Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy (2019)

A skeptical writer shows up in Evergreen to get the scoop on the town's famed passion for Christmas during a search for a long-lost time capsule.

Director:

Sean McNamara

Writer:

Zac Hug

Stars:

Maggie Lawson, Paul Greene, Rukiya Bernard

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Maggie Lawson	...	Katie Connell
Paul Greene	...	Ben Baxter
Rukiya Bernard	...	Hannah Tucker
Holly Robinson Peete	...	Michelle Lansing
Barbara Niven	...	Carol Shaw
Jill Wagner	...	Lisa Palmer
Ashley Williams	...	Allie Shaw
Patty McCormack	...	Nan Baxter
Colin Lawrence	...	Thomas Tucker
Marlon Kazadi	...	David Tucker
Antonio Cayonne	...	Elliot Lee
Keith Martin Gordey	...	Nick
Malcolm Stewart	...	Joe Shaw
Chris Cope	...	Ezra Green
Michelle Martin	...	Megan

Storyline

It's the approach to the Christmas season, and visitors are starting to descend on the Northern Vermont Christmas tourist town of Evergreen. One of those is New Yorker Katie Connell, a writer with one published novel under her belt, she who is now doing freelance work as she contemplates novel number two whenever that will happen. This vacation is to experience a little more of life which she feels will make her a better writer. What starts as a vacation ends up being a working trip as her mother Patti Connell, the editor of a business magazine, asks her to write a story for immediate publication, Patti's hope that it will be the transition for Katie to staff and more stable life which Katie has always resisted. Katie decides to find a story in Evergreen and its Christmas traditions. What Katie feels about Evergreen - especially her immediate attraction to and subsequent encounters with native Evergreenian Ben Baxter, one of the town's librarians who once worked as a big city reporter...

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Plot Keywords:

christmas | 

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Genres:

Romance

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 November 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Christmas in Evergreen: The Gifts of Time

Filming Locations:

Burnaby Village Museum, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Front Street Films, Front Street Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color Black and White (Sepiatone) (flashbacks)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Maggie Lawson and Paul Greene previously worked together in My Favorite Wedding (2017).

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Goofs

It was Charles Dickens who wrote "A Christmas Carol" which was first published in December of 1843. Not Louisa May Alcott! It did, however, inspire her to write a highly similar children's version called "A Christmas Dream" (which was published forty-two years later, in 1885).

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Connections

Spun-off from Christmas in Evergreen (2017)

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Soundtracks

Do You Hear What I Hear
Written by Noel Regney and Gloria Shayne
Performed by Carrie Underwood
Published by Jewel Music Publishing Co. Inc. (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Arista Records Nashville
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

User Reviews

Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy

6/10 - nice installment in the Hallmark series with a knockout cast