

Christmas Bells Are Ringing
2018-12-23 · 90 min · ★ 5.6
Samantha, a freelance photographer, is returning to Cape Cod for the first time since the death of her mother years earlier. She’s going to celebrate her father’s Christmas Eve wedding but is anxious to revisit past memories. On a deadline for a big Christmas spread that could ignite her career, she enlists the help of her childhood friend, Mike, to show her around. In the time she spends in Cape Cod, she realizes that Christmas is wherever your family is.
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- Pat Williams
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- Hallmark Media
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- United States of America
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Emilie UllerupSamantha
Josh KellyMike
Rebecca StaabHelen
Roz MurrayJudy Phillips
Hamza FouadJosh
Teagan VinczeVanessa
Mark HumphreyLee
Cameron McDonaldCliff Philips
Leana YuCandice
Brenda CrichlowMary
Adil ZaidiJasper
Cadence Compton5 Year-Old Samantha
Denis CorbettWedding Guest Dancing (uncredited)
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