The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
The Christmas Chronicles is a 2018 Netflix original Christmas movie starring Kurt Russell as Santa Claus. After sneaking onto Santa's sleigh and losing all of the world's presents by crashing the sleigh, two young children named Teddy and Kate race against time to save Christmas. The film was followed up by The Christmas Chronicles 2 in 2020.
The Christmas Chronicles
- Director
- Clay Kaytis
- Release Date
- November 22, 2018
- Studio(s)
- Netflix
- Distributor(s)
- Netflix
- Cast
- Lamorne Morris , Darby Camp , Judah Lewis , Kimberly Williams-Paisley , Kurt Russell , Oliver Hudson
- Writers
- Matt Lieberman
- Runtime
- 104 minutes
- Sequel(s)
- The Christmas Chronicles 2
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