Title: The Christmas Card.
Starring: Ed Asher {Luke Spelman}, John Newton {Cody Cullen}, Alice Evens {Faith Spelman} Lois Nettleton {Rosie Spelman}, Peter Jason {Richard}, Ben Weber {Paul}.
Year of Release: 2006.
Gene: Drama, Romance, Holiday Film, Family.
Plot: Sergeant Cody Cullen is ordered to get some R&R after the death of his best friend in the war, and takes leave to do so; heading first to Nevada City in snowy Northern California to deliver his dead comrade’s dog-tags to his grieving widow. That painful task completed, Cody heads into town and meets a beautiful woman at the local diner when he orders the exact same thing she did. His meal finished, the soldier checks in for one night and the hotel and tells the lady behind the counter that he is “thinking of attending church in the morning.” Jumping at this glad news, the woman tells him where it is and invites him to sit with her. Accordingly, the next morning, he sits beside her in church, and when the service is over he makes the acquaintance of Mr. Luke Spelman and his cheerful daughter Faith, who is the same woman he met at the diner on the preceding day.
When Cody heroically saves Luke minutes later, his planned trip out of the town is postponed until further notice. The grateful Spelman family invites Cody to spend Christmas with them and Luke offers him a job at their family owned wood mill; having nothing better to do, no family waiting on him for the holiday, and liking the idea {and the Spelmans}, Cody agrees. Cody meets Rosie Spelman’s widower brother Richard, who also works at the mill, and the two men hit it off splendidly; they both turn into fellow conspirators when Cody brings up the subject of a little woodworking project he has on his mind. Luke, Rosie, and practically everyone else in the little, snow covered town all like the friendly, helpful, polite, and humble soldier; while he’s working at the mill one day, he unconsciously causes his bosses to all stop and watch him work, with Luke commenting to his wife that “he’s a good worker.”
Cody and Faith instantly like each other, and begin to unknowingly {at least, on her part} to fall in love. But when Faith’s “very long distance boyfriend Paul” arrives, things begin to get tense around the little town, with Paul trying to outdo everything Cody does and not succeeding very well {especially when the guys head out to cut more Christmas trees out in the forest}. When Cody kisses Faith, she gets very upset because she suddenly realizes that her feelings are all topsy-turvy; when Richard and Luke pay the expected post-incident visits to Cody, he isn’t in trouble as one would expect, because neither of these two gentlemen care a fig for Paul and don’t want Faith to marry him. Faith, however, hasn’t realized this yet.
A very fun, family-friendly Christian movie, I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone. It’s a classic worth seeing again and again!
Likes/Dislikes: While there is prayer, church, and good clean humor displeased by the characters, there are about four or five kissing scenes. They aren’t graphic nor is the camera shoved right into their faces as the actors kiss, yet I believe we would’ve gotten the general idea without all the kissing. Or, at least, the kisses shared by Faith and Paul. ;) Other than that, I couldn’t find anything objectable in this film.
Rating: I don’t recall the professional rating, but my own is G. Family viewing is recommended, though romances don’t generally appeal to boys, poor things. ;)
Date Report Written: December 11, 2010.
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