Dashing Through the Snow

When the Groland teams take on the concept of Christmas, it's a safe bet that there will be dark humor under the tree and tasty sketches as the main course.

Christmas Thoughts is a short promotional film produced by the Ford Motor Company in 1920. Distributed to Ford dealers, it aimed to encourage charitable initiatives such as the Goodfellows Clubs, which provided food and gifts to families in need during the holiday season. The story follows a group of businessmen who decide to deliver a festive meal and presents to a struggling family. The film concludes with heartwarming scenes of children meeting Santa Claus and receiving gifts, emphasizing generosity and community spirit.

Eight women gather to celebrate Christmas in a snowbound cottage, only to find the family patriarch dead with a knife in his back. Trapped in the house, every woman becomes a suspect, each having her own motive and secret.

George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.

A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.

The lives of a motherless young man, who's just starting to find interest in women, and his physically abused, poverty stricken friend, are mixed with more or less innocent childhood experiences and challenges most their age experience.

The mayor of the small Bavarian village of Hirnkirchen runs a poorly performing inn with his two good-looking and very busy daughters. When advertising experts Bob and Bert Vogel arrive in the village, they promise the mayor that they will replace the dusty regulars with wealthy visitors from all over Germany. What follows is a turbulent vacation season which, thanks to the inn's attractive daughters, involves a lot of physical activity.

To inherit her father's company, socialite Ellen must first visit his small hometown, where she learns the value of hard work and helping others.

A sadistic pedophile mall Santa is arrested after a group of kids alarm local adults and police of his activity. Years later, the pedophile escapes from prison during a blackout. Donning his Santa Claus uniform and wielding a fire axe, the pedophile begins hunting down the now grown-up children one by one.

An aspiring Broadway singer is convinced to participate in a small-scale production for her local Christmas celebration. Along the way, she finds hope and unexpected mentorship towards her dream career. But will her professional success come at the cost of her chance at love?

When an evil genius steals the Magical Beacon Stone and forces the children of Inverclyde to toil in his factories, Bella and Jenny only have five days to find the Stone stop his schemes and save Christmas.