The Christmas Wish is a 1998 American made-for-television Christmas drama film starring Neil Patrick Harris and Debbie Reynolds. It premiered on CBS on December 6, 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 recently deceased husband Warren's journals. Warren had written about visiting Lillian every Christmas Eve since shortly after the death of his son and daughter-in-law in a car accident. The search for this mysterious Lillian takes Will on a journey through his grandfather's 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 Alexandra Wilson as Julia Beverly Archer as Miss Enid Cook Ian Meltzer as Justin Gary Bayer as Jimmy Hanning James Greene as Warren Martin Jerry Douglas as Mr. Askou
See also List of Christmas films
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