# Chasing Christmas

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{{Short description|2005 American television film}}
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| writer               = [Todd Berger](/source/Todd_Berger)
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'''''Chasing Christmas''''' is a 2005 contemporary re-telling of the 1843 [Charles Dickens](/source/Charles_Dickens) novella ''[A Christmas Carol](/source/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](/source/Freeform_(TV_channel)) film, written by [Todd Berger](/source/Todd_Berger) and directed by [Ron Oliver](/source/Ron_Oliver), stars [Tom Arnold](/source/Tom_Arnold_(actor)) as Jack Cameron, who is a man with a [Scrooge](/source/Ebenezer_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](/source/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](/source/Ghost_of_Christmas_Past) ([Leslie Jordan](/source/Leslie_Jordan)) and [Ghost of Christmas Present](/source/Ghost_of_Christmas_Present) ([Andrea Roth](/source/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](/source/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>

==See also==
* [List of Christmas films](/source/List_of_Christmas_films)
* [List of ghost films](/source/List_of_ghost_films)
* [Adaptations of ''A Christmas Carol''](/source/Adaptations_of_A_Christmas_Carol)

==References==
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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}}

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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

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