Directed by
Larry Weinstein
Produced by
Liam Romalis and Jason Charters
Written by
Jason Charters
Edited by
David New
Executive Producer
Marie-Odile Demay
Director of Photography
Kiarash Sadigh
Production Designer
Marian Wihak
Costume Designer
Robyn Macdonald
Visual Researcher
MaryJo Lavelle
Music by
Aaron Davis
Featuring
Rob Bowman
Mark Breslin
Alan Dershowitz
Ophira Eisenberg
Lisa Geduldig
Robert Harris
Rob Kapilow
Jennifer 8. Lee
Jackie Mason
Joshua Plaut
Fr. Thomas Rosica
Steve March-Tormé
Mirjam Wenzel
With performances by
Kevin Breit
Aviva Chernick
Roger Feng
Justin Gray
Franc-Anton Harwart
The Lemon Bucket Orkestra
Steven Page
Gaston Poon
Dione Taylor
David Walll
Tom Wilson
Cast (in order of appearance)
Decker Williams
Jenna Harris
Hannah Kelderman
Jeremy Salzman
Gaston Poon
Kang Ho
Franc-Anton Harwart
Andrew Chung
Alex Seo
Jordan Michael Phouttharath
Nicole Haber
Shelly Faber
Roger Feng
Doan Phan
Santa Claus
Background Patrons
Ana Buzdugan
Angelique Espino
Jack Epstein
David Fine
Roseann Fine
Sydney Freeman
Kyle Gelbloom-Kantor
Debra Kaiser
Hilarie Klapman
Sam Lowen
Adam Mezei
Maria Cecilia Miranda
Ophelia C. Miranda
Daryn Pancer
Howard Pont
Jayden Porter
Helena Sheppard
Sash Striga
Barbara Stulberg
Fred Tymoshenko
Laura Webb
Bryna Weiss
Aaron Zaretsky
Andrea Zaretsky
Hong Luck Kung Fu Club Lion Dancers
Nancy Ing
David Lieu
Alexander La
Justin Strachan
Quang Thang
Wison To
Andrew Wong
Vincent Yang
Crew
Production Manager
Jennifer Mesich
1st Assistant Director
Mark Pancer
Production Coordinator
Andrew Edmonds
2nd Assistant Director
Eric Banz
3rd Assistant Director
Paul Dudar
4th Assistant Directors
Liz May & Alexa Mitchell
Production Assistants
Elizabeth Gibson
Kunai Mulkani
Michael Pugacewicz
Production Accountant
Michael Goede
Casting Director
Jenny Lewis
Lewis Kay Casting
Choreographer
Lisa Stevens
Assistant Choreographer
Carla Bennett
Script Supervisor
Sydney Kondruss
Art Director
Shelley Silverman
Set Decorator
Ashley Devereux
Props Master
Kat Germain
Props Assistant
Adrienne Trent
Props Maker
Marsha Williams
Set Dressers
Edward Hillier
Julia Howman
Phil Leech
Alana Robshaw
Head Carpenter
David Ralph
Carpenters
Giuseppe Condello
Wayne Weston
Assistant Carpenter
John Mott
Crew Labourer
Julia Mendoza
Camera Operator
John Minh Tran CSC
Additional Camera Operators
Joseph Friedman
Michael Leschisin
Dan Martino
Wynn Padula
1st Assistant Cameras
Chris Goll
Paul Steves
Blain Thrush
2nd Assistant Cameras
Dan Adlam
Nate O’Brien
DMTs
Derreck Roemer
Sebastian Russell
Gaffer
Mike O’Neil
Board Operator
Gideon Ayesu
Key Grips
Benjamin Dundas
Ben Locche
Swings
Dillon Freel
Dominique Girouard
Brett Hughes
Robin Hunter
Andrew Locche
James Marshall
Liam Small
Simon Stunt
Kyle Thornhill
Adam Warren
Special Effects Coordinator
Derek Liscoumb
Assistant Costume Designer
Shelly Romalis
Wardrobe Supervisor
Tara Thompson
Wardrobe Assistant
Aimée Tobolka
Key Makeup Artist
Jessica Carter
Hairstylist
Lani Starr
Swing
Linda Carter
Makeup Assistant
Miriam R. Stables
Location Manager
Nikhil D’Souza
Assistant Location Manager
John Crilly
Set Security
Steven Robertson
Craft Services
William Engel
Scott Edwin Farmer
Fortune Cookie Testers
Eli Charters
Simon Charters
Catering by
Blazing Kitchen
Post Production Services by
Spence-Thomas Audio Post
Post-Production Coordinator
Mako Funasaka
Colourist
Jonas Crawley
Graphics & Animation
Nick Sewell
Sound Supervisor/Mixer
Richard Spence-Thomas
Sound Editor
Gary Vaughan
Additional sound engineering
Patton Rodrigues
Transcriptions
Julian Bateman
Natalya Ferguson
Heather White
Publicist
Ingrid Hamilton
Stills Photographer
Jackie Shapiro
EPK
Jackson Myers
Katie O’Reilly
Insurance Provided by
Arthur J. Gallagher Canada Limited
Legal
Angelika Heim
Stohn Hay Cafazzo
Dembroski Richmond LLP
Willa Marcus
Post Production Accounting by
Kay & Warburton Chartered Accountants
For CBC
General Manager, Programming
Sally Catto
Executive Director, Unscripted Content
Jennifer Dettman
Senior Director, Documentary
Sandra Kleinfeld
Director of Production, Unscripted Content
Alexandra Lane
Director of Finance, Unscripted Content
Julie Lawlor
Executive in Charge of Production, NDR
Claudia Cellarius
For Kobalt Productions GmbH
CEO
Stefan Mathieu
Production
Anahita Nazemi
Eva Rink
Archival images and footage supplied by
Alamy Stock Photo Budget Films Stock Footage
C-SPAN Archives Getty Images
F.I.L.M. Archives Historic Films
Internet Archive Library of Congress Digital Collections
Mr. Footage New York Public Library Digital Collections
Oddball Films Pond5
Prelinger Archives Screen Ocean/Clips & Footage
Shutterstock, Inc. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The WPA Film Library
Holiday Inn (1942)
Produced by Paramount Pictures Inc.
© NBC Universal Media, LLC.
Bonanza (1959)
Produced by NBC
© CBS Television Distribution
Action Comics (1938)
Created by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel
Published by DC Comics, Inc.
Captain America (1941)
Created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby
Published by Marvel Entertainment, LLC.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948)
Produced by the Jam Handy Organization
© Jam Handy Organization
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1939)
Written by Robert Lewis May
Courtesy of Smithsonian National Museum of
American History Mister Ed (1961)
Produced by The Mister Ed Company
and Filmways Television
© MGM Television
Archie Comics and Betty and Veronica (1942)
Created by John L. Goldwater and Bob Montana
Published by Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
Batman (1940)
Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger
Published by DC Comics, Inc.
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
Produced by Hope Enterprises and Paramount Pictures
© Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
The Ten Commandments (1923)
Produced by the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
© Paramount Pictures Corporation
Music
Music direction and original score by
Aaron Davis
Music Clearances
Sébastien Lépine, Tram 7
Music consultant
David Wall
Music recorded by
Guillermo Subuaste
Kitchen percussion recorded by
Charlie Finlay
Lemon Bucket Orchestra recorded by
David Plowman
On set music recording by
Gary Vaughan
Boom Operator
Alison Hill
Additional engineering by
Bernie Cisternas
Piano, vocals & orchestration
Aaron Davis
Bass & Bass
Vina Justin Gray
Erhu Xiaoqiu Lin
Flute Ron Korb
Guitar Rob Piltch
Percussion
Davide Direnzo
Saw Gene Hardy
Trumpet
David Dunlop
Kevin Turcotte
Trombone
Zach Smith
Violin
Aaron Schwebel
Andréa Tyniec
Vocals
Pete Luciano
Sean Lavery
Woodwinds
John Johnson
“Oy To The World!”
Performed by The Klezmonauts
Created by Paul Libman
Courtesy of MTL, Inc. DBA Libman Music
“The Christmas Song”
Written by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells
Performed by Dione Taylor
Courtesy of MPL Music Publishing, Inc.
“Silver Bells”
Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Performed by Steven Page
Used by Permission of Famous Music LLC, Sony/ATV Harmony, All rights reserved
“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”
Written by Johnny Marks
Performed by Tom Wilson and Kevin Brei
Courtesy of St. Nicholas Music Inc.
“Do You Hear What I Hear”
Written by Gloria Shayne Baker and Noel Regney
Performed by Aviva Chernick and Justin Gray
Courtesy of Casablanca Music Publishing
“Proshaj”
Written by Mark Marczyk
Performed by The Lemon Bucket Orkestra
Courtesy of Lemon Bucket Ltd. “Winter Wonderland”
Written by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith
Performed by Gaston Poon and Franc-Anton Harwart
Courtesy of Casablanca Music Publishing
“Holly Jolly Christmas”
Written by Johnny Marks
Performed by Roger Feng
Courtesy of St. Nicholas Music Inc.
“Dreydl”
Composed by Mikhl Gelbart and S.E. Goldfarb
Arranged by Chris Hanjian and Ronald Romm
Performed by The Canadian Brass
Courtesy of Opening Night Entertainment Group, Inc.
“We Wish You a Merry Christmas”
Traditional, Arranged by Frits Kaatee
Performed by Fritz Kaatee and the Dutch Dixieland All Stars, Courtesy of Fritz Kaatee
“Vinter Vinderland”
Written by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith
Translation by Michael Wex
Performed by David Wall and The Lemon Bucket Orkestra
Courtesy of Casablanca Music Publishing
Original music recorded at Pacha Sound, Canterbury Sound and Number Nine Studios, Toronto, Canada
Web Development by
Affordance Studio & Lichen Communications
Creative Direction
Kim Berthiaume
Patrick Bacon
Development
Laurent Rabatel
Jean-Philippe Choquette
Gabriel Corbel
Thanks to
Manfred Becker
Randal Boutillier
Greg Buium
Lois Charters
Richard Charters
Stanley Chu
Wei Chu
Janice Dawe
Jessica Daniel
Howard Fraiberg
Bill House
Jordan Klapman
Elizabeth Klink
Rosa Laborde
Tessa Lai
David Lehman
Ron Mann
Jerry McIntosh
David Mortin
Del Mehes
Lorne Orleans
Coleman Romalis
Izzie Romalis
Joanne Rosenberg
Katrin Sandmann
Jin Shun Zhou
Caryn Thompson
Chris Thompson
David Wall
Steve Weslak
The Ray & Wyn Ritchie Evans Foundation
and the Sea-Hi Tavern
Special Thanks to Ali, Dania and Mary, Judih, Andrea and Marilyn
Produced in Association with
CBC
Doc Channel
NDR
ARTE
SVT
RSI
YLE
NRK
ORF
Produced with the Assistance of
CMF
Produced with the Participation of
Rogers Cable Network Fund
CAVCO
OMDC
Developed with the Assistance of
Super Channel
OMDC
A Riddle Films Production
Riddle Films
© 2017 Riddle Films JWSC Inc.