John Daily's hard-sighted focus on his success has blinded him to the bigger picture. In spite of all the successful things he has done in business, in spite of all the wealth and prestige he has accumulated for himself, there is a gaping void at the center of his existence.John Daily knows the proverbial price of everything and the value of nothing. He buys the package because of the way it looks, not because of what's inside. He has a loving wife and picture-book kids, but he's incapable of reading between the lines and giving them something of himself.Tragedy strikes sending his entire family into the hospital with little chance of recovering. As Christmas approaches, John Daily realizes in a life-transforming epiphany that he has the power to set wrongs to rights. It's a small beginning to the realization that he can change his own life. He can learn to see the world through a new set of eyes, which would give him the power to create a more harmonious and loving world.With his life unraveling, John Daily seeks solace in the last remaining outlet for his tormented soul. Since childhood, he has constructed a Christmas Village with his mother and father. It is a Christmas Village complete with a train, ski lift, farm, lake, figurines, and a bustling town. This was his fantasy world made real in childhood.As he sits alone contemplating his misery, he is brought up short by the sound of a tiny voice. As a child, John Daily imagined lives for the little people of the Christmas Village. Now he wonders if he is finally losing his mind as the prayer of a child reaches his ears. It is a heart-felt prayer and demands to be answered.But there's a bigger picture out there, and when John Daily realizes that he is actually in his own childhood village and not on the outside looking in, he is in for the awakening of a lifetime. When he was a kid, he once asked his dad, "Do you think God hears our prayers?" He is not only about to learn the true answer to that question; he is about to experience it firsthand.
About the Author: John Callas - veteran writer/director/producer in the entertainment business. His experience ranges from feature films to numerous motion picture trailers, national and international commercials, live action title sequences, a documentary shot in Russia, as well as having been the VP for The Walt Disney Company while working in post production. John wrote and directed the feature film "No Solicitors" starring Eric Roberts and has adapted NY Times bestselling author, William H. LaBarge's book, "Lightning Strikes Twice." As a published author his work includes: SECRETS, WHEN THE RAIN STOPS, CHRISTMAS VOICES, NO SOLICITORS, AND FIRST TIME PARENTS SURVIVAL GUIDE TO UNNECESSARY AND WILD SPENDING. His work also includes live action teasers for Ransom, Dennis The Menace, Body Of Evidence, The Golden Child, Spaceballs, The Glass Menagerie, Cocoon II, Poltergeist III, Betrayed, My Girl, Glenngarry Glenn Ross, title Sequences For The Two Jakes and A Few Good Men and a promotional film for Showscan. John also directed an award-winning short film THE WHITE GORILLA. John had the opportunity to work with notable actors including Mel Gibson, Walter Matthau, Jack Nicholson, Madonna, Eddie Murphy and Mel Brooks. In addition to feature film teasers, his work can be seen in projects for HBO, The Disney Channel, Show Time, the Broadway Play Phantom Of The Opera and the 1993 redesigned TRISTAR LOGO. John's extensive background also includes over 200 commercials. Television experience includes directing a 14-week series entitled Potentials, with guests Buckminster Fuller, Norman Cousins, Ray Bradbury, Gene Roddenberry, Timothy Leary and others, and 80 segments for Bobby's World, which has been rated the #1 show on Fox 11 Television in its time slot; garnering John an Emmy nomination. John's work also includes music videos for Glenn Frey Of The Eagles, Bill Wyman Of The Rolling Stones, Jefferson Starship, Sammy Hagar, Rick Springfield, Doobie Brothers, Styx and more. Awards: An EMMY nomination for Bobby's World, THE NEW YORK CRITICS CHOICE AWARD for Lone Wolf, BEST FEATURE at Fright Night Festival & BEST DIRECTOR at Scar A Con festival for No Solicitors - Several awards for THE WHITE GORILLA, A CLIO and BELDING for the Sunkist campaign, BEST OF THE WEST for directorial work on a one-woman show, and an MTV AWARD FOR BEST CONCEPT for Glen Frey's Smuggler's Blues. John holds a Master Degree from Occidental College, and is a member of The Directors Guild Of America.