Introduction

Jessica gets dumped before Christmas. She sends 5 Christmas cards, affecting her BFF, brother, aunt, pop star, and past music/cello teacher, meeting her single, photographer son.

Outline

The movie centres around a recently single Jessica who sends Christmas cards to people who have impacted her life – the aunt who raised her, her younger brother in the military, a popstar who was part of the soundtrack of her life, the music teacher who inspired her, and the best friend who always tells the truth.

Cast

• Torrey DeVitto … Jessica Winthrop.
• Chad Michael Murray … Luke.
• Lolita Davidovich … Lila.
• Grant Show … Tom.
• Madison Smith … Carter J.Winthrop.
• Lanie McAuley … Angie Dawson.
• Drew Seeley … Jax.
• Geoff Gustafson … Todd.
• Kimberley Shoniker … Mimi.

Trivia

• Torrey DeVitto has played the violin since she was 6, so she was excited to pick up the cello.
• Chad Michael Murray and Torrey DeVitto previously starred together in One Tree Hill (2003). As did
  • Drew Seeley in the pilot episode of One Tree Hill as Vegas.
• Chad Michael Murray’s character name is Luke which is a nod to his One Tree Hill character with the same name.
• The first street scene was shot outside of All of Oils in Langley BC … home to many hallmark movie shootings 20450 Douglas Crescent – Langley BC.

Production & Filming Details

• Director(s):
  • Pat Williams.
• Producer(s):
  • Charles Cooper … producer.
  • Marguerite Henry … executive producer.
  • Harvey Kahn … producer.
• Writer(s):
  • Neal H. Dobrofsky.
  • Tippi Dobrofsky.
• Music:
  • Alec Puro.
  • Irving Victoria.
• Cinematography:
  • Randal Platt.
• Editor(s):
  • Franco Pante.
• Production:
  • Crown Media Productions.
• Distributor(s):
  • Hallmark Channel (2019) (USA) (TV).
  • W Network (2019) (Canada) (TV).
  • Christmas 24 (2021) (UK) (TV).
  • Happy Entertainment (2021) (Germany) (DVD).
  • Nova Life (2020) (Greece) (TV).
  • RTL Entertainment (2020) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL8).
  • Studio Universal (2020) (Argentina) (TV).
  • TF1 (2020) (France) (TV).
  • TV8 (2021) (Italy) (TV).
  • VIJF (2020) (Belgium) (TV).
  • Videoland (2020) (Netherlands) (video) (VOD).
• Release Date: 17 November 2019 (US and Canada).
• Rating: TV-G.
• Running Time: 84 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.

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