The Trailer for the *One Tree Hill* Lifetime Christmas Movie Is Everything I Wanted
Of all the Christmas movies airing on Lifetime this year, The Christmas Contract might be the most-anticipated. That’s largely because it stars several of the actors from One Tree Hill. Hilarie Burton, Danneel Ackles, Robert Buckley, Tyler Hilton, and Antwon Tanner are all joining forces for this charming holiday movie, which centers on a woman named Jolie (Burton) who takes her best friend’s brother, Jack (Buckley), home for Christmas, and they pretend to date to get her ex-boyfriend jealous. They sign a contract, drawn up by Jack’s sister Naomi (Ackles), that states Jolie will help Jack out with a work project if he does this charade for her.
Sounds kooky, right? Exactly! That’s what so delightful about it. One Tree Hill was a pretty bananas show, so it’s only natural the Lifetime movie starring its cast members is a little on the whimsical side. Plus, that’s the fun of these movies—as well as the Christmas movies on Hallmark, too. They’re perfect escapism.
Watch the trailer for yourself, below.
Sadly, not all of your One Tree Hill favorites are in this movie. We’re missing Sophia Bush, Stephen Colletti, and Bethany Joy Lenz, among others. Interestingly, though, two of those actors are starring in other Lifetime Christmas movies: Lenz will be in Poinsettias for Christmas (due out November 23), and Colletti stars in Hometown Christmas (which drops December 16). That basically means not one, not two, but three Lifetime movies are receiving a dose of One Tree Hill this year.
The Christmas Contract debuts on Lifetime Thursday, November 22 at 8 P.M. ET.
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