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Christmas for a Dollar

Christmas for a Dollar

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 15, 2013

Runtime

1h 41m

Genres

Drama, Family

User Score

68%

Original Title

Christmas for a Dollar

Production Companies

Covenant Communications, Mainstay Productions, Paulist Productions

Director

John Lyde

Description

America is in the midst of the Great Depression, and the Kamp family is struggling to get by, especially since Mrs. Kamp’s untimely death nearly a year ago. The older children do their best to take care of the family, but it’s the younger children—Hopalong Cassidy fan Norman and straight-talking little Ruthie—who struggle most. Now, with their mother gone and their father overwhelmed by doctor bills from young Norman’s battle with polio, the Kamp siblings fully expect a Christmas without presents. But when William scrapes together a dollar in coins to use for Christmas gifts, everything begins to change.