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The Days Before Christmas
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The Days Before Christmas

1958-12-07 · 30 min · ★ 6.5

Documentary · TV Movie

This short documentary depicts Christmastime in Montreal. The milling crowds, department store Santas, Brink's messengers, kindergarten angels and boisterous nightclubs all combine to make a vivid portrait of the holidays.

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Directors
Wolf Koenig, Stanley Jackson, Terence Macartney-Filgate
Production companies
ONF | NFB
Countries
Canada
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