Not to be confused with A Heartland Christmas—although I’m sure they’re practically the same thing—Christmas in the Heartland is very much in the vein of those heart-warming Hallmark-style holiday flicks where, when you start watching it, you’re filled with nothing but insults and other bile, yet, by the end, you find yourself so immersed in the characters and story that you almost forget that you’re not invited to their house for Christmas dinner.
Two teen girls from Virginia become friends on the American Airlines flight to Guthrie, which I guess has a municipal airport that takes in planes from Virginia. Along the way, they get it into their heads to switch families—rich girl Kara (Sierra McCormick) goes to stay with the rich relations, sternly spearheaded by Bo Derek, while rich girl Jessie (Brighton Sharbino) goes to stay with the poorer relations, whimsically led by Shelley Long.
At least I think…these young white girls all look the same to me.