A Grand Ole Opry Christmas
Hallmark is stepping onto one of country music’s most legendary stages, and we have to ask: can a time-travel Christmas drama hit all the right notes? In A Grand Ole Opry Christmas, Nikki DeLoach stars as Gentry Wade, the daughter of a country icon who has spent decades avoiding the spotlight and the heartache tied to her father’s legacy. One invitation to the Opry’s centennial celebration sends her back into the twang and tinsel she left behind… and, thanks to a little Christmas magic, straight into 1995.
Suddenly she is face to face with her younger self, her lifelong friend Mac and the father whose absence shaped everything. This week on Girls Gone Hallmark, we dive into the nostalgia, the music and the emotional high notes to see whether this Opry-set story delivers a holiday encore worth cheering for.
A Grand Ole Opry Christmas premiered on Saturday, November 29th, on Hallmark Channel as part of Countdown to Christmas (and is available to stream on Hallmark+.)
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About A Grand Ole Opry Christmas
- Clare Niederpruem directed the film. She has 21 total directing credits, and Hallmark viewers may know her work from Mystery Island: House Rules, Villa Amore, and Savoring Paris.
- The script was written by Hilty Bowen and Tracy Andreen. Hilty has five writing credits, including The Beach Read Murders and Living With My Mother’s Killer. Tracy has 39 writing credits and also wrote Christmas at the Catnip Cafe and A Keller Christmas Vacation for this year’s Countdown to Christmas season.
- Kristoffer Polaha stars as Mac. He has 95 acting credits and three upcoming projects, including the film Mimics, which he also directed, and American Hostage, a scripted podcast adaptation for MGM+.
- Nikki DeLoach plays Gentry Wade. We recently saw her in Home Turf in October, and she will also appear in the next two installments of the True Justice mystery franchise.
- Sharon Lawrence plays Rita. This is her 121st acting credit, and she has three additional projects currently in the works. Hallmark viewers last saw her in The Christmas House movies. Since then she has appeared in the series Dynasty, Joe Pickett, and Walker.
- Rob Mayes plays Jett Wade. This is his 63rd acting credit and appears to be his first appearance on Hallmark. He also appeared in A Christmas Murder Mystery and The Beach Read Murders.
- Eliza Hayes Maher plays young Rita. Eliza has 18 acting credits and has appeared in all three of the Haul out the… movies. She was also in Hidden Gems and Taking the Reins on Hallmark.
- James Denton played Von Winters. James is a regular on Hallmark having appeared in 75 episodes of The Good Witch as well as movies like A Kiss Before Christmas and Christmas on Cherry Lane.
- The film includes numerous cameos from Bill Anderson, Brad Paisley, Dailey and Vincent, Drew Baldridge, Jamey Johnson, Maggie Baugh, Megan Moroney, Mickey Guyton, Pam Tillis, Rhett Akins, Riders in the Sky, Suzy Bogguss, Tigirlily Gold, and T. Graham Brown.
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