A CHRISTMAS WISH

A CHRISTMAS WISH is a powerful, heartwarming, tear-jerking story of a single mother who’s trying to make it on her own with two of her own young children and one stepson by her marriage who stayed with her.

The movie opens with Martha leaving her home because her no-good, two timing husband ran off with the beautician and their bank account. She has a young daughter and a baby daughter, Mel and Lily, and she’s also in charge of Miles, whom her ex left behind.

Martha drives north in a broken down Cadillac until she finds a motel room in Mapleton. Everything is difficult. She gets a job at a restaurant about to close, where she gets minimum wage to work the night shift. Joe, the local policeman, is interested in Martha, but she’s still married. Her daughter Mel, talks to her about God, tells her to pray and tells the other children the story of Christmas.

Joe invites her to church but she says, “A heathen like me would not be wanted.” He says there would be no churches without heathens.

The town tries to help Martha, but everything keep falling apart. Finally, with nothing seeming to work, and having to give up her room on Christmas Eve, she comes to her knees in prayer.

A CHRISTMAS WISH is well crafted and very evangelistic. The story of the Gospel is represented clearly, and God is real and answers prayer. The acting is good, especially by Tess Harper and Kristy Swanson. This is a finely crafted TV movie, highly commended by MOVIEGUIDE®.