Chicago
based pastry chef Emma Parker (Katie Leclerc) returns home to
Door County, Wisconsin to her family’s Parker Orchard farm for Christmas and is
reunited with her high school sweetheart Mitch
Henrickson (Ryan Carnes).
She soon realises that she has to choose between her dream job at a prestigious New York Restaurant and the legacy of her family's cherry orchard business.
Chicago
based pastry chef Emma Parker (Katie Leclerc) returns home to
Door County, Wisconsin to her family’s Parker Orchard farm for Christmas and is
reunited with her high school sweetheart Mitch
Henrickson (Ryan Carnes).
She
soon realises that she has to choose between her dream job at a prestigious New
York Restaurant and the legacy of her family's cherry orchard business.
Rebecca
(Kristin Wollett) is a private person who lives for her work, and her work is running
her own shop where she makes and sells wreaths, and from thanksgiving onwards it’s
her hectic Christmas season.
One
morning, on her way to work, she slips on the icy steps outside her home and
dislocates her elbow.
Her
neighbour, Jason (Casey Elliott) happens to be putting out the trash at the
time and sees her fall, and despite Rebecca insisting she’s ok to go to her
shop, he ignores her and takes her to the hospital.
Having
her arm in a sling poses significant problems for her, firstly because
Christmas sales are a large part of her business, and secondly Rebecca is
fiercely independent, struggles with delegation and has trust issues.
She
tries to hire extra help but can't find anyone suitable for the job at short
notice, but then Jason pops in to the shop, and offers to help in his free time
between his shifts at his family's bakery.
She
reluctantly accepts his help but as they work together, the pair form an
unexpected romantic bond.
Rebecca
(Kristin Wollett) is a private person who lives for her work, and her work is
running her own shop where she makes and sells wreaths, and from thanksgiving
onwards it’s her hectic Christmas season.
One
morning, on her way to work, she slips on the icy steps outside her home and
dislocates her elbow.
Her
neighbour, Jason (Casey Elliott) happens to be putting out the trash at the
time and sees her fall, and despite Rebecca insisting she’s ok to go to her
shop, he ignores her and takes her to the hospital.
Having
her arm in a sling poses significant problems for her, firstly because
Christmas sales are a large part of her business, and secondly Rebecca is
fiercely independent, struggles with delegation and has trust issues.
She
tries to hire extra help but can't find anyone suitable for the job at short
notice, but then Jason pops in to the shop, and offers to help in his free time
between his shifts at his family's bakery.
She
reluctantly accepts his help but as they work together, the pair form an
unexpected romantic bond.
Single
mom Maggie O'Donnell (Ashley Williams) is facing Christmas alone because her
daughter Ellen (Kayden Magnuson) is spending Christmas with her father and his
new wife.
However
fate takes a hand when she crashes into a jogging stranger, Lucas Cavelli
(Niall Matter) and flattens him with a Christmas Tree, breaking his arm.
She
is riddled with guilt and accompanies him to the hospital, but that guilt is
multiplied when she finds out he was planning to fly to Aspen the next day to
go skiing.
As
he is forced to change his plans she offers him the use of her guest house
until the Doctor clears him for his flight back to New York.
So
he becomes her unexpected house guest, but it needed some encouragement to
embrace his new reality but eventually he thaws and together they overcome
their revised Christmas, and she introduces him to her voluntary work on the
army base and they find comfort in each other’s company and a bond grows between them.
But
what will happen when he is cleared to fly, will he crash out of her life as
abruptly as he crashed into it?
Olivia
Matheson (Cindy Busby) runs a gift-wrapping shop, All Wrapped Up, with her
three best friends Lily Morgan, Mia Parker and Tina Mitchell (Ashley Newbrough,
Kathryn Davis and Natalie Hall).
Shortly
before the Christmas Gala Olivia has to make a large delivery in a remote
location about an hour away, the Gala is especially important as All Wrapped Up
are sponsoring the event.
When
she arrives at the client's address she is stunned to be face to face with her
ex-boyfriend Benjamin Hall (Jake Epstein) who she has not seen for four years.
After
he invites her in for coffee they argue about their break-up and open up old
wounds, so Olivia storms out and begins to drive home, but a sudden snowstorm
has closed the road, so she is forced to return to Ben's.
Neither
of them are happy with the situation, more so Olivia, as she is unable to get
back to help her friends prepare for the gala.
The
pair continue to bicker but as the storm worsens, they have to work together to
get through the drama and inevitably their old romantic feelings resurface.
However
will those feelings thaw when the storm abates.
Tennis
star Luke Hollis (James Lafferty) finally won a major tournament after a
long career in the game and at the press conference announced his retirement
before heading home to Pinecrest Florida to his family’s Sandy Lake Racquet
Club, however when he returns home, he discovers the club is about to be sold
to a developer.
Luke
is naturally unhappy, as he learned to play tennis at the club, and he had
imagined taking over the business himself, but he is also unhappy that half the
club has been converted into pickleball courts, and although he has contempt
for the game it appears that Pickleball is the only thing that can save the
club.
So
along with Caroline (Zibby Allen), the club's pickleball coach, who is
fighting to save the club, Luke agrees to compete in the Christmas Pickleball Tournament,
which they need to win to save the club.
A
tall order because Caroline has to teach Luke to play the game first, which is
no mean feat given his disdain for the game, but she gets through to him, in
more ways than anyone expected.
