Madea (Tyler Perry) is paid by her good friend Eileen (Anna Maria Horsford) to drive her out of the city to pay a surprise visit in the country to see her daughter Lacey (Tika Sumpter) after the daughter informed the mom she isn't coming home for Christmas.
When they arrive, they are surprised to find the small, rural town preparing
for its annual Christmas Jubilee.
And there are other surprises to follow, including a secret marriage.
Ever since being affected by an earthquake whilst having an MRI scan Zoey (Jane Levy) has the ability to hear the innermost thoughts and feelings of people around her as they perform songs and musical numbers.
As annoying as that was, she did find it useful when communicating with
her terminally ill father Mitch (Peter Gallagher).
But following his death and her boyfriend Max (Skylar Astin) suddenly
being afflicted with the same curse as her she is facing her first holiday
without her Dad.
With mixed emotions Zoey wants to create a magical Christmas for her and
her family just like the ones with her dad.
However, during a family meal, she discovers that the rest of the family
have all made other plans in order to avoid the very thing she wants to
celebrate.
So, will she get her magical Christmas, or will it just be her and Max?
After seeing off their son Luke (John Owen Lowe) to college Kate (Kristin Davis) surprises her husband with an African safari, however he trumps her surprise by telling her he’s leaving her.
However, after absorbing the initial shock, she decides to go to Africa
on her own, where she meets Derek (Rob Lowe), who turns out to be the pilot
flying her to the Safari Lodge.
But he is also involved with an elephant conservation, so instead of
going on safari she spends her whole vacation with the Elephants putting her
veterinary qualifications to good use.
Inevitably Kate and Derek bond over the welfare of the animals and fall
in love.
After seeing off their son Luke (John Owen Lowe) to college Kate (Kristin Davis) surprises her husband with an African safari, however he trumps her surprise by telling her he’s leaving her.
However, after absorbing the initial shock, she decides to go to Africa
on her own, where she meets Derek (Rob Lowe), who turns out to be the pilot
flying her to the Safari Lodge.
But he is also involved with an elephant conservation, so instead of
going on safari she spends her whole vacation with the Elephants putting her
veterinary qualifications to good use.
Inevitably Kate and Derek bond over the welfare of the animals and fall
in love.
Wealthy charmer Joseph Van Aston (Josh Swickard) leads a playboy lifestyle until his CEO mother Amy (Julie Lancaster) demands that, in order for the company to acquire a Californian family farm to complete a business deal, her Casanova son seduces a hardworking farmer Callie (Lauren Swickard) and convince her to sell up, and if he doesn’t agree he would lose his lavish lifestyle.
He gets Leo (Ali Afshar) to drive him out into the country and when he arrives he is mistaken
for a ranch hand who they had been expecting so accepts the job as a way of
getting close to Callie.
But instead of seducing her he falls in
love with her instead.
Following a very bitter public divorce and an unexpected backlash from her fans after she killed off the hero of her successful book series, bestselling American author Sophie (Brooke Shields) journeys to Scotland to escape the furore.
On arrival she heads for the place of her grandfather’s birth and
instantly falls in love with the place and the people she meets at the Hotel, Maisie
(Andi Osho), Helen (Tina Gray), Rhona (Eilidh Loan) Angus (Stephen Oswald) and Lexi
(Vanessa Grasse).
She also falls in love with the local Castle from where her grandfather
was once denied entry and decides to buy it from the grumpy owner, a Scottish
Duke named Myles (Cary Elwes), but he is reluctant to sell to a foreigner.
They settle on a compromise, although they constantly lock horns, but
along the way they find something neither of them were looking for.
Failed big city restaurateur Clara Garrison (Kaitlyn Leeb) is now the manager at the Thunder Mountain Ski Resort and as Christmas approached the place was all abuzz when celebrity chef Shane Roarke (Scott Cavalheiro) is named the new head chef by owner Hugh Peters (Mark Ghanime).
Clara isn't as excited as her staff including her best friend Bonnie
(Kristen Kurnik) and remains focused on doing her job but apart from work their
paths constantly cross, in particular at a local Hotel run by Jackie and Frank
Haven (Jess Walton and Patrick Duffy) and their shared passion for cooking
brings them closer to a future together as their Christmas romance blossomed.
