'My Favorite Christmas Melody': 5 things you need to know about the Lifetime movie

Lifetime brings a new musical movie in time to heighten Christmas spirits
PUBLISHED DEC 4, 2021
Rainbow Sun Francks and Mya in 'My Favorite Christmas Melody' (Instagram - @myaplanet9)
Rainbow Sun Francks and Mya in 'My Favorite Christmas Melody' (Instagram - @myaplanet9)

Lifetime is turning it up a notch with new Christmas movies to welcome the holiday season. Lifetime is renowned for producing some of the best Christmas movies. It is estimated that Lifetime will release 30 new Christmas movies this year alone, with programming that began in October. Additionally, Lifetime is set to debut its first LGBTQ+ Christmas movie in 2020, marking another milestone in the channel's holiday movie lineup.

The Christmas special follows the story of singer-songwriter Abby (played by Mya) who finds herself writing uninspired jingles for commercials. Just when it's time for her to head back home for the holidays, she gets enlisted by the local high school teacher to help save the school's art program. Here;s more about the movie

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When does 'My Favorite Christmas Melody' release and where can you watch it

'My Favorite Christmas Melody' releases on December 5, 2021 and can be watched on Lifetime. 

What is 'My Favorite Christmas Melody' all about

The official synopsis reads: "Follows Abby, a promising singer-songwriter, as she rediscovers her voice and goes after her dreams, and lets the possibility of love in too". 

Who stars in the Lifetime movie

Mya as Abby

Mya Harrison is an American pop singer, entertainer, philanthropist & actress. She is musically gifted and often puts together record labels. At the age of 16, she recorded her very first solo album, which was eventually released on Interscope Records in April of 1998. Her album sold about 1 million copies in the USA. 

Mya recorded a new version of 'Lady Marmalade' with Pink, Christina Aguilera, and Lil' Kim for Moulin Rouge!, the soundtrack, back in the year 2001. She made an appearance in the video 'Ghetto Superstar' from the movie 'Bulworth' by Warren Beatty, in 1998.



 

The rest of the cast includes Rainbow Sun Francks, Brielle Robillard as Lila, Sonia Dhillon Tully as Brenda, Christine L Nguyen as Whitney, Carson Reaume as Ethan, Niki Kerro as Casey, and Chris Tarpos as School Assembly attendee. 

Showrunners 

The writers of the movie are Josh Brekhus and Lauren Balson Carter, with the director being Michael Kennedy.

Trailer 

We're yet to see a trailer for this movie but stay tuned for more updates!

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