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Hallmark Channel has announced a new, original movie, A Very Vermont Christmas, to air as part of the popular Christmas in July programming event.
The movie stars Katie Leclerc as a Vermont brewmaster and local champion skier, and Ryan McPartlin as a novice skier. Together, they brew up the perfect seasonal microbrew to save her family’s business in time for Christmas.
Read on to find out more about this new, original movie and its cast, as well as see beautiful images taken on the film set.
A Very Vermont Christmas on Hallmark Channel
According to the official synopsis, it’s Christmastime in a Vermont ski town, where Joy (Leclerc) a young brewmaster and local champion skier, runs her family’s classic ski pub, Mogul Joe’s, with her mother, Mary (Joanna Herrington). Times have been tough for the pub since Joy’s father passed away and she wonders how they’re going to pay the bills this Christmas.
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However, one day, Joy’s former boyfriend, Greg (John Forest) wanders in and tells them about the new Brew-Ski competition he is holding at his rival establishment, Frosty’s. Joy and Mary are intrigued as winning that competition could be the Christmas miracle they seek. Meanwhile, Joy meets Zac (McPartlin), a charming but struggling novice skier, on the mountain when he crashes into her getting off the lift.
Joy hesitates when she finds out Zac is the beer distributor for Scholz Beer, who supplies Frosty’s. However, Zac wins Joy over with his charm and exceptional beer-tasting pallet. She agrees to give Zac ski lessons and in return, he helps her create a new seasonal microbrew called Hoppy Holiday IPA for the Brew-Ski competition.
As the new holiday IPA sells like crazy and seems to turn her business around, Joy and Zac’s feelings for each other blossom. However, when a suspiciously similar brew shows up at Frosty’s, Joy can’t help but suspect Zac, as she believes he’s the only one who knows the secret recipe.
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As Christmas Eve fast approaches, Joy races to uncover the truth behind the theft of her new recipe in the hope of saving her family’s business and rekindling her new romance with Zac.
Where have you seen the cast before?
Katie Leclerc plays Joy and has previously starred in Letters to Santa, while Ryan McPartlin, who plays Zac is known for his role in Cut, Color, Murder. Joy’s mother, Mary, is played by Joanna Herrington, who has previously starred in Christmas Camp. Meanwhile, Joy’s ex-boyfriend, Greg, is played by John Forest of 30 Second Somebodies fame.
Behind the scenes of A Very Vermont Christmas
The new movie, A Very Vermont Christmas hails from Off Camera Entertainment, with Stephanie Slack, Margret H. Huddleston and Ryan McPartlin serving as executive producers. Meanwhile, Mark Donadio and Miriam Marcus serve as producers and the movie is directed by John Stimpson from a script penned by Steven Kent and Pamela Rice.
When does A Very Vermont Christmas premiere on Hallmark Channel?
The new, original movie, A Very Vermont Christmas is set to premiere on Saturday, July 20, at 8 pm ET/PT on Hallmark Channel, as part of the Christmas in July programming event.
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