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Coming home from his last deployment just in time for the Christmas Holidays, military veteran Sgt. Major John Frost finds his wife and son too busy to give him the welcome he anticipated. Struggling to find a purpose, John finds solace with his fellow veterans, until he discovers that many of them are homeless. So, with the help of his son’s precocious new pup Charlie, John rallies his friends and unites the town to help build shelters and bring the spirit of Christmas to those most in need.
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Charlie's Christmas Wish (2020)
94 min
Coming home from his last deployment, Sgt. Major John Frost arrives a month early and he’s happy to be home for Christmas. He finds his wife, Jill and son Jimmy too busy to give him the welcome he anticipated and in his absence, they have adopted a dog - a little dog named Charlie. John finds solace with the fellow vets at the Moose Lodge until Charlie finds Hank, a retired Vietnam vet, homeless and having suffered a heart attack. John finds his purpose as he rallies friends, family and community to build a new house for the vets and give them a warm Christmas Eve and a new start on civilian life.