A Holiday to Remember

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A Holiday to Remember
A Holiday to Remember poster.jpg
GenreDrama
Romance
Based onA Christmas Love novel by Kathleen Creighton
Written byDarrah Cloud
Directed by Jud Taylor
Starring Connie Sellecca
Randy Travis
Rue McClanahan
Asia Vieira
Music byClaude Desjardins
Eric Robertson
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerHoward Braunstein
ProducersMarilyn Stonehouse
Jud Taylor
Production locations British Columbia
Toronto
Cinematography Jan Kiesser
EditorRon Wisman
Running time90 minutes
Production companiesJaffe/Braunstein Films
Pebblehut Productions
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseDecember 12, 1995 (1995-12-12)

A Holiday to Remember is a 1995 American made-for-television Christmas romantic-drama film starring Connie Sellecca and Randy Travis. [1] It premiered on CBS on December 12, 1995. As of 2009, it was shown in the 25 Days of Christmas programming block on ABC Family, but it was not part of the block in 2010 and re-emerged on the competing AMC Best Christmas Ever block in 2019. The film's score was composed by Eric Robertson.

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Plot

At Christmastime, Carolyn (Connie Sellecca) leaves the big city for her childhood village in the forest, with her daughter Jordy (Asia Vieira) in tow. Along the way, Carolyn meets the ex-fiancé (Randy Travis) she left at the altar years before, as well as a lost boy she would like to adopt, though Jordy is unenthusiastic. [1]

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  1. 1 2 IMDB: A Holiday to Remember , retrieved 2016-06-10