One Christmas
Genre	Drama Family
Based on	"One Christmas" short story by Truman Capote
Written by	Duane Poole
Directed by	Tony Bill
Starring	Katharine Hepburn Henry Winkler Swoosie Kurtz
Music by	Van Dyke Parks
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	John Philip Dayton Merrill H. Karpf
Producers	John Davis Duane Poole
Production location	Wilmington, North Carolina
Cinematography	Thomas Del Ruth
Editor	Duane Hartzell
Running time	86 minutes
Production company	Karpf-Davis Entertainment Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	December 19, 1994 (1994-12-19)

One Christmas is a 1994 American made-for-television drama film starring Katharine Hepburn (in her final television role), Henry Winkler and Swoosie Kurtz. It is based on the 1983 short story "One Christmas" by Truman Capote about a young boy who reluctantly leaves his Alabama home to spend Christmas with his estranged father in New Orleans. The film originally premiered on NBC on December 19, 1994.^[1]

Plot

In 1930, eight-year-old Buddy lives an idyllic existence in rural Alabama with his cousin Sook. But all that is about to change when he is sent to New Orleans to spend Christmas with his estranged father, a con artist more intent on scamming than building a relationship with his son. Although his dad has terrible problems to overcome and is busy pursuing the niece of wealthy Cornelia Beaumont, Buddy and his father take the first steps towards becoming a real family during this one Christmas they will never forget.

Cast

• Katharine Hepburn as Cornelia Beaumont
• Henry Winkler as Dad
• Swoosie Kurtz as Emily
• T.J. Lowther as Buddy
• Tonea Stewart as Evangeline
• Joe Maggard as Dixon Hobbs
• Julie Harris as Sook

Award nomination

Hepburn was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 1995 for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie.^[2]