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Where Was ‘Unwrapping Christmas: Tina’s Miracle’ Filmed? See Cast Stories & Locations
The Hallmark Channel’s first Christmas in July movie for 2025, “Unwrapping Christmas: Tina’s Miracle,” premieres on Saturday, July 5, at 8p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central. The movie stars Natalie Hall and Alec Santos. This movie originally premiered last year on Hallmark+, but this will be its first time to air on the Hallmark TV channel. Read on to learn all about the movie, including where it was filmed.
‘Unwrapping Christmas: Tina’s Miracle’ Was Filmed in Ontario, Canada
We may be in the middle of summer, but this won’t stop Hallmark from airing their yearly Christmas in July movies. Cheers during heat waves? Yes, please!
According to 4filming.com, “Unwrapping Christmas: Tina’s Miracle” was filmed in many locations in and around the Ottawa, Ontario, Canada region. Filming took place in 2024.
One of those locations was St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, which is one of many popular Christmas movie filming locations in Ottawa.
Natalie Hall shared extensive behind-the-scenes stories and her personal connection to the film in a podcast interview. She discusses what drew her to the role, her chemistry with Alec Santos, and memorable moments from filming—including meaningful scenes and fun, unscripted moments on set.
Alec Santos gives his perspective on portraying Michael, the challenges of the role, and his favorite experiences working on the film in an in-depth interview with “Survived the Shows”. He talks about the father-daughter dynamic, what attracted him to the script, and the atmosphere on set.
He also shared a few behind-the-scenes moments on his Instagram account when the movie was about to air on Hallmark+.
“A little behind-the-scenes footage of the first installment of the wonderful Unwrapping series on Hallmark plus,” he wrote in one post.
He also wrote in a different post, “I get to play a father to @presley.allard who was such a delightful and grounded young actor. To those parents out there raising kids on their own: you are heroes to me!”
Meet the Cast
Alec Santos stars as Michael. He is fluent in three languages and is known for starring in productions like “Virgin River,” “Firefly Lane,” “Snowerpiercer,” and more. He also just starred in “A Machu Picchu Proposal.”
Natalie Hall stars as Tina. Her many credits include “A Winter Princess” on Hallmark, “UnREAL,” “Charmed,” “Into the Dark” a Hulu anthology, “Star-Crossed,” “True Blood,” “All My Children,” and more.
According to IMDb, the movie also stars:
- Presley Allard (Haley)
- Henry Alessandroni (Thomas)
- Stephanie Herrera (Robin)
- David Rosser (Judge Reynolds)
- Darrin Baker (Mayor Betz)
- Deklon Roberts (School administrator)
- Xavier X. Sotelo (CFO)
- Steve McCormick (Peter)
- Brian Noon (Dennis)
- Cindy Busby (Olivia)
- Jake Epstein (Benjamin)
- Kathryn Davis (Mia)
- Nathan Witte (Beau)
- Ashley Newbrough (Lily)
- Torrance Coombs (Sean)
- Maureen Cassidy (Detri)
