The Christmas Blessing
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| Directed by | Karen Arthur |
| Written by | Wesley Bishop Donna Van Liere |
| Starring | Neil Patrick Harris Rebecca Gayheart Rob Lowe Angus T. Jones Blake Shelton |
| Music by | Lawrence Shragge |
| Distributed by | ITV Studios Global Entertainment |
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Release dates
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December 18, 2005 |
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Running time
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96 minutes |
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| Language | English |
The Christmas Blessing is a 2005 television film directed by Karen Arthur. It first aired on December 18, 2005 on the CBS networks. It also featured songs by country artist Blake Shelton, including the hit "Nobody But Me", and "The Christmas Blessing" by Newsong. It is the second part of a trilogy, preceded by The Christmas Shoes (2002) and followed by The Christmas Hope (2009).
Plot
When a doctor, Nathan (Neil Patrick Harris) loses a patient on the operating table, he decides that being a doctor isn't meant for him, and he wants to give it up. He decides to take a vacation to his hometown, and stay with his father (Hugh Thompson). While volunteering at the local grade school, he meets Charlie (Angus T. Jones), a young boy who has also lost his mother, and Meghan (Rebecca Gayheart), Charlie's teacher. Charlie and his father have also just arrived in town, to work at estates doing chores. Nathan, searching for the shoes he gave his mother the Christmas she died (Even though in the "17 years later" epilogue of The Christmas Shoes he left them on her grave and walked away), learns that Charlie now has them. And Meghan, wanting to buy a house for those in need, may not be able to. Soon after his arrival, Nathan learns that Charlie is ailing from an irregular heart defect, and Meghan has cirrhosis of the liver, and will die unless she has a transplant. In the end, it is Charlie who saves her life, by giving her his liver. As a dying wish, he asks Nathan, whom he calls coach, to give her the shoes. And Robert (Rob Lowe), Meghan's friend, buys the house for her. In honor of Charlie, Meghan names the house after him.
Selected cast
- Neil Patrick Harris as Nathan Andrews
- Rebecca Gayheart as Meghan Sullivan
- Angus T. Jones as Charlie Bennett
- Hugh Thompson as Jack Andrews
- Shaun Johnston as Tucker Bennett
- Wanda Cannon as Lydia Jones
- Rob Lowe as Robert Layton
- Carey Feehan as Sean Addison
- Blake Shelton as Himself
External links
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- English-language films
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- American Christmas films
- Canadian Christmas films
- 2005 television films
- American romantic drama films
- American films
- American television films
- Canadian films
- Films shot in Edmonton
- 2000s romantic drama films
- Television sequel films
- Films directed by Karen Arthur
