Christmas Wonderland (2018)

"Heidi (Osment), who initially left her small town of Pleasant Valley with the dream of one day becoming a successful painter, has put her own art on hold to excel as an art gallery curator... See full summary »

Director:

Sean Olson

Writers:

Jay Cipriani, Anna White

Stars:

Emily Osment, Ryan Rottman, Kelly Hu

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Emily Osment	...	Heidi Nelson
Ryan Rottman	...	Chris Shepherd
Kelly Hu	...	Julia
Jacob Buster	...	Tom Westwood
Trinity Roberts	...	Katie Westwood
Sarah Jackson	...	Megan Westwood
Scott Christopher	...	John Westwood
Jake Stormoen	...	Matt Sampson
Melanie Stone	...	Erica Sampson
Kalli Therinae	...	April
Al Lampkin	...	Roy
Charlie Stover	...	Little Boy
Brandon Ray Olive	...	Mr. Gellar
Katie Cockrell	...	Teacher
Augustina Tang	...	Waitress

Storyline

"Heidi (Osment), who initially left her small town of Pleasant Valley with the dream of one day becoming a successful painter, has put her own art on hold to excel as an art gallery curator. Now, a week before the gallery's big Christmas party, she must return home to watch her niece and nephew. She comes face to face with her high school love, Chris, now a teacher, who is in over his head after he must find a new last-minute location for the Christmas dance. Heidi offers to help him and together they discover a beautiful place for the dance, perfectly capturing the Christmas spirit, called Wonderland Farms. The more time Heidi spends in Pleasant Valley decorating for the Christmas SnowBall, the more she finds herself inspired to start painting again. With Christmas fast approaching, Heidi soon becomes torn between the life she built in the city and the life she is surprisingly charmed by back in Pleasant Valley, embracing her true passion."

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Genres:

Romance

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 December 2018 (USA)

Filming Locations:

440 Wasatch Dr, Layton, Utah, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Production Media Films, Hybrid

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Tom comes to Chris's classroom to discuss the dance preparations we see an American flag with fifteen stars hanging vertically on the classroom wall. This historical version of the flag is called the "Star Spangled Banner" flag as this version flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor during the naval portion of the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812. Seeing the flag during the battle inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem that became America's national anthem. Thus this is an appropriate flag for the history classroom. However the flag is hanging vertically with the blue field of stars to the right. The US flag code states the blue field must always be to the upper left. A history teacher would know this.

User Reviews

Wonderful in this Wonderland for romcom lovers

Heidi (Emily Osment) is from a small town but has resided in NYC for several years. Although she once dreamed of becoming an artist, she now helps run an art gallery for a very demanding lady. She paints on canvas very little. Yet, a call from her sister soon has her flying back to her little city. An opportunity too good to miss has come up for her real estate agent sis and her hubby so Heidi is asked to babysit for a few days. Once there, Christmas is fast approaching and her niece is preparing for a singing solo at the elementary school pageant while the nephew has a crush on a girl student. The crush has meant nephew can't concentrate on his studies so his caring teacher and hockey coach, Chris (Ryan Rottman) is trying to help bring his grades up. Wouldn't you know, Chris is also a former flame of Heidi's and neither of them has married! Soon, they are crossing paths as Chris is put in charge of decorating for the Snowball dance and Heidi is signed up for the same by her sis. Just what went wrong so many years before and is there hidden embers of love that can be flamed again? You betcha! This beautiful romance is one of the endless string of quality films by Hallmark, the pinnacle producer of modern romantic comedy. Osment and Rottman are two fetching and talented performers and backup cast, sets, costumes, script and direction all make for a winning view. Wonderland is wunnerful, wunnerful.