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Hallmark Channel’s Gingerbread Miracle: Synopsis, cast, how to watch

By Sarabeth Pollock

Maya and Alex, old friends from high school, work together over Christmas to sell his uncle’s Mexican bakery famous for its gingerbread cookies that the patrons believe grants wishes. Photo: Merritt Patterson, Jon Ecker Credit: ©2021 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: Kailey Schwerman
Maya and Alex, old friends from high school, work together over Christmas to sell his uncle’s Mexican bakery famous for its gingerbread cookies that the patrons believe grants wishes. Photo: Merritt Patterson, Jon Ecker Credit: ©2021 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: Kailey Schwerman /
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Merritt Patterson and Jon Acker team up in Gingerbread Miracle, the newest movie in the 2021 Countdown to Christmas celebration on Hallmark Channel.

Gingerbread Miracle synopsis

Maya (Patterson) is an attorney who had to move back to her hometown a few years back. She’s living above her parents’ garage and using the local bakery as her base of operations. Casillas Panaderia is a place that’s full of warm memories for Maya, who worked there in high school along with her high school crush Alex (Acker).

Alex’s uncle wants to sell the bakery and he’s asked Maya for help. Helping Alex’s uncle means working with Alex, too, when he comes home to celebrate the holidays one last time at the bakery. The beloved bakery is known for selling gingerbread cookies said to grant wishes; will Maya and Alex be able to work together to sell the bakery, or will working together prove to be too much?

Gingerbread Miracle cast

Merritt Patterson (Maya) is a familiar face around Hallmark Channel. She appeared in 2020’s Chateau Christmas, and she’s also known for a number of Hallmark movies including A Royal Winter, Forever in My Heart and Christmas at the Palace. Patterson also appeared on The Royals, Life Unexpected and Supernatural.

Jon Acker (Alex) started out in marine biology before turning his focus to acting. The Texas native is fluent in Spanish and can be seen in the popular Netflix series Firefly Lane, as well as the pilot for Freeform’s The Nanny.

Gingerbread Miracle also stars Jorge Montesi, Elyse Maloway, Sunita Prasad and Lini Evans. It was directed by Michael Scott from a script by Emma Claire Martin, John Benjamin Martin and Tracy Andreen.

Watch the preview of Gingerbread Miracle on Hallmark Channel

How to watch Gingerbread Miracle on Hallmark Channel

Gingerbread Miracle debuts on Hallmark Channel on Friday, November 5, at 8pm ET/PT.

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The movie will play over and over again throughout the holiday season as part of the Countdown to Christmas programming, and you can also watch on Hallmark on Demand starting the day after it premieres.

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