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Benji's Very Own Christmas Story is a american film directed by Joe Camp released in USA on 7 december 1978 with Ron Moody
Benji's Very Own Christmas Story (1978)
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Add to a movie listBenji's Very Own Christmas Story is the third film featuring Benji the dog which was released in 1978. It was originally a primetime TV special on ABC and is one of two such Benji specials to have been nominated for an Emmy Award. The telefilm was also nominated in two categories at the 1979 Young Artist Awards.
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The actors from the Benji films are on a promotional tour in Switzerland and are asked to be grand marshalls of a Christmas parade in Zermatt. Due to a broken leg Kris Kringle is sending his elves out to deliver presents, and as this will force them to miss the parade he wants them to meet Benji first. With help from the Benji actors, Kringle realises the true meaning of Christmas and performs a musical number showing how Saint Nicholas appears all over the world.Actors
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