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Booky & the Secret Santa is a canadien film of genre Drama with Rachel Marcus

Booky & the Secret Santa (2007)

Booky & the Secret Santa
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OriginCanada
Genres Drama
Rating68% 3.4343253.4343253.4343253.4343253.434325

Booky and the Secret Santa is a 2007 Canadian family television movie starring Rachel Marcus and Megan Follows. Directed by Peter Moss from a book adapted by Joe Wiesenfeld and written by Bernice Thurman Hunter. The movie first aired December 11, 2007 on CBC Television. A prequel set five years before 2006's Booky Makes Her Mark, all the juvenile roles were recast.

Synopsis

Booky (Rachel Marcus) tries to bring her family the best Christmas possible, despite hard times during the Great Depression of the 1930s when her dad (Stuart Hughes) loses his job. She gets help from her mum (Megan Follows) and a department store owner (Kenneth Welsh).

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Rachel Marcus

(Beatrice 'Booky' Thomson)
Megan Follows

(Francie Thomson)
Kenneth Welsh

(Mr. Eaton)
Emilia McCarthy

(Laura)
Dylan Everett

(Arthur Thomson)
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