COUNTRY ROADS CHRISTMAS is a 2022 Christmas family drama that’s now on UPtv. It follows the story of Harris, a successful country musician who seeks reconciliation with his family after abandoning them for years and believing they’re better off without him. After his daughter Skye becomes his tour manager, Harris begins to see she still loves him and desires a relationship with him, even after years of hurt. His heart softens and he seeks forgiveness from both Skye and her mother. Will his change in attitude lead to forgiveness and reconciliation?

COUNTRY ROADS CHRISTMAS is an entertaining movie that captures the spirit of Christmas. The artistic quality suffers sometimes from an unconvincing set, but the movie is both entertaining and touching. COUNTRY ROADS CHRISTMAS promotes strong Christian, biblical values such as repentance, forgiveness, family, and celebrating Christmas and the Birth of Christ together. Harris learns what it means to be a good and loving father and husband. He also realizes that it’s not good for a man to be alone, even if being a family man doesn’t match the image of a grizzled cowboy.

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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

Very strong Christian, biblical, moral worldview stresses repentance, forgiveness, redemption, and the importance of family, a man who has wronged his wife and daughter for many years comes to see that what he did was wrong and works to rebuild their trust, and reconciliation eventually occurs and the family is rebuilt, plus characters sing multiple faith-based Christmas carols, such as “Joy to the World,” “O Holy Night” and “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”;

Foul Language:

No obscenities or profanities;

Violence:

No violence;

Nudity:

No nudity;

Alcohol Use:

One scene with social drinking;

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

No smoking or drugs; and

Miscellaneous Immorality:

Dysfunctional family with a man pretending to have cheated on his wife to push her away and isolate himself from his family, because he doesn’t think he’s good enough for them, but he eventually realizes that what he did was wrong, and he seeks reconciliation and forgiveness.

COUNTRY ROADS CHRISTMAS is a 2022 Christmas family drama that’s now being run on UPtv. It follows the reconciliation journey of a famous country singer, Harris, who works to reconcile with his family after abandoning them for years and believing they both would be happier and better off without him. The journey to forgiveness, however, isn’t so easy. His wife and his daughter are not quick to trust him after so many years of hurt. Instead, Harris has to prove to them that his heart has changed. At the same time, he realizes that even grizzled cowboys need a family.

Harris’s reconciliation with his daughter, Skye, begins when she’s hired as his tour manager for his Christmas tour after getting fired from her previous job at a competing record label. Skye and Harris are both hesitant to have her join the tour, but Harris’s manager, Ryan, convinces them it’s a good idea. Ryan, who was serving as Harris’s interim tour manager, begins teaching Skye the ropes so she can take over the position in the new year.

Despite the history of hurt between Harris and Skye, the tour runs pretty smoothly until Skye confronts her dad about abandoning their family. When he doesn’t give her a response, she wants to quit her position and leave the tour. Ryan, however, comes to the rescue and serves as a peacemaker, keeping both Harris and Skye happy.

As the tour continues, Skye learns that her father has sold his house and is now living on the tour bus year-round, a decision makes her extremely angry. Skye is mad both at her dad for his decision and at Ryan for allowing her dad to make that decision. However, she invites them to Christmas at her mom, Meg’s, house so her father can have a real home for the holidays. Skye doesn’t expect her father to accept her offer, because he’s been skipping out on Christmas for years. However, he shows up for Christmas, showing that his heart toward his family has begun to change.

When he arrives at Meg’s house, Harris asks his daughter for forgiveness for all the times he abandoned her, explaining that he believed she would be better off without him. Skye accepts the apology, though her heart is still hardened toward her father. Later, Harris apologizes to his wife for the same reason and can’t believe she still loves him after all this time.

Shortly after Christmas, Harris returns to his tour, however, he and Meg go out on the bus, leaving Skye and Ryan stranded at Meg’s house. Skye has been angry with Ryan the whole time because she doesn’t believe he’s been taking good care of her father. Over time, however, her heart begins to soften as she hears just how much Ryan has done for her father Harris.

Even before hearing about Ryan’s kindness to her father, Skye had developed feelings for Ryan. Once she realized just how much he cares, Skye fully falls for him. Lucky for her, Ryan falls for Skye too and romance blossoms.

However, can Skye fully reconcile with her father. Also, will her parents get back together?

COUNTRY ROADS CHRISTMAS is an entertaining movie that captures the spirit of Christmas by teaching about the importance of family, redemption and forgiveness. Also, the movie features multiple faith-based songs, including “O Holy Night” and “Hark the Herald Angels Sing.” The artistic quality suffers sometimes from an unconvincing set, but the movie is both entertaining and touching. Furthermore, there is no foul language, violence, and only an extremely brief scene of social drinking, along with positive portrayals of romantic relationships. Thus, the movie is suitable for all audiences.