The Greatest Gift Ever Given (2019) - full transcript

- Yeah, I'm almost getting
to the rental car now.

I know.

I didn't want to have this
meeting, not on Christmas Eve.

I mean,

I didn't want to have
the meeting at all,

but I didn't have any choices.

No one else could
make this meeting.

Yeah, I,

I know.

I know.

Yes.



I will be home for
Christmas service.

I promise.

Okay, all right, I,

I love you too.

Okay, bye.

- Paul, where you at?

Call me.

Hey, when you get here,
come to the back door.

I'll have the back
door open for ya.

- Learn how to drive, man.

Come on.

Come on.

- Paul, are you outside?

- Hey, Morgan, no.



I'm caught up in some pretty
bad traffic right now.

I'm going to try to find
a way around this somehow.

I should be there in probably,
I don't know, a few minutes.

- Okay, Paul, I'm
waiting for ya.

I'll see ya when you get here.

- All right, thanks, Morgan.

- Okay.

- Come on out.

A little bit of help.

Come on!

What are you doing, man?

Hey, I'm talking to you.

Hey, would you move your cart?

Look, pal, I got a job, man.

I got places to go.

I got to get going.

Could you just move your cart?

Move your junk outta here.

What are you doing?

Man, come on!

What are you doing,
man, can you just move?

I'm in a hurry.

All right, I've got a
job I've gotta go to.

I need you to move
your cart of junk, man.

- Maybe if you get
up a little earlier,

you wouldn't be in such a hurry.

- Unbelievable, man.

Look, maybe if
you, you had a job.

No, no, no, if you had,
maybe if you took a shower,

got an interview,
then got a job, right,

then maybe you might
have a job to go to too.

But I do, and if I don't
get you to move outta here,

I'm not going to
have a job to go to.

I am not going to
have a job to go to.

- This is all I have.

- Look, let me, let me
help you move your cart.

- No, don't worry
about it, I'll get it.

I'll get it, I'll get it.

- Thank you.

- Hey, about time.

- I know, I was,
anyway, I'm here now.

So you wanna show
me those changes?

- Well, I wanted you to
meet me here in person

so I can let you know.

The budget's being
cut on his project.

And well, I'm going to
ask you to cut your rate.

- What?

Morgan, I've been on
this project since
the very beginning.

So you brought me here and
there aren't any, any changes?

- Listen, I know exactly
what you're thinking.

You're still going to be
the lead on this project,

but we just can't afford to
pay you the regular rate.

I'll tell ya what,

I'll make it up to you
on the next project.

I promise.

- Show me the changes.

- There's
a lot of changes.

Come on, I'll show ya.

Yeah, it's me.

How ya doing?

Yeah, I got him to
come in Christmas Eve.

No problem, he
agreed to everything.

Yeah, good.

Yeah, I talked to him.

He'll agree to anything.

Yeah.

Yeah, really good, yeah.

This building
needs so much work,

we're gonna make a
ton of money on this.

Yeah, Paul's gonna
help us, you bet.

I got him.

Yeah, we're gonna make a
lot of money on this deal.

Yeah.

Yeah, it'll all work.

It'll all work.

Yeah, it sounds great.

He didn't even
have any question.

Yeah, he agreed to everything.

Okay, merry
Christmas to you too.

Bye.

- Thank you.

You, too.

- Hello, this is Paul.

- Hello?

This is Marie with
Western Airlines.

Is this Mr. Hanson speaking?

- Yes, it is.

How can I help you?

- Hello, sir.

Unfortunately, the airline
has had to cancel flight 632,

your scheduled flight, due
to unforeseen circumstances.

The airline would like to
offer you a complimentary stay

at an area hotel for
the inconvenience.

- Yeah, is there, is
there another flight

maybe you can put me on?

Can you put me on a
different airline?

It's Christmas Eve
and I'm trying to get
home for my family.

- I am sorry, sir.

However, due to the
Christmas holiday,

there are currently no more
available flights at this time.

The next scheduled flight is
tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m.

We do apologize for
the inconvenience.

- I just, I can't, I
can't believe this.

Is there, is there
any other alternative?

Anything else that can be done?

- No, sir.

I'm so sorry.

There really isn't.

- This is unbelievable.

Yeah, it's just.

Yeah, it's Christmas Eve.

I'm trying to get
home to see my family.

- I understand.

If you would like to
wait here at the airport,

we can put you on standby in
the event a seat opens up.

It is possible that
someone cancels,

however, there is no guarantee.

