''Chasing Christmas'' is a 2005 contemporary re-telling of the 1843

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novella ''

A Christmas Carol ''A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas'', commonly known as ''A Christmas Carol'', is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. It recounts the ...

''. This

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film, written by

Todd Berger Todd Berger (born April 5, 1979) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and novelist most prominently known for writing and directing the feature films ''It's a Disaster'', ''Cover Versions'', ''The Scenesters'', and the documentary ' ...

and directed by Ron Oliver, stars Tom Arnold as Jack Cameron, who is a man with a Scrooge-type personality. He is stuck with his wife, whom he caught with another man at their daughter's

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play. The sad events of his life, including his wife's infidelity, led him to hate Christmas. This prompted the

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( Leslie Jordan) and Ghost of Christmas Present ( Andrea Roth) to show Jack what Christmas is all about, but Christmas Past wanted to stay in the past, and Jack and Christmas Present ended up on an adventure to put Christmas Past back on track. Brittney Wilson, who played the daughter of Jack Cameron, was nominated for Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Supporting Young Actress at the 27th Young Artist Awards.

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ABC Family: ''Chasing Christmas''
* ABC Family original films 2005 television films 2005 films Films based on A Christmas Carol American Christmas films Christmas television films Films with screenplays by Todd Berger 2000s Christmas films Films directed by Ron Oliver 2000s English-language films 2000s films about time travel English-language Christmas films {{Christmas-tv-film-stub

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