Rosa Flores (Paula Garcia) takes the whole Chalmers-Davis
family to Colombia for a Christmas cruise so they can see her homeland.
So
what could possibly go wrong when the extended family head to South American,
with family tensions, an eight weeks old baby and cultural differences. Hopes
of a peaceful festive family reunion are bound to unravel in typically chaotic
way.
Nathalie Morris, Claudia Karvan, Carlos Sanson Jr, Angus Sampson, Christian Byers, Ava Cannon and Anita Hegh
also star.
30-something
Nell Duke (Lyndsy Fonseca) is looking forward to having her family visit her
over Christmas but for a variety of reasons they all cancel so unexpectedly she
finds herself spending Christmas alone in the city with a list of Christmas
activities planned.
So
she convinces herself that celebrating Christmas on her own would really be a
good thing for her.
Meanwhile
her next door neighbour, Cooper Armer (Daniel Lissing), has had to cancel his
Christmas ski trip to Aspen as his boss tasked him to organize the office
Christmas party for an important new client.
Despite
the fact they were only on nodding acquaintance she and Cooper strike up a
friendship and agree to spend Christmas alone, together, and he helps her
negotiate singleton situations and she helps him plan the office party.
Along
the way they discover that Christmas together is the better option.
Shy high school student,
Joy Hoffsteder (Bailee Madison), is from a dysfunctional family,
and as Christmas approaches she looks with envious eyes at the family of her seemingly perfect neighbour's and
even wishes to be part of it.
The
one day her Christmas wish comes true after she is hit by a car and bangs her
head and wakes up in a different body.
It
turns out however as it isn't exactly as wonderful as she'd hoped it would be as
it leads to unexpected challenges.
But
she does learn lessons about family and friendship and the true meaning of the Christmas
season.
Shy high school student,
Joy Hoffsteder (Bailee Madison), is from a dysfunctional family,
and as Christmas approaches she looks with envious eyes at the family of her seemingly perfect neighbour's and
even wishes to be part of it.
The
one day her Christmas wish comes true after she is hit by a car and bangs her
head and wakes up in a different body.
It
turns out however as it isn't exactly as wonderful as she'd hoped it would be as
it leads to unexpected challenges.
But
she does learn lessons about family and friendship and the true meaning of the Christmas
season.
Librarian Whitney (Rachel Skarsten) has been raised to be cautious by her home security expert parents (Cynthia Dale and Rob Stewart) so she surprises herself by agreeing to go on a blind date to a restaurant.
But
instead of joining her date she mistakenly sits at the table of undercover FBI
agent Josh (Corey Sevier) in the middle of an operation and is forced to pose
as his girlfriend during dinner with his target Lou Bateman (Matt Wells) and
his wife Patty (Kate Hewlett).
After
that night she finds herself in a real-life adventure with Josh to prevent the
theft of the Heart of Christmas, a
necklace only put on display once a year, this time at the Mistletoe Ball on
Christmas Eve, at the New York Arts and History Museum.
A
small town is terrorized by a pair of a serial-killing couple on a murderous
spree dressed as Santa (Simon Phillips)
and Mrs. Claus (Sayla de Goede).
With
the deadly couple committing seemingly random homicides it comes down to Sheriff Mitchell
(Barry Kennedy), a teenage girl called Jennifer
(Laurel Brady) and a young cop Sam Fullard
(Jeff Ellenberger) to try and discern the pattern
behind the horrific crimes before more Christmas killings occur.
Its
Christmas time in San Francisco and pet shop owner Willa Davis (Rachel Melvin)
is romantically cautious after a bad breakup so contents herself with the
company of her clients and friends.
But
then one day she encounters Keane Winters (Thomas Beaudoin), her high school
crush, who once stood her up for the school prom ten years earlier.
The
problem is that he doesn’t recognize her, but despite that she starts falling
for him again but her head keeps over ruing her heart and vice versa.
So
what will she do, will she get the man of her dreams or will she push him away?
Chicago
based talented junior web designer Sara Thomas (Lacey
Chabert)
allows herself to be treated as a doormat and never speaks up for herself, even
her best friend Molly (Andrea Brooks).
Its
only when her big idea for a Christmas initiative is stolen by her line manager
Dirk Tyson (Jason McKinnon) that she decides to walk away.
But
she is given a gift by Santa (Howard Storey), a Christmas
Wish, so she wishes to finally have the
courage to stand up for herself and Santa grants her wish, but it will only
last for 48 hours.
