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The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (2007)
When a broken hearted boy loses the treasured wooden nativity set that links him to his dead father, his worried mother persuades a lonely ill-tempered woodcarver to create a replacement, and to allow her son to watch him work on it.
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When a broken hearted boy loses the treasured wooden nativity set that links him to his dead father, his worried mother persuades a lonely ill-tempered woodcarver to create a replacement, and to allow her son to watch him work on it.
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Genre:Family
Written By:Bill Clark
In Theaters:6/9/2007
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Runtime:91 minutes
Studio:Blue Rider Pictures, Bauer Martinez Studios
Cast
Bill Clark
Director
Tom Berenger
Jonathan Toomey
Joely Richardson
Susan McDowell
Luke Ward-Wilkinson
Thomas McDowell
Saoirse Ronan
Celia Hardwick
Aran Bell
Richard Tyler
Sarah Wildor
Jonathan's Wife
Thomas Briggs
Jonathan's Baby
Clare Burt
Claire Hardwick
Benji Compston
Charles White
Robert Jezek
Jim Hardwick
Ronald Pickup
William McDowell
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