Christmas in the City (2013): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2013, Christmas in the City is a drama, family, romance and tv movie film directed by Marita Grabiak, running about 87 minutes.

What it’s about. With the threat of having to close her father's candy store, Wendy and her six-year-old daughter Grace travel to the big city in hopes of making extra holiday cash to save the store. When she's offered a job in the toy department of Wolmans, the city's biggest department store, Wendy can't wait! Her excitement doesn't last long when the store's manager, Teanna, destroys the Christmas spirit throughout the store and replaces Santa with a hunky male underwear model surrounded by elfin "babes." What Teanna is unaware of is that she has in fact sacked the real Santa. Unaware of his real "Santa" status, Wendy reaches out to the old man but it seems even he has given up hope. With her daughter losing faith in the holiday, Wendy realizes she must bring the true meaning of Christmas back to Wolmans before it is too late.

Who’s in it. Christmas in the City stars Ashley Williams as Wendy Carroll, Jon Prescott as Tom Wolman, Ashanti as Teanna Musk and Shanola Hampton as Angie, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.7/10, Christmas in the City has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, YouTube TV and Amazon Prime Video with Ads and rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies and YouTube. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Christmas in the City page.

If you liked it. Fans of Christmas in the City tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.