- Yeah.

Okay, I understand.

- One more thing, sir.

The airline has sent
you a text message

concerning the free hotel stay.

In it, you will find all
the needed information

in order for you
to take advantage

of the free stay if
you choose to do so.

- Yeah.

Okay.

- Once again, on behalf of
the airlines, we do apologize.

Merry Christmas, sir.

- Yeah, you too.

All right, thank you.

- Hey!

- Hey, it's me.

I just got some bad news.

Looks like my flight's
been canceled.

- No!

Paul, we have the Christmas
Extravaganza tonight.

What are you gonna do?

- I know.

They've offered me a room.

- Okay.

- I'm not gonna take it.

I called the rental car company

and they're gonna
let me drop the car

off in Albuquerque
so I can be home.

I think I can make it.

- The kids are gonna
be so disappointed

if you miss their part
in the Christmas play.

- I know.

It's getting, it's gonna
get dark here pretty soon.

So, I'm just going to
stop and get some gas

and get fueled up and
I'll get some coffee.

I should be able to
make it there on time.

- Okay.

Be safe driving.

Okay, love you.

- Love you, too.

- Lord, get him home safe.

- Dad's not going to be
home for Christmas, Mom?

- No, he might be a little
late, but he'll be here.

- I can't believe this.

God, why are you
always against me?

Can't You see to it just once?

Just once.

To be on my side.

Morgan wants me to do
this job for half my pay.

My flight.

My family's waiting on me.

I'm hours away from
home on Christmas Eve.

My family's expecting me home.

I just don't get it.

Can You just for
once be on my side?

Hey, excuse me.

Hey.

Do you have any creamer?

- It's time to clean up
your mess and get ready.

We need you to go get dressed

because we have a Christmas
Extravaganza tonight, okay?

- Okay.

- I guess we're all out.

- You're all out of cream?

Do you have milk or something?

- No, we
don't have any milk.

I'm sorry.

- Yeah, thanks, I guess.

- Sorry.

- Agh!

- Are these topiaries?

- They are.

- They were
donated by the-

- Hey, do you have any coffee
that's not two days old?

I mean, first
there's no creamer,

now the coffee tastes
like it's two days old.

- I will
make a fresh pot.

- Thank you, appreciate that.

- That coffee will be ready
in just one minute, sir.

So anyway, these topiaries,
they were donated by the ladies

from the church.

- Okay.

- They made them, and
aren't they beautiful?

- Yes, they are.

- I love what they did.

They're ooh.

- They're
four-leaf clovers.

- No, I think it's beautiful.

Not gourmet.

It's not gourmet coffee, but
it's the best I can do here,

so it's fresh.

- I don't think
it's gonna matter.

- Hopefully it'll help.

Next year the ladies were
talking about making wreaths

instead of the topiaries.

I like wreaths.

I think they're fancy.

I mean, they look
like Christmas,

but these topiaries are just.

- Yes, they are.

- I mean,
they're unique.

So, but yeah, this was
one of the test wreaths

that Gloria made for us.

She wanted us to see, you know.

- Is it real?

- I don't
think it's real.

I don't know, maybe, it's hard
to tell with pine needles.

Yeah, it doesn't really
smell like a wreath, so.

- Right.

- But
they're still pretty.

I mean, they look
just like Christmas.

- They're festive.

- I love it.

They're so fancy and glittery.

- Yeah, real
fancy and glittery.

- Well, like to
stay here and talk to you

the rest of the
night, but I can't,

but there's somebody else
in bigger hurry than me,

so I enjoyed it.

You have yourself a
very merry Christmas.

- Merry Christmas to you too.

- And a New Year's Eve to you.

Thank you.

- Yeah, ho, ho, ho.

- You're next.

- Excuse me for just
a minute, please.

- Are you serious?

- I'll be right back.

So sad, on Christmas Eve.

- I'd rather die than beg for
money or help somebody who is.

- Just a coffee?

- Yeah, just a coffee.

- Here's your change.

- Thank you.

- Merry Christmas.

- Yeah.

Great.

That's just what
I need, a storm.

- I'm gonna get the best
Christmas present this year.

- No, I am.

- No, I am.

- I'm getting the best
Christmas present this year.

- No, I am!

- I am!

- I'm getting a bike.

- I'm getting
a motorcycle.

- Aren't you too young
for a motorcycle?

- C'mon, boys, I wanna
read something to you.

Are you guys excited about
Christmas and presents?

- Yeah!

