Bringemovies
← Browse Movies
Engaging Father Christmas
TITLE DETAILS

Engaging Father Christmas

2017-11-12 · 85 min · ★ 6.1

TV Movie · Romance · Drama

It's Christmas and Miranda leaves Seattle with a suitcase full of presents to join her long- lost family in Carlton Heath, where she will experience the joyful traditions she missed as a child. Last Christmas, Miranda fell in love with Ian, a local man who helped her as she searched for her father, James Whitcomb, a famous theatre actor she believed had a connection to the town. At his widow Margaret’s request, Miranda agrees to keep it a secret to protect the family from scandal.

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Directors
David Winning
Production companies
Reel One Entertainment, Bauman Entertainment
Countries
Canada
Status
Released

Top Cast

Erin KrakowErin KrakowMiranda Carson Chester
Niall MatterNiall MatterIan McAndrick
Wendie MalickWendie MalickMargaret Whitcomb
Michael KopsaMichael KopsaAndrew McAndrick
P. Lynn JohnsonP. Lynn JohnsonKatherine McAndrick
Aliyah O'BrienEllie Whitcomb
Bethany BrownBethany BrownAnnie Jacobs
Crystal BalintCrystal BalintNatalie Garrett
Andrew FrancisAndrew FrancisJosh
Nevis UnipanNevis UnipanJulia Whitcomb
Callum Seagram AirlieCallum Seagram AirlieMark Whitcomb
Jim ThorburnJim ThorburnPeter Whitcomb
Benjamin WilkinsonBenjamin WilkinsonSteve Decker

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

Streaming

fuboTV, Philo, Hallmark+ Amazon Channel, Hallmark+ Apple TV channel, Hallmark TV Amazon Channel

Rental

Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

Purchase

Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

Free

Hoopla

View authorized watch options on TMDb

Recommendations

Twinkle All the Way
★ 6.3
Twinkle All the Way2019TV Movie · Romance

To pull off a spectacular Christmas-themed wedding, a wedding planner joins forces with the co-owner of a family-run Christmas decoration and house-lighting company.

Christmas in the Air
★ 6.1
Christmas in the Air2017TV Movie · Romance · Drama

Lydia, a successful professional organizer, is constantly trying to grow her business, but even her ambition takes a back seat to love when she meets Robert, a frazzled widower with two young children. A toy inventor, Robert is asked to present his new Christmas toy line to a superstore. His challenge is he only has 12 days to get his life and his business in order. Talk about a Christmas rush! Lydia shows Robert that this task goes way deeper than messy junk drawers and encompasses every aspect of his life. While she’s intent on helping him straighten out details he had long ignored, Robert teaches the buttoned-up Lydia that messiness can be a delightful part of life.

Christmas Around the Corner
★ 6.4
Christmas Around the Corner2018TV Movie · Romance · Drama

Claire (Alexandra Breckenridge), a savvy venture capitalist from New York City, escapes to a quaint town in Vermont for the holidays and becomes a guest of the Fortenbury Bookstore. Upon arrival, Claire finds Christmas celebrations have been canceled by the town after a flood and the bookstore is in a dire state of disrepair. She immediately takes on the challenge to revitalize the store, but clashes with the owner, Andrew (Jamie Spilchuk), who initially rejects all her proposed improvements. Eventually, sparks fly as the two begin a budding romance, and Claire’s infectious optimism inspires Andrew to join her in reviving the yuletide spirit. But everything comes to a screeching halt when Claire discovers that Andrew is planning to sell the bookstore in the New Year. Will the spirit of Christmas be enough to change Andrew’s mind and encourage him to follow his heart?

Too Close for Christmas
★ 5.9
Too Close for Christmas2020TV Movie · Romance · Drama

When Hayley accepts an invitation to spend Christmas with her sister’s new in-laws, her seemingly perfect holiday takes a turn when Paul, Hayley's brother-in-law's brother, unexpectedly shows up. Still harboring a grudge against Paul for ending her last relationship, Hayley reluctantly spends time with Paul and slowly realizes she may have been too quick a judge on Paul

A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby
★ 6.3
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby2019TV Movie · Romance

Christmas brings the ultimate gift to Aldovia: a royal baby. But first, Queen Amber must help her family and kingdom by finding a missing peace treaty.

The Christmas Contract
★ 6.5
The Christmas Contract2018TV Movie · Romance · Drama

It’s Jolie’s first time going back home to Louisiana since her devastating break-up with Foster Burke. Seeing him is inevitable as their parents run the town’s annual Christmas Market together, but when she discovers Foster is bringing home a new girlfriend, Jolie cannot bear the thought of going home alone and seeing them together. Her best friend Naomi suggests that Jolie bring her flaky brother, Jack, home for Christmas as he has no plans this year. Jolie, a professional web designer, is hesitant; so, Naomi, a lawyer, creates a Christmas contract to give them both something they want—a buffer for those awkward moments around Jolie’s ex and a website to help sell Jack’s upcoming novel. Unbeknownst to them, the Christmas contract proves to be so much more than what they signed up for.

