‘A Sugar & Spice Holiday’: Release date, plot, cast and all you need to know about Lifetime’s romantic holiday movie

The film follows Suzie, a well-established architect, who is faced with a challenge to live up to her late grandmother’s culinary skills
PUBLISHED DEC 8, 2020
(Lifetime)
(Lifetime)

What good are holidays without some delicacy? Lifetime has an interesting line-up of Christmas movies to offer you in 2020. Its upcoming romantic-drama ‘A Sugar & Spice Holiday’ follows Suzie, a well-established architect, who is faced with a challenge to live up to her late grandmother’s culinary skills. Will she able to discover the right spices and some love this holiday season? Here’s everything you need to know about ‘A Sugar & Spice Holiday’.

Release date

‘A Sugar & Spice Holiday’ will premiere on Sunday, December 13, at 8 pm ET on Lifetime.

Plot

The official synopsis for the Lifetime movie reads, “The movie A Sugar & Spice Holiday follows Suzie (Jacky Lai), a rising young architect, who returns to her small hometown in Maine for Christmas where her Chinese-American parents, Pete (Tzi Ma) and Mimi (Lillian Lim), run the local Lobster Bar.”

“Following the loss of her beloved grandmother who was a legendary baker in their community, Suzie is guilted into following in her grandmother’s footsteps by entering the local gingerbread house competition. Teaming up with an old high school friend Billy (Tony Giroux), who grew up to be a catch, Suzie must find the right recipes and mix of sugar and spice infused with her cultural traditions to win the competition and perhaps find some love in the process,” it reads further.

Cast

Jacky Lai

(Lifetime)

Jacky Lai is seen as Suzie in ‘A Sugar & Spice Holiday’. She began her career by featuring in commercials such as  Axe Deodorant, Chevrolet, Dentyne Ice, Subway Restaurant, and Acura. She has performed in films including ‘Silent Hill: Revelation 3D’, ‘Survivor Man and ‘Asian Action. Lai has also acted in the Lifetime TV movie ‘Straight A’s’. Her television credits include ‘Really Me’, ‘The Flash’, ‘Ransom and ‘Beyond’. She was seen as the Young Nun in ‘Once Upon a Time’.

Tony Giroux

(Lifetime)

Tony Giroux plays Suzie's high school friend and love interest Billy in the Lifetime movie. He’s famous for his work in ‘Motherland: Fort Salem’ in 2020 and 2015’s ‘The Romeo Section’. He has acted in short films such as ‘Asylum’, ‘Saida’ and ‘Bad Ghosts’ among others.

Creators

‘A Sugar & Spice Holiday’ is directed by Jennifer Liao and written by Eirene Donohue. Nancy Bennett, Jamie Goehring and Shawn Williamson have served as the executive producers.

Trailer

The official trailer for ‘A Sugar & Spice’ is yet to be released. You can watch the preview here.

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