Angela's Christmas (2017) on Netflix
Limerick, 1914. Angela goes with Mother and her siblings Pat, Tom and Aggie to Christmas Eve mass. Certain the Baby Jesus in the crib is cold, she decides to take him home.
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Plot summary
In Limerick in 1914, Angela lives with Mother, her older brothers Pat and Tom and her younger sister Aggie. On Christmas Eve the family walks to church for mass, and Angela notices the Baby Jesus lying in the crib. She thinks he must be cold. When the service ends she asks Mother for permission to go back inside and light a candle, and Mother agrees. Angela does not light a candle. She lifts the Baby Jesus out of the crib and carries him away, keeping him hidden from the people she passes on the road home. In the backyard her brother Pat catches sight of her, and he hurries off to tell the rest of the family what he has seen.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Angela's Christmas (2017)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Angela's Christmas was based on Frank McCourt's only children's story, one his mother Angela told him and his brother Malachy McCourt when he was a child.
