Christmas in July is happening now, but as we’re watching all the moments unfold, we are thinking forward to Christmas this December. Countdown to Christmas is one of our favorite times of the year – especially when we’re getting sequels or movies in the same franchise.
We’re excited to to head back to the Biltmore Estate. It feels like just yesterday that A Biltmore Christmas was released, starring Bethany Joy Lenz and Kristoffer Polaha. It remains one of our favorite Countdown to Christmas movies. So it should be no surprise that the follow-up to 2023’s critically acclaimed movie is one of our most anticipated.
A Grand Biltmore Christmas will star Holland Roden and Niall Matter. Andie MacDowell as Aunt Maysilee and James Trevena as James. Jonathan Frakes is reprising his role from the first film.
The teaser trailer has us even more excited. No release date is set as of yet.
See the trailer below –
SYNOPSIS
As Biltmore House opens for the first time on Christmas Eve 1895, 13-year-old Elizabeth and her family are holiday guests. When she notices Michael, a fellow teen caught trespassing by the staff, Elizabeth comes to his rescue by claiming to know him, much to his relief. The two share an instant connection and set out to explore Biltmore but Michael inexplicably vanishes.
Twenty years later, Elizabeth is spending Christmas at Biltmore and this time is accompanied by James, a suitor her Aunt Maysilee is keen for her to wed. When a stranger asks Elizabeth to dance at the Christmas gala, she’s shocked to discover it’s Michael. Thrilled to reunite with her friend, she throws herself into his arms. But the world around her changes in an instant when Elizabeth is transported into the modern world with Michael, a tourist from the present day who had traveled to the past 20 years prior with the help of a magical hourglass in Biltmore’s library. Now, Elizabeth and Michael must find a way to send her back to her time while not arousing the suspicion of Michael’s mother and sister during their family vacation. As Elizabeth experiences life and Christmas in the 21st century, she and Michael become close. When the time comes for her to return to 1915, Elizabeth must decide whether she’ll resume the life that’s been chosen for her or if her heart will lead her down a new path in the present.
