One Christmas

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| genre = Drama

| based_on = {{based on|"One Christmas"|Truman Capote}}

| teleplay = Duane Poole

| director = Tony Bill

| starring = {{Plainlist|

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| music = Van Dyke Parks

| country = United States

| language = English

| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|

John Philip Dayton
Merrill H. Karpf

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| producer = {{Plainlist|

John Davis
Duane Poole

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| editor = Duane Hartzell

| cinematography = Thomas Del Ruth

| runtime = 86 minutes

| company = Karpf-Davis Entertainment Television

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| network = NBC

| released = {{Start date|1994|12|19}}

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One Christmas is a 1994 American drama television film directed by Tony Bill, written by Duane Poole, and starring Katharine Hepburn (in her final television role), Henry Winkler and Swoosie Kurtz. It is based on the 1983 short story "One Christmas" by Truman Capote about a young boy who reluctantly leaves his Alabama home to spend Christmas with his estranged father in New Orleans. The film originally premiered on NBC on December 19, 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/one-christmas-v150441|title=One Christmas (1994) - Tony Bill - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}

Plot

In 1930, eight-year-old Buddy lives an idyllic existence in rural Alabama with his cousin Sook. But all that is about to change when he is sent to New Orleans to spend Christmas with his estranged father, a con artist more intent on scamming than building a relationship with his son. Although his dad has terrible problems to overcome and is busy pursuing the niece of wealthy Cornelia Beaumont, Buddy and his father take the first steps towards becoming a real family during this one Christmas they will never forget.