich / Eddie
O'Shea Jackson Jr. / Daveed
Ray Liotta / Syd
Isiah Whitlock Jr. / Bob
Brooklynn Prince / Dee Dee
Christian Convery / Henry
Margo Martindale / Ranger Liz
Jesse Tyler Ferguson / Peter
Kristofer Hivju / Olaf (Kristoffer)



Cocaine Bear (2023)



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