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In 1940s Indiana, nine-year-old Ralphie dreams of his ideal Christmas gift: a genuine Red Ryder 200-shot carbine action air rifle. But when gruff dad and doting mom regularly respond with "You'll shoot your eye out!" Ralphie mounts a full-scale Santa-begging campaign. He encounters a slew of calamities from snowsuit paralysis to the dreaded tongue-on-a-frozen-flagpole gambit.

Elmo is gearing up to celebrate Christmas. As he searches for a gift to give Dorothy, he learns about holidays around the world and discovers the many things that Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa have in common. Finally, Elmo goes to the North Pole, where Santa has some expert advice about the true spirit of Christmas and the perfect gift for Dorothy.

On the day of her birth, Ella is given the gift of obedience by her Fairy Godmother. The gift is also a curse as Ella cannot refuse anything she is asked to do. Tired of being taken advantage of, Ella leaves home to return her unwanted gift. What starts as a simple errand becomes an amazing journey.

Enormously wealthy and emotionally remote investment banker Nicholas Van Orton receives a strange gift from his ne'er-do-well younger brother on his 48th birthday: A voucher for a game that will change his life. Thus begins a trip down a rabbit hole that is puzzling, terrifying, and exhilarating for Nicholas and viewer alike. This is a surreal multilayered, noirish descent into one man's personal hell.

After finding a vintage Lazy Boy recliner online, just like the one that used to grace his childhood living room, a man decides to buy the chair and deliver it to his father as a surprise birthday gift.

George and the Man with the Yellow Hat are having a very merry time counting down the days until Christmas. There's only one puzzle: neither of them can figure out what to give the other for a present ... Will they be able to find the answers before Christmas morning?

Cipher in the snow: A boy dies after getting off the school bus. When no cause of death can be found, an interested teacher investigates and finds that the boy lost his will to live after his parents divorced. The gift: A young boy can't afford an expensive gift for his father so he decides to do the chores on Christmas morning. The phone call: The frustrations and fears experienced by adolescents are humorously illustrated when a young man tries...

In 1980s Chicago, a 10-year-old sets out on a quest to get the Christmas gift of his generation: the latest and greatest video game system. A humorous and heartfelt look back at the adventures of childhood. Set in suburban Chicago in the late 1980s, the story centers on ten-year-old Jake Doyle's (Winslow Fegley) herculean quest to get the latest and greatest video game system for Christmas. -- Provided by publisher.

Put a festive spin on Fair Isle with dazzling knit ornaments! Team up with designer Tanis Gray and learn everything from managing floats to reading charts for a project perfect for holiday gifting!