Search  for anything...
    PASSION RIVER FILMS

    The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story

      • Based on 645 reviews
    Condition: New
    Checking for product changes
    $15.49 Why this price?
    Save $4.49 was $19.98

    Buy Now, Pay Later

    As low as $3 / mo
    • – 4-month term
    • – No impact on credit
    • – Instant approval decision
    • – Secure and straightforward checkout

    Ready to go? Add this product to your cart and select a plan during checkout. Payment plans are offered through our trusted finance partners Klarna, PayTomorrow, Affirm, Afterpay, Apple Pay, and PayPal. No-credit-needed leasing options through Acima may also be available at checkout.

    Learn more about financing & leasing here.

    Selected Option

    Free shipping on this product

    30-day refund/replacement

    To qualify for a full refund, items must be returned in their original, unused condition. If an item is returned in a used, damaged, or materially different state, you may be granted a partial refund.

    To initiate a return, please visit our Returns Center.

    View our full returns policy here.

    Availability: Only 5 left in stock, order soon!
    Fulfilled by Amazon
    Arrives Tuesday, May 6
    Order within 10 hours and 40 minutes
    Available payment plans shown during checkout

    Format: DVD December 18, 2012


    Description

    Product description Gift Of Love Christma Review Lovely performances by Lee Remick and Angela Lansbury... luminous presence of Polly Holliday... make this a special that merits repeating in seasons to come. --Los Angeles Times A poignant drama reminiscent of It's a Wonderful Life. --TV Guide Will touch your heart. --Albany News

    Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.331


    Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No


    MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)


    Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 3.5 ounces


    Item model number ‏ : ‎ PASR2524DVD


    Director ‏ : ‎ Delbert Mann


    Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC


    Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 40 minutes


    Release date ‏ : ‎ December 18, 2012


    Actors ‏ : ‎ Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury, Polly Holliday


    Frequently asked questions

    If you place your order now, the estimated arrival date for this product is: Tuesday, May 6

    Yes, absolutely! You may return this product for a full refund within 30 days of receiving it.

    To initiate a return, please visit our Returns Center.

    View our full returns policy here.

    • Klarna Financing
    • Affirm Pay in 4
    • Affirm Financing
    • Afterpay Financing
    • PayTomorrow Financing
    • Financing through Apple Pay
    Leasing options through Acima may also be available during checkout.

    Learn more about financing & leasing here.