Her
first action is to confront Dirk for stealing her work in front of everyone at
the Christmas party, the result of which is Dirk loses his job and company
founder and CEO, Peter Williams (Paul Greene) chooses her to accompany
him on a crucial business trip to Seattle to meet with a notoriously difficult
client, Wilson Taylor (Michael Ryan) to pitch her idea.
So
can Sara’s newfound acts of courage win the account and save the company and
win Peters heart?
When
journalist Taylor Nichols (Kayla Wallace) headed home to spend Christmas with Grandpa Frank
(James M Jenkinson) she has two encounters with
infantryman Captain Luke Malone (Kevin McGarry) who is home on
leave.
The
second meeting was on Christmas Eve, the anniversary of her mother’s passing,
and the time when she lost the Christmas spirit, and Luke was able to lift her
Christmas spirits during their short encounter.
A
year later they met again when they both going home for Christmas, but this
time they spend more time together getting
a chance to get to know each other and begin to fall in love.
But
is there really a future for them with him serving overseas and her writing
career really taking off?
It
will take their next several Christmases to reveal the answer.
Peter
(Michael Urie) feels his family's incessant judgment about his endless single
status so in order to avoid it this Christmas he convinces his best friend Nick
(Philemon Chambers) to pose as his boyfriend.
Peter's
mother (Kathy Najimy) believing him to not be in a relationship as usual sets
him up on a blind date with James (Luke Macfarlane) her handsome trainer
Needless
to say all the plans go sideways.
Jules
Daly (Katie McGrath) works in an antique shop in Buffalo while raising her
orphaned nephew Milo Huntington (Travis Turner) and niece Maddie (Leilah de
Meza) when they are visited by Paisley Winterbottom (Miles Richardson).
He
has an invitation from Edward Duke of Castlebury (Roger Moore) the children’s
estranged grandfather, to travel to Europe for Christmas.
Jules
was reluctant to make the trip but the children have struggled emotionally
since losing both their parents a year earlier so she hoped it would be good
for them.
As
it turned out it was good for her because although she felt out of her depth in
the Castle, she found allies among the household staff, Mrs. Birch, Floyd and
Abigail (Oxana Moravec, Alan O'Silva and (Madalina Anea) and she met dashing
Ashton Prince of Castlebury (Sam Heughan) who she found herself falling for
him.
But
there is obviously no future for a Royal Prince and a poor girl from Buffalo,
or is there?
Jules
Daly (Katie McGrath) works in an antique shop in Buffalo while raising her
orphaned nephew Milo Huntington (Travis Turner) and niece Maddie (Leilah de
Meza) when they are visited by Paisley Winterbottom (Miles Richardson).
He
has an invitation from Edward Duke of Castlebury (Roger Moore) the children’s
estranged grandfather, to travel to Europe for Christmas.
Jules
was reluctant to make the trip, but the children had struggled emotionally
since losing both their parents a year earlier so she hoped it would be good
for them.
As
it turned out it was good for her because although she felt out of her depth in
the Castle she found allies among the household staff, Mrs. Birch, Floyd and
Abigail (Oxana Moravec, Alan O'Silva and (Madalina Anea) and she met dashing
Ashton Prince of Castlebury (Sam Heughan) who she found herself falling for
him.
But
there is obviously no future for a Royal Prince and a poor girl from Buffalo,
or is there?
Jules
Daly (Katie McGrath) works in an antique shop in Buffalo while raising her
orphaned nephew Milo Huntington (Travis Turner) and niece Maddie (Leilah de
Meza) when they are visited by Paisley Winterbottom (Miles Richardson).
He
has an invitation from Edward Duke of Castlebury (Roger Moore) the children’s
estranged grandfather, to travel to Europe for Christmas.
Jules
was reluctant to make the trip but the children have struggled emotionally
since losing both their parents a year earlier so she hoped it would be good
for them.
As
it turned out it was good for her because although she felt out of her depth in
the Castle she found allies among the household staff, Mrs. Birch, Floyd and
Abigail (Oxana Moravec, Alan O'Silva and (Madalina Anea) and she met dashing
Ashton Prince of Castlebury (Sam Heughan) who she found herself falling for
him.
But
there is obviously no future for a Royal Prince and a poor girl from Buffalo,
or is there?
When
MI7 uncover credible evidence of a threat to the Royal family at Kensington
Palace three weeks before Christmas, agent Claire Champion (Rachel Skarsten) is
sent in undercover as a Nanny to keep Princess Elle (Isabelle Wilson) and
Prince Robert (Phoenix Laroche) and
their mother Princess Rose (Katie Sheridan) safe.
