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*The Christmas Hope*
The Christmas Hope
Based on	The Christmas Hope; by Donna VanLiere
Written by	Wesley Bishop
Directed by	Norma Bailey
Starring	Madeleine Stowe; James Remar; Ian Ziering
Music by	Lawrence Shragge
Country of origin	United States; Canada
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Craig Anderson; Beth Grossbard
Cinematography	Mathias Herndl
Editor	Robert Lower
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	Beth Grossbard Productions
Original release
Network	Lifetime
Release	December 13, 2009
Related
	The Christmas Blessing

The Christmas Hope is a 2009 American-Canadian made-for-television drama film directed by Norma Bailey and starring Madeleine Stowe which was broadcast on Lifetime on December 13, 2009.^[1]

The Christmas Hope is the third movie based on a series of ten books by the author. It was preceded by The Christmas Shoes (2002) and The Christmas Blessing (2005).^[2] There have been two additional movies made from the series, The Christmas Secret (2014) and The Christmas Note (2015).

Plot

After the recent loss of her son Sean—a minor character in The Christmas Blessing—Patty Addison (Madeleine Stowe) devotes herself to finding homes for needy children. The loss of Sean has strained Patty's relationship with her husband Mark, an airline pilot. But they reconnect emotionally when they take in Emily, a 9-year-old orphaned in a car accident similar to the one that killed Sean.

At the same time Dr. Nathan Andrews—the one character that connects the entire film trilogy—is trying to find the parents of a boy who died in the ER, and Mark is trying to help one of his son's friends. By the end of the film, all three stories are intertwined as they all look for Emily, who has run away.