Trading Christmas
Trading Christmas is a 2011 Christmas film directed by Michael Scott and starring Faith Ford, Tom Cavanagh, Gil Bellows, Gabrielle Miller, Emma Lahana, and Andrew Francis. The film is based on the novel of the same name by author Debbie Macomber, who also serves as a producer. The film premiered on the Hallmark Channel on November 26, 2011.
Emily and Charles find each other on a house swapping website, and thus, trade houses for the week. Charles arrives in Washington to discover Emilys home, full of Christmas decor, despite his bad memories with a previous Christmas. Emily arrives at Charles apartment in Boston, and discovers her daughter had gone to Phoenix after talking to her on the phone. Meanwhile, Emilys friend Faith takes a plane and bus to surprise her friend in Washington, only to discover that Charles is there. Because the bus back to Seattle does not leave until Christmas, she stays at Emilys house, much to Charles dismay. Meanwhile in Boston, Emily triggers the apartment alarm and Ray arrives with a police officer, and discovers that his brother took his advice, but did not tell him. He meets Emily, and offers to show her around and take her to dinner.Over the course of the week Emily and Ray spend a lot of time together, revealing their past Christmas memories. In Washington, Charles struggles to finish his book, until Faith reads the draft to his manuscript, and makes suggestions. Charles, at first, is reluctant to take her advice, but eventually does, and is able to break his writers block to finish his novel. Meanwhile in Arizona, Jason notices how homesick Heather is, and so he buys plane tickets to Boston so she can spend Christmas with her mother. After Heather arrives in Boston, Ray gives Emily a pair of earrings as a Christmas present, and since Emily is leaving in a couple of days, decides it would be best to not make things more difficult. ........
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