ONE CHRISTMAS EVE
by Dean FH Macy
An Independent Review by Nancy Ahern

"One Christmas Eve", a film musical-drama designed to tug your heartstrings and showcase the talents of then nine year old Emily Hamilton, manages to accomplish its goals. Written by Dean FH Macy, this gentle tale tells the story of a young girl who is facing her first Christmas Eve without her mother, who died in an automobile accident that also took her infant sister. The girl is played by young Emily Hamilton. The synopsis of the story has the girl unable to sleep on Christmas Eve, and so she joins her father where he broods by the fire. They talk of their missing mother, and how "Mommy" would have helped them to celebrate Christmas. In this way, and through time honored Christmas hymns and carols, the two relive the Christmas story. They bring Mommy closer to their hearts as well, and both are enlivened by the feeling of oneness they share with each other, with the gentle spirit of the mother, and with God.

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