Chasing Christmas

{{Short description|2005 American television film}} {{Infobox television | image = | image_alt = | caption = | alt_name = | genre = | creator = | based_on = ''A Christmas Carol'' | inspired_by = | developer = | showrunner = | writer = Todd Berger | screenplay = | story = | director = Ron Oliver | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = {{ubl|Tom Arnold}} | narrator = | announcer = | theme_music_composer = | music = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = United States | language = English | executive_producer = | producer = | location = | cinematography = | editor = | camera = | runtime = 81 minutes | company = | budget = | network = ABC Family | released = {{Start date|2005|12|4}} | network2 = | released2 = }}

'''''Chasing Christmas''''' is a 2005 contemporary re-telling of the 1843 Charles Dickens novella ''A Christmas Carol''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/chasing-christmas|title=Chasing Christmas|work=Common Sense Media|first=Emily|last=Ashby|access-date=August 3, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dove.org/review/21705-chasing-christmas/|title=Chasing Christmas|work=Dove|access-date=August 3, 2021}}</ref> This ABC Family film, written by Todd Berger and directed by Ron Oliver, stars Tom Arnold as Jack Cameron, who is a man with a Scrooge-type personality.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091124183608/http://movies.tvguide.com/chasing-christmas/299223 Chasing Christmas at TVGuide.com] Accessed January 20, 2013</ref> He is stuck with his wife, whom he caught with another man at their daughter's Christmas play. The sad events of his life, including his wife's infidelity, led him to hate Christmas. This prompted the Ghost of Christmas Past (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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms27.htm |title=27th Annual Young Artist Awards |access-date=2011-03-31 |work=YoungArtistAwards.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704071111/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms27.htm |archive-date=2010-07-04}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080317124214/http://abcfamily.go.com/abcfamily/path/section_Specials%2B25-Days-of-Christmas/page_Chasing_Christmas ABC Family: ''Chasing Christmas''] * {{IMDb title|id=0480008|title=Chasing Christmas}}

Category:ABC Family original films Category:2005 television films Category:2005 films Category:Films based on A Christmas Carol Category:American Christmas films Category:Christmas television films Category:Films with screenplays by Todd Berger Category:2000s Christmas films Category:Films directed by Ron Oliver Category:2005 English-language films Category:2000s films about time travel Category:English-language Christmas films