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Love's Christmas Journey

2011 · 2h 52m · Drama, Family, Romance, TV Movie, Western · United States of America

While still mourning the loss of her husband and daughter, recently widowed Ellie King visits her brother Aaron Davis and his children for Christmas. Ellie does her best to enjoy the holidays, even making new friends with Mrs. Thompson, a local shop keeper, and handsome admirer Deputy Strode. Settling in nicely with her brother's family, Ellie also meets Erik, a young man abandoned by his outlaw father whom Aaron has taken in as one of his own. When Aaron travels out of town to purchase adjacent land for farming, Ellie agrees to watch his children, but the season’s festivities are threatened when Aaron goes missing.

Directed by
David S. Cass Sr.
Written by
George Tierne
Based on the novel by
Janette Oke
Starring
Natalie Hall, JoBeth Williams, Greg Vaughan, Dylan Bruce
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19th centurybased on novel or bookchristian faithchristmasfrontier lifefrontier womanhallmarkpioneer women

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