‘Five Star Christmas’ Hallmark Movie Premiere: Trailer, Synopsis, Cast

Thanksgiving Day wouldn’t be complete without the premiere of the newest “Countdown to Christmas” movie. “Five Star Christmas,” airing after dinner, stars Bethany Joy Lenz and Victor Webster.

Hallmark fans will certainly recognize both leads, who are starring in their first project together for the network but are both longtime vets there. While Lenz is likely most often recognized for her role as Haley James Scott on “One Tree Hill,” she has also starred in “Royal Matchmaker,” “Bottled With Love,” “A Valentine’s Match” and “Just My Type.” She also has starred in holiday films as well, taking the lead in films on Lifetime, including “Snowed-Inn Christmas” and “Poinsettias For Christmas.”

Meanwhile, Webster is also a Hallmark regular, having previously starred opposite Lenz’s “OTH” co-stars Hilarie Burton in “Summer Villa,” and Shantel VanSanten in “Love Blossoms,” as well as the films “A Harvest Wedding,” “Homegrown Christmas” and “Hearts of Winter.” He has also been a regular on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries as well, starring in “Magic Stocking,” “Home for Christmas Day” and “Matchmaker Mysteries” there as well.

So what will happen in the first movie that Webster and Lenz star in together? According to a synopsis, secret identities will cause some trouble when a romantic connection occurs.

“Lucy (Lenz) plots with her siblings and grandparents during the holidays to help her father’s new bed and breakfast get a five-star review from an incognito travel writer (Webster), but ends up falling for him, not knowing he is the real critic,” the synopsis reads.

Will the two be able to keep their holiday romance alive even after learning the truth about one another?

Robert Wisden, Laura Soltis (“Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy”), Jay Brazeau (“Finding Santa”), Grace Beedie, Blair Penner (“Marry Me At Christmas”), Barbara Patrick, Paula Shaw (“Picture A Perfect Christmas”), Sarah Edmonson (“Welcome To Christmas”) and Tom Pickett (“The Angel Tree”) also star.

“Five Star Christmas” premieres Thursday, Nov. 26 at 8 p.m. EST on Hallmark Channel.