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Movie in Review
from His Grace Magazine
by His Grace
December 2021 Movie in Review...Christmas for a Dollar
“Gifts that come from the Heart”
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This Christmas movie is about a poor country family that has barely enough food to eat. Christmas for a Dollar is a wonderfully made movie that is heartwarming to watch.
The family Kamps have had a rough go and they are trying to cope after losing their mother/ wife. The Kamp children all have different rolls in the family...Verna who is the oldest, takes care of the family while their dad is working, so much so that she has decided not to chase her dream of being a nurse. This way, she is able to stay home and help with the children. Verna's friend likes Verna's brother, Warren, who wants to go to work to help out his dad money wise to help the family. He really wants the job at the garage in town so he can work as a mechanic, but his dad is against it because he thinks he is the only one that should be working providing for his family. The youngest child is Norman who is crippled and has braces on his legs, he really wants to ride horses and be a cowboy. Ruthie is the youngest of the girls. She is a tomboy that has a hard attitude, but she will not back down and will stand up for her family no matter what.
Miss Mayfield is the new teacher in town, and she is totally different from the last teacher that they had. Miss Mayfield is a very strict teacher and doesn't like the Kamp dog in her schoolhouse.
Miss Mayfield decides to have a competition with the students to see how many nice deeds the children can perform before Christmas. When a student does a nice deed, they are allowed to put one marble into the nice box on Miss Mayfield's desk. Whoever collects the most nice deeds will get to keep the box as the prize. Ruthie really wants to win the box and she starts to do many nice deeds for people. Now the Kamp's don't have a lot for Christmas, but their father puts coins down, to make one dollar to split between the family so they will be able to get gifts for each other, so the whole family will have a gift for Christmas.
A problem arises when Norman wants to care for Mrs. Rathbone's horse who is an unhappy neighbor. She doesn't want Norman with her horse, thinking Norman could get hurt. But Ruthie goes and visits Mrs. Rathbone to talk to her about letting Norman come over to take care of her horse. Mrs. Rathbone sees herself in Ruthie and allows it. Will Norman be able to see the horse? Will Ruthie win the box for Christmas? Will the Kamp's be able to help each other out and get gifts for Christmas?
The move, Christmas for a Dollar portrays a loving family that will not stop for anything, but they keep fighting to stay together and it has a touching ending. It has a strong, positive and inspiring message and this is what makes
Christmas for a Dollar
so wonderful for the whole family to watch together.
December 2021
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