Our First Christmas (TV 2008)

Christmas plans are destined to be ruined when two families come together.

Director:

Armand Mastroianni

Writer:

Edithe Swensen

Stars:

Dixie Carter, Julie Warner, John Ratzenberger

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Dixie Carter	...	Evie Baer
Julie Warner	...	Cindy Baer-Noll
John Ratzenberger	...	Joe Noll
Steven Eckholdt	...	Tom Baer-Noll
Grace Fulton	...	Lily
Cassi Thomson	...	Tory
Maxim Knight	...	Jacob
Richard Riehle	...	Santa
Kat Graham	...	Assistant Bernie (as Katerina Graham)
Carly Bondar	...	Mean Girl #1
Lewis Smith	...	Pastor Brown
Chris LoPrete	...	Singer
Eric Seppala	...	Singer
Lisa Donahey	...	Singer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
María Antonieta Vázquez	...	Barista

Storyline

Widower Tom Baer, a school counselor, recently married school coach Cindy Noll, a widow. Their respective offspring gets along fairly well, despite different parenting styles, but as their first Christmas with all step-siblings approaches, each set is desperate to respect their own seasonal traditions, reminiscent of their late parents. Cindy's father, retired preacher Joe Noll, and Tom's mother Evie, a businesswoman, each liked by both, hoped to bridge the gap, but when that fails, she returns home alone. Just that gets the kids reconsidering their pouting pact.

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Plot Keywords:

christmas | bed | brother brother relationship | father son relationship | boy | 

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Genres:

Family

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 December 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Il nostro primo Natale

Filming Locations:

Southern California, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Larry Levinson Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Jacob brings Lily the ice cream sundae in her room, you can see the hand of a crew member close the door behind him.

User Reviews

Welcome back, Dixie

Christmas is jeopardized when a newly blended family can't seem to get together on how to celebrate the holiday. All is seemingly made well when the two kids from the dad's side decide to go with what the daughter of their stepmom wants, which is to spend the holiday in Boulder. Unbeknownst to them, that daughter has decided it will be best to skip Boulder and stay in town for a Christmas Eve pageant in which her two step-siblings usually perform. To complicate matters, the former mother-in-law of the wife shows up for an extended stay and has her own ideas. The heart of this typical Hallmark TV movie is Dixie Carter's performance as the grandma to the Boulder-loving daughter. As always, Carter is terrific. And she is nicely supported by John Ratzenberger as the fun-loving and very shrewd grandpa to the pageant-loving kiddies. Ratzenberger and Carter play off each other very nicely. A pregnant-looking Julie Warner is the wife being pushed and pulled by the three kids.