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Entertaining Christmas was filmed in October in Ontario, Canada according to Instagram posts from the cast. One of those locations is Hunstville, which is pictured here in a photo shared on Instagram by Jodie Sweetin, one of the stars of the movie. Another location used in the filming is Port Perry, Ontario. Sweetin wrote in this post, "Not a bad view from work today! Day 4 of shooting for Entertaining Christmas."
You can find details about the crew involved in the filming on the Directors Guild of Canada Ontario here.
A fun post by the Piano Inn and Cafe on Instagram here shows a snow machine arriving for the filming. Piano Inn and Cafe is located in Port Perry, Ontario. DB Silversmith Designs was another store featured in the movie.
Port Perry is an absolutely delightful place to enjoy Christmas, so if you visit you can definitely recapture the Christmas magic from the movie. In fact, Port Perry has an annual Christmas parade, one of the town's many traditions.
Port Perry is located in Scugog, Ontario, Canada, northeast of Toronto. Many residents actually live in Port Perry and commute to Toronto for work. Port Perry has a population of 9,453 according to the 2016 census. Click on to the next page in the gallery to see more photos of where the movie was filmed. Then on page 6, we'll start talking about the cast.
Recap & Looking Ahead: The synopsis from Hallmark for Entertaining Christmas reads: "Claire is a cookbook author, crafting expert, and television personality whose name is synonymous with perfection. As she contemplates retirement, her daughter Kara (Sweetin) is poised to become the new face of the Livingston brand. The only trouble is, Kara can’t cook. Or sew. Or do any of the signature things her mother is known for. When a young girl posts a video online requesting Claire help welcome her deployed father home for Christmas, Kara is sent in her place in an effort to prove herself a worthy successor to the board of directors and win the job. As Kara does her best to make a good impression, she gets more than she bargained for when the young girl’s uncle Joe turns out to be a reporter for the local paper, looking for his next story."
Another synopsis from Hallmark has a different name for the main characters. It's not clear which version is correct, since the different versions are both listed on Hallmark's website:: "Candace, daughter of lifestyle mogul Liz Livingstone, has never lived up to her mother’s standards. When a young girl posts a video begging Liz to help arrange a special Christmas party, Candace is sent in her place. As she struggles to prove herself worthy of running the company, Candace meets — and begins falling for — the girl’s uncle, a reporter writing an expose on her."
And here's what's coming up on Hallmark's original Christmas movies: For December we have a lot more original, new movies. On Dec. 16 is A Gingerbread Romance, Dec. 22 is Jingle Around the Clock, Dec. 23 is Christmas Made to Order, Dec. 25 is When Calls the Heart Christmas, and Dec. 29 is A Midnight Kiss. Then in January, we'll have new Winterfest movies on Hallmark every Saturday night.