

A Puppy for Christmas
2016-11-25 · 85 min · ★ 6.6
After breaking up with her boyfriend and losing her job, Noelle full fills her lifelong wish of getting a puppy. But Buster (the puppy) is the perfect pup she imagined and by spending Christmas with her co-workers quirky family she discovers the true spirit of Christmas and what it means to be family.
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- Directors
- Justin G. Dyck
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- MarVista Entertainment, Brain Power Studio
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- United States of America
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- Released
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Cindy BusbyNoelle
Greyston HoltLiam
Christopher RussellTodd
Allison PriceJoyce
Derek McGrathGramps
Victoria SnowHelen
Toya AlexisFelicia
Nadine WhitemanMary
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