# Please identify this movie (Christmas tree with a hundred candles on it burns down)

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**Created:** [December 21, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-movie-christmas-tree-with-a-hundred-candles-on-it-burns-down/956440 "2021-12-21T22:36:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-movie-christmas-tree-with-a-hundred-candles-on-it-burns-down/956440/1 "2021-12-21T22:36:52Z")

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I remember seeing a movie in which there was a Christmas tree with a hundred or so candles on it, and one of them tipped over and set the entire tree, and the rest of the room, on fire before they were able to put it out. But I don’t remember the name of the movie. Anyone familiar with it?

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**Author:** ![steepone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@steepone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steepone)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-movie-christmas-tree-with-a-hundred-candles-on-it-burns-down/956440/2 "2021-12-22T11:21:30Z")

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That happens in A Mom For Christmas

> **[A Mom for Christmas (TV Movie 1990) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100173/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_30)**
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> A Mom for Christmas: Directed by George Miller. With Olivia Newton-John, Juliet Sorci, Doug Sheehan, Carmen Argenziano. A young girl who wants a mom for the Christmas holidays gets her wish when a department store mannequin comes to life.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-movie-christmas-tree-with-a-hundred-candles-on-it-burns-down/956440/3 "2021-12-22T14:19:39Z")

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That’s it. I had a feeling it had something to do with a mannequin who’d come to life, but I thought I’d accounted for all such movies I’d heard of.