A Timeless Christmas

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.

I really enjoyed this Christmas movie. The time travel storyline along with some quality acting made this one (which is my 15th) my favorite thus far this 2020 Hallmark Christmas movie season. The script was pretty good too. Some nice heartwarming dialogue, which I liked (Charles Whitley speech, e.g., at the Christmas party). The acting was good. Erin Cahill had a strong performance; I have always thought she performed well in such roles. Ryan Paevey, the other lead, also had a good performance on the screen. And the chemistry between the two was fairly good, though I think we could have gotten a bit more from the male lead (Ryan) here. The props, dress, scenery and sets were beautiful. It was well done. I also enjoyed the Christmas atmosphere and feel of the movie, which is one of the things I like about Hallmark films. Overall, a very good Christmas movie by Hallmark this year. It is worth a watch.

This was the best Hallmark Christmas movie this year so far! It was enjoyable watching this movie with great casting, acting, writing, makeup, costumes/wardrobe, location/scenery, production and direction. I feel like they had to move through the events too fast in the last 30 minutes or so. This movie should've been a two-parter primiering on Saturday and Sunday night this weekend. Applause to Hallmark :)

Kudos to Hallmark for reaching beyond the usual holiday-romance formula and adding an element of science fiction. This film includes time travel and the dialogue even mentions H.G. Wells' classic "The Time Machine".

Industrialist Charles Whitley (Ryan Paevey) awakens one morning to find he has been transported more than a century into the future. He meets a beautiful twenty-first century woman, Megan Turner (Erin Cahill), who decides to help him return to his own time.

The first part of this story is very similar to "Time After Time", which is an excellent film from 1979 (not to be confused with "Somewhere in Time").

The two leads are excellent in their roles. Paevey is fairly convincing as the human anachronism, balancing mild bewilderment with romantic interest.

Sometimes, television shamelessly copies Hollywood. If that gets under your skin, there are a few of the movies you'll want to stay away from, like A Timeless Christmas - which is total copy of Kate & Leopold. Those of you who don't mind and want to see a repeat of the highly romantic Hugh Jackman and Meg Ryan movie, during a Christmas setting, will love it.

From the turn of the century (no, kids, not 2000), comes a man who has a passion for the future and futuristic inventions. He's reluctant to get married, even though it's his duty, and through a magical clock, he gets transported 117 years in the future. Just stop counting the similarities now; your hand will get a cramp.

He's reunited with his family home but is puzzled and disturbed to find it is now a tourist attraction. The woman who heads the tours is modern, independent, career-driven, and she doesn't believe he's from the past. Seriously, folks - stop listing all the copies from Kate & Leopold and just enjoy the Hallmark. With some familiar Hallmark faces, like Erin Cahill, Ryan Paevey, Brandi Alexander, and Zahf Paroo, you'll be in for an entertaining flick. Especially if you've never seen the Hugh Jackman version.