Plot

Happy Holidays is the coming of age story of Clarissa Ryder, a young artist, who gets involved in a love triangle and realizes it's not a question of which guy she should be with, but if she can pursue her real love, painting, can she be with either?—S. Mohen

After moving across the country for college to pursue her art, Clarissa (Mary Fae Smith) returns home years later, accompanied by her fiance and inartistic pillar of support Charles (Robert Walters.) There, she is confronted by the life she left behind, including her first love and muse, Thomas (Jeff Whitlatch.) Despite her best efforts to run from the past, Clarissa must face the long-simmering but inevitable collision between her love for Thomas, Charles, and her life's passion, painting.

This film is the age old story of a young girl struggling to take charge of her future. Talented painter, Clarissa Ryder, has dreamed of becoming a successful artist her entire life. Encouraged by her two good friends Margaret Lloiend, and John Maher, she plans, upon graduating high school to move across country to pursue her dream. However, close to departure, she falls in love with Thomas Levy an aspiring musician who becomes her muse. During her confusion at college of how to reconcile her passion for art and her love for Thomas, she meets Charles Edmund, a strong un-artistic pillar of support. "Happy Holidays" chronicles the tumultuous and confusing relationships these five characters are faced with. Going through affairs, engagements, promises and heartbreak; Thomas, Charles, Margaret, John, and most of all, Clarissa must learn how to deal with the dreams of their past along with the realities of their future.—S.Mohen