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Weird Christmas (2006)
The widow of a very wealthy man loves charity. She believes that the money she inherited should also serve other people. Therefore, she promises to spend a significant amount of money to cover the entire city with artificial snow for the New Year holidays. After all, the lack of snow in recent years has been a real disaster for children. The little ones suffer because they can only see a real snow-white fairy tale on television. But the grown-up children of the deceased husband do not share their stepmother's views. They want to take all the money for themselves. They send Olga Nikolaevna as far away from the city as possible and set about searching everywhere for valuable securities.
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The widow of a very wealthy man loves charity. She believes that the money she inherited should also serve other people. Therefore, she promises to spend a significant amount of money to cover the entire city with artificial snow for the New Year holidays. After all, the lack of snow in recent years has been a real disaster for children. The little ones suffer because they can only see a real snow-white fairy tale on television. But the grown-up children of the deceased husband do not share their stepmother's views. They want to take all the money for themselves. They send Olga Nikolaevna as far away from the city as possible and set about searching everywhere for valuable securities.
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Genre:Comedy
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In Theaters:11/11/2006
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