A Flicker of Hope
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Complete Wed, Dec 16, 20207m
Helene Daniels is a young woman with a kind heart. This Christmas she decides to make the Christmas of the children at the local orphanage, the best one ever.
She puts her heart and soul into Christmas. Decorations, presents, songs, cheer. She does it all. Two days before Christmas Eve, a parcel arrives at her doorstep, and along with that a man who is a part of her.
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