Hallmark’s ‘Entertaining Christmas’: Cast, Where Filmed, Time & Photos

Here's the third of four pages in the gallery about where this delightful Hallmark movie was filmed. Entertaining Christmas was filmed in October in Ontario, Canada. One of those locations is Hunstville, and another location used in the filming is Port Perry, Ontario. This Facebook photo is from The Framer's Gallery, a store in downtown Port Perry where part of the movie was filmed. The downtown streets doubled for Vermont in the movie.

The Framer's Gallery is a picture framing business that's been around since 1976, located in downtown Port Perry.

Another store in the movie is DB Silversmith Designs. They wrote on Facebook in October: "Hallmark is back in Port Perry on October 23 to shoot a Vermont Christmas movie using our front window at db silversmith designs!!! Come see the excitement and the street lined with evergreen trees and 'snow'. They will be setting up on Monday and filming on Tuesday! How exciting!"

By the way, although Port Perry is doubling for Vermont for this movie, don't get this movie mixed up with the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries film from November 23 called Last Vermont Christmas. For that movie, Vermont was re-created in Rhinebeck and Kingston, New York.

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 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.