Oregon: Christmas List
Release Year: 2016
Directed By: Paul A. Kaufman
Starring: Alicia Witt, Gabriel Hogan, Peter Benson, Wanda Cannon, Christine Chatelain, Chance Hurstfield, Susan Hogan, Kathryn Kirkpatrick, Lina Renna, Doug Abrahams, Christian Convery, Trinity King, Samantha Kendrick
If you’re a Hallmark Christmas movie fanatic, then you’re well aware that there are a handful of heavy hitters that consistently turn up in new flicks each year. Candace Cameron Bure, Lacey Chabert, Holly Robinson Peete… But someone who doesn’t get mainstream recognition on the same level is Alicia Witt, who has starred in her fair share of Hallmark seasonal favorite. In 2016’s Christmas List, which was based on the book The Christmas Bucket List by Ella Fairlie, Witt stars as Isobel Gray, who plans a storybook holiday in Oregon based on her childhood bucket list.
Unfortunately, Isobel’s boyfriend Brett (Peter Benson) goes away on a business trip, and she’s left to put the pieces of Christmas together on her own. Along with the help of local builder Jamie (Gabriel Hogan), Isobel works on the bucket list full of holiday traditions and learns the true meaning of Christmas… quite possibly love. Christmas List serves up another slice of cozy holiday goodness from Hallmark with a tried-and-true veteran of the network in tow. Although more than likely not filmed in Oregon, it’s a nod to the northwest we don’t often see in Christmas movies.