A city-bred grandson moves to his grandparents' farm during the Great Depression and grows up enough under their tough care to help his grandfather deliver a surprise gift on Christmas Eve to their community church with the help of a phantom stranger.

• George Englund Productions
• Jason Robards
• Eva Marie Saint
• George Parry
• Joanne Woodward
• Bryan Englund
• Mary-Beth Manning
• Nora Martin
• Sally Chamberlin