Heart of the Holidays / Christmas Island / The Secret Gift of Christmas

Heart of the Holidays / Christmas Island / The Secret Gift of Christmas (DVD) (*)

$29.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
252 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2020-2023 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Corey Sevier
David Weaver
Christie Will Wolf

Written By:
Kate Pragnell

Actors:
Vanessa Lengies ..... Sam
Corey Sevier ..... Noah
Maria Ricossa ..... Tammy
René Escobar Jr. ..... Will
Jayne Eastwood ..... Val
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee ..... Ray
Bill Lake ..... Bob
Tara Joshi ..... Tessa
Andrew Bushell ..... Ronny
Nadine Whiteman ..... Mayor Carol-Anne
Tina Jung ..... Marina
Bronté Stanfield ..... Shopper
Andrew W. Walker ..... Oliver MacLeod
Rachel Skarsten ..... Kate Gabriel
Kate Drummond ..... Helen Sharpe
Jefferson Brown ..... Thomas Sharpe
Peter MacNeill ..... Jim MacLeod
Lauren Hammersley ..... Maggie Hughes
Britt Loder ..... Cali Sharpe
Lincoln MacNeil ..... Finn Sharpe
Will Coombs ..... Shane Hughes
Anthony L. Jackson ..... Derrick Murray
Martina Kelades ..... Robin Saltz
Andrew Bigelow ..... Pilot
Shelley Thompson ..... Donna Leblanc
Lee J. Campbell ..... Santa
Alex Fry ..... Candy maker
Brooklyn Keller ..... Crafting kid
Meghan Ory ..... Bonnie Parker
Christopher Russell ..... Patrick Armstrong
Aria Publicover ..... Samantha Parker
Jenn Grant ..... Fiona Appleby
Ellie Cluett ..... Phoebe Armstrong
Tim Houston ..... Mr. Houston
Juanita Peters ..... Corrine
Henry Keefe ..... Bernard
Guido Furlani ..... Marco
Marty Williams ..... Harry
Bob Mann ..... Ryan
Jean Daigle ..... John Parker
Michael Morrissey ..... Santa

Synopsis:

Heart of the Holidays: A few weeks before Christmas, Wall Streeter Samantha Wallace is starting what she believes is her dream job with Castleton Investments where she has been given the freedom to make investments with an array of innovative start-ups. On her first day, she discovers something that not only makes her quit that job, but also makes her rethink her relationship with her serious boyfriend, Will, who only a few days earlier she thought was going to ask her to marry him. Without telling her widowed mother Tammy the reason why, Sam decides to head back to her small hometown of Crawleigh in western New York for Christmas, it where she will regroup and put out feelers for other Wall Street jobs. This trip will be the first time she not only will have returned home for Christmas since she moved to NYC eight years ago, the move in she wanting to make a difference in the world, but returned home, period. The primary reason for not returning before this time is not wanting to see her high school sweetheart, coffee shop/bakery owner ex-boyfriend Noah Fitzpatrick due to the nature of their break-up when she left. Running into Noah in such a small town is inevitable, but is fostered by Tammy and other long time townsfolk, such as married Bob and Val, in believing Sam and Noah as a couple were meant to be. Their reunion is a strained one, but they both realize that the strain is due to underlying feelings existing between the two. As they and many of the townsfolk work on providing for the food bank for the Christmas season, Sam may see Crawleigh in a different light and not the town she was so anxious to leave eight years ago. A permanent Sam/Noah reunion is threatened by the return of Will and news from him of what Sam once truly did believe was her dream job in NYC. Christmas Island: Career-oriented pilot Kate is on her first flight working for the Sharpe family. She needs to get them from the United States to Switzerland, where they have business during the holiday season. To Kate's dismay, a snowstorm grounds the flight, and the air traffic controller Oliver ignores her complaints. They're forced to land the plane in a small Nova Scotia community called Christmas Island. Back on the ground, Kate and Oliver continue their argument. With all flights postponed, the Sharpes then ask Kate to plan some Christmas activities for their children. Kate finds out that Oliver is a Christmas expert and asks him for help. At first, she merely goes along with his activities because of her job. However, as the two spend more time together, Kate starts to see the magic of Christmas and finds herself falling for Oliver at the same time. The Secret Gift of Christmas: It's the approach to Christmas, the busiest time of year for personal shopper Bonnie Parker, who goes above and beyond to ensure that the gifts she buys, while matching the clients' briefs, are meaningful to the recipients. She doesn't realize it, but she uses shopping for herself, buying things she doesn't need and will never use, to fill the emotional holes in her life, the biggest hole created by the death of her mother and the imminent remarriage of her father. While already busy, she accepts a new last minute client, Patrick Armstrong, she actually hired by Patrick's new assistant, Bernard, who located Bonnie via social media. A contractor with his own thriving company, Patrick, while realizing he needs her services in he consumed by work while needing to buy gifts for his clients, his employees, his tween daughter Phoebe, and some clothes for himself, doesn't appreciate her going that extra mile in the things she buying on his behalf outside of his 'jeans and t-shirts' comfort zone, and as such the two quietly butt heads. But as he sees the benefit in the personalization of those gifts, he begins to see Bonnie in a different light. Conversely, Bonnie sees Patrick in a new light in realizing that his demeanor is not uncaring as she first thought, but is of a widowed single father trying to manage raising a daughter on his own while providing for her in maintaining his business. As Bonnie and Patrick start to open up to each other, their path to a happy ending has the hurdle in some misunderstandings, especially the place that Phoebe's music teacher, Fiona Appleby, who has long been attracted to Patrick herself, has in his life.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 07 November, 2025.