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The Christmas Tree
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The Christmas Tree

1996-12-22 · 93 min · ★ 6.4

Drama · Family · TV Movie

A story about a forming friendship between an elderly nun, Sister Anthony, and New York's Rockefeller Center's head landscape architect Richard Reilly, who wants to fell a tree she's been growing for decades and move it to New York for Christmas display.

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Directors
Sally Field
Production companies
Fogwell Films, Walt Disney Television
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Julie HarrisJulie HarrisSister Anthony
Trini AlvaradoTrini AlvaradoBeth
Andrew McCarthyAndrew McCarthyRichard Reilly
Suzi HofrichterAnna 1939
Betty AberlinBetty AberlinSister Sarah
Nili BassmanNili BassmanAnna 1950
Imogene BlissSister Lucia 1996
Therese CourtneyMother Superior 1939
Lulee FisherSister Rose
Jessica HechtJessica HechtSister Mary
Shannon HoltSister Lucia 1939
Lynne InnerstSister Francis 1939
Chad LubergerRoy
Kathleen McEnteeSister Margaret
Zachary MottAnna's Father
Beverly OwingsMatron
Anne PitoniakAnne PitoniakMother Superior Francis
Collin QuinnTom
Stephen ScibettaPolice Officer
Jaime ShapiroDoreen

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