- Okay, well, I'm going to
read something to you guys

in the Bible and it's the
Christmas story, okay?

- Okay.

- All right, so in Luke 1:26
says, "In the sixth month

of Elizabeth's pregnancy,
God sent the angel Gabriel

to Nazareth, a village in
Galilee, to a Virgin named Mary.

She was engaged to be married
to a man named Joseph,

a descendant of King David.

Gabriel appeared to her and
said, 'Greetings favored woman.

The Lord is with you.'

Confused and disturbed,
Mary tried to think

what the angel could mean.

'Don't be afraid, Mary,'
the angel told her,

'For you have been
found favor with God.

You will conceive and
give birth to a son

and you will name him Jesus.

He will be very great
and will be called

the Son of the Most High.

The Lord God will give him the
throne of his ancestor David

and he will reign
over Israel forever.

His kingdom will never end.'"

- You ever had my
best interest in mind?

You ever just been on
my side, just once?

Why are You always against me?

You just wanna see
things go my way?

- I always have your
best interest in mind.

I'm always on your side, son.

Who is it that would
be with you like I am?

I just want you to listen to Me.

You were never meant
to do it on your own.

To make it your
way in this world,

I am your provider.

Of course, you do work.

But what you work at daily

should be what I'm
leading you to do,

and not your career path.

- How could you allow
Morgan to cheat me

out of money like this?

I have to take
care of my family.

I have to pay my bills.

Got the kids' school tuition.

The mortgage I'm never
gonna pay off at this point.

I'm doing everything right!

Doing everything right!

And this is how you repay me.

- I never told you
to work for Morgan.

As a matter of fact, that
company, they're just using you.

Does that seem like somewhere
where I'd want you to work at?

But you don't listen to Me
when I'm trying to lead you.

Like today, when
that homeless man

stopped you in your tracks.

Now, there's someone who
really didn't listen to Me.

- Christmas Eve, it's one
of the loneliest nights

for a lot of people
around the world.

You know that woman
that you passed

on your way into the store?

Her and her kids are very much
in that category this year.

Your problems bother
you, but her problems

have put her in a really
bad place this Christmas Eve

- Jesus,

please help him
to get home safe.

Help Paul drive safely
to get here in time.

I don't know why I'm
so nervous tonight.

Just...

- Hey.

- Hey, how are you?

- Everything okay?

- Oh, it's going good.

I think the cat may have
eaten some of the icicles.

- Say what?

- Icicles, you know
the stringy things

that you put on the tree?

They're tin foily

- Okay, is she okay?

- I think she'll be all right.

The next trip to
the kitty litter

might be kind of interesting.

- Okay, so is that
why you called?

- Oh, no.

I was just praying for you
to have a safe trip home

and it came to my heart
that I really appreciate you

driving home to be
with us tonight.

I know you could've
stayed the night,

and so it just
means a lot to me.

- I'm just glad that it's
a late night service.

Hopefully I can make it on time.

- Okay.

Drive safe.

I love you.

- I love you, too.

I'll call you in
a couple of hours.

Bye.

Agh!

Agh!

When are you going
to be on my side?

Now a train.

Just can't catch a break,
no matter what I do.

Try to do all the right things,

try to make everybody happy,

try to do all the right things,

go to the meetings
when no one else

wants to and this is what I get.

Are you listening?

Are you out there?

Obviously you put
a train in my way.

You must want to
say something to me,

some reason you don't want
me to get home for Christmas,

be with my wife and kids.

Trying to celebrate
the birth of Jesus.

Think You'd want that.

- This is all about
the birth of Jesus.

This is exciting part.

After seeing Him, the
shepherds told everyone

what had happened and what
the angel had said to them

about this child.

All who heard the shepherd's
story were astonished,

but Mary kept all these
things in her heart

and thought about them often.

The shepherds went
back to their flocks,

glorifying and praising God for
all they had heard and seen.

This was just as the
angel had told them.

Eight days later, when
the baby was circumcised,

He was named,

- Jesus.

- Jesus, the name
given him by the angel

even before he was conceived.

So see, this was the real
reason for Christmas.

Jesus was born a baby

so that we could have a
relationship with God.

- She really does
appreciate you.

And your kids, oh, they
can't wait to see you.

You're the hero in a
lot of ways, you know.

I really appreciate
people who work hard

keeping their families strong.

Of course there's no
strength like Mine

when it comes to keeping
relationships together.

And that's what this
is all about, you know?

Life.

