An all-star cast led by John Corbett (My Big Fat Greek Wedding, United States of Tara) and Sam Elliott (Gettysburg, Up in the Air) brings November Christmas to life Sunday, November 28, 9-11pm ET/PT on CBS. Karen Allen (Raiders of the Lost Ark, In the Bedroom) and Sarah Paulson (American Gothic, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip) also star. November Christmas is the 241st presentation of the Hallmark Hall of Fame, television's longest-running and most-honored series of dramatic specials. November Christmas tells how neighbors (played by Sam Elliott, Karen Allen) come to help a family trying to cope with their daughter's illness. The story is narrated by the daughter, who grows up to become a writer after overcoming the illness. John Corbett plays the father; Sarah Paulson (American Gothic, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip) is the mother. Emily Alyn Lind (Witches of Eastwick, The Secret Life of Bees) is the daughter; Max Charles (True Blood) plays the son. The father comes up with an ambitious plan to "move the clock," so his daughter will experience an exciting Halloween (albeit in August) and a magical Christmas (in November) no matter what happens. Without help, he can't make his advance-the-holidays dream become a reality. He gets that help -- in spades -- from his neighbors and their friends. The teleplay is by P'Nenah Goldstein (Hallmark Hall of Fame's Loving Leah), based on the short story by Greg Coppa. Robert Harmon (Ike: Countdown to D-Day, Jesse Stone: No Remorse) is ...
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