A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish

Katherine "Kat" Decker (Laura Marano) is a young teenage girl who dreams of becoming a great singer-songwriter. Unfortunately after her father, Jason, died, she is left in the care of her evil, snobby stepmother, Deirdra (Johannah Newmarch), and her two equally cruel and snobby stepsisters, Joy (Lillian Doucet-Roche) and Grace (Chanelle Peloso). They work Kat to the bone as a servant, they have full control of her inheritance, and take a big percentage of her wage earnings from work. Kat's goal is to make enough money to move out of her home and pursue her dreams.

One day while out Christmas shopping with her stepfamily, on her way to work, she falls down with a coffee drink spilled on her. One of the people in who shows sympathy to her was Dominic "Nick" Wintergarden (Gregg Sulkin), son of billionaire, Terrence Wintergarden (Barclay Hope). Kat works at "Santa Land", a Christmas entertainment park owned by Terrence Wintergarden, as a singer along with her best friend, Isla (Isabella Gomez), under the eye of their strict boss, Mr. Mujiza. There they meet a new employee as the new Santa, who, unknown to them, is really Dominic Wintergarden, and after Nick sees Kat perform, he is smitten by her.

Deirdra wants to find some way to take advantage of someone rich and get more money. She wants to go to a charity event Terrence is hosting, but she doesn't have a way to get in. Then through Grace's mumbling, she suggests taking advantage of Terrence's personal connection to Kat's late father. Apparently, Jason and Terrence were best friends who travelled the world together and explored, but they have since lost contact and Terrence has no idea his best friend died. They devise a plan to enter the charity event as Deirdra being the widow of the late Jason Decker and her two daughters. However, a letter from Terrence requests the presence of Deirdra and Katherine Decker, so Joy will be impersonating Kat to make the scam work in their favor while leaving the real Kat in the dark and with nothing.

As Christmas eve nears, Nick and Kat become attracted to one another. Nick then gives Kat an invitation to the Wintergarden charity event, much to Kat's surprise and bewilderment, and she accepts the invitation. But even Kat has her doubts and concerns that her stepfamily will make sure she doesn't go to the event and that she doesn't have a dress. The next day, Nick reveals his true identity to Kat, which was a big shock to her, and he tries to encourage her to do the same but she doesn't. Kat, while reluctant to go to the event with Dominic, is expressing her desire to not go; however, Isla persuades her to do so and gives her a green dress they saw at an expensive boutique store which Isla had handsewn herself. The next morning, however, her stepfamily steal her dress and make it for Joy to wear and Deirdra burns her invitation to prevent her from going. Kat calls Isla about what her stepfamily did, and is informed by Isla that Dominic has invited her to come over to his home and hear her sing with his friend. When she does come over, Kat gets an unfriendly appreciation from Nick's friends, especially his girlfriend. When Kat trips, her wig comes off and Nick's friends remember her, from early in the beginning of the movie, and they ridicule Kat even more and when Nick tries apologize, she frustratingly leaves.

On the day of the charity event Kat catches her stepfamily in possession of her late father's snow globe, which she has desperately been searching for, making her furious. During the altercation to get it back the snow globe breaks and the stepfamily leave her heartbroken. While sobbing, Kat's dog stumbles upon the invitation letter from Terrence, realizing their intention of using her identity; she becomes more determined to stop them. The stepfamily arrive at the event and see Terrence and try to pass Joy for Kat; however he remembers Kat when she was four years old and finds the new "Katherine" strange. To help Kat get in the event and stop the stepfamily, Isla uses her position as a dressmaker for the events main show to help her pass on as one of the elf performers. But before Kat can get to Terrence, she is forced to go on stage and perform, which she does poorly. In the middle of the performance, both Deirdra and Nick see Kat and both try to get to her. Nick's girlfriend tries to get together with him, but Nick breaks up with her over Kat. Later, Kat unintentionally knocks out one of the performers in the show abruptly ending the performance. Then the show's director forces Kat to be the Snow Queen for the next part the show because the performer that was knocked out was the intended Snow Queen and that Kat is a singer. Kat is reluctant at first because she won't fit in the supposed outfit for the Snow Queen. However, Isla made an outfit just for the occasion and when Kat tries to refuse, Isla convinces her to sing for the purpose of showing off her talent. Deirdra and Nick both reach the offstage area; fortunately the show director pulls Deirdra away. Nick and Kat finally find each other with Nick apologizing for hurting her and Kat for ruining the show. Nick is shocked to know that her Deirdra burned her invitation just as Kat gets on stage and the show starts. Before leaving, Nick advises Kat to follow her dreams for her father. Though nervous at first, Kat shakes it off and gives a wonderful performance to the audience with a new song she wrote.

After the show, Nick introduces Kat to Terrence. Kat exposes her stepfamily's identities and their scheme. Deirdra tries to save face, but Terrence recognizes a piece from Kat's snow globe on her bracelet, proving she is the real Katherine Decker and surprising Kat to learn that Terrence Wintergarden is her father's best friend. After hearing Kat's problems with her stepfamily and her financial insecurities, Terrence offers to help her with her problems as a last wish to his late friend, then he orders Deirdra, Joy and Grace to leave. Nick and Kat finally accept each other and they happily dance together.

• Laura Marano as Kat Decker
• Gregg Sulkin as Dominic Wintergarden
• Isabella Gomez as Isla
• Barclay Hope as Terrence Wintergarden
• Johannah Newmarch as Deirdra Decker
• Lillian Doucet-Roche as Joy Decker
• Chanelle Peloso as Grace Decker
• Garfield Wilson as Mr. Mujiza

Principal photography began on March 2019 in Vancouver.[2][5][6]

The accompanying soundtrack album was released on November 22, 2019 by WaterTower Music.[7]

Track listing

Songs that are not included on the soundtrack album:

• "Jingle Bells" by Laura Marano and Isabella Gomez
• "Deck the Halls" by Laura Marano and Isabella Gomez
• "What Elves Are For" by The Math Club and Ryan Franks
• "Fortress" by Opus Orange

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