It is Christmas Eve at the Bethlehem Motel in Bethlehem, Kansas, a small town on Interstate 70 in Western Kansas. A blizzard is coming from the West. The Bethlehem Motel is owned by Jack and Rachel. Christmas is not a happy time for the couple because their young son died on Christmas Eve several years ago. Though Jack tries to bring Christmas to the old motel, Rachel wants nothing to do with Christmas and the painful memories it brings.
      This Christmas is different. Normally a very slow night, this Christmas Eve brings some unexpected guests seeking shelter from the storm at the motel. The Topeka Stargazers Club (in search of a special star), a group of cowboys, a Missouri Children’s Choir, and a young couple expecting a baby, all find themselves stranded at the little motel. Together, these guests will help Jack and Rachel re-discover love, magic and Christmas.

• Jack and Rachel, the owners and operators of the Bethlehem Motel.
• Joe and Mary, a young couple expecting their first baby ... soon.
• Pastor Sylvia, the leader of the Oak City Missouri Central Church’s Children’s Choir.
• The Cowboys: Shep, Slim, Dale (a cowgirl), and Rowdy, who develops a special interest in the kids, and in Sylvia.
• The Stargazers: Stella, Rex, Arthur, Regina
• The Oak City Missouri Children’s Choir, including Tommy, a child about 8 or 10
• Other motel guests ( perhaps as few as 5).

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