Overview
Sometimes when things
are at their worst, when you think life can’t get any bleaker or colder, a
single star pierces the sky- shedding its light like an unexpected blessing, a
beacon of hope…
George Boyajian dreads
the approach of yet another Christmas-the twelfth he and his wife will suffer
through since losing their son John in the Gulf War. The awful news came on
Christmas Eve. Since then the season has held no peace or joy…only heartache for
those John left behind. And this year looks to be even worse, as their daughter
faces a crisis that threatens to splinter the family still
further.
Determined to lift some
of the gloom from the season, George sets out to bring Christmas back. As his
wife and daughter stand numbly by, he sends out cards, makes plans, gets the old
lights and ornaments down from the attic. Then, heading into town on a mission
to buy the most beautiful tree ever, he stops to pick up a quiet young man in
need of a ride-a Gulf War veteran about the same age as John would now be. Drawn to the stranger, George
impulsively invites him home for the holidays, risking the rest of the family’s
anger and dismay.
But what happens instead
is some kind of miracle. The presence of this somehow-familiar soldier is like a
spring thaw, making the house feel like a home again and allowing George and his
loved ones to finally open their hearts to memories without sorrow. As the
visitor listens, the Boyajians talk-for the first time-about the past… and about
how much John meant to each of them. This holiday, a stranger’s gift of love and
hope will work the greatest magic of all, as a family in need finds their way
back to each other and makes Christmas a blessing once more...