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Switchmas (2012)

Switchmas poster
Directed by
Sue Corcoran
Genre
comedy film, Christmas film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Jewish boy who loves Christmas swaps airline tickets with another boy so he can spend the holiday in a snowy town instead of sunny Florida. His plan leads to adventures and a Christmas experience he always wanted.

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What happens

Switchmas (earlier titles Ira Finkelstein's Christmas and All I Want Is Christmas) is an American musical comedy film directed by Sue Corcoran. It tells the story of a Christmas-obsessed Jewish boy on his way to sunny Florida who figures out how to get the Christmas of his dreams by trading airline tickets and places with another boy on his way to snowy Christmastown, Washington. This film also features CGI scenes depicting the boy's Christmas dreams. It stars Elliott Gould and David DeLuise and is directed and produced by Sue Corcoran. It was originally filmed in Leavenworth, Washington, under the title Ira Finkelstein's Christmas. At a local screening in 2012 it had the title All I Want Is Christmas. The film was included in the 2012 Seattle International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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