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To Have and to Holiday

To Have and to Holiday

2024TV Movie⏱️ 1h 24mTV-G
ComedyRomance
6.1
IMDB Rating
736 votes

When Celeste gets engaged to Jason after just a few months of dating, her father and the couple's would be officiant, Pastor Mark, insists on putting them through a pre-wedding "bootcamp" filled with Christmas themed challenges. A...

Director
Stacey N. Harding
Writers
Grant Levy, Dominik Rothbard
Stars
Madeleine Arthur, Robert Bazzocchi, Kate Drummond
Release Date
November 24, 2024
Language
English
Country
Canada, United States
🎯 2
Nominations
💬 13
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Madeleine Arthur
Madeleine Arthur
as Celeste Palmer
Robert Bazzocchi
Robert Bazzocchi
as Jason Arlington
Kate Drummond
Kate Drummond
as Judith Palmer
Rosie Simon
Rosie Simon
as Tracy Connors
Allegra Fulton
Allegra Fulton
as Sally Arlington
Karn Kalra
Karn Kalra
as Dean
Reid Price
Reid Price
as Tim Connors
Richard Jutras
Richard Jutras
as Robert Arlington
Eric Close
Eric Close
as Mark Palmer
Thelma Farmer
Thelma Farmer
as Michelle Ferris

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
16:9 HD
Sound
Stereo
Color
Color
Filming Location
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Production
Hallmark Media, Circle Blue Entertainment

🏷️ Keywords

holiday seasonholiday romancechristmaschristmas movieholiday movie

🎯 Categories

Holiday RomanceComedyHolidayRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Better than I expected
by mbiv7772024-11-26
6/10

"To Have and to Holiday is another of the Hallmark movies this year featuring a cast of people who are virtually unknown to me. With the exception of the lead actress' parents, I'm not sure I've seen any of them before. That said, the acting was better than a lot of movies you see this time of year. Madeleine Arthur and Robert Bazzochi are excellent as a young couple who become engaged after dating briefly, prompting her father, who is also a pastor, to insist on putting them through his marriage boot camp in order to gauge their compatibility. We've seen these things bef..."

💡 Did You Know?

The movie accurately presents modern US non-denominational secular churches. Pastor Mark is just a local community organizer and church serves as his pre-wedding boot camp. Church only has a historical and nostalgic value as is from 19th century. Pastor nor anybody else says or mentions God, Christ, Mary or even Nativity even for once. Actually words like faith or believe aren't used either. However, pastor used word magical attached to Christmas at least twice.

📖 Synopsis

When Celeste gets engaged to Jason after just a few months of dating, her father and the couple's would be officiant, Pastor Mark, insists on putting them through a pre-wedding "bootcamp" filled with Christmas themed challenges. A...