Vicky L. Neal
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A Hobo For Christmas

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When a little girl's family is torn apart by tragedy, a mysterious stranger teaches them to cherish what they have before they lose it all.
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7-year-old Olivia struggles to cope after watching her little brother Cole drown right before Christmas. Emma, her mom, takes Cole's death very hard and acts indifferent toward her daughter, making Olivia think her mom blames her for the tragedy. Steve understands how his wife feels, but Olivia needs them to be there for her.

As Christmas rolls around, Olivia wants things to be normal again but Emma doesn’t feel she can celebrate the time of year when she lost her only son. Steve attempts to get her help, but that only angers Emma more. As a good father, Steve tries to give Olivia what she needs from both parents and fails. Emma is a dark cloud hanging over the household that prevents them from healing.

One day while walking in the woods behind her house, Olivia comes across a mysterious stranger with a resemblance to Santa. He feeds a deer out of his hand and that amazes Olivia. She chats with the friendly stranger named Nick and discovers that he is homeless with a little shack in the woods. Olivia takes a strong liking to the kind man and invites him to come home with her so he can move into the room above their garage.

That doesn’t go over well with her parents. They pull Olivia aside and tell her he can’t stay there. They know nothing about him but in the spirit of Christmas, Olivia convinces them to let him stay. Nick even offers to do chores around the house for them. Against their better judgement, her parents agree to let him stay for a few days.

While Steve wants to dislike the jolly man, he finds that difficult. Nick volunteers at the local soup kitchen and at a children’s home, bringing joy to the kids who are forced to live there. A young Brianna was recently orphaned, her parents being friends with the Krandalls. Forced to live in the home, she is very unhappy and wants to move in with Olivia, but Emma just can’t bear it.

Emma does her best to tolerate Nick but she seethes with jealousy over his relationship with her daughter and makes him leave. When Olivia finds out, she runs out into the cold and snow to find him. While searching for Olivia, Emma runs into Nick and starts to realize he’s not the bad guy after all. They find Olivia on the ice where her brother died and it cracks under her weight. Emma makes a daring rescue attempt and saves her daughter.

On Christmas morning, Steve goes to the children’s home and brings Brianna back with him to spend Christmas with familiar faces. A few gifts are a mystery to the family. Having grieved over losing family pictures and videos of their family in a house fire, she receives a box with those things in tact, making her suspicious over Nick’s true identity. As she watches Brianna fitting into their home, she realizes allowing her to stay doesn’t mean she is replacing her lost son. It just means their family will be complete again.

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2013 Holiday Screenplay Contest Finalist
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  • Home
  • Feature Screenplays
    • Action/Adventure >
      • Cruise Into Terror
      • Deadly Reflections
      • Hikyrus
      • The Road to Atlantis
      • The Royal Bodyguard
    • Comedy >
      • Behind the Magic 8-Ball
      • Demetri the Committed
      • Her Fathers' Blessings
      • Mother of the Year
      • Out of Mind
      • Saving Stewart
      • The Bouquet
      • The Dorm Chronicles
      • The Pact
    • Drama >
      • A False Reality
      • A Lost Love
      • A Striking Similarity
      • Contorted
      • Drumming in the Dark
      • Reliving the Past
      • The Central Heist
      • The Riveter
      • The Road to Somewhere
    • Family >
      • 3rd and Goal
      • A Hobo For Christmas
      • Al E. Gator
      • Emma's Reprieve
      • Losing Harry
      • Playing the Field
    • Fantasy >
      • Faraway Kingdom
      • The Chosen One
    • Horror >
      • A Deadly Fate
      • Carnage in Tara Woods
      • Deadly Hike
      • Dead Walking
      • Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite
      • Don't Look in the Vents
      • Dweller of Darkness
      • Eraser Man
      • Finnigan Farm
      • Hungered
      • Killer Trails
      • Manneskin
      • Massacre at Oak Hills Penitentiary
      • Phantom Bus 39
      • Project Z
      • Slashed
      • Terror in the Hills
      • The House on Blood River
      • Voracious
      • When Darkness Falls
    • Romance >
      • Christmas Delivery
      • Dear Santa
    • Sci-fi >
      • Replicate
      • The Law of One: Revolution
      • The Lone Crusader
    • Thriller >
      • Abducted - A Pet Sitter's Story
      • A Midwife's Deception
      • An Eye For an Eye
      • Black Widow Society
      • Captive in Their Basement
      • Coerced
      • Daddy's Little Girl
      • Dead At Sea
      • Deadbeat Dad
      • Deadly Birth Father
      • Deadly Doc
      • Deadly Mom Obsession
      • Deadly Reconnection
      • Demented Ex
      • Devious Daughter
      • Fatal Obsession
      • Foster Mom Nightmare
      • Holiday Nightmare
      • Immoral
      • Inmate Seduction
      • Killer Cousin
      • Killer Down Below
      • Memorphilia
      • My Daughter's Cyber Bully
      • My Killer Next Door Neighbor
      • Nanny Obsession
      • Pet Sitter Abduction
      • Pet Sitter Nightmare
      • Psycho Teacher
      • Senior Nightmare
      • Seven Sins `til Sunday
      • Sinister Senior
      • Sinister Sister
      • Substitute Creeper
      • Suicide Hotline
      • Surrogate Grandma
      • Their Daughter's Killer Replacement
      • The Other Daughter
      • The Seeker
      • Trapped at Home
      • Twisted Sister
      • Wasteland
      • Wrong Number
    • Western >
      • Sins of the Father
  • Completed Films
  • Short Scripts
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  • Under Option
  • Guest Screenwriters