PRICE: Negotiable

GENRE: Family/Drama

LOGLINE: In 1967, a stranger appeared in a small town four days before Christmas. Was his presence merely an inconvenience for the townspeople, or did it serve to transform the meaning of their holiday season?

SYNOPSIS: On December 21, 1967, a mysterious stranger arrives in a small southern town. Branded a hobo, he has come to town hidden in a boxcar of a freight train. Mistaken for a drunkard, he is taken to the county jail. Once there, and found to be ill instead, he is transferred to the town’s hospital where a young doctor discovers that, although he is certainly ill, he cannot persuade the powers-that-be to accept a stranger into their hospital. With nowhere to go, the pastor of the town's church takes him in, much to the disdain of his socialite wife and several of her peers.

Appearing disheveled and uncommunicative, the newcomer has little verbal interaction with anyone until it is discovered that he has a fondness for animals and children, who in turn sense something in him unseen by the adults. This revelation unnerves the townspeople, fearing he is a danger. Only the young doctor and the newly hired church choir director recognize something gentle and kind in this stranger, known only as 'Joe'.

Where has this strange and difficult man come from? In a time more than fifty years ago, before government and social service programs stepped in to manage such situations, who will care for him? And at Christmas, of all times? Such an inauspicious time for this loner to appear, needing food, care, and shelter.

Is he just another untimely inconvenience for the townspeople, or has he come to bring a seasonal message?

All these questions will be answered in this family-friendly Christmas drama, inspired by a local small-town legend.