Hallmark to release its first holiday film with a lead LGBTQ+ couple
The Hallmark Channel has announced its first queer-led Christmas film ahead of the upcoming holiday season. On 22 September, the popular network shared the highly anticipated schedule for its annual Countdown to Christmas event via Variety.
While the forthcoming lineup features the usual straight suspects, the schedule is also set to include Hallmark’s very first LGBTQ+-centric film, The Holiday Sitter.
According to the logline, the new movie follows Sam, “a workaholic bachelor who babysits his niece and nephew before the holidays when his sister and her husband have to go out of town.” In an effort to alleviate his stresses, Sam “recruits help from their handsome neighbour Jason”, and the two embark on an unexpected holiday romance.
Mean Girls actor Jonathan Bennett, George Krissa and Chelsea Hobbs are all set to star in the new film. Shortly after the lineup was announced, Bennett took to Instagram to express his excitement over the history-making feature. “The Holiday Sitter” will make history as the first leading gay couple in a Hallmark Christmas movie EVER!
