As World War 2 rages on in Europe the Bundy family are making plans for a Christmas reunion in the small town of Rockport.
The matriarch Martha (Eva Marie Saint) cashes in
all of her ration-stamps to purchase the best Christmas dinner she can with
everyone expected round the table.
Rockport is a small town where everyone knows
everyone else and the tough times bring them even closer.
But the one person no one wants to see at their door is the Western Union man,
because most of the news he delivers are telegrams from the War Department,
reporting the death of a loved one and sadly he makes his rounds far too often.
This is a wonderful Christmas movies with happiness and sadness in equal
measure and some strong performances, Hal Holbrook as head of the family,
Joseph, Courteney Cox as expectant daughter in law Nora, and the strongest of
all Nancy Travis as young widow Leah.
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