A Christmas Visitor

A Christmas Visitor
Written by George Samerjan
David Saperstein
Directed by Christopher Leitch
Starring William Devane
Meredith Baxter
Dean McDermott
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Release
Original release
  • December 21, 2002 (2002-12-21)

A Christmas Visitor is a 2002 American television film starring William Devane, Meredith Baxter and Dean McDermott. It was written by George Samerjan and David Saperstein, and directed by Christopher Leitch.

Plot summary

The film concerns the story of the Boyajian family, who have not celebrated Christmas in 11 years, since their son John was killed on Christmas Day 1991 during the Gulf War. With their daughter Jeanie potentially facing a life-threatening illness,[1] George decides they should once again celebrate Christmas; however, Carol adamantly refuses.

George heads to watch over the town's veterans memorial and is accosted by several teenage punks, who are scared off by "Matthew", a hitchhiker passing through town. As Matthew and George talk, Matthew claims to be a Gulf veteran who is the same age as John[2] and served in the same regiment as John, although the two did not apparently know each other.

George invites Matthew to spend Christmas with his family, asking him to tell his wife and daughter that he knew John while they served together. George's ultimate plan is to get the family to once again celebrate Christmas, which works. But as Matthew makes up stories about he and John, George begins to wonder about Matthew's true identity when his stories include details that only John would have known (including a notable surgical scar from an athletic injury).

At the end, it is revealed that Matthew is actually John [3] making a supernatural visit (by revealing the scar mentioned earlier) in order to restore the family's Christmas spirit.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Christmas Visitor A Powerful Drama Retrieved 21 May 2013
  2. ↑ A Christmas Visitor overview on New York Times Retrieved 21 May 2013
  3. ↑ Christmas Visitor at RottenTomatoes.com Retrieved 21 May 2013

External links

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