The Christmas Card (TV 2006)

US soldier visits the town from where an inspirational Christmas card was sent to him by a church group that mails cards out to servicemen as a goodwill effort.

Director:

Stephen Bridgewater

Writer:

Joany Kane

Stars:

Edward Asner, John Newton, Alice Evans

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Edward Asner	...	Luke
John Newton	...	Sgt. Cody Cullen
Alice Evans	...	Faith Spelman
Lois Nettleton	...	Rosie Spelman
Ben Weber	...	Paul
Peter Jason	...	Richard
Andrew Sanford	...	Sammy
Kate Hamon	...	Selma
Glorinda Marie	...	Molly
Charlie Holliday	...	Rev. Ives
Kurt Johnson	...	Eric
Brooke Davis	...	Liddy
Nick Ballard	...	Jonesy
Chad Michael Collins	...	Lewis (as Chad Collins)
Brian Robinson	...	Edo

Storyline

US Army sergeant Cody Cullen's horror tour in Afghanistan ends when his fellow soldier Jonesy is killed in an attack while they are delivering medical supplies in Nurestan. Cody is put on leave and goes to return private possessions to Jonesy's bride turned widow. On his way home he passes Nevada City, California, where he meets Faith Spelman, who writes the parish's Christmas cards to lonely soldiers, who had coincidentally included him, an orphan. He happens to save her dad Luke from a serious car run-over. The Spellmans invite Cody home for dinner, then the Christmas tide. He proves a great help in the family logging firm. Vietenam vet Luke wants Cody as son-in-law, but although charmed, Faith still seems committed to rarely present fiancé Paul, a wine broker.

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Plot Keywords:

christmas | dinner | party | love triangle | jealousy | 

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Genres:

Family | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 December 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Karácsonyi üdvözlet

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

RHI Entertainment, Alpine Medien Productions, Larry Levinson Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min 84 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the scene where the Commanding Officer is giving Jones's dog tags to Cullen both dog tags are there. Military members killed or injured have one dog tag left with them, the 2nd dog tag is removed and used for notification purposes. Jones was KIA, so the CO would have only had one dog tag to give to Cullen in real life.

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Connections

Featured in The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards (2007)

User Reviews

Excellent Movie for Everyone

In this generation, it's not easy finding movies that are not only excellent stories, but clean and wholesome for the whole family. The movie is "real" and not some fairy tale Christmas story. It makes you feel like you visited the characters yourself. The actors are all great, and the movie never gets boring. The plot continues to build on emotions and suspense of the fate of the lone soldier. It will make you look deeper into your own relationships to find your true feelings for someone in place of a false sense of belonging to someone. I would watch this many times again and more so at Christmas time. God bless the soldiers who receive such heartfelt Christmas cards and give them strength and hope to fulfill their dreams.