‘Happy Holidays from Cherry Lane’ airs on Hallmark Channel
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Hallmark Channel’s Happy Holidays from Cherry Lane expands the Cherry Lane films with three new stories all taking place on Christmas Eve in three separate decades.
Three stories about three different families all living in the same house at different times come together in this film about making new Christmas memories. With a variety of Hallmark actors, these stories are separate however viewers will be delighted to see how they are connected – but that is only divulged at the end!
1960 is the year when Penny (Erica Durance) and her husband Eli (Benjamin Ayres) are celebrating the holiday with Eli’s father Walter (Serge Houde), who has moved into their house temporarily while recovering from a broken hip. Walter is not the friendliest man and definitely gruff. While Eli and Penny try to break through to his more gentle side, they all work together to help little Alex (Noah Bromley) with his Christmas school project. Alex is tasked with making a family time capsule which they will bury in the back yard and dig up in 10 years.
Fast forward to 1998 when Regina (Catherine Bell) is living in the house and awaiting the arrival of her family on Christmas. A widow, she is content being alone however when Nelson (James Denton) arrives to help with her broken water line, Regina is happy to have the company. Nelson happened to be in the neighborhood when a call went out about the broken water pipe. And, well, since his car died and he is waiting for the tow truck, he offered his services to this stranger. The two spend the day talking, watching TV, and waiting for the tow truck as the storm rages outside. Will Regina finally let the walls down around her and open up to another man?
And in 2015 Jessie (Julie Gonzalo) is a bit panicked when her sister’s wedding venue goes out of business the same day of the wedding. Jessie is talked into having the wedding in her back yard. The officiant, Pastor Tim (Ryan Rottman) happens to be the guy who broke her heart 20-years ago when they were in High School, although he sees things differently. While the two work together to get this last minute wedding off the ground, they rekindle old feelings and learn about each other in a way that adds clarity to their past.
These three stories have two things in common: they all take place on Christmas Eve and they all take place in the same house. Cherry Lane is the place where all kinds of things happen, especially on Christmas Eve.
Happy Holidays from Cherry Lane premieres December 12, 2024 on Hallmark Channel.
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