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Christmas in the City is a american film of genre Drama directed by Marita Grabiak released in USA on 25 december 2013 with Ashley Williams
Christmas in the City (2013)
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Add to a movie listChristmas in the City is a 2013 American Christmas and holiday season film written by Barbara Kymlicka, directed by Marita Grabiak, starring Ashley Williams, Jon Prescott, and Ashanti and distributed by Lifetime Network
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With the threat of having to close her father's candy store, Wendy Carroll (Ashley Williams) and her six-year-old daughter Grace (Kylie Price) travel to the big city in hopes of making extra holiday cash to save the store. When she's offered a job in the toy department of Wolmans, the city's biggest department store, Wendy can't wait! Her excitement doesn't last long when the store's manager, Teanna (Ashanti), destroys the Christmas spirit throughout the store and replaces Santa (Michael Durrell) with a hunky male underwear model surrounded by elfin "babes."Actors
Ashley Williams
(Wendy Carroll)
Jon Prescott
(Tom Wolman)
Ashanti
(Teanna Musk)
Shanola Hampton
(Angie)
Michael Durrell
(Santa)
Beverly Leech
(Meg Carroll)
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