One Magic Christmas (1985)

Editor's Note In this heartwarming Christmas film, a young mother, Ginny Grainger (Mary Steenburgen), rediscovers the joy and beauty of Christmas thanks to the unshakeable faith of her six-year-old daughter (Elisabeth Harnois) and Gideon (Harry Dean Stanton), her very own guardian angel. With Gideon's help, Ginny learns that the season is about her family and other people she loves, rather than the presents and materialism heaped on by a consumerist society.

	Harry Dean Stanton
	Gary Basaraba
	Wayne Robson
	Elisabeth Harnois
	Mary Steenburgen
	Arthur Hill
	Sidney Wolinsky - Editor
	Bill Brodie - Production Designer
	Olga Dimitrov - Costumes
	Michael Conway Baker - Composer
	Thomas Meehan - Screenwriter
	Frank Tidy - Director of Photography
	Phillip Borsos - Director

Christmas is coming, and for the Grainger clan, it's looking pretty bleak: Mr. Grainger has lost his job, debts are piling up, and the family is about to lose their home. As a result, the mother falls into a terrible bout of depression, so a guardian angel arrives to help her and the family through this cheerless period. Will the cherub be able to provide a Merry Christmas for all? New York Times
"...Affecting, well-played....A charmingly seasonal brand of child-like wonder..." 11/22/1985 p.C14

Variety
"...Emotionally rewarding and artistically successful..." 11/20/1985