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Mr. Christmas could not have been made without the generous help and contributions of the following people who we wish to thank profusely!!!

Walter Hussman and Estel Jeffrey of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for giving us images of 1941 Arkansas Gazettes, and Bob Moore of The Carroll County Newspapers for printing them for our use as props.

John Cross of The Bank of Eureka Springs for providing script suggestions, set decorations, an apartment to make life easier for our wardrobe department and 40 background actors when we filmed our downtown sequence, and for allowing us to film a scene in his beautiful historic bank.

Max Factor Company for furnishing all of the makeup that was used on the actors and background actors.

Leann Bridwell for accommodations for our cast and crew at The Grand Central Hotel and catering by The Grand Taverne Restaurant.

Faryl Kaye for providing lodging for crew members at The Peabody House and for letting us borrow set dressings.

Sharon Louk and Lavonne St. Clair for providing accommodations for crew members at Adelyn's Suites.

Betty Zaboly for introducing us to Elk Street residents and providing a bedroom for crew members.

Dick & Joan Evenson for offering a bedroom to crew members.

Bud Umland of the Victoria Inn for providing us with the perfect space for our casting sessions in Eureka Springs.

Beth James for providing the South Arkansas Arts Center for our El Dorado casting sessions, and Diane & Stow Delone for providing accommodations to our casting team.

Mike McCurdy for providing The Arkansas Repertory Company for our Little Rock casting sessions, and Larry & Rita Dickerson for providing accommodations to our casting team.

Philliip Steele for arranging our casting sessions in Springdale, and Kathy Blundell for providing The Arts Center of the Ozarks for the sessions.

Dot Newsom and Cyndi Prince for arranging our casting sessions in Jonesboro, and Kevin Lawrence for making The United Way building available for the sessions.  Also Bill & Linda Cooper and James & Flossie Baggett for providing accommodations to our casting team while in NE Arkansas.

Pat Kendrick, Ashley Welch, Dina Militello and Becky Dole for their help with casting sessions.

The Daisy Air Gun Museum in Rogers for providing us with artwork for 1941 Daisy boxes that Jim Post recreated for use as set decorations, and Shirley Laswell for allowing the use of the Red Ryder name on the Daisy boxes.

Spectacular period vehicles provided by Charles Wilson, K. A. Oberhelman, Chuck Haynes, Wayne A. Williams, Phillip Garling, Paul Kelly, Donald Schwer, Robert Sanders, Leigh Spargur, Donald L. Scott and Ron Morrill. 

Abbott Signs in Berryville for providing vinyl numbers to make 1941 license plates for our picture vehicles.

Bridgestone/Firestone North America for granting permission to use the Firestone name.

Eric Hulsey for donating paint for use in our set building.

Dan Bennett for staying late (and in the rain!) for our downtown night sequence to open stores for us.

For set decorations provided by The Christian Science Church of Eureka Springs, The Treehouse Giftshop, Bob & Sondra Torchia, Kim Hall, Nicole Bellinger, Jim & Terri Post, Jean & Jim Post, Beau Satori, Leslie Behrle, Frederick Fields of Rainbow TV & Appliance, Jake & Baxter Hager, The Purple House, The Good Shepherd Humane Society Thrift Shop,The Rosalie House, Karen Jo Vennes of Populuxe, Kimes Auto Supply, Elna M. Smith Foundation Sacred Arts Center, Country Antiques, Carroll County Historical & Genealogical Society, Shirley Pyron of the Berryville Historical Museum, Minnie Mall, Charlotte Patterson, Doggie Thrift Store and John Mitchell of Mitchell's Folly Antiques & Fine Arts.

Tony Grat for drawing our sets to scale and assisting our production designer.

Paul Wilson for providing his parking lot at Ermilio's Restaurant for the use of our crew, and for Elk and White Street residents when we were filming in their neighborhood.

Robert Clark of Eureka Tours for chauffeuring cast and crew members to and from the airport.

Swepco for changing street lights to give us the right look for our film and making our Director of Photographer very happy.

Holly Winger for figuring a way to give us the added electricity we needed for our wardrobe, hair and makeup rooms.

