The Christmas Note

Ethan Daniels desperately misses his US Army hero father Kyle, wounded in military hospital in Germany, alone with his mother, teacher Gretchen, who returned to their hometown, still out of a job. Initially aloof neighbor Melissa soon warms to Ethan, and bonds with Gretchen, who is at first reluctant to help with the estate in town of her just-died, long-estranged mother, but finds a letter apologizing for the break-up and stating there's a sister given up for adoption, and insists to help look for her. Trail after trail runs dead, until local attorney Robert, who employed Gretchen, proves himself a brilliant amateur researcher, with a delightful surprise result, just in time for Christmas.