Top 10 Christmas TV Movies About Estranged Relatives Who Find the True Meaning of Christmas
Maj Canton - December 14, 2009
It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas, so it's time for the TV networks to air their heart-warming holiday made-for-TV movies. You know the type, an orphan joins a swell family for the Yuletide season and sooner than you can say "chestnuts roasting on a open fire" the kid is adopted and gets a mangy mutt from the pound. Or some mysterious visitor appears and miraculously the dilapidated family farm is saved from a greedy mini-mall developer. But the most time-honored holiday theme is that of embittered family members who eventually put aside their long held hate-athons just in time for Christmas Eve. So behold this list of the top 10 TV Movies with estranged relatives who find the true meaning of Christmas. HO HO HO!
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Aired: November 24, 2007 An octogenarian (Ernest Borgnine) and his estranged daughter and granddaughter reunite as a family and all learn the true meaning of Christmas. |
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Aired: November 27, 2005 A lonely widower (Tate Donovan) and his estranged teenaged son reunite as a family and all learn the true meaning of Christmas. |
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Aired: November 30, 2003 Noah (David Cubitt), a photographer for the Chicago Tribune, helps a mysterious man he shot in a photo reunite with his estranged sister (Valerie Bertinelli) and unexpectedly finds the spirit of Christmas. |
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Aired: December 1, 2002 A workaholic attorney (Rob Lowe) who has become estranged from his wife and teenage daughter discovers the true meaning of Christmas when he helps a boy buy a pair of embroidered slippers for his dying mother. |
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Aired: December 1, 1998 The embittered son (Harry Hamlin) of Santa Claus eventually reunites with his estranged father to save the holidays for the children of the world. |
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Aired: December 9, 1996 An old coot claiming to be Santa Claus is arrested and the only one who can bail him out is his estranged daughter (Shelley Long), the local city attorney. |
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CHRISTMAS COMES TO WILLOW CREEK Aired: December 20, 1987 Estranged brothers, Ray (John Schneider) and Pete (Tom Wopat), reunite to deliver a load of Christmas presents to an economically depressed Alaskan town. |
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Aired: December 6, 1987 A hobo (Barnard Hughes) decides to return home and reunite with his estranged son (Gerald McRaney) and grandchildren and eventually they all learn the true meaning of Christmas. |
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Aired: December 22, 1986 A dying widow (Loretta Young) attempts to reunite her long-estranged family for one last Christmas. |
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THE GATHERING Aired: December 4, 1977 A crusty, dying businessman (Ed Asner) attempts to reunite his long-estranged family for one last Christmas. |
