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Very Cool Christmas ()

A Very Cool Christmas (original title)
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16 year-old Lindsay decides to give Santa Claus an extreme makeover.

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Santa Claus
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Lindsay Deerborne
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Mrs. Claus
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Paige
Michael Gelbart ...
Chuck
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Stan
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Anderson
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Matt (as Adam Harrington)
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Michelle
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Alexa
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Donnie
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Eduardo
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Uncle Phil
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Tough Kid
Mark Gash ...
Salesman
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Food Server
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Rob Bothwell (as Barry Levy)
Ariane Stevenson ...
Alyson
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Gym Guy
Thyra Warburg ...
Sweet Little Old Lady
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Christos Shaw ...
Little Boy (uncredited)

Directed by

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Sam Irvin ... (directed by)

Written by

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Michael Gelbart ... (written by)

Produced by

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Paul Colichman ... executive producer
Stanton W. Kamens ... executive producer
James Shavick ... producer (produced by)
Kirk Shaw ... executive producer
Stacey Shaw ... associate producer (as Stacey Belecos Shaw)
Richard Trus ... associate producer (as Rick Trus)
Randy Zalken ... co-executive producer

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Peter Allen ... (music by)

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Anthony C. Metchie ... director of photography (as Anthony Metchie)

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Ness Broom
Paul Tourneur

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B.F. Painter ... post-production coordinator

Casting By

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Corinne Clark ... (casting by)
Jennifer Page ... (casting by)

Production Design by

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Paul Joyal

Art Direction by

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Sean Whale

Set Decoration by

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Jennifer Kom-Tong

Costume Design by

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Angelina Kekich

Makeup Department

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Amanda McGowan ... key hair stylist / key makeup artist

Production Management

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Janet Kendrick ... post-production supervisor
Michelle Samuels ... production manager
Orrin Stroll ... executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Victor Landrie ... second assistant director
Dustin Marks ... third assistant director
Matthias Mellinghaus ... first assistant director (as Matt Mellinghaus)

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Sandrine Hanna ... first assistant props / props (as Sandrine Hannah)
Paul McCulloch ... property master
Alexandra Rojek ... props assistant

Sound Department

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John Boyle ... sound mixer
Tad Nazar ... sound mixer (as Ted Nazar)
Vince Renaud ... re-recording mixer / sound effects editor
Jo Rossi ... re-recording mixer
Clive Turner ... sound effects editor
Michael Watkins ... boom operator
Juniper Watters ... boom operator

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Allen Benjamin ... special effects coordinator (as Al Benjamin)
Paul Benjamin ... special effects technician

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Fredrik Höglin ... digital compositor
Douglas Kerr ... visual effects
Angus Laing ... visual effects
Krista Lomax ... title sequence designer
Richard Mintak ... visual effects supervisor
Aaron Parrott ... visual effects
Mark T. Reid ... digital compositor
Jon Shaw ... visual effects
Chris Van Dyck ... visual effects

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Ed Araquel ... still photographer
David Burstow ... grip
Peter Carty ... first assistant camera: 'a' camera
Jeff Cassidy ... first assistant camera
Geoff Dane ... lamp operator
Sacha Fassaert ... first assistant camera
Timothy Hedgecock ... best boy electric (as Timothy Hedgecodk)
Rayne Holloway ... generator operator
Tammy Jones ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Martin Kostian ... lamp operator
Craig Perell ... grip
Laird Pierce ... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Craig Powell ... camera operator / director of photography: second unit
Jeff Smith ... key grip
Pieter Stathis ... camera operator
Jim Swanson ... gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Angela Bright ... assistant costume designer

Location Management

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Mick Rochon ... assistant location manager
John Wittmayer ... location manager

Script and Continuity Department

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Danielle de Smit ... script supervisor
Sandra Montgomery ... script supervisor: second unit

Transportation Department

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Richard Chilton ... transportation coordinator
Rainer Scheelisch ... driver: cast

Additional Crew

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Karen Austin ... production accountant
Tia Buhl ... epk producer
Michael Farias ... key production assistant
Stacey Harris ... assistant production coordinator
Krista Johnston ... clearance
Solomon Kennedy ... composer
Rob Lycar ... production coordinator
Barbara Parisi ... first assistant accountant
Michael Stevens ... marketing supporter
Adam D. Wright ... distribution executive (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

Sixteen-year-old Lindsay Deerborne has absolutely no interest in spending Christmas with her family, intending to spend it skiing with her friends instead. With only two shopping days before Christmas, Lindsay gets up the nerve to notify her parents that her whole class is going skiing on Christmas Day and that she is definitely going too. The Deerbornes are not impressed and ask Lindsay to try to be a little less selfish and consider the feelings of others. Lindsay's six-year-old sister Alexis is devastated by the thought of Christmas without her sister, but for Lindsay, Christmas at home is so tedious that nothing can change her mind. Lindsay and her best friend Paige decide to visit the mall to check out this year's Santa and maybe have a laugh at his expense, insulting the old man's taste in clothes and his excessive size. Despite this, Santa requests Lindsay's assistance in changing his look, telling her he needs a makeover to restore the spark in his marriage to Mrs. Claus. Determined to prove her parents wrong about her selfish attitude, Lindsay gets him a new look, designer suit, and a way cool attitude. Impressed by the whole thing, Santa takes Lindsay into his confidence and asks her to help him out on the big night; Christmas Eve. Lindsay agrees to do it on one condition: Santa guarantees Lindsay won't be late for the big ski trip Christmas morning. Together the two dash from roof to roof, piling presents under trees and under the noses of all the sleeping little children. When it finally comes down to Lindsay arriving at her own home, there is a surprise in store when Santa asks Lindsay to make this delivery herself. Lindsay enters her home, only to come face to face with the true spirit of Christmas. Written by Insight Film and Video

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Also Known As
  • Very Cool Christmas (Canada, English title)
  • Too Cool for Christmas (United States)
  • Very Cool Christmas (United States)
  • Very Cool Christmas (United Kingdom)
  • Un Noël trop cool (France)
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Did You Know?

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Trivia There are two versions of the film, the one that features a homosexual character and the one that doesn't. In the one called Too Cool For Christmas, Lindsay's parents are actually a gay couple. In the version called A Very Cool Christmas, Lindsay's parents are a heterosexual couple. Barclay Hope plays her dad in both versions, while Adam Harrington plays her other dad and Hope's husband in the first version and Ingrid Torrance plays her mom and Hope's wife in the second version. Other than the gender of the actor that plays the other parent, the two versions of the film are virtually identical with identical lines being delivered by both the actor and the actress and the exact same camera shots being used for their scenes in both versions as if the two versions of the film were shot at the same time, one for the more tolerant Canadian audience and the other one for the presumably more conservative US audience at the time. See more »
Goofs When the hairstylist says he'll have to cut Santa's beard off, the net of the facial wig is visible in the close-up shot of Santa yelling, "No!" See more »
Movie Connections Featured in A Very Cool Christmas - Movie Review (2017). See more »
Soundtracks Too Cool for Christmas See more »

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