"A CHRISTMAS VISITOR"--touching book became poignant HALLMARK film--stellar cast features a standout performance by William Devane--open your heart and mind to the possibilities of faith

 

 

A Christmas Visitor

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...

 

David Saperstein

 

David Saperstein is the author of Red Devil - The Book of Satan the first book in The Evil on Earth series, as well as the novel Cocoon, a New York Times Bestseller and Academy Award-winning film. In addition to The Evil on Earth series, his novels include Metamorphosis: The Cocoon Story Continues and Butterfly: Tomorrow’s Children – parts II and III of the Cocoon Trilogy; Fatal Reunion; and he co-authored A Christmas Visitor (for which he also wrote the Hallmark TV film); A Christmas Passage; and A Christmas Gift.

A pioneering proponent of ebooks, in 1998 his novel Dark Again was the first full novel available via the Internet.

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George Samerjan

 

The author is a published poet, novelist, screenwriter, and combat veteran. In 2002, he, and co-author David Saperstein, wrote the screenplay for A CHRISTMAS VISITOR. He co-wrote the novel of A CHRISTMAS VISITOR, followed by A CHRISTMAS PASSAGE. LONG WAY HOME – a combat veteran seeks the solace of suicide - and FROM THE SHADOWS - A young man alone in the wilderness flees from killers - were published as e-books in 2013. He has written more than 2,000 poems appearing in numerous publications. His honors and awards include two Bronze Star Medals one with one Oak Leaf Cluster and one with “V” device, the Air Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Army Commendation Medal, Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Bronze Star, Vietnam Service Medal with Three Bronze Service Stars, and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. He received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement “Interactive Video Disc” in the Best Training or Information Program Under Fifteen Minutes category. He is a member of the Writers Guild of America. He is a life member of the Disabled Veterans of America, and the Combat Infantrymen’s Association. He received a B.A. from Hofstra University, and an M.A. from Lesley College. 

https://www.amazon.com/George-Samerjan/e/B008AHENNA

 

A Christmas Visitor

In the small American town of New Chatham, Christmas is approaching for the Boyajian family. But father George (Emmy® and Golden Globe® nominee William Devane, Knots Landing), mother Carol (Emmy® nominee Meredith Baxter, Family Ties), and their daughter, Jean (Reagan Pasternak, Jailbait), have lost the desire to celebrate. Immersed in grief since the death of their son on Christmas Eve 1991, in the Persian Gulf War, George and Carol have forgone the familial comfort and pleasures of the holidays. But this year, George's annual visit to his son's grave has renewed faith in a heartsick father. Splitting logs for a Yule fire and retrieving old ornaments from the attic, George is determined to bring his family together. His wish comes true in ways none of them could have anticipated.

It begins when George picks up a young man named Matthew (Dean McDermott, Brian's Song), a hitchhiker presumably without a place to stay. Accepting the generous invitation to spend the night at George's house, Matthew also agrees to a well-intentioned charade: to pretend, for Carol's sake, that he knew their beloved son in the war. But once inside the warmth of the Boyajian home, settled around a festively decorated tree, Matthew has a few surprises in store for all of them--ones that will renew their faith in each other and in the extraordinary miracles of Christmas.

From Hallmark Entertainment, A Christmas Visitor is a holiday gift of undying love and faith for the entire family.