This Time Each Year
Writer: Juliana Wimbles
Director: Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe
Cast: Alison Sweeney, Niall Matter, Ezra Wilson, Laura Soltis, Victor Zinck Jr.
Alison Sweeney (A Magical Christmas Village) plays Lauren, a business manager who's struggling to get through the first holiday season after becoming separated from her husband. Niall Matter (Holiday Hotline) plays her estranged husband Kevin, a recovering alcoholic who's trying to find a direction after losing his driver's license and his job tending bar. Lauren and Kevin still have unfinished business: they bought their dream home, which Lauren proceeded to sink a lot of money into—only for them to find out that the place was a money pit. And then there's their son Charlie (Ezra Wilson), who's refusing to take off a Santa costume until the big day for reasons he will not divulge.