original movie slate for the 2019 holiday season, she was thrilled. Weinman was raised Jewish but now celebrates both Hanukkah and Christmas with her own family after marrying a man who is Christian. Weinman’s producing partner, Joel Rice, is also Jewish, and she notes they “enthusiastically threw our hats in the ring” to get the gig.,” which premieres Dec. 21, stars Carly Pope as a woman named Rebecca who joins her coworker rival Chris to plan a holiday party at their office.
They really gave us a lot of free rein to come up with the story. We, all along, in our minds knew that this is “” so we’re going to incorporate both things and show how people celebrate in all walks of life.
Kris Polaha’s character comes over and they’re preparing for the first night of Hanukkah, the family is very much like my more-the-merrier family who are like, “He has to stay; you can’t send him away without feeding him.” He says he doesn’t know that much about Hanukkah, and then they’re like, “Ah, stick with us, pal, we’re going to show you everything we know.
Did this approach come out of the desire to right the wrongs of previous movies that depicted Hanukkah? This was something that I did not take lightly, and I was very honored that Hallmark entrusted me with it, and I knew that we had a responsibility to handle it with care. I have a friend whose father is a rabbi, and I was like, “I’m texting your dad again.