The Christmas Wish (film)
The Christmas Wish is a TV movie starring Neil Patrick Harris and Debbie Reynolds. It premiered on CBS in 1998, and it was based on a novel by Richard Siddoway.
Plot
A businessman Will Martin tries to uncover a family secret for his grandmother Ruth Martin after he returns to a small town to modernize his family's real-estate company. During thanksgiving dinner his grandmother Ruth tells him she has discovered a woman named Lillian in her husbands Warren's journals. He had visited her every Christmas Eve since shortly after the death of their son and Daughter in Law in a car accident. The search takes him on a journey through his grandfathers life and helps him to understand the true meaning of love and forgiveness.
Cast
- Neil Patrick Harris as Will Martin
- Debbie Reynolds as Ruth
- Naomi Watts as Renee