I've put it altogether so that
you could have relationships

with each other.

By doing this, you learn
what relationships are,

and then I'm able to
introduce Myself to you.

You, meaning
everyone, of course.

Sometimes when you're
going through hard times,

and sometimes not,

it just depends on
when the time is right.

For as many people that say
they want to have relationship

with Me, I sure do get a
lot of rejection though.

I'm the most rejected
person on earth.

But I'm also the
most famous person.

There's no one like
Me in the earth.

So having a relationship with
Me can be pretty complicated.

At least that's how
some people see it.

It's pretty simple, actually.

But being invisible
makes it pretty hard

for some people to believe.

I did that on purpose.

People have to take me at
My word to get to know Me.

But for those who
don't want to hear Me

speak to their hearts,
I wrote a book.

It's a best seller.

Actually, it's the most
popular book of all time.

That's the truth.

Get it?

And for those who
won't get to read it,

I went a step further
and I wrote a version

on everyone's heart.

How's that for technology,
Silicon Valley?

Hey, before we get
too much further,

I want you to do
something for Me.

I want you to go back
to that gas station.

Trust me.

It'll be good.

- I don't wanna go back.

Now I'm really gonna be late.

Excuse me.

Is it okay if I sit here
with you for a moment?

- Sure.

- Who is it, Mama?

- I don't know, sweetheart.

- Earlier I saw you out
here and I feel really bad

for your situation and
I, I didn't say anything,

I just walked on by.

Is there anything I can do
for you or your children?

- I don't have any money.

I have my car.

I had just enough
money to get here.

It's Christmas Eve.

I just want something
for my children.

- I don't have much.

I'm here on a business trip,

so I don't have a
lot of cash on me,

but what I have is yours.

What I do have, you can take it.

I don't know where
this came from.

This had to have
come from the Lord.

- Look, Mom, this man's loaded.

- I don't, I don't
know what to say, this.

Just take it.

- I don't know what to say.

- You should thank the Lord.

This is definitely,
this isn't from me.

Thank the Lord 'cause this, I
don't have this kind of money.

- Thank You, Lord.

- Thank You, Lord.

- Thank You, Lord.

Thank You.

Thank you.

- I'm sure you
have to get going.

I've got to get on the road too.

Have a very Merry Christmas
and God bless you.

Here, here take
the money in here,

I just don't want
people seeing you

with all this
money around, okay?

- Where we going, Mommy?

- Christmas shopping.

We're going Christmas shopping.

Christmas shopping, we're
going Christmas shopping!

You can get whatever you want.

Thank You, Lord, thank You.

Thank You, Lord.

- God bless you,
have a Merry Christmas.

- Thank you, thank you.

Thank You, Lord.

- We're about to close,
it's Christmas Eve.

More coffee?

- No.

No, I was in here earlier and
I was just really caught up

in my own problems and
I was a little rude.

Okay, I was rude.

And I'm really sorry about that.

- Wow, thanks.

Thanks for that.

- I'm supposed to tell
you that your situation,

it's gonna be okay.

Medicine is not an
answer all by itself.

It's not the only answer.

It's okay that you're
taking medicine.

It's not the answer all alone,

but it's okay that
you're taking it.

I'm just supposed to tell
you that it's gonna be okay.

I just needed to
let you know that.

- Thank you for that.

I've been praying about it.

I gave God until,

I gave God until today and
then I was gonna take my.

Anyway, thank you
and I believe you.

- It's gonna be okay.

Merry Christmas.

- Merry Christmas to you.

- Wow.

Thank You, God.

- Sure could use a ride.

- Hey, man, it's
you from the alley.

- Can I get a ride?

- Yeah, come on in,
should be unlocked.

This has been a weird day.

Man, it's been an
unusual day and I,

I'm sorry about earlier.

- Mm-hmm.

- So where can I take you?

- Take me, take
me to the church.

- Okay.

What, where, where
was the church at?

Can you give me a
little more direction?

- Just keep going
straight down here.

There'll be a four-way stop.

And then we'll take a
left once we get there.

- Okay.

- That's the way I
remember getting there.

- They have, they've got
people there that can feed you

and take care of you.

- Most of the time they do.

But there's sometimes
people aren't there

and the lights are off.

It seems like no one's
around, but there's been times

where I knocked on their
door and the pastor

opened the door for
me and he had a meal,

he had a hot meal for me.

And that's why you
sometimes can't just think

that they're not
there because you

don't think they're there,

you have to knock sometimes
and doors will open.

