i buy the dvd of this movie because i be a fan of william devane and i be really disappointed about a christmas visitor . the story of the movie be so boring and slow in the development that you just want to turn off your tv or dvd player after about the half of it . the dialogue be really bad and belong to a daily soap opera but not in a tv movie . william devane be alright in his part and he be act quite good and but he do so much well in other movie and project . meredith baxter be horrible and couldn not really bring the warm hearted mother to the viewer . instead she be play very cool and wasn not good than a middle class actress . i absolutely can not recommend this movie . spare your time and your money for this one .