The Yuletide Season is anything but merry for Emily (
Carla Gugino), who is forced to take charge of her nephew J.T. (Evan Sabara) and niece Alanna (
Mae Whitman) when their drug-addicted mother (
Laura Dern) O.D.'s and the kids are dispossessed. When it looks as though the kids will be sucked into the merciless maelstrom of the foster-care system, Emily packs them up and heads out of her home state, ending up in a little town that happens to be named Bethlehem Even though the authorities have been temporarily left behind, Emily will need a miracle to keep her family together. Enter a versatile guardian angel (
Patty Duke), who assumes a variety of earthly guises to save the day for Emily, J.T. and Alanna--and also orchestrates a romance between Emily and a sympathetic local cop (
David Conrad). Based on a novel by Marilyn Pappano, A Season for Miracles first aired as a CBS
Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation on December 12, 1999. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide