Chasing Christmas

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Chasing Christmas is a 2005 contemporary re-telling of the 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol.{{cite web|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/chasing-christmas|title=Chasing Christmas|work=Common Sense Media|first=Emily|last=Ashby|access-date=August 3, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://dove.org/review/21705-chasing-christmas/|title=Chasing Christmas|work=Dove|access-date=August 3, 2021}} This ABC Family film, written by Todd Berger and directed by Ron Oliver, stars Tom Arnold as Jack Cameron, who is a man with a Scrooge-type personality.[https://web.archive.org/web/20091124183608/http://movies.tvguide.com/chasing-christmas/299223 Chasing Christmas at TVGuide.com] Accessed January 20, 2013 He is stuck with his wife, whom he caught with another man at their daughter's Christmas play. The sad events of his life, including his wife's infidelity, led him to hate Christmas. This prompted the Ghost of Christmas Past (Leslie Jordan) and Ghost of Christmas Present (Andrea Roth) to show Jack what Christmas is all about, but Christmas Past wanted to stay in the past, and Jack and Christmas Present ended up on an adventure to put Christmas Past back on track.

Brittney Wilson, who played the daughter of Jack Cameron, was nominated for Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Supporting Young Actress at the 27th Young Artist Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms27.htm |title=27th Annual Young Artist Awards |access-date=2011-03-31 |work=YoungArtistAwards.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704071111/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms27.htm |archive-date=2010-07-04}}