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The best performances happen when you stop acting and start feeling.
Emily Parker has poured her heart into Havenbrook's community theater for years, working her way up from chorus member to lead actress to this year's ultimate dream: directing the town's beloved annual Christmas production. She's planned every detail of "A Christmas Carol" down to the last snowflake, determined to prove that small-town theater can be every bit as magical as anything on Broadway.
Daniel Mitchell fled to Los Angeles years ago, trading his hometown roots for Hollywood success and red-carpet premieres. But when his latest blockbuster bombs spectacularly and his creative well runs dry, he reluctantly returns to Havenbrook seeking inspiration—and finds himself reluctantly recruited to co-direct the very Christmas play that launched his love of theater decades ago.
Emily sees Daniel's arrival as a threat to everything she's worked toward—another big-city outsider swooping in to overshadow local talent. Daniel sees the production as quaint but amateurish, his co-director as passionate but naive. But as they clash over everything from casting choices to staging concepts, something unexpected begins to emerge from their creative friction: a production that's better than either could have imagined alone.
Through late-night rehearsals under twinkling Christmas lights, heated debates that turn into heated glances, and the gradual blending of his cinematic vision with her theatrical heart, they'll discover that the most authentic performances happen when you stop hiding behind your role. As opening night approaches, they'll have to decide if the chemistry between them is just good acting—or the beginning of their greatest love story yet.
A heartwarming holiday romance about finding your spotlight and discovering that sometimes the best direction in life is toward each other.
