You Can't Fight Christmas

You Can't Fight Christmas

Can he resist the magic of Christmas?

NR 2017 · 87 min · ★ 5.4 · Comedy, Romance

Christmas designer Leslie Major is the biggest fan of Christmas ever. She is like a tidal wave of Yuletide cheer. Her biggest job every year is decorating the lobby of the famed Chesterton Hotel. As she is on a ladder decorating the tree, she falls into the arms of Edmund James - the grandson of the owner JJ James. Edmund is all business and thinks Christmas is superficial and frivolous.

Directed by Kenny Young

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Brely Evans Leslie Major
Andra Fuller Edmund James
Persia White Millicent Williams
Porscha Coleman Belinda King
Nathan Davis Jr. Thomas Wallace

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