A Holiday for Love | 
| Director: Jerry London
Actors: Tim Matheson, Melissa Gilbert, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jayne Eastwood, Jack Jessop
Studio: Sterling Entertainment
Category: DVD
Buy New: $43.89
New (9) Used (9) from $29.95
Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 45455
Format: Color, Dvd, Full Screen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 40425
UPC: 084296404254
EAN: 0084296404254
ASIN: B00062WUVY
Theatrical Release Date: December 10, 1996
Release Date: September 15, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Warm holiday drama in which an executive forced to cut the jobs of many people working at a small-town tractor factory gets a big surprise when he's mistaken as the savior of the local economy. Melissa Gilbert, Tim Matheson, Travis Tritt, Michelle Trachtenberg star. AKA: "Christmas in My Hometown." Standard (Full Screen); Soundtrack: English.
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This Is Also Known As Christmas In My Home Town! October 7, 2005
76 out of 79 found this review helpful
I love Christmas movies and I also love Christmas themed romance books and this movie though not adapted from a romance book really seems like it could have been. It is about an executive working for a large company that makes farm equipment, the company is having finincial problems and thinks that by cutting jobs at the factory level that it will get itself out of finincial trouble so they send several executives to several small towns to go undercover and investigate how eficient the factories are being run and to make up a report to see if the factories should be closed. Tim Matheson reluctantly goes to a smalltown in Nebraska which actually was his hometown that he moved away from when he was a child and his mother left his father. He winds up getting stranded in a blizzard and meets a young widow and her daughter played by Melissa Gilbert and Michelle Tractenberg and spins a tale that gets out of control when he pretends to be a big buyer of farm equipment that the townspeople think will save their factory and town and then he falls for Melissa Gilbert's character which is complicated by the fact that she happens to work at the factory with her father and brother and that closing it down will not only put her and her out of a job but her family and the majority of the towns people too which would destroy their economy and he starts to feel guilty about his deceiving everyone, including the woman that he loves and another factor is that she is dating the sherrif played by Travis Tritt who is suspicious of him and his motives. This is a very good movie and Tim Matheson, Melissa Gilbert and Michelle Tractenberg were all very good but so was country singer Travis Tritt as the sherrif and I must say that even though I enjoyed the romance between Tim Matheson and Melissa Gilbert's character's Jake and Emma I still felt bad for Travis Tritt's character Tim but as it appeared that local gal Betsy had a crush on him and they were sitting together at the Christmas dinner at the retirement home that perhaps Tim and Betsy got together. I very highly recommend this movie which was originally a made for CBS television movie with the title Christmas in my Hometown and has been rerun ever since with that same title every December on Lifetime TV but when it was released on DVD the title for some reason was changed to Holiday For Love which is a nice title but I prefer the original title, Christmas in My Hometown! This DVD is out of print and hopefully it will someday be rereleased with the original title.
A Holiday for Love March 30, 2008
Kelly (Littleton, Colorado)
31 out of 31 found this review helpful
Our family collects Christmas movies, and around the holidays, we watch nothing else. This is quickly becoming one of our absolute favorites. Melissa Gilbert and Tim Matheson have sweet charming chemistry, and are well paired for this film. Travis Tritt's performance was a surprise to me. I didn't know how well he acted, and loved his character.
This is a heartwarming inspirational movie, and one to be viewed over and over again especially around the holidays or when you just need to feel better.
underrated actor! February 4, 2005
Kennel Club 6
27 out of 31 found this review helpful
A very cute, wonderful movie. If you're a Travis Tritt fan, you'll love him in this and love his character. He proves to be a very good actor who seems to have personally experienced some of the story in his own life (some of the facial expressions and timing seem to come from his personal experience, not from acting!) I'm always looking for good Christmas movies, and this one was new to me. Also gave me more insight into Travis' "Where Corn Don't Grow" and I discovered just how talented this man is - and underappreciated! A great find.
Touching Christmas Story January 9, 2007
V. Maycroft (Ravenna, MI USA)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I first saw this movie on T.V. at Christmas time and having been looking for it to add to my Christmas movies. It will become a ritual to watch this with all my other Christmas favorites. It's a touching story and Melissa Gilbert is great!
This should be released December 14, 2007
Ricarda (Germany)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
anew, because it's one of the loveliest, best made X-mas movie. I've bought it used and it quickly advanced to my absolute favourites. Very good acting, good script, the story is even highly up to date with people loosing their jobs not just here in Germany. One would wish there were more people like Jake coming to their senses, at least trying make things better. Very nice dream!
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