The Christmas Yule Blog

The Christmas Yule Blog

2020 · 80 min · ★ 6.5 · Romance, TV Movie

Caroline Williams, a well-known social media travel writer, is given the assignment to cover a hundred-year-old Christmas parade in the small town of Carte De Amor, New Mexico. Not excited about the assignment, Caroline goes anyway and meets a high school music teacher, Oscar Ortiz, who introduces her to a side of Christmas that she has never seen, with different traditions and meanings. In the twelve days before Christmas, Caroline falls in love with Christmas all over again and finds true love for herself.

Directed by Heather Hawthorn-Doyle · Written by Bob Sáenz

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Sara Canning Caroline Williams
Zak Santiago Oscar Ortiz
Alison Araya Camillo Talamantes
Andrea Agur Betty
Dominic Mariche Sean
Destee Klyne Grace
Edwin Perez Sam
Carolyn Tinglin Valerie Warshaw
Dean Paul Gibson Nicholas Christobal
Francisco Trujillo Avalos-Davidson Roberto Ortiz

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