Maine: Let It Snow
Release Year: 2013
Directed By: Harvey Frost
Starring: Candace Cameron Bure, Jesse Hutch, Alan Thicke, Gabrielle Rose, Dan Willmott, Alison Thornton, Samantha Ferris, Connor Christopher Levins, John Innes, Meredith McGeachie, Emma Tremblay, Matthew Kevin Anderson
Before Hallmark Christmas movies were the annual pop culture talking point they are today, Candace Cameron Bure was the real star of the seasonal event. It’s no wonder that she’s still so involved with the networks rollout and starring in a number of movies each year. Back in 2013, Bure took a trip to Maine in Let It Snow as Grinch-like executive Stephanie Beck, who checks out the Snow Valley Lodge, her company’s new property. But as she gives in to the lodge’s charms, including the handsome Brady (Jesse Hutch), Stephanie’s heart grows a few sizes bigger.
Like most Hallmark Christmas movies, Let It Snow centers on a character conflicted between her professional duties and newfound personal attachments. No matter how many times this story plays out in TV movies, there will always be audiences for the escapist, picturesque winter fairy tales. For two hours, nothing else matters but Candace Cameron Bure unlearning bitterness toward the holidays and opening herself to love and small towns. Grab your coziest blank, pour a glass of whatever you like, travel to Maine and let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!