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It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
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2019
1h 30m
6.2(40 votes)
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Romance

Overview

When a New England Christmas decorating competition searches for the town with the most Christmas spirit, the Mayors of East and West Riverton go all out to get their towns to the top of the holiday heap.

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Muse Entertainment
Lighthouse Pictures

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