The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey

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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.

Released: Oct 6, 2007

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Tom Berenger

Jonathan Toomey

Joely Richardson

Susan McDowell

Luke Ward-Wilkinson

Thomas McDowell

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