A Season for Family

Welcome to Girls Gone Hallmark, the podcast where we review all your favorite Hallmark movies! Today, we're excited to finally dive into "A Season for Family," the Hallmark Movies and Mystery movie starring the swoon-worthy Brendan Penny. Get ready for some heartwarming holiday cheer, some family drama, and of course, a little romance. Grab some hot cocoa and settle in for our review of "A Season for Family" - we promise it'll be a jolly good time!

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About "A Season for Family"

* This movie was directed by Kevin Fair. Kevin is a prolific Hallmark director with 43 directing credits including the 2023 Countdown to Christmas kickoff movie "Checkin It Twice."

* "A Season for Family" was written by Steven Sessions. Steven has 29 writing credits including "North to Home" and "A Winter Getaway" for Hallmark. He's also written a number of renovation and home and garden-style shows like "House Hunters," "Rate My Space," and "Design on a Dime."

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* Brendan Penny plays Paul. Among this 57 acting credits include a swoon-worthy performance in "The Wedding Cottage" from earlier this year. Brendan is a Hallmark darling, first appearing on the network in 2015 in "The Gourmet Detective." Since then he has appeared in multiple movies per year on the channel as well as his starring role on the series "Chesapeake Shores."

* Stacey Farber plays Maddy. Stacy became a star during her 126 episode run on "Degrassi: The Next Generation." She went on to appear in two episodes of "UnReal" and making her Hallmark debut in "Butlers in Love." She's also a regular on "Virgin River."

* Benjamin Jacobson (Wesley) - He's appeared on two episodes of the CW's "Nancy Drew" alongside Scott Wolf. He also appeared in "A Fabled Holiday" and "Mystery on Mistletoe Lane" as part of his 17 acting credits.

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* Azriel Dalman (Cody) is a budding Hallmark darling with appearances in "Sweet Carolina," "Coyote Creek Christmas," "Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas," and "We Need a Little Christmas." He has 40 acting credits with 7 upcoming projects, including the Hallmark series "Holidazed."

* Edward Ruttle plays Jeremy. Amongst his 34 acting credits is "Single and Ready to Jingle." his first acting role was as "beer luge guy" in the iconic "Hot Tub Time Machine."

* Cameron Bancroft (Charles) aka Joe Bradley from Beverly Hills, 90210. He has 90 acting credits and is getting the Barbara Niven grandpa treatment from Hallmark. We haven't seen I'm on the network since "Coyote Creek Christmas" in 2021.

* Jessica Sipos played sister Taylor.