Lifetime is airing Writing Around the Christmas Tree in December as part of their annual “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” event. It follows successful premieres of other original holiday films such as Toying with the Holidays. Get plot and cast details, see photos, and a preview below.
Writing Around the Christmas Tree on Lifetime: What is the Movie About?
Mikaela (Krystal Joy Brown) is a successful romance novelist who’s been unlucky in love. When she visits a quaint bed and breakfast for her annual Christmas writer’s retreat, she meets a dashing writer named Levi (Curtis Hamilton). He soon convinces Mikaela that she shouldn’t only be writing about love, but going out and actually experiencing it too.
See a trailer for the movie below:
Who is in the Writing Around the Christmas Tree Cast?
Krystal Joy Brown as Mikaela
Krystal Joy Brown is an actress and accomplished talent on Broadway. Acting wise, she guested on Law & Order: SVU, Final Space, and The Equalizer series alongside Queen Latifah. Lifetime movie fans will recognize her as Danielle Sellers in Psycho Stripper. On Broadway, she plays Eliza Hamilton in the award-winning mega-hit musical Hamilton, and previously did HAIR, Leap Of Faith, and MOTOWN.
Curtis Hamilton as Levi
Curtis Hamilton is an actor. He’s known for his work in the films Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le, In Broad Daylight, and most recently the TV series Insecure. He also wrote, produced, and directed the short titled The Missed Call in 2015. Up next for Curtis is portraying Kelvin Johnson in the television show The Kings of Napa.
Full Cast List
Krystal Joy Brown as Mikaela
Curtis Hamilton as Levi
James Black as Irving
Meg Steedle as Olive
Gavyn Michaels as Keifer
Dawnn Lewis as Sharon
Max Emerson as Mitchell
Samantha Quan as Gigi
René Ashton as Tracy
Photos from Writing Around the Christmas Tree on Lifetime
When does Writing Around the Christmas Tree premiere?
Writing Around the Christmas Tree premieres Saturday, December 25 at 8/7c, only on Lifetime.
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