Switchmas
Switchmas earlier titles Ira Finkelsteins Christmas and All I Want Is Christmas is an American musical comedy film directed by Sue Corcoran. It tells the story of a Christmas obsessed Jewish boy on his way to sunny Florida who figures out how to get the Christmas of his dreams by trading airline tickets and places with another boy on his way to snowy Christmastown, WA. This film also features CGI scenes based on Iras Christmas dreams.
In Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, Ira J. Finkelstein Elijah Nelson wishes he could celebrate Christmas, but his parents do not want to celebrate because they are Jewish. Iras father, Max David DeLuise, a filmmaker, says hes making a lowbudget, holiday scifi movie and that he wants demanding and emptyheaded Jennifer Cameo Julianne Christie to be the lead role. Iras mother, Rosie Angela DiMarco, a caterer, gets to plan a Christmas party. Iras parents tell him that he is going to visit his grandparents, Sam Elliott Gould and Ruth Finkelstein Meg Savlov in Florida for Hanukkah and that hell have fun with them. Ira further contends that he wants to go somewhere where it snows so that he can experience an authentic Christmas.Iras flight lands at the Chicago OHare International Airport and he is excited to see snow for the first time in real life. At an indoor kids area he reluctantly goes over to the play area where he meets a Christian boy named Mikey Amato Justin Thomas Howell. Mikey tells Ira that he is from Chicago and is visiting his aunt, uncle, and cousins in Washington, relatives that he hardly knows he only knows their names and what they look like by a postcard his mom, Julie Tracy Hyland, gave him. He also thinks its awesome how Jews get eight nights of presents for Hanukkah. Ira tells him that hed rather go to a place like Washington to experience Christmas. They agree to switch places, donning each others hats, coats, and ID tags. They exchange phone numbers and Mikey gives Ira the postcard. ........
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