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‘My Christmas Dream’ On Hallmark: ‘Suddenly Santa’ Movie Sends Gal To Paris, Stars Danica McKellar, Deidre Hall, And Christian Convery

By Traciy Reyes
Published on: 03:17 PST, Nov 17, 2016

Get ready for an original Hallmark movie My Christmas Dream, which makes its debut this Saturday on the Hallmark Channel.

By now, viewers have enjoyed several holiday movies that make up Hallmark’s “Countdown to Christmas” promotion. So far, each movie has been a winner. My Christmas Dream is about a department store manager who has to create the best Christmas display for the chance to earn a promotion in Paris. It was directed by James Head and written by Ron Oliver and Don Perez. Also known as Suddenly Santa, My Christmas Dream stars Danica McKellar as Christina, Deidre Hall as Victoria, David Haydn-Jones as Kurt, and Christian Convery as Cooper, according to Internet Movie Database.

Synopsis of My Christmas Dream on Hallmark Channel

My Christmas Dream centers around Christina, the manager of McDougal’s department store. Seeing after this upscale store is tough, but Christina handles her job all too well. She’d like to work in Paris doing what she loves. And she might get the opportunity when she learns that Victoria McDougal, the owner of McDougal’s department store, wants to meet with her about an upcoming promotion that will take her to Paris as the manager of one of McDougal’s new department stores.

However, getting the job won’t be easy. Victoria lets her know that she’ll have to work for it by coming up with an idea for the annual Christmas display. This won’t be any ordinary display, and Victoria’s reputation rides on her creation of something spectacular. After all, she has been the leader of fabulous Christmas displays for the last 25 years.

This is a problem for Christina because she doesn’t believe she has what it takes to pull this off. To make matters worse, she is plum slap out of ideas. However, her problem is solved after a chance encounter with a little boy named Cooper puts her into contact with Kurt, an ex-employee who was recently fired for spilling paint on her.

It turns out, Cooper is Kurt’s son, and it seems that fate has brought them together. While speaking with Kurt, Christina notices his beautiful handiwork. A talented artist with a stream of ideas, Christina tries to persuade Kurt to work with her on this project.

As she should expect, Kurt is resistant since he was axed from the company. Despite his feelings, the struggling single dad eventually decides to take Christina up on her offer.

Now, with Kurt’s creative genius and Christina’s vision, the two are making magic, which eventually sparks feelings of romance between them.

Meanwhile, Queen Victoria is expecting something that is breathtaking and delightful, but will she like Kurt and Christina’s display after it is unveiled? More than that, will Kurt and Christina’s romance survive if she does land the position in Paris?

Cast of Hallmark Channel’s My Christmas Dream (aka Suddenly Santa

Actress Danica McKellar (via Hallmark)

“Danica McKellar is well known as Winnie Cooper on ‘The Wonder Years’ and Elsie Snuffin on ‘The West Wing,’ and recently wowed audiences as a quarterfinalist on the ABC juggernaut ‘Dancing with the Stars.’ She is also a New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking books Math Doesn’t Suck, Kiss My Math, Hot X: Algebra Exposed, and Girls Get Curves: Geometry Takes Shape.”

Actor David Haydn-Jones (via Hallmark)

“Haydn-Jones has worked on such shows as ‘NCIS,’ ‘King of Queens,’ ‘Charmed’ and ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer.’ While working on these various projects, he landed the lead in the critically acclaimed CBC dramedy, “Rumours.” A supporting role in the feature ‘The Last Kiss’ (Zach Braff, Casey Affleck) and follow up leads in the Lifetime TV movies ‘Fatal Trust’ (opposite Amy Jo Johnson) and ‘Secrets of the Summer House’ (opposite Lindsay Price) began to raise Haydn-Jones’ profile.”

My Christmas Dream was filmed at a real department store during closing hours to add to the movie’s authenticity. In an on-the-set interview, David Haydn-Jones said that he was impressed with the script of Hallmark’s My Christmas Dream from the moment he got it. In his opinion, it is a movie about the kindness of strangers who may be struggling in life but ultimately receive the greatest gifts of all through acts of love.

My Christmas Dream (Suddenly Santa) was filmed in Canada. It is produced by A Perfect Road and Front Street Pictures. Executive producers are listed as Allen Lewis and Tom Patricia.

Don’t miss the magic of My Christmas Dream, which airs this Saturday, November 19, at 8/7 p.m. Central on the Hallmark Channel. Did you miss last week’s Hallmark movie? It was called Christmas Cookies.

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