| A Season for Miracles | |
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| Based on | A Season for Miracles by Marilyn Pappano |
| Written by | Maria Nation |
| Directed by | Michael Pressman |
| Starring | Carla Gugino Patty Duke Laura Dern David Conrad Mae Whitman |
| Music by | Craig Safan |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Richard Welsh Brent Shields |
| Producer | Timothy M. Bourne |
| Cinematography | Shelly Johnson |
| Editor | Lori Jane Coleman |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production company | Hallmark Hall of Fame |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | December 12, 1999 (1999-12-12) |
A Season for Miracles is a 1999 Americanmade-for-televisionChristmasdrama film based on a novel of the same name by Marilyn Pappano. Directed byMichael Pressman, it originally aired as aHallmark Hall of Fame presentation onCBS on December 12, 1999.
Emilie Thompson (Carla Gugino) is forced to take charge of her nephew J.T. (Evan Sabara) and niece Alanna (Mae Whitman) when their drug-addicted mother (Laura Dern) overdoses and the children are threatened with foster care. Fleeing the authorities, the trio come across the sleepy town of Bethlehem, just before Christmas. Even though the authorities have been temporarily left behind, Emilie will need a miracle to keep her family together. A versatile guardian angel (Patty Duke), who assumes a variety of earthly guises, helps, along with the small town-folk who are surprisingly friendly. One "coincidence" after another gives the struggling family a chance at happiness.
Ray Richmond ofVariety called the film "a holiday grab bag of improbability stacked atop improbability."[1]