I'll Be Next Door for Christmas

I'll Be Next Door for Christmas

This Christmas is about to get as ugly as the sweaters.

PG 2018 · 100 min · ★ 4.4 · Comedy, Family

A comedy about a family that's crazy for Christmas. Except for the 16-year-old daughter -- her family's over-the-top Christmas celebrations have made her life miserable. When her long distance boyfriend decides to visit for the holidays, she's determined to spare him her family's Christmas obsession, so she hires actors to play her parents and stages a fake Christmas dinner in the empty house next door. What could go wrong?

Directed by David Jay Willis · Written by Jenna Parker

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