By day Paola (Paola Cortellesi) is a popular and compassionate primary school teacher but by night she is Befana the Christmas Witch who brings gifts to deserving children on the 6th of January.
But
when she is kidnapped by toy maker Mr. Johnny (Stefano Fresi) who wants her
list of children and their wishes so he can take over from her, it’s up to a
group of her pupils rescue her.
To cheer up her sad niece Jess Cameron (Jennifer Pisana), Aunt Millie (Brenda Blethyn) tells her the tale of a young ice skater Katie Andrews (Zoe Warner)
and
an enchanted reindeer called Blizzard (voiced by Whoopi Goldberg) and their
magical friendship.
Blizzard
uses her special powers to help Katie after her father is laid off and they
have to move to the city but by doing so Blizzard risks being banished from
Santa's village.
Andrea (Jennifer Taylor) is an ad executive who is forced into attending a film shoot on Christmas morning and she has a disastrous day at work and at home.
Santa
(Peter Xifo) suggests that a wish on the Christmas star might help her, so she
makes her wish to relive the day and gets more than she bargained for.
So
she has to relive the day over and over like “Groundhog day” until she figures
out that’s she's been missing precious time with her family, husband John (Gary
Poux) and children Lexi and Matt (Julia Terranova and JJ Whyte) and needs to
find a way to fix it.
Emily Robertson (Sarah Power) is grieving after losing her mother Ruby Robertson (Dana Fradkin) in early November when she finds a letter from her late mother.
The
letter reveals a last wish for Emily to fulfil, a twelve-task Christmas
Checklist, which is a daunting task for her.
While
she is completing the first task she meets local freelance writer Noah Carver (Jarod
Joseph) who wants to cover her compelling story, but she is reluctant however
she accepts his offer to help and as they work together they discover that
Ruby's final wish has been in front of them the whole time.
San Francisco based single mother Maddy (Stacey Farber) is heading home to Park City, Utah, for Christmas with her adopted preteen son Wesley (Benjamin Jacobson) who is interested in finding out more about his biological family tree after a school project.
On
arriving home she meets widowed ski and snowboard shop owner Paul (Brendan
Penny) raising his son Cody (Azriel Dalman) who is also adopted and the two
boys become immediate friends and a romance blossom between Maddy and Paul.
It
turns out that not only are both boys adopted but they are actually brothers.
On arriving home
she meets widowed ski and snowboard shop owner Paul (Brendan Penny) raising his
son Cody (Azriel Dalman) who is also adopted and the two boys become immediate
friends and a romance blossom between Maddy and Paul.
It turns out that
not only are both boys adopted but they are actually brothers.
Olivia James (Brigitte Kingsley) is a talented artist who was spotted by Mr. Johnson (Art Hindle) and is selected for inclusion in his “Winter Wonderland Exhibit” and begins dating his son Bradley (Frank Chiesurin).
However
on the night of the opening she literally bumped into schoolteacher Jake
Hartley (Joe Towne) and there was an instant attraction and later when a fire
destroys the gallery, he saves her best piece from the flames.
Her
artistic dreams have to be put on hold, so she accepts an art teaching job at a
local elementary school to make ends meet and meets Jake Hartley again and ends
up helping him with the school's Christmas show.
She
soon rediscovers why she became an artist and begins to find her true self
again, but when she discovers that the art show is back on but clashes with the
students big Christmas concert she is Torn.
She
breaks up with Bradley after he pressurises her to quit teaching as has
discovered a newfound happiness, as her developing feelings for Jake deepen,
she discovers her true self, a new sense of purpose, and a surprising romance.
