The Christmas Shoes

Dec 1, 2002

1h 40m

★ 6.9

Overview

Two separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a heart condition and her son Nathan tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for her before she dies. In the second, lawyer Robert Layton and his wife Kate are slowly drifting apart and the matter comes to a head during Christmas when Kate takes over for Maggie for the school choir.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Craig Anderson Productions

Beth Grossbard Productions

The Christmas Shoes Trailers

Cast

Robert Layton

Rob Lowe

Maggie Andrews

Kimberly Williams-Paisley

Nathan Andrews

Max Morrow

Kate Layton

Maria del Mar

Jack Andrews

Hugh Thompson

Dalton Gregory

Dorian Harewood

Ellen Layton

Shirley Douglas

Lily

Amber Marshall

Young Adult Nathan

Geoff Herod

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