Right here, right
here, right here.

Get in the left-hand
lane right here.

Right here.

- Okay, right here go left.

- Yeah, we're gonna
take this left right here.

- Right here go left.

- Right here, go left.

Well, you know, sometimes you

have to look at
it different ways.

It could be tough to
manage a household,

to manage family, but
you have to look at it

in a way where you, thank
God, you got that to manage.

You can have my situation
and I don't even know

where my shopping cart
is or all my stuff,

but it's out there somewhere
and I gotta trust God

that it'll be there
when I get back.

But to have your problems.

- No, I know it.

It feels, I mean I feel just
terrible even saying it,

but there've been
times I've just said,

you know, what have these
homeless people got,

like, you know,
they don't have any-

- You mean like me?

- Like you.

- Like me.

- Like you.

You know, I think, you know,
maybe they have it easier

than I do because you don't
have anything to worry about.

- Regardless of our
financial situations

or living arrangements, we
all have the same problem

and we all have the same needs.

And without God, we
can't do anything.

- But how, how can
you keep going,

day after day when you just
don't have answers and you,

you go, "God, why have You
left me here on the streets?"

Do you feel like
He's forsaken you?

- I wouldn't say that.

Just because I don't have the
things that everybody else has

or I don't have a
home or, you know,

I don't have a big flat
screen TV in my house,

I eat, I breathe, and I know
every day God's watching me.

He's watching out for me, you
know, and regardless of what

anybody says about me,
how I smell and how I act,

I just know that He's
there to protect me.

Watch out right here, get
in the right-hand lane.

You gotta come
over a little bit.

- I'm looking for traffic
first, you're good.

- All right, we're
getting real close

to the church up here.

We're getting close to it.

Up here you're
gonna take a right.

- Okay.

- Just watch out for
it here on the side.

Just go ahead and pull up.

Just pull up over here
and we should be good.

Somebody should be in there.

- Let me help
you get up on here.

- Thank you.

- They feed
you from time to time.

- Every once in a while
when they got something hot

or something they don't want.

- Well, let's
see if there's somebody

here to help you.

- I hope so,
it's been a while.

- I'm not so
sure someone's here.

- Hey, hello.

How may I help you?

- Merry Christmas, Pastor.

- Merry
Christmas to you, sir.

- I'm from out of town.

This gentlemen needs help,

but I gotta get
back on the road.

Would you be able to help him?

- Oh yes we can.

We're glad to help him.

This is a time that
we help people.

Sure we can, yes, sir.

What's your name, sir?

- My friends call me John.

- John,
that's a good name.

Come on in the house, John.

- Thank you for all
you did for me as well.

- Mister, you too.

- Nice to meet
you, Merry Christmas to you,

and be safe on the road.

God bless you as you travel.

- Thank you.

- Come on in, John.

- Okay, so now I've done
what You've wanted me to do,

but now I can't keep the promise
to my wife, or to my kids.

I don't understand.

So You want me to keep Your
word, but I can't keep my word

to my wife and my kids.

Doesn't make any sense to me.

Hello?

- Hello?

Can I speak to Mr. Hansen?

- You are.

- Hello, sir.

This is Marie again
with Western Airlines.

I have some good news.

We have a flight for you.

- Excuse me?

- The airline has opened
up a few new flights

due to this being the peak
holiday travel season.

- Yeah, go ahead.

- One of which is
a direct flight

to your original destination.

- Oh, that's
great, fantastic news.

- However, in order
to get you a seat,

you will need to be at
the airport in 20 minutes.

- You gotta be kidding?

20 minutes?

- Yes, sir, 20 minutes.

- Okay, I'm
on my way, thanks.

- Please go to terminal
three, gate five.

Your flight number is 821.

Be sure to show your ticket

from the canceled
flight to the attendant.

- Thank you, ma'am.

- Merry Christmas, sir.

- Merry
Christmas to you, too.

Thank you, Jesus.

Yeah, going home.

- Boys, it's time to get ready.

Boys!

Hey guys, look what I found.

So I found some
more decorations.

So how about while we wait
for your dad to get here,

we put a few more
on the tree, okay?

- Uh-huh.

- Okay.

There you go.

Okay, find a good spot.

Look for any empty place.

- Yeah, I think
some in the back.

- You're
such good helpers.

You want this one?

Be very careful with this one.

Yeah, you can do it.

Why don't you put it right here?

It's almost time for the
Christmas Extravaganza.

You guys excited?

- Yeah!

- Yeah.