Jill Wagner & Jesse Hutch Spend Christmas Under The Northern Lights On Great American Family

A historian returns to her father’s hometown to see the Aurora Borealis but finds much more in Christmas Under the Northern Lights on GAF.

Both Great American Family and Hallmark Media are filling the headlines with Christmas movies leading fans to get fully into the holiday spirit. In the latest case, Jill Wagner (Lioness) shares the spotlight with Jesse Hutch, while spending Christmas Under the Northern Lights on GAF.

Jill is taking a break from her current role as executive producer and military shooter in Lioness, to go back to a role that made her popular with fans, the official holiday rom-com. Read on to find out more about this upcoming holiday movie which is sure to be full of colorful skies.

Christmas Under the Northern Lights on Great American Family

Starring Wagner and Hutch, along with Bruce Boxleitner and Lauren Holly, Christmas Under the Northern Lights tells the story of a historian who heads back to her father’s hometown to see the Aurora Borealis. However, once there, she finds plenty more to keep her in town.

According to the official synopsis, historian Erin (Wagner) joins her dad, Doug (Boxleitner) for Christmas in the family’s former hometown of Aurora. They are there on a mission that is part business – selling the family home – and major bucket list item for Erin to see the Aurora Borealis light up the Northern sky.

Realtor Lori (Holly) and a family friend and local tour guide, Trevor (Hutch) enjoy a Christmas inspired at every turn by faith, love, and hope. In fact, this is so much so that Christmas bells hung over decades in a forest grove ring an unbroken song, a hint of miracles to come.

About the cast

Jill Wagner plays Erin and has recently starred in, and served as an executive producer in the Taylor Sheridan series, Lioness, with Nicole Kidman and Zoe Saldana. Season two of the series recently premiered on Paramount+. Before this, Jill starred in the Mystery 101 series on Hallmark Mystery. Meanwhile, Wagner previously starred in A Christmas Miracle for Daisy on Great American Family.

Jesse Hutch plays Trevor in Christmas Under the Northern Lights and has previously starred as Luke Bailey in Hallmark’s first original series, Cedar Cove. He has also featured in several holiday movies, including Let It Snow with Candace Cameron Bure, A Christmas Blessing with Lori Loughlin and James Tupper, and B&B Merry with Jen Lilley.

Bruce Boxleitner, who plays Erin’s dad, Doug, is well known for his leading roles in the sci-fi series, Babylon 5, in Tron, Scarecrow & Mrs. King and was also on the cast of Cedar Cove.

Lauren Holly, who plays Lori, is best known for her roles in Dumb and Dumber, Picket Fences and NCIS, with her most recent appearances in The Irrational, Country Roads Christmas and Family Law.

When will Christmas Under the Northern Lights premiere on Great American Family?

Christmas Under the Northern Lights is set to premiere on Saturday, November 9, at 8 pm ET on Great American Family.

Readers can watch the trailer for the new rom-com, Christmas Under the Northern Lights here: