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The true meaning of Christmas, for just a dollar.
America is in the midst of the Great Depression, and the Kamp family is struggling to get by, especially since Mrs. Kamp’s untimely death nearly a year ago. The older children do their best to take care of the family, but it’s the younger children—Hopalong Cassidy fan Norman and straight-talking little Ruthie—who struggle most. Now, with their mother gone and their father overwhelmed by doctor bills from young Norman’s battle with polio, the Kamp siblings fully expect a Christmas without presents. But when William scrapes together a dollar in coins to use for Christmas gifts, everything begins to change.Read moreLess
America is in the midst of the Great Depression, and the Kamp family is struggling to get by, especially since Mrs. Kamp’s untimely death nearly a year ago. The older children do their best to take care of the family, but it’s the younger children—Hopalong Cassidy fan Norman and straight-talking little Ruthie—who struggle most. Now, with their mother gone and their father overwhelmed by doctor bills from young Norman’s battle with polio, the Kamp siblings fully expect a Christmas without presents. But when William scrapes together a dollar in coins to use for Christmas gifts, everything begins to change.
The story
America is in the midst of the Great Depression, and the Kamp family is struggling to get by, especially since Mrs. Kamp’s untimely death nearly a year ago. The older children do their best to take care of the family, but it’s the younger children—Hopalong Cassidy fan Norman and straight-talking little Ruthie—who struggle most. Now, with their mother gone and their father overwhelmed by doctor bills from young Norman’s battle with polio, the Kamp siblings fully expect a Christmas without presents. But when William scrapes together a dollar in coins to use for Christmas gifts, everything begins to change.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Brian KrauseWilliam Kamp
Nancy StaffordMrs. Rathbone
Danielle ChuchranVerna Kamp
James GaisfordWarren Kamp
Heather BeersMiss Mayfield
Jacob BusterNorman Kamp
Ruby JonesRuthie Kamp
Melanie StoneHelenExplore the crew
- Editor
- John Lyde
- Director of Photography
- John Lyde
- Director
- John Lyde
- Producer
- Paul D. Hunt
- Screenplay
- Sally Meyer
- Producer
- John Lyde
- Original Music Composer
- James Schafer