A Holiday for Love

'Christmas in my Hometown' is standard Lifetime TV holiday fare. Tim Matheson plays a well-meaning, but out-of-touch business executive at a tractor manufacturing company to one of its factories in Athens, Nebraska to determine whom to fire as part of the company's plans to downsize. The small, good-natured town (which surprisingly (or not) has zero minorities) of course, relies on the factory to support their families, as well as the life of the town itself. Posing as a representative from a farming company needing to fill tractor orders, he gains the trust of the town and in particular, a woman (Melissa Gilbert) and her young daughter who buys his story, trusts him, and then, along with the whole town, shuns him when they find out that he might be cutting their job.

Filled with lots of sentimental tripe, it is predictable family entertainment from beginning to end, and interchangeable as far as Lifetime TV holiday movies go. But, nonetheless, it is an innocuous little distraction when you just need to put up your feet and watch a movie that might make you smile a bit during the holidays.

This wonderful movie is available through Amazon. Use the title Holiday For Love. That's where I got mine. It's one of my very favorites! Melissa Gilbert is so believable in this movie. It's one of her best - and she has a long list of great movies!! She's one of my favorite actresses of all time. Michelle Tractenberg (plays her daughter, Noel) is also absolutely great. What a natural little actress she was at the time this movie was made. She was in Ice Princess a few years ago. She's grown up and is still a beautiful and accomplished actress. If you haven't seen this movie, get a copy right away. I'm sure it will be one of your favorites, too! C. Rutherford

"A Holiday for Love" (that's the title under which I saw this movie on Freevee) turned out to be a very nice surprise. I just finished reading Tim Matheson's autobiography "Damn Glad to Meet You" (It's a very good read by the way) so I checked his filmography looking for a Christmas and I came across "A Holiday for Love". I wasn't expecting much but the movie won me over pretty quickly. The cast is very likeable and they all do a nice job, even non-actor Travis Tritt does a nice job. Sure, the movie gets a little silly/corny at times but who cares. It's a Christmas movie. I plan on watching this one again.

This is one of the better Christmas movies made way back in the last century yet still holds up today. Starring Tim Matheson and Melissa Gilbert.

As far as the goof everyone is pointing out when Jake uses the phone in his hotel, it's obvious that the phone has no cord attached. I guess that means it's a cordless phone!

In this movie Melissa Gilbert and Tim Matheson have great chemistry onscreen which brings the movie to life.All the cast bring humour to the movie.I am a fan of both Melissa and Tim so when i saw it was going to be on i knew it was going to be good but it turned out to be great.This movie had everything you could expect from a Melissa movie.I taped it and have now watched it many times,i am hoping to find it on video/dvd somewhere as i feel i am wearing the video i have it on out!!Any who hasnt seen it should,it is great.