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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
PG
Family
Adventure
Comedy
Fantasy

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

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