Main Cast: John Schneider, Cynthia Gibb, Tom Bosley, Jenna Boyd, Benton Jennings
Release Year: 2002
Country: US
Run Time: 95 minutes
Plot
John Schneider serves as both director and star of this heartwarming made-for-TV film. It all begins when a cute little girl named Felicia Wallace (Jenna Boyd) writes a letter to Santa asking for a "new mommy" as a Christmas present. No-nonsense TV reporter Mary Maloney (Cynthia Gibb) is assigned to spend the Christmas holidays with Felicia and her wealthy widowed father Joel Wallace (Schneider). Though this set-up would seem to automatically guarantee a happy ending, it turns out that the "real" Santa Claus really has his work cut out for him. Tom Bosley rounds out the leading players as an enigmatic old duffer named Les Turner. Mary Christmas premiered November 29, 2002 over the PAX network. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
John Schneider - Director, Daniel Grodnik - Executive Producer, Michael Greenfield - Executive Producer, Joey Newman - Composer (Music Score), Paul Maibaum - Cinematographer, Timothy J. Warenz - Producer, Betty G. Birney - Teleplay By
Mary Christmas is a 2002 Christmas movie written by Stanley M. Brooks and Betty G. Birney. It was directed by and stars John Schneider. In this movie Joel Wallace, Schneider's character, is a widower raising a nine year old daughter Felice. In her Christmas letter to Santa Claus, Felice wishes for a new mommy for Christmas. The letter is intercepted by a local news producer who cancels reporter Mary Maloney's vacation and sends her to investigate the Wallace family as a human interest story. Most of the movie deals with Joel's searching for a new wife that will be Felice's mom. The ending takes a bit of a twist, though, when it turns out that Mary is Felice's birth mother who had given her up for adoption. The movie incorporates a little extra magic with "governor" Les Turner whom Felice thinks is Santa Claus.
