Threading PDF's in InDesign

Hello all,
I have a CS4 InDesign document and I want to automatically thread a multiple page PDF within linked text boxes already created. If InDesign does not have the ability to do that, is there a plugin or 3rd party software that can accomplish that task? Your help is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!

Thanks Stix for the reference. Although it is a great script, it doesn't do quite what I was looking for. Here is a little more detail of the project I am working on.
I am attempting to create a calendar that fits into a #10 envelope (approx. 4x9inches). As you can imagine, the 12 text boxes for each month are pretty small but legible. They are arranged in 2 rows of 6. The design of the months were exported as a 12 page PDF file. Now what I was attempting to do was to automatically place the 12 page PDF (each month) on linked text boxes already created within the document. For example the first left most text box will have the month of January, the one next to it will have the month of February, etc... Similar to the way text can be automatically threaded if setup correctly in a word processing program. Sorry if I was not as clear earlier but I hope this helps and thank you for your assistance once again.

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