Lucy and Alice were inseparable when they were younger, but things changed after Alice was involved in a car accident and had to spend the rest of her life living with a disability. On the night she makes Junior Associate Partner at her New York law firm, Lucy finds out that her older sister Alice has passed away. However, she is not immune from the second popular trope of the genre, the choice between her new big city job or the joy that only small town life can offer. Yep, he’s a real winner.įortunately, Christmas Everlasting’s protagonist Lucy (Tatyana Ali) does not have to choose between two suitors as, once again, the long-time friend is the clear and only choice presented. This conveniently overlooks the fact that bland Josh is the type of guy who bafflingly equates being stood up at the movies with accidentally erasing Abby’s photos, thus getting her fired and potentially killing an important career opportunity, as equal footing. Instead, the film inexplicable attempts to make a case for alleged ladies man Josh, whose biggest virtue is that he has know the “real Abby” for years. Seriously, he is a loving father, seemingly treats her with respect, takes her on magical date and donates time to the homeless, though sinister motives are implied regarding to the latter. Of course, as any one familiar with the genre can tell you, the pathway to bliss is not through the Ty, who would check off all the right boxes in any other universe. This is no ordinary calendar though, each day during advent the calendar opens on its own and reveals a toy that will impact Abby’s life in some way.Īs fate would have it, Abby starts to notice that the items all seem to coincide with her encounters with Ty Walker (future Spock Ethan Peck), a handsome single-father and doctor who is the most coveted bachelor in town. When Abby receives an antique holiday advent calendar from her grandfather ( Luke Cage’s Ron Cephas Jones), just as friend and fellow photographer Josh (Quincy Brown) returns to town, things begin looking up for her. In The Holiday Calendar, Abby (Kat Graham) is a talented photographer who is hoping to take her career in a new direction. Furthermore, as we see in two highly touted movies, Netflix’s The Holiday Calendar and Hallmark’s Christmas Everlasting, while the faces might be changing the indestructible cookie cutter winning formula remains the same. However, the number of holiday movies featuring people of colour are still minor drops in a vast white ocean. It is great that studios like Hallmark are finally realizing that there are boatloads of untapped money to unspool like tinsel by simply incorporating wider representation. I am not quite ready to breakout the champagne flutes in celebration just yet. They are essentially Tyler Perry films minus the heavy melodrama.Īfter several years of online backlash over the lack of inclusion, we are seeing a record number of holiday romance movies featuring greater diversity where people of colour are in the leading roles and not just the token best friend who talks their white friend off the crazy ledge. These are movies where a woman’s big city career achievements mean little when compared to her small town roots, and prince charming is not found in the accomplished doctors or wealthy business men, but rather the blue-collar guy with a good heart.
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This can only mean holiday romantic comedy season is in full swing, that magical time of year where millions of viewers sit in front of their televisions to indulge in the deliciously cheesy dishes that only Hallmark, Lifetime and Netflix can whip up. Snow is neatly settled on the grass, houses are decorated in colourful lights, and attractive people fail to realize true love is staring them in the face.
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