    Similar Products

    Top Amazon Reviews

      • A serious, thoughtful, warmhearted Christmas film.
    It seems that i recent decades Christmas films are usually very light fare. If not out and out comedies like Elf, they're one of the numerous Rom-com Christmas films. So this film from the early 80's stood out immediately to me for its serious issues despite a fair amount of comic moments thrown in. The Broderick family is suddenly hit with a storm of crises from financial woes and a couple who have grown distant to a death in the family. All of this is presented not as a soap opera or tearjerker but in a more matter-of fact way as life events that can happen to any family. The story is announced in the beginning as a fable, which is defined as something we know in our hearts to be true. It also means that much of it might not exactly correspond with everyday reality, that times and places may jump back and forth and that there may be dreamlike elements as well. The cast obviously is excellent. Lee Remick as Janet Broderick is totally believable as the caring but overwhelmed mother who is the central character of the film. I was concerned at first that Angela Lansbury's role would be brief and that she was only there as window-dressing but in fact she's almost as important a character as Amanda Fenwick as Remick is as her daughter. Polly Holiday is the spinster aunt and is as good in the role as Sara Haden had been as Aunt Millie in the Andy Hardy films. Both played these roles not as a caricature but in a sensitive way that reveals them as full human beings. Holiday and Lansbury both received Emmy nominations for their performances. The supporting cast is up to their roles, even the two children. The film was made in 1983 and was set in that time period but there's nothing of the 80's in it: no MTV, no Michael Jackson or Eurythmics. In fact the way it unfolds it seems to be in its own world of a vaguely contemporary time any time that could be virtually any period in the last fifty or sixty years. In fact when Aunt Min and the kids are sent to the local store for ingredients for Amanda's burnt orange cake, the store is right out of the 1940's, the kind of store where you tell the clerks at the counter what you want and they go and get it. In the 1980's I'm sure even small Vermont towns had their supermarkets but that's part of the mystery here, how eras seem to be blended. The primary Vermont setting is perfect for a Christmas movie with its picture perfect village green covered with snow and centered with a New England white -spired church (Chelsea, Vermont, which I think i've seen used in other films). As the film progresses, Janet has to reach deep within herself to find the faith and strength to carry on and begin to put things back together again. Hers is a deeper truth than the usual Christmas film's urging to be nicer and more giving. But that's what sets this film apart along with its generally darker tone. ... show more
    Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2017 by johnf
      • SLEIGH on cover, marital, financial, parental loss distress Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury, Polly Holliday
    Beware: do NOT confuse this stunning Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury, Polly Holliday classic with later movie of same name on Amazon instant video and DVD with Timothy Bottoms. This Gift of Love: A Christmas Story DVD has a photo of horse and SLEIGH on the cover. Snowy Vermont village square welcomes home Janet (Lee Remick) a woman who has lost her sense of self. Her marriage to Neil (Mark Hulswit) is floundering, her 13 year old tomboy daughter Dorothy (Samantha Atkins) is constantly coming home with black eyes, her gifted 8 year old son Michael (Michael Pearlman) provokes local bullies with taunts of "dummy" with predictable results, and suddenly her mother dies. Slipping into a deep depression, she falls into a dream of returning home to her parents Amanda (Angela Lansbury) and Spence "my Old Citizen" (Joseph Warren) long married farmers who raise their own geese for Christmas and who have created a Secret Place sanctuary for their marriage when the world seems too much to handle. Unmarried Aunt Minerva (Polly Holliday) resides at the farm with Janet's parents. Hanibal (Michael Higgins) runs the local one room general store, his grandson Russell (Alexander Harrington) is residing with him and his wife Abigail (Janet Peterson) since his parents divorced and neither wants him. As in It's A Wonderful Life and One Magic Christmas in A Gift of Love Janet loses everything meaningful to her, experiences despair, falls into a dream, and on returning to the present, approaches life with a renewed attitude of gratitude Stuart Saves His Family, [ASIN:B00004UEDQ 28 Days (Special Edition)] Sandra Bullock, [ASIN:6305692572 When a Man Loves a Woman] Meg Ryan, Andy Garcia. 1983 VHS provides subtitles for the hearing impaired using the television hand control Menu, Option, Captions, On. 2013 DVD sold on Amazon low quality video and sound copy of tape to disc, with NO SUBTITLES but better than not having the movie. 96 minute complex story is easy to follow, heartwarming and hope filled. There are multiple plot lines: mother daughter conflict and reconnection with empathy, seeking motherly wisdom, marital scission and reconciliation Married People, the sanctuary of family home, loss from death Heartsounds: The Story of a Love and Loss, Departures, lingering impact of divorce on children The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: A 25 Year Landmark Study, moral expression of dignified unconsummated love Now, Voyager (Keepcase), [ASIN:0800141849 The Mirror Has Two Faces] Barbra Streisand, Brief Encounter, feeling of failure in parenting Helicopters, Drill Sergeants, and Consultants Book & CD Set: Parenting Styles & the Messages They Send, [ASIN:B000MRNWK6 Parenthood (Special Edition)] Steve Martin, adolescent bullying [ASIN:6305428271 Dangerous Minds] Michelle Pfeiffer, and the healing effect of mental reflection and reconsideration of approach to living Dhamma Brothers. The emphasis is on personal responsibility for choosing one's attitude toward life: blaming or nonjudging, impulsivity or patience, self pity or compassion, resentment or acceptance, rumination over what was or gratitude for what is, obsession with revenge or apology forgiveness making amends and letting go. 5 star inspiration worthy of viewing any time life is difficult and demanding. [ASIN:0143118757 Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In] ... show more
    Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2013 by Sakuteiki
      • Enjoyable look into someone's journey to find "the secret place"....
    A wonderful Christmas story in a fable format. At one time or another in our lives many of us pause to reflect on our decisions made or not made. These especially seem to surface in the wake of tragedy or difficult circumstances beyond our control. In a nostalgic look back, Lee Remick's character travels back "home" during a long sleep brought on by a severe depression. Here she is safe to look over her life and revisit with her loved ones who have passed on. The scenes with Polly Holliday as her Aunt "Min" are especially touching (i.e. the visit from the "Christmas Ghost")... This is a wonderfully acted and extremely lovely presentation that is just the right length in viewing time as well as gets you right in the heart and though it is not specifically a "Christian" movie, it does give the message that "All things are possible with God..." My favorite scene is the one where Lee Remick's character Janet is listening to her Father Spence give a talk when she is just about to walk down the aisle---the words he says about a married couple and how he felt are just beautiful without being "schmaltzy"... All in all, I enjoy seeing this movie every year and am so glad it is legally available now from Amazon, since they seemed to have stopped showing it on tv anymore.... and it seemed to take quite a long time for them to come out with it! I am very glad with my purchase of this semisweet movie. ... show more
    Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2013 by A. Thankful

    Can't find a product?

    Find it on Amazon first, then paste the link below.