This was a beautiful Christmas film by Hallmark. The premise is about a wealthy business man who disappears a week before Christmas one hundred and fifty years ago and wakes up at his desk in contemporary times. His home has been turned in to a museum, his factory torn down, his fiancé married having married his rival who became great benefactors to the town, and his maid-Rosie's great granddaughter running the museum that is his house offering tours.
Rosie's granddaughter, Megan, initially doesn't believe that he is who he says he is...although the resemblance to the painted portrait in the front hall is striking. Could he be Charles Whitley? Megan actually did her college thesis on Charles Whitley, so no one knows more about him than her. When she notices the horseshoe shaped scar on his hand and Charles is able to direct her to a secret compartment under the floorboards...Megan becomes a believer. Megan decides to help Charles get back to his time.
Together they piece together the events of his last night, he was repairing a Christmas clock for his fiancé and he winds it on the second full moon in December, called the Christmas moon. Megan finds the clock and they are ready for the next Christmas moon. Meanwhile, Megan shares with Charles all of the Christmas traditions that he was always to busy to participate in...and learns that he was afraid to get close to anyone afraid he might loose them. During the process Charles learns what he has been missing and starts to fall in love with Megan. Will he return to his time in the end?
Will Megan leave the museum and become a history professor at the local college?
Ryan Paevey was wonderful in this film...as was Erin Cahill playing our two leads. They had wonderful chemistry and really made these characters come to life. It was a magical story, just what Christmas is all about.
I loved the emphasis on old fashioned manners...something really lacking in today's day and age. It just went to show how good manners are always appreciated and never go out of style!
Romantic, magical and filled with love and Christmas. Loved the film and think that if you are a fan of Hallmark that you will love it too.
