| Coming Home for Christmas | |
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| Written by | Kyle McGlohon Bruce Spiegelman |
| Directed by | Vanessa Parise |
| Starring | Carly McKillip Britt McKillip Amy Jo Johnson George Canyon |
| Music by | Patric Caird |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
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| Running time | 87 minutes |
| Production company | NGN |
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Coming Home For Christmas is a 2013 Canadian Christmas television film written by Kyle McGlohon and Bruce Spiegelman and directed by Vanessa Parise.[1][2] It stars Ben Hollingsworth, Amy Jo Johnson, Carly McKillip and Britt McKillip.
Plot
The story begins showing two sisters, Kate and Melanie (played by real life sisters Carly and Britt McKillip), growing up as very different girls in an otherwise close family. Their relationship is finally severed by Kate walking out on Melanie’s wedding day due to Kate’s objection to the man that Melanie is marrying, believing that he doesn’t really care about her sister.
Five years later, Kate is jaded about family and relationships generally but working her “dream job” as an editor of a publishing house. Melanie is now alone in her big house pretending to her friends and family to still be living the glamorous life of a wealthy wife. Their parents have struggled financially and lost their house and moved into a townhouse where their mom, Wendy, helps to make ends meet by hosting a preschool.
Wendy is particularly hard hit when their old home is sold to a new owner, ending her wish that they may yet sufficiently recover to buy it back from the bank. Her depression leads to a separation from her husband.
The separation of her parents drives Kate to visit their old house where she is found trespassing by the new owner, Mike, a handsome young war veteran who recently moved to the town to open up a woodworking shop. Kate visits the shop to see if Mike can repair her parents’ broken clock. She meets Ryan, the son of Mike’s dead war buddy, whom Mike has taken under his wing as a helper in his shop.
Kate resolves to patch things up with her sister and enlist her in a plan to reunite their family to celebrate Christmas together for the first time since Kate walked out of Melanie’s wedding.[3]
The sisters rediscover their bond while Kate and Mike begin to form their own bond. Together, they agree to set up a family Christmas celebration at Mike’s house. They meet for Christmas at their old home, but persistent family issues rise up to spoil the celebration, including an accusation by Melanie that Mike is not really in love with Kate based on overseeing a tender moment with Mike and his old buddy’s wife when she comes to pick up her son.
Kate, questioning her instincts about the inherent dysfunction of families, goes back to her sister to ask her forgiveness for walking out on her wedding. Kate then goes to Mike for his side of the story, then asks his forgiveness for assuming the worst.
The family comes back together after Christmas to the old house to finish their celebration. Kate takes Mike outside to the mistletoe for their first kiss.
Cast
- Ben Hollingsworth as Mike
- Amy Jo Johnson as Wendy
- Carly McKillip as Kate
- Britt McKillip as Melanie
- George Canyon as Al
- Jordan McIntosh as Ryan
References
- ↑ Moore, Tracy. "Coming Home for Christmas". CommonSenseMedia.org. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
- ↑ Home Coming For Christmas on Vanessa Parise.com
- ↑ Home Coming For Christmas on Acedmagazine.com
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