The Perfect Gift is a 2009 independent holiday film. It stars Christina Fougnie, Amy Hess, Matt Wallace and
Jefferson Moore
Jefferson Moore is an American actor, writer, producer, director and editor based in Fairhope, Alabama
Fairhope is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, located on the eastern shoreline of Mobile Bay. The 2020 Census list ...
. It was filmed almost entirely in the state of
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...
.
Plot
Maxine Noelle Westray (Christina Fougnie) is a typical schoolgirl, yet she is incredibly spoiled and bratty. Born on
Christmas
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating Nativity of Jesus, the birth of Jesus, Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people Observance of Christmas by country, around t ...
, she only sees that day as a time for lavish and expensive gifts. Her overworked executive mother (Amy Hess) is struggling to provide a "suitable" holiday environment for her co-workers. A disillusioned young
minister (Matt Wallace) does not see Christmas as a minister should. Then one day a drifter (
Jefferson Moore
Jefferson Moore is an American actor, writer, producer, director and editor based in Fairhope, Alabama
Fairhope is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, located on the eastern shoreline of Mobile Bay. The 2020 Census list ...
) comes into town and changes these three people's lives forever by teaching them the true meaning of Christmas and that the best gift of all doesn't come in wrapping.
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Films about evangelicalism
2009 films
Films shot in Kentucky
2009 drama films
American sequel films
American drama films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films
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