‘WRITE BEFORE CHRISTMAS’ Synopsis

Jessica (Torrey DeVitto) hasn’t had much luck with romance, and when her boyfriend dumps her two weeks before Christmas, she decides to take a holiday from dating altogether. In fact, the five cards she’d bought for her ex, she decides to send to the five people who’ve changed her life for the better, and somehow each card sets off a chain reaction of undeniable love.

Aunt Lila (Lolita Davidovich), who raised Jessica after her parents passed, accidentally drops the card she receives and Tom (Grant Show), the neighbor who Lila’s had a crush on, picks it up, sparking instant romance. The card Jessica sends to her brother serving in the army, inspires him to go after the woman he’s fallen for. Jessica’s best friend, who motivated her to try out for the cello position at the local symphony, also gets a car, and now she and her husband are inspired to make an important life decision. She sends a card to Jax (Drew Seeley), a ’90s boy band star who hasn’t written anything since his hit song “Luv U on Christmas.” In the card Jessica explains that his music got her through the death of her parents, and suddenly Jax is moved to write again.

The fifth card Jessica sends is to her childhood music teacher who inspired her to play cello, but that teacher is in . Her son Luke (), a photographer, reads Jessica’s card to his mom, who’s so moved she instructs Luke to give Jessica one of her vintage cellos. As it turns out, Luke, like Jessica, is a bit gun-shy about dating after being left at the altar, but the two can’t deny their immediate chemistry. After a six-hour first date, which includes finding a Christmas tree for Saint Mary’s Group Home where Luke volunteers, decorating it, and playing Mr. and Mrs. Kringle for the kids, their attraction is all but sealed. Especially when Jessica discovers some of Luke’s photographs and is stunned when he gives her one of a full moon and quotes George Bailey from It’s a Wonderful Life, “You want the moon? Just say the word, and I'll throw a lasso around it.”

But just when it seems that fate has lassoed love for everyone, misunderstandings get in the way. Dreamingly checking out Luke’s photography website, Jessica notices hockey pictures so she grabs her skates and heads to the rink to see if he’s there. He is, except his arms are around a beautiful woman! Upset, Jessica leaves, unaware the woman had just slipped on the ice and Luke had caught her. Later, having no idea that Jessica even went to the rink, Luke goes to see her at the music shop just in time to see her embracing her ex-boyfriend. Assuming they’re back together, instead of hugging out a final goodbye, Luke takes off. But when a couple is fated to be together, any bumps in the road get smoothed over, and “it’s a wonderful life” isn’t just a movie anymore, it’s the story of their happy ever after.

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