The Christmas Card
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| Written by | Joany Kane |
| Directed by | Stephen Bridgewater |
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John Newton Alice Evans Edward Asner |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | Robert Halmi Jr. Larry Levinson Michael Moran |
| Running time | 84 minutes |
| Distributor | Larry Levinson Productions |
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The Christmas Card is a Hallmark Channel original movie produced by RHI Entertainment. It was released December 2, 2006, and was written by Joany Kane and directed by Stephen Bridgewater. The movie was filmed on location in Nevada City, California and in Park City, Utah.
In the midst of war in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Master Sergeant Cody Cullen (John Newton) is given a Christmas card from a fellow soldier who had received it from his hometown, Nevada City, California. The card was sent by Faith Spelman (Alice Evans). As months pass, the card never leaves his side. Cody, who has no family, and whose father was killed during the Vietnam War, is deeply affected when the soldier who gave him the card is killed during an enemy rocket attack. A superior encourages Cody to go on leave. A few weeks before Christmas, Cody travels to see the soldier's widow, back in Nevada City, to give her her husband's dogtags. Just before he is to leave town, Cody runs into Faith at a local luncheonette, where she has mistaken his order for her take-out order (their orders are identical). Faith is an attractive, thirtysomething woman. They part, but just as Cody is about to leave town he saves Faith's father, Luke (Ed Asner), from being hit by a speeding car. Luke takes a liking to Cody and convinces him to stay on as temporary help at his family's logging company. At this point, we are introduced to Paul (Ben Weber), Faith's longtime boyfriend who travels much of the time, and who selfishly wants Faith to move away from her close-knit family in Nevada City, and "travel the world", which she is reluctant to do.
Complicating matters, Cody has fallen in love with Faith. And despite her attempts to conceal it, the feeling has apparently become mutual when they share a kiss after falling in the snow. When Paul unexpectedly asks Faith to marry him, she says yes. Even so, Paul downplays Faith's wish to stay near her family in the "boondocks". This all comes to a head on Christmas Eve. On the church steps, Cody and Paul meet, and Cody admits that he loves Faith, but accepts that she's going to marry Paul instead, and hopes that Paul is marrying Faith "for all the right reasons". In church, in spite of the presence of Paul by her side, Faith keeps turning around, obviously looking for Cody, who has decided not to attend the services. When the minister asks the congregation to pray for the men and women serving in the armed forces, Faith has tears in her eyes. Seeing this, Paul blows out his candle and leaves the church. Faith quickly follows, and on the church steps tearfully hands her engagement ring back to Paul. Meanwhile, Cody has returned to the woodshop to finish his Christmas present.
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