Mary Christmas (film)
| Mary Christmas | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Drama Family |
| Written by |
Stanley M. Brooks Betty G. Birney |
| Directed by | John Schneider |
| Starring |
John Schneider Cynthia Gibb Jenna Boyd Tom Bosley |
| Music by | Joey Newman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Stanley M. Brooks Daniel Grodnik Michael Greenfield (co-executive producer) |
| Producer(s) |
Timothy J. Warenz Kandice Stroh (associate producer) |
| Cinematography | Paul Maibaum |
| Editor(s) | Warren Bowman |
| Running time | 120 min. |
| Production company(s) |
Heartland Entertainment Once Upon a Time Films |
| Distributor | Ion Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Ion Television |
| Original release | November 29, 2002 |
Mary Christmas is a 2002 American Christmas movie written by Stanley M. Brooks and Betty G. Birney. It was directed by and stars John Schneider. In the movie Joel Wallace, Schneider's character, is a widower raising a daughter, Felice (Jenna Boyd). In her Christmas letter to Santa Claus, Felice wishes for a new mother for Christmas. The letter is intercepted by a local news producer who cancels reporter Mary Maloney's vacation and sends her to investigate the Wallace family as a human interest story. Most of the movie deals with Joel's searching for a new wife that will be Felice's mother. The ending takes a bit of a twist, though, when it turns out that Mary is Felice's birth mother who had given her up for adoption. The movie incorporates a little extra magic with "governor" Les Turner whom Felice thinks is Santa Claus.