The Christmas Blessing

*The Christmas Blessing*
The Christmas Blessing
Based on	The Christmas Blessing; by Donna VanLiere
Written by	Wesley Bishop
Directed by	Karen Arthur
Starring	Neil Patrick Harris; Rebecca Gayheart; Rob Lowe; Angus T. Jones; Blake Shelton
Music by	Lawrence Shragge
Country of origin	United States; Canada
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Beth Grossbard; Craig Anderson
Producer	Larry Rapaport
Cinematography	Tom Neuwirth
Editor	Bridget Durnford
Running time	96 minutes
Production companies	Craig Anderson Productions; Beth Grossbard Productions; FremantleMedia North America
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	December 18, 2005
Related
	The Christmas Shoes; The Christmas Hope;

The Christmas Blessing is a 2005 American-Canadian made-for-television romantic drama film directed by Karen Arthur which was broadcast on CBS on December 18, 2005.^[1]^[2] 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 in a trilogy of films, preceded by The Christmas Shoes (2002) and followed by The Christmas Hope (2009).

Plot

When Nathan (Neil Patrick Harris), a doctor, 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

Reception

CineMagazine rated the film 3 stars.^[3]

References

^ "The Christmas Blessing". dove. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
^ Fournier, Ariel (December 25, 2018). "Unwrapping Edmonton's 'cheesy' Christmas movies". CBC. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
^ Wijngaarden, Ans. "The Miracle of the Heart – The Christmas Blessing (2005)". CineMagazine. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

External links

The Christmas Blessing at IMDb

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[1] "The Christmas Blessing". dove. Retrieved August 4, 2021.

[2] Fournier, Ariel (December 25, 2018). "Unwrapping Edmonton's 'cheesy' Christmas movies". CBC. Retrieved August 4, 2021.

[3] Wijngaarden, Ans. "The Miracle of the Heart – The Christmas Blessing (2005)". CineMagazine. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

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