With
no experience with children Ms. Lansbury (Greta Scacchi)gives her some tips,
and an umbrella.
Initially
she has to thwart her charges attempts to prank her but she wears them down and
wants to protect them even more and she finds an ally in Rose's younger
brother, fourth in line to the throne, Prince Colin (Dan Jeannotte).
But
as she overcomes challenges on her mission she loses her heart to the family
and the Prince.
After
learning she is likely to lose her job as a New York Gallery of Young Artists
in the New Year, widowed Olivia Carver (Alex Paxton-Beesley) and her adolescent
son Parker (Viggo Hanvelt) go home to her small hometown of Wellington to spend
Christmas with her parents.
Olivia
is also an artist in her own right but has a severe case of artistic block and
to help, her mother Betty (Kathleen Laskey) secretly enters
her into a Christmas mural contest, and wins.
Unfortunately
she has to produce a mural on a prominent exterior wall in town and she’s still
blocked.
With
the help of Will Campbell (Dan Jeannotte), local teacher
and the contest runner-up, by offering her a second pair of creative eyes and she
finds her inspiration.
The
question is, as they start to fall for each other, will he also help her
conquer her romantic block.
Adeline
(Adie) Wilson (Melissa Melottey) is the author of a book about the best way to
plan the perfect Christmas and is on a book signing tour, terminating at an old
fashioned Bookshop owed by Garth Bowman (Chris Connell) who is the polar
opposite of Adie’s meticulous planning with his reliance on spontaneity.
While
she is there, much to the amusement of his sister Melanie (Roselie Williamson)
and daughter Luna (Selena Goosney), a competition ensues between them to prove
who has the better holiday style, and news of the contest goes viral, as they
experience each other’s points of view they fins the
true Christmas spirit and romance along the way.
Following
their engagement, Riley Stevenson (Jennifer Freeman) and Prince Mandla Amitu
(Thapelo Mokoena) settled down to life in Los Angeles.
But then her Aunt Gina (Trisha Mann) and Uncle Ray (Tony Grant) put on a Christmas Eve engagement party in Glasgow, Kentucky, which will facilitate an opportunity for Queen Nobantu (Abena Ayivor) and King Chidike (Sello Maake Ka-Ncube) to meet Riley’s family for the first time.
What
could possibly go wrong?
Prince
Christopher (Robert Adamson) of St Monica wants to briefly escape his royal
life to experience Christmas in a different country, so he travels to New York
with his chaperone Malcolm (Butch Klein).
While
he’s exploring the city he meets charitable non-profit founder Julia (Jenna
Michno) at her charity and introduces himself as Chris and then begins volunteering
with Julia helping families in need while in the City.
The
more time they spend together they develop feelings for each other, both
unexpected and welcome in equal measure, a real Christmas gift.
But
what will happen when the truth comes out?
Blair
Birch (Janel Parrish) and Josh Cannon (Parker Young) have been bitter rivals
since Basic training at Quantico, seemingly continuing a feud began by their
fathers Richard Birch (Peter Jacobson) and Cliff Cannon (Scott Reeves).
Six
years later they both end up on the same base and immediately get into an
argument with messy consequences, and are both assigned to Christmas Duty as a
punishment for 24 hours.
They
plan a quiet duty but they are forced to team up for a special mission when a
snowstorm prevents all the Christmas presents from reaching the base.
They
must put their differences aside in order to work together to save Christmas
for the children and save their relationship along the way.
In
1905 spirited and charitable Rhode Island socialite Ella (Ginna Claire Mason) dreams of using her wealth to help the less
fortunate in Newport.
However
after her father tells her that he intends to announce her engagement at the
approaching Christmas Eve Ball to a man she has never met, she is angry so goes
out in her sailboat to clear her head.
As
a comet shoots across the night sky, she wishes for a different life and to
feel true love, then she is shocked to suddenly find she is no longer alone in
the boat because Nick (Wes Brown) is at the helm.
An
argument ensues over ownership of the vessel until they reach dryland when she
realises, she is in fact in Newport in the year 2025.
Nick
is a local historian and works at her old family home, which is now a museum
but as she learns about her legacy and experiences glimpses of the modern world
she grows close to Nick and finally knows how true love feels.
But
she must travel back in time to her past when the Comet reappears on Christmas
Eve because every day, she spends in 2025 erases more of her from history.
So
is her newfound love to be cruelly snatched away from her or is there something
more surprising awaiting her at home?
