I'll Be Home for Christmas

I'll Be Home for Christmas

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George Sterling can't make it home for Christmas. It's 1944, the second-to-last year of World War II is coming to an end, and the fight is still going on the Western Front. Back home in the suburban town of Grace Ridge, Virginia, his fiancée, Sabine, waits for his return. Though she wishes for his arrival on Christmas, the letters she's received from him are bleak, and carry no promises he'll even be home before New Year's Eve. Now, with fifteen minutes until midnight on Christmas Eve, all she can do is pray that he's safe on the front lines.

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- Last updated at 04:29 29-11-2015

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