When an English aristocrat and her Granddaughter, Tilly, visit relatives in Ireland for the Christmas holidays, they find that the family has become impoverished and is looking to try and marry their son, Cameron, to Tilly to save their legacy. However, what the Grandmother has failed to relay is that Tilly is engaged already. So, it’s up to Irish luck to help Tilly fall in love with Cameron. But what happens when Tilly’s fiancé arrives to surprise her for Christmas?
It’s December 1870, and we pick up on the adventures of Mathilda “Tilly” Bassett and her rich grandmother Isabella, having toured some of Europe’s cultural centers and are now arriving in Dublin for a month-long stay. Tilly’s inner struggle is between being a society woman in-the-making and the Yankee farm girl that are her roots. Isabella’s mission is to expose Tilly to the world of letters; that’s why she’s bringing her to Dublin, to meet Ireland’s poet laureate, the Earl of Shannon. But there’s a saying throughout Ireland: “If you want to make God laugh, try making plans.” “An Old-Fashioned Christmas” is the next chronicle in the saga that began with esteemed American novelist Louisa May Alcott’s short story, [An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving](http://amzn.to/1TulDm3).
Starring Jacqueline Bisset, Catherine Steadman, Robert O’Mahoney, Marion O’Dwyer, Kristopher Turner.
Note: This doesn’t appear to be available as a Region 1 DVD. An Old Fashioned Christmas is a made-for-cable television movie. Originally aired on the Hallmark Channel, it is a sequel to the Victorian era costume drama [An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving](http://amzn.to/1TulDm3) (with a different actress playing Tilly). The castle in An Old Fashioned Christmas is Knappogue Castle in County Clare, Ireland. Willow and Thatch’s movie review for An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving is [here](http://www.willowandthatch.com/an-old-fashioned-thanksgiving-movie-review/).