North Carolina: Finding Christmas
Release Year: 2013
Directed By: Harvey Crossland
Starring: Tricia Helfer, J.T. Hodges, Mark Lutz, Cristina Rosato, Christian Distefano, Brittany Gray, Jessica Phillips, Dov Mickelson, Dani Kind, Scott Wickware
If the 2013 Hallmark Christmas movie Finding Christmas sounds familiar, then you have probably seen the aforementioned fan-favorite romantic comedy The Holiday. Finding dating to be much more challenging in the wake of a divorce, single mother Ryan (Tricia Helfer) decides to all but give up on the prospect of finding love again. However, when her brother, Owen (J.T. Hodges), swaps his North Carolina home with New York City businessman Sean (Mark Lutz), Ryan discovers that love might not be as elusive as she had previously presumed. Suddenly, Sean’s fish-out-of-water acclimation to small-town North Caroline becomes a second shot at love for Ryan.
Finding Christmas also tells the tale of a second love story on the opposite end of the house swap. Owen leaves North Carolina for Sean’s New York City home, where he hits it off with Sean’s assistant, Mia (Cristina Rosato). However, with Christmas quickly approaching to end the house swap, both new relationships will undergo the ultimate test. Clearly, on top of finding new romances, these characters also find Christmas, as the title would suggest. If you loved The Holiday, you will definitely adore the simple charms of Hallmark’s Finding Christmas.