Christmas Child (2004)

A life-sized nativity leads a man to learn about his past and lost family.

Director:

Bill Ewing

Writers:

Andrea Jobe, Eric Newman

Stars:

William R. Moses, Tonya Bordeaux, Steven Curtis Chapman

Cast

Credited cast:
William R. Moses	...	Jack Davenport
Tonya Bordeaux	...	Alicia
Steven Curtis Chapman	...	Michael Curtis
Megan Follows	...	Meg Davenport
Theresa Browning	...	Mom
Vicki Taylor Ross	...	Naomi Williams
Juli Erickson	...	Mrs. Schneider
Grant James	...	Joe
Rebecca McCauley	...	Vanessa
Muse Watson	...	Jimmy-James
Frederick Martin Smith	...	Piano Player
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jeremiah Diamond	...	Craig
Mary Donnelly-Haskell	...	Cindy
Jessica Dyer	...	Rebecca
Nicole Fancher	...	Caroler

Storyline

A life-sized nativity leads a man to learn about his past and lost family.

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Plot Keywords:

two word title | christmas | adoption

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 November 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Buon compleanno, Jack!

Filming Locations:

Oklahoma, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Impact Productions LLC

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min 96 min (dvd release)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

The radio announcer refers to the local area as West Texas. However, he also references a listener in Deaf Smith County, which is located in the Panhandle. No one in Texas refers to the Panhandle as West Texas. They are two completely separate regions.

User Reviews

Whose Child Was This?

It's Christmas time and reporter William R. Moses hasn't had a decent story to his byline for a long time. He welcomes a chance to go to Texas for a human interest story, but his real motivation is to stop in Clearwater, Texas to find out the mystery of his birth.

Moses has no family so to speak and was raised as a foundling. He's a little jealous of wife Megan Fellows with whom he will spend Christmas once again with her family.

In Clearwater, Moses does find the mystery of his birth and the reason why a whole lot of people are trying to keep him from finding out.

Christmas Child is a nice enough family holiday classic. With Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman playing the part of a preacher in the film, it was guaranteed from the start to have a built in audience appeal. Chapman was fine in the role, truth be told the part was no stretch for him. In the film his character and his wife adopt a young foundling child, in real life Chapman and his wife adopted three Asian orphans.

Christmas Child does have a heartstring tugging ending, but one that is totally in keeping with the spirit of the movie. There is one character in this film who gets one fabulous Christmas present.