Mia Meijer gets ready for the Christmas Market Dutch Bake-Off and suspects that her grandmother, Ann, will walk away with the cherished Golden Rolling Pin thanks to her Kerststol, a traditional Dutch fruited Christmas bread. But Mia's world is rocked when she learns that Ann was having financial troubles and had to sell the land deed to the Windmill Way property in her family for generations. Making matters worse, the buyer is Mia's former boyfriend, property developer Brady Schaltz, who must let Mia and Ann know the Meijer family-owned heritage Dutch sawmill, renowned for the past 90 years for its fine millwork and beautiful wooden furniture, will be torn down to put up a luxurious resort.
Acting
Chad Michael Murray sleepwalking through another Christmas romance, and we let him.
Production
That windmill is doing 90% of the emotional heavy lifting here.
Director
Don McBrearty
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kerststol is indeed real Dutch Christmas bread, traditionally filled with almond paste and dried fruit. The movie actually did one (1) thing of research.
This is part of Hallmark's 2023 'Countdown to Christmas' lineup, where Chad Michael Murray apparently has a standing annual contract like Santa himself.
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