Kathy Woodmansee for putting up wallpaper in our family home set.

Michael Teague of the Eureka Springs Public Works for letting us borrow barricades and hand traffic control signs.

Robert Tollett and the Basin Park Hotel for providing rooms for our picture vehicle drivers when it rained the night we filmed downtown.

Jim Wilson for letting us film on his property and cut a couple of his cedar trees.

Christine Chapman-Huenergardt of Chapman Leonard Studio Equipment, Inc. for providing our camera dolly at a discount.

Ellen Stubbs of Rogers High School for period wardrobe that we used as set decorations in our department store set.

Willie Oats for letting us borrow her great 1940's hats

Beth Walker and the Ouachita Council of the Girl Scouts for 1936-1941 Girl Scout uniforms and berets.

Mud Street Store for period jewelry.

John Rhea of The Smiling Carpet Man for cleaning our set furniture.

John & Fatima Swallow for donating lunches to the crew during preproduction and providing carpet to protect the floors of our sets.

Sears, Roebuck & Company for permitting the use of their 1941-42 Winter Catalog as a prop.

Margaret Petter Cardwell for finding three 1941 Sears catalogs and a Girl Scout beret for us on eBay

Jim Findley for providing our director with his New York apartment for casting sessions in the city.

Mary Jo Rose, Henry Martin, The Lane House and St. James Episcopal Church for providing space for our production office and interior store sets.

St. James Episcopal Church congregation for staying after service one Sunday to sing Christmas carols in March for our sound mixer.

Mary Jane Dortch for allowing us to film on the grounds of The Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railway Co.

Dick & Reeda Rush for allowing us to film the exterior of The Mustard Seed General Store and to use their merchandise for set dressings in our interior General Store.

Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship for allowing us to serve food in their church, to film the exterior, and to use their facilities.

Mary Tait for trusting us to use her lovely home at 33 Ridgeway as our interior family home.

Eleanor Lux for allowing us to film her house at 33 Elk Street and Shelly Collins for permitting access to the house.

John Kinnaird for allowing us to disrupt everything at Wheeler's Printing Company to move his 1920s antique printing press to the middle of the floor and film two scenes.

Marilyn Stockwell, Ann Coffey and Lavonne St. Clair for their wonderful training and help with Hobo, Sheelie and Should'a-Been-a-Girl.

Kathy Tharp, Vadella Burris, Patsy Beaver, Yesteryears, Kerry Pittenger, Charlotte Patterson, Timm Hilty, Lexia Collier, Calvin Cotton, Jim & Terri Post, Susan Simler, John Cross, Sandra Torchia, Childhood Memories of Berryville, Berryville Historical Museum, Carroll County Historical & Genealogical Society, Mark Mallett, Old Sale Barn, Calvin Cotton, Lori Carter, Ozark Cycling & Fitness, Kim Hall and Sherwood Cycling & Fitness for lending us props.

Rex Gustin, Bob Girkin, John Wiley, Dick & Rita Rush, William & Janet Penn, Chris Barton, Mary Webb, Cynthia Dupps, Skip Kane, Melissa Evans, Sandy McClung, Blakeley Wilson, Arnold Lehman, Kara White, Darlene Schrum, Dina Landis, Daniel Rovell, Lucille Garrett, Sena Tidwell, Leigh Slaven, Julie White, Lisa Knapp, Rick & Sara Armellini, Joe McClung Jr., Ken & Jennifer Pyatt, Harold Gene O'Neal, Billy & Lena Batson, Zeek Taylor, Iris Mattheiss, Kay Grueky, Ron Landis, Denise Ryan, Gene E. McCuney, Priscilla & Jim Bowie, VaDella Burris, Glenda Satterfield, Justin Japczyk, Z. Reeder, Sharon Bryant, Nancy Wines, Sharon L. Ash, Paul Thompson, Marianne Tomaszkiewicz, Steve W. Roberson, Nancy Praus, and Mark Rademacher for giving us permission to film the exterior of their store or house.

And a very special thanks to the Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission (CAPC).

We could not have made our film without your kind help and we are very grateful to all of you!!!!!!!!

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