A Joyous Christmas

TV Movie
2017
TV-G
1h 24m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

1.6K

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A young self-help author returns to her hometown during the Christmas holidays to promote her new book. She soon discovers the true meaning of Christmas and family.A young self-help author returns to her hometown during the Christmas holidays to promote her new book. She soon discovers the true meaning of Christmas and family.A young self-help author returns to her hometown during the Christmas holidays to promote her new book. She soon discovers the true meaning of Christmas and family.

Director
- Allan Harmon
Writers
- Heather R. Provost
- Scott Damian
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

1.6K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,762

1,399

Director
- Allan Harmon
Writers
- Heather R. Provost
- Scott Damian
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

David
(as David Lewis)

Jillian Walchuck

Suzy

Jordan Ninkovich

Mayor Hartley

Bobby Stewart

Dennis
(as Bobby L. Stewart)

Jaime MacLean

Natalie

Françoise Robertson

Brenda Store Clerk
(as Francoise Robertson)

Sam Vincent

Austin

Connor O'Mahony

Mischa Karwat

Juliette

Grace Chin

TV Reporter

Ryan Kong

Child #1

Jasmine Ng

Child #2

Director
- Allan Harmon
Writers
- Heather R. Provost
- Scott Damian
All cast & crew
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Trivia
Michael Rady played the guitar and sung for this role. He wasn't dubbed.

Goofs
On the display screen outside the arena, "Tomorrow" is misspelled.

Soundtracks
Christmas Memories
Written by Randy Albright, Jon Greenbaum, Rebecca Hobbs
Courtesy of Make Believus Music, Rockaroo Music

User reviews21

Review

Featured review

5/10

Convoluted

Rachel is a self-help book writer who is promoting her new book "Me First" (or close to that). This movie is about her journey to realizing that Christmas is about giving to others. My first problem with this movie is that these two principles are absolutely contradictory and a self-help writer can't suddenly promote one theme when her book is about the other.

Another problem is Rachel herself. This woman is unsure of herself. For a self-help guru with at least two published books, she shows that she has almost no understanding of people. She can't see obvious things going on around her.

Finally the character Joy is nothing more than a prop. Joy herself seems confused at times.

If you can just accept all of the above without questioning, which is what you are supposed to do with Hallmark movies, you may enjoy this movie. The story has some interesting things in it including a little secret that needs to be revealed. There is a nice romance. And there are some heartwarming moments. I don't think I can be objective about the acting because some of the main characters were so self-contradictory which I think is more due to the story.