North Dakota: Every Christmas Has a Story
Release Year: 2016
Directed By: Ron Oliver
Starring: Lori Loughlin, Colin Ferguson, Willie Aames, Catherine Lough Haggquist, Bruce Harwood, Isabella Giannulli, Kevin O’Grady, Omari Newton, Eileen Barrett, Kate Isaac, Steven Garr, Kazumi Evans, Mark Brandon, Hanna Pederson, Karen Holness
When you think of Hallmark Christmas movies, there are a few familiar throughlines you expect to watch in each movie: Someone will find themselves in a small town, someone will fall in love and someone will change their goals. And that someone is nine times out of 10 the same person. In 2016’s Every Christmas Has a Story, the small town in question is in North Dakota and the someone who spends Christmas there is disgraced television personality Kate Harper (Lori Loughlin), whose perspective on the holidays could use a little work.
After making an on-air mishap declaring she hates Christmas, Kate receives an invitation to visit the most Christmas-oriented small town in American to both repair her public image and change her views on the holiday. Of course, Kate must work closely with the show’s producer, Jack (Colin Ferguson), who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. What ensues in the North Dakota winter wonderland changes Kate’s mind on the Christmas holiday and Jack. Every Christmas Has a Story revels in the concept of second chances, especially during the most wonderful time of the year.