A Christmas Kiss
★ 6.1
A Christmas Kiss2011TV Movie · Romance · Drama

Wendy Walton is the best designer in Boston... but no one knows it yet. Hoping to kick-start her career, Wendy has left work with the local theatre to take a job as an assistant to Priscilla Hall, the most prestigious designer in the city. Ms. Hall works Wendy around the clock, which is how Wendy finds herself trapped in an elevator late one night with an incredibly handsome stranger. Wendy and the mystery man share an impulsive, romantic, life changing kiss before the doors open and Wendy runs out, leaving him behind. The next day at work, Wendy answers the door to find the handsome gentleman standing in front of her.

The Bridge Part 2
★ 6.2
The Bridge Part 22016TV Movie · Drama

The second-half of the movie picks up in the present day, seven years later, with Ryan returning home from being on the road touring as a professional singer and Molly working at her father's corporation.

Christmas at Grand Valley
★ 6.4
Christmas at Grand Valley2018TV Movie · Romance

Burned out from the hubbub of the Chicago gallery world, artist Kelly returns home to the picturesque Grand Valley just in time for Christmas. Leo, businessman and all-star dad to his children, struggles to balance his time this holiday season. When he is assigned to review a hotel in Grand Valley for its value, he sees this as the perfect opportunity for a Christmas family vacation. It isn’t long until Kelly and Leo’s worlds collide.

Lovely, Still
★ 6.6
Lovely, Still2009Romance · Drama

A holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.

Miss Christmas
★ 6.3
Miss Christmas2017TV Movie · Romance · Drama

Holly Khun, known to Chicago as “Miss Christmas,” always finds a beautiful tree for the plaza, but this year’s was damaged, and the lighting ceremony is in 10 days. Hoping for a miracle, she combs through fan mail, and finds Joey McNary of Klaus, Wisconsin, has the perfect tree. Off she goes to Klaus, where she meets Joey’s handsome dad Sam.

Finding Father Christmas
★ 6.2
Finding Father Christmas2016TV Movie · Romance · Drama

Orphaned at a young age at Christmas, Miranda finds a clue that could unveil the truth about her father - and maybe a little something else will rekindle her Christmas spirit.

Christmas Made to Order
★ 6.1
Christmas Made to Order2018TV Movie · Romance

When architect and Christmas amateur Steven finds himself hosting his family for Christmas, he recruits holiday coordinator Gretchen to bring holiday joy to his home. Gretchen’s expert Christmas spirit brings Steven’s family together, but neither expected it to bring them closer to each other. After a great opportunity presents itself to Gretchen, she and Steven must decide what’s really important in life.

Christmas Cookies
★ 6.0
Christmas Cookies2016TV Movie · Romance · Drama

Aunt Sally's Christmas Cookie Company is sold to a large conglomerate and executive Hannah must seal the deal and shut down the factory, which is the small town of Cookie Jar's lifeblood. What was supposed to be a simple assignment for Hannah becomes complicated when she meets Jake, the factory owner who's determined to keep the factory in town. Despite not being a fan of the holiday, the Christmas spirit in this small town is infectious and she gets swept up in the joy of the season while also falling in love with Jake.

Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy
★ 6.8
Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy2019TV Movie · Romance

A skeptical writer shows up in Evergreen to get the scoop on the town's famed passion for Christmas during a search for a long-lost time capsule.

A Godwink Christmas: Meant For Love
★ 7.1
A Godwink Christmas: Meant For Love2019TV Movie · Romance

Multiple coincidences and a chance meeting bring together Alice and Jack, two strangers from very different family backgrounds, for an unexpected Christmastime courtship filled with personal revelations, misread signals, and a very real health scare that will either destroy or strengthen the budding romance.

The Santa Squad
★ 6.1
The Santa Squad2020TV Movie · Romance · Drama

Allie, an out of work art teacher, has to accept a job with the Santa Squad to help wealthy widower Gordon and his two precious daughters rediscover the magic of Christmas. As Allie is lifting the holiday spirits of the family with Christmas decorations, cookies and shopping, her kindness is rewarded with the most unexpected of gifts: love!

Christmas in Evergreen
★ 6.4
Christmas in Evergreen2017TV Movie · Romance · Drama

Allie, a veterinarian in Evergreen, reluctantly will spend Christmas with her long-distance boyfriend. Bound for the airport, she has engine trouble, and Ryan, headed to Florida with his daughter Zoe, stops to help. Sure they won’t meet again, they ignore their attraction, and part ways. At the diner, Zoe wishes on a snow globe, and a storm seems to grant her wish.

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
★ 6.4
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year2008TV Movie · Romance · Drama

Five-time Emmy nominee and Golden Globe winner Henry Winkler stars in The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, the story of what happens when you open your heart to the power of Christmas. Disenchanted single mom Jennifer Cullen (Brooke Burns) is a Scroogette when it comes to anything Christmas. In fact, even her six-year-old son, Brian, is having trouble believing in Santa Claus. But when her Uncle Ralph (Henry Winkler) visits and brings a fellow passenger from his flight named Morgan Derby (Warren Christie), Jennifer s dubious heart awakens to the possibility that perhaps Christmas really does hold miracles. It s uplifting and laugh-packed and a story that will inspire the whole family to believe.

Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through The Snow
★ 6.2
Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through The Snow2015TV Movie · Romance

Stranded at an airport at Christmastime, Ashley Harrison accepts a ride from Dash Sutherland, who has just rented the last car in town. As the pair heads north, their adventures include car trouble, adopting a puppy and being secretly tailed by federal agents, who believe Ashley is up to no good. With a hint of romance gradually filling the air will these two fall in love or will their journey bring about an unexpected road bump to romance?

Similar titles

Raid 2
★ 6.4
Raid 22025Drama

Set seven years after the events of the first film, it follows the return of IRS officer Amay Patnaik, who is attempting to take down a seemingly benevolent politician.

Christmas with My Ex
★ 7.0
Christmas with My Ex2022TV Movie · Romance

Christmas chaos ensues when a woman is forced to spend the holidays with her ex and family.

A Christmas Prayer
★ 5.5
A Christmas Prayer2022TV Movie · Drama

When a former alcoholic and now respected leader of the local church gets accused of a heinous crime, he struggles with the possibility of not only doing hard time but keeping his own "faith" while trying to prove his innocence.

The Sound of Christmas
★ 7.8
The Sound of Christmas2022TV Movie · Drama

A woman facing eviction just before Christmas who must navigate budding romantic feelings for a handsome billionaire when she takes a job nannying for his two children right before Christmas.

Rolling Into Christmas
★ 4.3
Rolling Into Christmas2022TV Movie · Romance

Two Childhood sweethearts who shared a passion for roller skating are reunited 15 years later during the holidays, forcing them to question their love and life choices.

A Miracle Before Christmas
★ 5.4
A Miracle Before Christmas2022TV Movie · Romance · Drama

With a little help from an angel, Mercedes Wright, a fast-talking popular relationship therapist with all the answers when it comes to fixing everyone else's marriage, must now use the magic of Christmas to find the secret to save her own.

The Christmas Challenge
★ 5.5
The Christmas Challenge2022TV Movie · Romance

Podcast host Laura Ross and her longtime friend and producer Paul are challenged to re-examine their personal and professional relationships when a listener submits the daily "Christmas Challenge" that promotes togetherness to their ambitious "Modernly Independent" podcast.

1 Hour to Die 2
Not rated
1 Hour to Die 22013Drama

A casting call brings out thousands of hopeful actors, but when one of them brings a loaded gun, the lines between reality and fiction blur.

Faith Heist: A Christmas Caper
★ 6.0
Faith Heist: A Christmas Caper2022TV Movie

On Christmas Eve, Pastor Benjamin and his motley crew of congregants find themselves locked in the local mall just as a fearsome team of armed thieves breaks in to rob the place.

The Christmas Spirit
★ 4.2
The Christmas Spirit2022Drama

Faith comes home after learning of her father's tragic death. She must choose between finishing her education and taking over his ministry. Struggling to cope with his passing, she has an unwanted visitor to guide her through her pain.

Sandbar
★ 5.3
Sandbar2012Drama

In this freewheeling dark comedy, a haunted Marine spends one crazy day with his estranged son.

Garage Sale Mystery: A Case Of Murder
★ 6.9
Garage Sale Mystery: A Case Of Murder2017TV Movie · Drama

Jenn buys an old reel-to-reel recorder at a garage sale only to find that it includes the sound of a man pleading for his life. When the former owner of the recorder, a retired therapist, is found murdered in a patient’s apartment, Jenn’s investigation leads to other patients whose love lives are more entangled than she was first led to believe.

Holiday Inn
★ 7.1
Holiday Inn1942Romance · Drama

Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and his manager.

Arn: The Knight Templar
★ 6.3
Arn: The Knight Templar2007Romance · Drama

Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.

Christmas Cottage
★ 6.3
Christmas Cottage2008Romance · Drama

Inspired by the picturesque paintings of Thomas Kinkade, The Christmas Cottage tells the semi-autobiographical tale of how a young boy is propelled to launch a career as an artist after he learns that his mother is in danger of losing the family home.

Finding Jesus 2
★ 2.3
Finding Jesus 22021Drama

Faith-fueled friends Muggles and Joy visit the beautiful Finding Jesus Bay, a place where Christian stories are told night and day. Guided by the sea's best storyteller, Professor Shark, they hear all about the endless kindness and boundless love of their Creator. Then, together, they go forth to spread His word, and make their world a better place.

Carole's Christmas
★ 4.0
Carole's Christmas2019TV Movie · Drama

An overworked businesswoman learns the meaning of "be careful what you wish for" after she off-handedly wishes she had taken another path in life.

Poster unavailable
Not rated
Pradhan 2Drama

An upcoming film.

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
★ 6.2
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas1997Romance

Astonished to find the Beast has a deep-seated hatred for the Christmas season, Belle endeavors to change his mind on the matter.

Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
★ 6.1
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire1999TV Movie

Robbie the Reindeer arrives at the North Pole, ready to take his place as navigator on Santa's Christmas sleigh team. However, Robbie is soon plagued by doubt regarding his ability, and sets out to regain his self-respect and the admiration of his team-mates.

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.