After their magical honeymoon, Zane (Greyston Holt) and Jeannette (Bea Santos) return to plan the perfect first Christmas as a family, and the perfect Christmas gift daughter Quinn (Raven Stewart).
But a spanner is thrown
into all of their holiday planning with the arrival of Jeannette's former father-in-law
John (Rob Stewart).
Among the fine
supporting cast Deana Carter as Jolene, Allison Hossack as Nana Suze and
Charlotte Hegele as Cake.
Julia Miller (Jessy
Schram) left small town Williston, North Dakota, to pursue a career as a writer
in the big city.
Ten years later she’s
working as a columnist, and her work has become cynical and uninspired, so she
is sent by her editor and close friend home to Williston for a short break to
recharge her batteries.
On her return she discovers
her childhood friend Nate Perry (Marshall Williams) has built a giant snow maze
which inspires her to write the perfect article and leads her to find her true
love.
On the approach to
Christmas in New York City, two busy strangers,
Olivia Bennett
(Elizabeth Mitchell), a former ballerina turned dance teacher, and Edward
Taylor (Cameron Mathison), a small business consultant, meet when they combine
forces to help an elderly woman, Gertrude (Gabrielle Rose), find her lost
Christmas Club savings and there was an immediate attraction.
But it was no chance meeting, it was Christmas magic tinged with fate designed to bring two lonely souls together and over the course of the holiday season are constantly running into each other, they have to admit to themselves that the connection between them is a strong one, and they have found what they were both missing from their lives, true love.
Manager of the family
clothing store, Alice Marina (Cindy Busby) is encouraged by her family, in
particular by her mother Olga (Kathie Lee Gifford), to let go of her reservations
about meeting someone new, but she resists any and all suggestions, because of
a failed long-distance relationship.
However, she cannot resist
a Godwink, which comes in the form of a chance meeting between her and medical
salesman Jack Toda (Benjamin Hollingsworth).
The first of multiple
coincidences involving the two strangers from very different family
backgrounds, ends up with them travelling together for a weekend wedding
celebration.
Following that
weekend, the Godwink’s keep on coming thick and fast, bringing Alice and Jack
ever closer, despite numerous obstacles.
However, she cannot resist a Godwink, which comes in
the form of a chance meeting between her and medical salesman Jack Toda
(Benjamin Hollingsworth).
The first of multiple coincidences involving the two
strangers from very different family backgrounds, ends up with them travelling
together for a weekend wedding celebration.
Following that weekend, the Godwink’s keep on coming
thick and fast, bringing Alice and Jack ever closer, despite numerous obstacles.
However, Anthony (Arnell Powell) Angela (Leigh-Ann
Rose) and Jennifer (Khalilah Joi) want the bakery to stay in the family, but
they all have very different ideas of what is best for the business.
So, their parents organize a Christmas Cake Off, of a
traditional family recipe, to choose which one of them is going to take over
the family bakery.
Each of the children is given a clue to make the perfect
batter, but they all fail miserably, until they combine forces to make the
perfect cake.
Since she was a very
little girl her father, Santa Claus encouraged Noelle Kringle (Anna Kendrick)
to ensure everyone at the North Pole kept their Christmas Sprit as well as
supporting and encouraging her brother Nick (Bill Hader), who was ordained to
take over as Santa when the time came.
Well, the time came, and
Nick was not ready, despite all the training and support and gets cold feet, so
Noelle suggests he gets away from the North Pole for a couple of days right
before Christmas to clear his head, but the sleigh and the reindeer return but
Nick doesn’t.
Everyone at the Pole
is angry with Noelle when Nick disappears, so she has to go on a funny and
heartfelt journey to Phoenix to find him accompanied by Elf Polly (Shirley MacLaine).
She employs the
services of Private Detective Jake Hapman (Kingsley Ben-Adir) and finds Nick
teaching at a Yoga Studio, and he makes it perfectly clear he is not cut out to
be Santa and will not be returning.
However, on her
journey it becomes quite apparent that her Fathers gifts have passed to her and
not her brother and she is destined to take over the family business
Noelle is a lovely
Christmas movie and was a joy to watch.
