Christmas for a Dollar

Dec 15, 2013

1h 41m

★ 6.5

The true meaning of Christmas, for just a dollar.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Family

Production Companies

Covenant Communications

Mainstay Productions

Paulist Productions

Christmas for a Dollar Trailers

Cast

William Kamp

Brian Krause

Mrs. Rathbone

Nancy Stafford

Verna Kamp

Danielle Chuchran

Warren Kamp

James Gaisford

Miss Mayfield

Heather Beers

Norman Kamp

Jacob Buster

Ruthie Kamp

Ruby Jones

Russell Kamp

Ethan Hunt

Helen

Melanie Stone

Lenny

Christopher Buster

Karl

Liam Buie

Mae

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