Travel agent Hannah (Jocelyn Hudon) is looking forward to a holiday cruise with her best friend Phoebe (Kathryn Kohut) and their parents but her boss sends her to Canada's Ice Hotel instead, with the promise of a promotion.
Hannah
recruits Phoebe to travel with her, but her sacrifices are more than
compensated, firstly by the beauty of the hotel, and then when she meets one of
the Hotel owners, Ben (Steve Lund) and romance soon takes control.
Travel agent Hannah (Jocelyn Hudon) is looking forward to a holiday cruise with her best friend Phoebe (Kathryn Kohut) and their parents but her boss sends her to Canada's Ice Hotel instead, with the promise of a promotion.
Hannah
recruits Phoebe to travel with her, but her sacrifices are more than
compensated, firstly by the beauty of the hotel, and then when she meets one of
the Hotel owners, Ben (Steve Lund) and romance soon takes control.
Recently separated parents Tracie and Rick (Schuyler Fisk and David Clayton Rogers) (Rogers) spend every other holiday with their young daughters Harper and Ava (Abby James Witherspoon and Skylar Olivia Flanagan). But after Thanksgiving the girls conspire and tell their parents that they only have only one thing on their wish lists for Christmas, and that is to spend Christmas with both Mom and Dad with their Grandparents, Mimi and Ed (Dee Wallace and Glenn Morshower) at their farmhouse with the rest of the family.
Tracie
and Rick know that the temporary reunion will be no walk in the park, but they
agree for the sake of the children, but Mimi is less than keen and fears that
the Christmas gathering will help rekindle the lost romance between her
daughter and the man she loathes, which would make her granddaughters' greatest
Christmas wish come true.
The Marvin sisters, Megan (Erin Cahill) Bethany (Rachel Rhodes-Devey) and Audrey (Catherine Corcoran) gather for what they discover is to be their last Christmas at their childhood home, after their parents, Daniel and Peggy (Jim O'Hare and Ann Osmond), inform them that they are selling up and moving to Florida.
The
decision is not received with universal acceptance, in fact Audrey for example
recruits neighbour Brandon
(Alan Pontes) to sabotage the sale, but things are further complicated when the
buyer turns out to be Megan’s high school sweetheart Nash (Justin Bruening).
A nice story well-acted by an accomplished ensemble, though for me Samarah Conley as Megan’s daughter Ivy, steals the show.
The Marvin sisters, Megan (Erin Cahill) Bethany (Rachel Rhodes-Devey) and Audrey (Catherine Corcoran) gather for what they discover is to be their last Christmas at their childhood home, after their parents, Daniel and Peggy (Jim O'Hare and Ann Osmond), inform them that they are selling up and moving to Florida.
The
decision is not received with universal acceptance, in fact Audrey for example
recruits neighbour Brandon
(Alan Pontes) to sabotage the sale, but things are further complicated when the
buyer turns out to be Megan’s high school sweetheart Nash (Justin Bruening).
A nice story well-acted by an accomplished ensemble, though for me Samarah Conley as Megan’s daughter Ivy, steals the show.
In the run up to Christmas, Music School Teacher Lizzie Moore (Lindy Booth) is hired by a handsome widower, Brad Owen (Robin Dunne) to give piano lessons to his teenage daughter Abigail (Micah Kalisch).
There
is an immediate attraction between Lizzie and Brad, however it soon emerged
that Brad is employed by the new owners of the building and as a result was responsible
for the impending closure of her music school.
Despite
that the three of them become closer and their lives are turned around for the
better and they learn the importance of love and the meaning of Christmas.
Georgia Wright (Daryen Ratte) is a hard-working young woman and as she is unable to share her Christmas Day with her family, she decides to earn some extra money by spending the day driving strangers.
As
she takes on various passengers, because of her nature, they have a tendency to
open up to her and she finds out through their conversations that not everyone
has a very merry Christmas, whether it’s because they are not with their
families, or are experiencing loss, and just not in the spirit.
Through empathy and active listening, she experiences the true ups and downs of the holiday season and does her best to understand their situations to help make the season brighter.
