The Christmas Candle (2013)

Sylvester McCoy: Edward Haddington

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Quotes 

• Edward Haddington : There's no such thing as a wasted prayer.

• David Richmond : Why one Christmas Candle, and not fifteen? Why doesn't this angel come once every year? Or every Thursday afternoon for tea? And why in all of God's green Earth, Gladbury?

  Edward Haddington : Why Bethlehem? Why a babe in a manger? Who could possibly hope to understand the ways of the Lord?

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  Edward Haddington : [narrating]  There's a story that has been passed down for centuries, from father to son. Legend has it a certain man came to live in the village of Gladbury. He was a good-hearted man, devoted to his family and his craft. The candle maker brought light to the entire village. But he longed to give them more. Life was hard in Gladbury, and the people had become disheartened.

  Edward Haddington : Night and day, the candle maker worked, pouring his heart and his prayers into each candle. But on the first Sunday of Advent, all he had left to give... was a single prayer, not for himself, but for Gladbury, for his son, and for all the sons and daughters to come. Silence was the only answer he would receive that night. Or so it seemed.