Tis The Season To Be Merry is a new Hallmark film starring Rachel Leigh Cook and Travis Van Winkle, directed by Gary Yates and written by Jen Kirkman with Duane Poole. The film follows a successful dating advice writer based in Boston who is looking for the love of her life. Even though providing successful advices to every of her fan, Merry is still single and still looking for the man of her dreams. Will she able to start her relationship now? Premiere is on Dec 19 at 8 PM ET on Hallmark Channel.
Where was Tis The Season To Be Merry filmed?
Tis The Season To Be Merry is set in Vermont but the actual filming took place inside Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada according to a report of CHVN Radio. Filming began on 19 Oct 2021 and wrapped up around November 2021 covering almost 3 weeks. Rachael Leigh Cook and Travis Van Winkle shared various photos while the shooting was ongoing.
Moreover, Dear Meadow Farms was also featured in the Hallmark film. Some scenes were also shot at the location of Bannatyne Avenue as per some reports. Other popular Hallmark films shot at the same place were A kiss Before Christmas, Love Strikes Twice, Let’s Meet Again on Christmas Eve, etc.
Tis The Season To Be Merry Cast
- Rachael Leigh Cook as Merry Rozelle
- Travis Van Winkle as Chris Walters
- Amy Groening as Darlene Walters
- Adam Hurtig as James Smith
- Karen Malina White as Sonia Hendricks
- Paul Essiembre as Joe Manning
- John B. Lowe as Bill Walters
- Micaela Lozano as Julie
Plot
The official synopsis reads: a successful dating advice writer, Merry who writes a book about her real life romances but finds herself in a state of trouble when her publisher thought the fictional romantic lady in her novel is real. How can she tell him about her actual life when she hasn’t experience any romance yet, she is single by herself.
In the hope of finding a solution to her problem, she lands at the place of her best friend and stumbles upon her brother named Adam. The first encounter seems hopeless and sour but as the meeting proceeds they realize that they are more similar than seemed to be. This meeting makes her realize that her fictional character Dale might be proved real if she managed to start the romance with Adam.