The Christmas Shoes

Year: 2002

Runtime: 100 mins

Language: English

Director: Andy Wolk

DramaTV MovieMoving relationship storiesEmotional and touching family dramasTouching and sentimental family stories

Two interwoven stories unfold at Christmas. In the first, music teacher Maggie Andrews is terminally ill, and her son Nathan races to find a pair of special Christmas shoes for her before she passes. Meanwhile, lawyer Robert Layton and his wife Kate grow apart, and their tension peaks when Kate steps in for Maggie to direct the school choir during the holidays.

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