The Christmas Blessing

The Christmas Blessing is a 2005 American-Canadian made-for-television romantic drama film directed by Karen Arthur which was broadcast on CBS on December 18, 2005.^[1][2] It also featured songs by country artist Blake Shelton, including the hit "Nobody But Me", and "The Christmas Blessing" by Newsong. It is the second in a series of ten books and the second movie made, preceded by The Christmas Shoes (2002). There have been three additional movies made from the book series, The Christmas Hope (2009), The Christmas Secret (2014) and The Christmas Note (2015).

The Christmas Blessing
Based on	The Christmas Blessing by Donna VanLiere
Written by	Wesley Bishop
Directed by	Karen Arthur
Starring	Neil Patrick Harris Rebecca Gayheart Rob Lowe Angus T. Jones Blake Shelton
Music by	Lawrence Shragge
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Beth Grossbard Craig Anderson
Producer	Larry Rapaport
Cinematography	Tom Neuwirth
Editor	Bridget Durnford
Running time	96 minutes
Production companies	Craig Anderson Productions Beth Grossbard Productions FremantleMedia North America
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	December 18, 2005 (2005-12-18)
Related
The Christmas Shoes The Christmas Hope

Plot

When Nathan (Neil Patrick Harris), a doctor, loses a patient on the operating table, he decides that being a doctor isn't meant for him, and he wants to give it up. He decides to take a vacation to his hometown, and stay with his father (Hugh Thompson).

While volunteering at the local grade school, he meets Charlie (Angus T. Jones), a young boy who has also lost his mother, and Meghan (Rebecca Gayheart), Charlie's teacher. Charlie and his father have also just arrived in town, to work at estates doing chores. Nathan, searching for the shoes he gave his mother the Christmas she died (Even though in the "17 years later" epilogue of The Christmas Shoes he left them on her grave and walked away), learns that Charlie now has them. And Meghan, wanting to buy a house for those in need, may not be able to.

Soon after his arrival, Nathan learns that Charlie is ailing from an irregular heart defect, and Meghan has cirrhosis of the liver, and will die unless she has a transplant. In the end, it is Charlie who saves her life, by giving her his liver. As a dying wish, he asks Nathan, whom he calls coach, to give her the shoes. And Robert (Rob Lowe), Meghan's friend, buys the house for her. In honor of Charlie, Meghan names the house after him.

Selected cast

• Neil Patrick Harris as Nathan Andrews
• Rebecca Gayheart as Meghan Sullivan
• Angus T. Jones as Charlie Bennett
• Hugh Thompson as Jack Andrews
• Shaun Johnston as Tucker Bennett
• Wanda Cannon as Lydia Jones
• Rob Lowe as Robert Layton
• Carey Feehan as Sean Addison
• Blake Shelton as Himself

Reception

CineMagazine rated the film 3 stars.^[3]

See also

• List of Christmas films