Two special Christmas films at the Library Dec. 17 & 18

Join us at the Dover Public Library on Monday, December 17 at 6:30pm as we sing, shout, and snack along to an interactive showing of the uproariously funny Will Ferrell movie, “Elf”!  The movie is free, but preregistration is required as each audience member will receive a prop bag full of surprises and instructions on how to interact with the movie as it plays. Please sign up for “Elf Interactive” on our website: library.dover.nh.gov or call 603-516-6050. All ages welcome!

Then, the next night, on Tuesday, December 18, also at 6:30pm, the library will be screening the Hallmark Channel movie, “Christmas Incorporated” which is set in Dover, New Hampshire!  No preregistration is required for this film. Have you ever flown out of the “Dover Regional Airport”? It really does exist in this holiday story of Dover’s fight to save its struggling toy factory, housed in the gigantic downtown mills.

Yes, it’s fiction, but you can delight in Hollywood’s interpretation of the Garrison City at this free Dover movie premiere. “Christmas Incorporated” involves a young woman, Riley Vance, who lands a job with wealthy entrepreneur William Young. He is poised to close Dover’s toy factory just before Christmas, which would devastate the entire town. Riley must convince him otherwise! 

           Do Riley and William find love in Dover, NH? Well, duh! No spoilers, but it’s a Hallmark Christmas movie so of course everything turns out fine! It was filmed in California so there are no real Dover scenes, but it’s a lot of fun to watch this sentimental interpretation of our fair city.  Scriptwriter Brook Durham grew up in the Seacoast area and says that the old mills in downtown Dover inspired the story. 

           Two films, two nights: you must preregister for “Elf Interactive” on December 17 but no registration is required for “Christmas Incorporated on December 18. Please call the Dover Public Library for more information at 603-516-6050.