'A Crafty Christmas Romance': Release date, plot, cast and all you need to know about Lifetime's holiday movie

This Christmas, Lifetime is back with the ‘It’s a Wonderful Lifetime’ programming event
(Lifetime)
(Lifetime)

The holiday season is one of the best times of the year. Apart from spending time with your family, you are presented with an array of exclusive shows and season special movies to watch. Christmas is still two months away but that shouldn’t stop you from planning in advance about the movies you need to watch. This Christmas, Lifetime is back with the ‘It’s a Wonderful Lifetime’ programming event. It started on October 23 and will continue through December 25. Under this event, 30 movies will be aired. And, one of them is ‘A Crafty Christmas Romance’. Read on, for more details about the movie

Release date

‘A Crafty Christmas Romance’ will be airing on Friday, October 30, 8 pm ET

Plot

According to the official synopsis, “Mandy (Nicola Posener), the owner of a craft and hobby store, discovers an old copy of 'A Christmas Carol' among donations for a book drive. In the book is a letter to Santa from 70 years ago along with a valuable coin. Mandy sets out to find the owner of the book, letter and coin with the help of Jonah (Bradford B Johnson), a contractor who first came upon and donated the book. Along the way, they find clues that lead them closer to the author, and to each other, but can Mandy return everything to the book owner in time for Christmas and make her own Christmas wish come true?” And, you’ll get the answer for that in a few days.

Cast

Nicola Posener

Nicola Posener attends the 2017 AMD British Academy Britannia Awards Presented by American Airlines And Jaguar Land Rover at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 27, 2017, in Beverly Hills, California (Getty Images)

The film stars Nicola Posener as the lead. Posener is a British actress and voice over artist. She is known for being a part of the TV series ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’, ‘Endeavor’ and ‘True Nightmares’.

Bradford B Johnson

(Getty Images)

Johnson is an actor and producer. He plays the other lead. He is known for roles in shows and films like ‘Switched for Christmas', 'iJane', 'Austentatious' and ' Boyfriend's Deceit'.

The rest of the cast, according to IMDb, includes Renny Grames, Anne Sward, Sashleigha Brady, Paul D Hunt, Ben Lokey and Rachel Olvera, among others.            

Creators

‘A Crafty Christmas Romance’ is produced by Candlelight Media Group and executive produced by AJC Pennyworth and Elisa Jan. The film is directed by Brian Brough and the script is by Brittany Wiscombe.

Trailer

Even though there is no trailer released yet, a preview of the movie is available on the website. In the preview, we get introduced to the leads. The snowy setting along with the exquisite Christmas decoration seen in the video makes one even more excited for this upcoming movie. Our protagonists are determined to find the owner of the book. The preview also gives a glimpse of the blooming romance between our leads.

If you like this, you will love these:

'The Princess Switch'
 
‘Let It Snow’
 
'The Knight Before Christmas’
 
'The Holiday'
 
‘Holiday in the Wild’
 
‘Wish Upon a Christmas’

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