Plot

When Miranda Chester set off to find information on her biological father two Christmases ago, she never imagined that her investigation would lead her to both the family she had always longed for and Ian McAndrick - the love of her life.

When Miranda Chester set off to find information on her biological father two Christmases ago, she never imagined that her investigation would lead her to both the family she had always longed for and Ian McAndrick, the love of her life. After her romantic engagement last Christmas, Miranda prepares to marry Ian this Christmas surrounded by his family and her new family, the Whitcombs. While Miranda navigates this new relationship, her late father's widow, Margaret, forges a surprising romance with a friend from the past.—Happy_Evil_Dude

Discovering just over two years ago some of her actor mother Eve Chester's possessions, she who passed twenty years ago while performing at Christmastime, interior decorator Miranda Chester, living in Seattle at the time, found and ended up connecting with a side of her family which she never knew about living in the small town of Carlton Heath, Vermont, including her now deceased father James Whitcomb also an actor, James' wife Margaret Whitcomb, Miranda's half brother Peter Whitcomb and Peter's family. Through this connection, Miranda fell in love with Ian McAndrick, the two planning on getting married on Christmas day at the Carlton Heath Inn owned by Ian's parents, the Inn where Miranda and Ian will begin their lives. Christmas is an important time of the year for the two of them in their relationship, the reason for choosing it as their wedding date. Beyond many family members performing in "A Christmas Carol" on Christmas Eve at the local James Whitcomb Theater, the wedding becomes more complex with Margaret inviting many of James' long lost friends to the wedding, one in particular who may make Margaret distracted from everything else in her life, and with Miranda possibly discovering that what was her non-existent family life just two years ago may be expanded by even one more if the story told to her is true.—Huggo

Attorney an small town Carlton Heath, Vermont mayor Ian McAndrick patiently deals with his Seattle bride Miranda Chester, whom he met and fell in love with when she came discover her absent actor father James's roots there, gradually giving up her doubts about family friend Thomas Reid's claim to know all about her mother's silent past. Whle the whole town commits to the annual Christmas show, the theatre's past and stepmother Margaret Whitcomb also provide puzzle pieces to make the story fit, explaining why Miranda was kept in the dark.—KGF Vissers