My Favorite Christmas Movie

This is a love story reuniting  Oscar and Emmy Award winner Julie Andrews and Emmy winner James Garner, this time as strangers who take refuge in a small cabin during a blizzard and,  despite their many differences, discover that fate has brought them together.  (Originally broadcast  11/28/99)

If you don't have the DVD or Video of this Movie, it would be difficult trying to catch it on TV or Cable.  But, don't fret...I found it, the full version, on YouTube!  

The Video is at the End of this post.  

Patricia Charbonneau also stars in the drama, which was the  highest-rated  movie on any network during the 1999-2000 season...

The story is set during the holiday season as both Dr. Catherine Howard  (Andrews) and Robert Woodward (Garner) wind up at the same medical facility,   one still missing a loved one, the other visiting his spouse.  Although they  have lived within miles of each other for years, Catherine, a striking woman  who is known to power walk to Mozart's Fifth Symphony, and Robert, a ruggedly

 handsome father of two grown children, have never met.  Outside, snow has begun to fall and, despite a brusque first encounter, when Catherine learns that Robert is stranded, she offers him a ride home in  her Jaguar. Almost immediately, they get off to a rocky start when Robert irritates Catherine with comments about her car and her driving.  Sparks fly as  Catherine struggles to maneuver the car and Robert barks directions.  Much to  their chagrin, the car finally careens off  the road into a snowbank. After  trudging through the blizzard, they miraculously discover an empty cabin to shelter them from the storm.

     The pair spars about everything from cooking to board games, but it's clear that they're attracted to each other. While the storm rages outside,  Catherine and Robert get comfortable over a bottle of wine and share stories about their pasts and their loved ones. As they break through each other's shells, the two become friends and  it becomes clear that one day they will  have a lot more to share.

     Patricia Charbonneau stars as Lori, Robert's daughter, who spearheads the search for her snowbound father and his new friend.