A Carpenter Christmas Romance is a holiday film set to premiere on the Lifetime channel on December 21, 2024, at 8 pm ET. The movie chronicles the budding romance between a writer named Andrea, and her high school crush, Seth, after she returns to her hometown for the holiday season.
The film's official synopsis reads:
"A writer retreats to her family's farmhouse in the town of Wildwood to finish her novel. To her surprise, she soon develops a budding romance with a former crush, a woodworker who's helping to rebuild the town after it was nearly destroyed by a fire."
When and where will A Carpenter Christmas Romance premiere?
A Carpenter Christmas Romance is scheduled to release on Saturday, December 21, 2024, at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT on the Lifetime network. Viewers can subscribe to the Lifetime Movie Club, which provides access to the channel's new and classic movies, for $4.99 per month or $49.99 per year.
Below is the region-wise release schedule for A Carpenter Christmas Romance.
Everything to know about A Carpenter Christmas Romance
The romantic drama is part of the network's It’s a Wonderful Lifetime holiday slate of films. Other movies included are The Holiday Junkie starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, A Very Merry Beauty Salon featuring Tia Mowry, Make or Bake Christmas starring Vivica A. Fox, Christmas in the Spotlight starring Jessica Lord, and Engaged By Christmas starring Brittany Bristow, among many others.
In October 2024, the film's writer, Sarah Drew, who also penned last year's A Cowboy Christmas Romance, shared her excitement about the upcoming project with Entertainment Weekly by saying:
"After the success of A Cowboy Christmas Romance, it solidified that there is an audience hungry for spicy Christmas romance movies. Working with Autumn Federici and Jake Helgren at The Ninth House was as dreamy this time as it was last time."
Drew continued:
"I’m thrilled that Lifetime is supporting us bringing a little more naughty into the nice this holiday season. I can’t wait for you all to see Sasha Pieterse and Mitchell Slaggert absolutely sizzle and shine on screen together."
Plot summary
When author Andrea Metcalf hints at the potential death of a fan-favorite character in her upcoming novel, her fans protest in response. Feeling dismayed, she heads to her family's farmhouse in Wildwood to finish her novel and spend the holiday season in peace.
There, she runs into her high school crush, Seth, who does artisanal carpentry for a living. Andrea helps Seth rebuild Wildwood in time for Christmas after a fire incident destroyed much of the town. As the two team up to restore the Christmas spirit, they also rekindle their romantic feelings along the way. But Andrea's instinct to walk away once things get serious threatens to tear them apart.
Will Andrea's fears get the better of her or will her love story get a happy ending?
Cast and characters
The cast list of A Carpenter Christmas Romance is given below:
- Sasha Pieterse as Andrea Metcalf
- Mitchell Slaggert as Seth Ferguson
- Kaley McCormack as Ella Metcalf
- Chris Gann as William Ferguson
- Sam Myerson as Chance
- Amanda McCants as Cindy
- J. Rene Pena as Martha
- Shelby Ally as Villager
- Asia King as Aiko
- Zuri Hall as Vanessa
- Khalen Roman Sanchez as Aiden
- Charles Karafotas as Santa
- Omar Aragones as Hector
- Fiona Aoi Williams as Pearl
It is directed by Jake Helgren and the script is written by the Grey's Anatomy alum Sarah Drew. Autumn Federici and Jake Helgren serve as the producers. Furthermore, Drew, Allie Dvorin, Eric Levin, Mitchell Slaggert, Sasha Pieterse, and John Turner are the film's executive producers.
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