In the first Christmas since Molly Memmott (Weixin Le)
died her husband John (Darin Scott) and three young daughters Catherine, Sarah and Emily (Sophia, Isabella and Ava Jarque) struggle to face
their first Christmas without her and eight-year-old Emily is convinced her
mother will come and visit her at Christmas and the others don’t know how they
will deal with her disappointment, or will they have to.
In
the first Christmas since Molly Memmott (Weixin Le)
died her husband John (Darin Scott) and three young
daughters Catherine, Sarah and Emily
(Sophia, Isabella and Ava Jarque)
struggle to face their first Christmas without her and eight-year-old Emily is
convinced her mother will come and visit her at Christmas and the others don’t
know how they will deal with her disappointment, or will they have to.
Mary
and Leland Jeppson (Tiffani DiGregorio and Steve Luna) are losing hope of
giving their family a special Christmas.
The
expected gifts from her sister Rose are on board a train which has been caught
in a blizzard and is nowhere in sight.
But
when the Jeppson's' packages unexpectedly arrive at the post office on
Christmas Eve George Schow (Alan Petersen) is persuaded by his son Sidney
(Gavin Barker) to brave the storm and deliver the gifts to the Jeppsons, and
ask their daughter, Ellen (Ariana Bagley) to the New Year's Eve dance.
It's
nearly Christmas in 1942, and Millie (Afton Grace Higbee) learns in her dance class that in the new year she
will be able to dance on pointe, and excitedly runs home to tell her parents,
but before she can she overhears them discussing their finances, and there is
no money for presents, so she knows that she won’t get her point shoes.
Her
and her siblings Grace and William (Scarlett Hazen
and Manning Hazen) still excitedly wait for Gramma
(Pam Eichner) to arrive with her special Christmas
apron, newly pressed and filled with generations of holiday memories.
It
was the family tradition, for each child in the house to write down the gift
they want the most and then put the pieces of paper into the apron's frilled
pocket.
But
on Christmas morning in 1942, will those wished-for gifts be waiting under the
tree?
Once Upon a Christmas is a cross between A Christmas
Carol and Freaky Friday in which Carroll Coleman (Garry Nation) is a millionaire
miser who hates Christmas.
One
night he is visited by an Angel (Reilly Licht) who told him he has been granted
an intervention and that he has until the 18th of December to learn the true
meaning of Christmas or his fate will be sealed forever.
The
next day he wakes to find he is a high school age boy (Hunter Fine) and with
the help of his housekeeper Odette Marchand (Jewel Christian) he is enrolled in
high school so he can get close to his niece and nephew, Olivia and Matthew Baker
(Kayla Blair and Kaleb Hiller).
After
a few failed attempts to change things, he finally realises that he is the one
that needs to change.
Taya Orchard (Teagan Vincze) is the
hardworking owner of the busy but struggling Elk Ridge resort when she
reconnects with former beau Bradley Palmer (Clayton James)
who books into the resort with his colleague Miranda (Brenna Coates).
There
are obvious sparks at the reunion and they end up spending a lot of time
together but Taya is worried about the resorts financial challenges and her
unscrupulous accountant Jeff (Thomas Perras), fortunately
Miranda is a forensic accountant so she easily untangles the fraud while
becoming tangled with Chef Phillipe (Alex Rose) so they all
manage to save Elk Ridge and find love in the process.
In
the small quaint coastal community of Paradise, South Carolina a new Christmas
hating City inspector Ben Cashman (Jose Vasquez) and wants to expunge every
trace of it.
However
Tashandra (Jaeda Jordan) isn’t about to let an outsider from New York city ruin
her favourite time of the year and new merchant Nic (Josh Kay) defies Ben at
every turn.
When
embittered Charley and Erika (Richard Lake and Shay Denison) cross paths it
leads to an unlikely empathy.
Single
mom Elizabeth (Meri Beth Howard) and her daughter Bella (Sophie Belle Henry)
have just moved to Paradise for a new start, and meets another newcomer Tim
Johnson (John Wes Lewis) and connect.
So
between them will they save Christmas in Paradise?
