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''Switchmas'' (earlier titles ''Ira Finkelstein's 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 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 Ira's Christmas dreams. It stars Elliott Gould and David DeLuise and is directed and produced by Sue Corcoran. It was originally filmed, in Leavenworth, Washington, under the title ''Ira Finkelstein's Christmas''. At a local screening in 2012 it had the title ''All I want is Christmas''. The film was included in the 2012 Seattle International Film Festival. ==Plot== At his home in Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, Ira J. Finkelstein (Elijah Nelson) is seen digging up an ornamental conifer from the flower bed outside his house. He brings it inside and decorates it as a Christmas tree using homemade ornaments including aluminum foil garland and a plastic Saturn from a model solar system as a tree topper. Ira's father, Max (David DeLuise), a filmmaker, arrives home and is upset with Ira that he has made a Christmas tree as they are Jewish. Ira's mother, Rosie (Angela DiMarco), a caterer, arrives home shortly after. Arriving with Max is actress Jennifer Cameo (Julianne Christie) and her chihuahua, Pooky. Max tells Jennifer that he's making a low-budget, holiday sci-fi movie and that he wants her to be the lead role. Pooky barks at Ira and chases him outside where he reveals that he is afraid of dogs as he was attacked by one a few years earlier. Max demands that Ira takes off the decorations and plants the tree back outside where it was. Ira asks his father why they can't celebrate Christmas, and he tells him that it's disrespectful to their history and heritage, and that Hanukkah can be just as fun. However, Ira responds that the entire world is obsessed with Christmas and that he feels left out. He laments that his father gets to make a Christmas movie; his mother gets to plan a Christmas party, but he doesn't get to experience Christmas. Ira's parents tell him that he is going to visit his grandparents, Sam (Elliot Gould) and Ruth Finkelstein (Meg Savlov) in Florida for Hanukkah and that he'll have fun with them. Ira further contends that he wants to go somewhere where it snows so that he can experience an authentic Christmas. While on the skywalk at the Los Angeles International Airport, Ira begs his parents not to send him to Florida and attempts to flee from them. He is stopped by a stranger further back on the skywalk. Ira's parents insist that he should go visit his grandparents who love him very much and that he should stop focusing so much on Christmas and that he shouldn't bring it up around his grandparents. Ira's flight lands at the Chicago O'Hare International Airport and is excited to see snow for the first time in real life. He asks an airport worker if he can go outside and play in it, but she tells him that his flight to Florida will be departing soon and that they have an indoor kids' area that he can play in. 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. Ira tells Mikey that he's visiting his grandparents in Florida and that he is Jewish. Mikey tells him that he'd rather go to Florida where it's warm and sunny rather than Washington, where it's even colder and more snowy than Chicago, nor is he looking forward to visiting his 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 it's awesome how Jews get eight nights of presents for Hanukkah. Ira tells him that he'd rather go to a place like Washington to experience Christmas. They agree to switch paces, donning each others' hats, coats, and ID tags. They exchange phone numbers and Mikey gives Ira the postcard. Ira arrives at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and is greeted by Mikey's relatives, Libby (Cynthia Geary) and Walt (Tony Doupe) Wilson and their three children, Jessica (Jenna Levin), Clare (Shayne Hodgins), and Kyle (Jack Fleischmann). Meanwhile, Mikey arrives in Florida and is affectionately greeted by Ira's grandparents. Neither set of relatives suspects anything is wrong since Mikey and Ira look alike, nor have they seen them since they were both much younger. The Wilsons take their "cousin" to Christmastown, WA, where they live. Ira is excited because the town is "just like in the movies". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Switchmas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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