*31 Days of Christmas* Homegrown Christmas

Thanksgiving is over and the countdown to Christmas has officially begun (at least in my house). I don't limit myself to just reading cheesy Christmas romances during this time of year. Oh no. I also find myself binge watching Christmas movies on Netflix and the Hallmark Channel. And I thought, why not incorporate that into my blog as well. So I give you the 31 Days of Christmas (which will be much easier to accomplish with movies than books like I've tried to do in past years).

Next up is Homegrown Christmas.

Watched on: Hallmark

Duration: 2 hours (with commercials)

Originally aired on: 8 December 2018

Directed by: Mel Damski

Starring: Lori Loughlin, Matt Hamilton, and Gwynyth Walsh

Please see IMDb for full cast and crew info.

Synopsis

After stepping down as CEO of her dream job, Maddie (Lori Loughlin) heads home for the holidays to gain perspective. She finds herself running into her old high school sweetheart Carter (Victor Webster), and tensions quickly arise. When forced to put together a Christmas dance for the local high school, Carter and Maddie find themselves putting their differences aside and rediscover what made them fall in love all those years ago.

Review

This second-chance romance features a workaholic woman who returns to her small town for the holidays. For the first time in years she has loads of time on her hands, so she volunteers to help run a Christmas dance for her alma mater high school. Things are really tense between Maddie and Carter, and it's not immediately obvious exactly why. I knew they were high school sweethearts and then things went south, but it took a while for them to come out and say why things went south. 

Complicating matters, Carter works for Maddie's family's company and is treated like he's one of them. It definitely seems like Maddie's family is conspiring against her to throw her and Carter together at every possibly opportunity, and considering their rocky history, it's definitely necessary for them to find their way back to each other. 

I liked how in this movie Carter and Maddie weren't immediately all over each other, and even when they start talking about the past and why they made the choices that they did, they still kept their emotional distance for a while. It felt a lot more realistic than most second-chance romance Christmas movies. 

This movie includes tree cutting, cookie baking with an intense cookie swap, a snowball fight, 

My Rating

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