A Grand Ole Opry Christmas - Feat. Alonso Duralde (Presented by Racine Danish Kringles)

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It's time to start our journey through the Thanksgiving week movies!

Up first, we’re joined by Alonso Duralde to dive into this year’s big Saturday release: A Grand Ole Opry Christmas — where country music, Christmas magic, and time-travel nostalgia meet under one roof.

ABOUT A GRAND OLE OPRY CHRISTMAS

Gentry Wade, who gave up music after her father's death decades ago must confront her past when Nashville's Grand Ole Opry invites her to honor her late country star dad at their Christmas celebration.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR A GRAND OLE OPRY CHRISTMAS

November 29, 2025 | Hallmark Channel

CAST & CREW OF A GRAND OLE OPRY CHRISTMAS

• Nikki DeLoach as Gentry Wade
  Kristoffer Polaha as Mac

BRAN’S A GRAND OLE OPRY CHRISTMAS SYNOPSIS

The movie kicks off like you’re watching a VHS of an old Opry performance: the Winters & Wade Farewell Show at the Grand Ole Opry Christmas Special.

Cut to present day, where we meet Gentry Wade, daughter of Jett Wade. She gets a knock at the door from her pal Mac, who keeps pushing her to let him sign her and record some songs. She insists that’s not happening.

Mac owns a bar in Nashville, where Gentry works and is mostly happy—despite everyone constantly asking about her father. Why did he quit music? And where is his missing guitar?

Family friend Rita stops by with a plea from the Opry: they want Gentry to attend the Opry’s 100th anniversary to honor her dad. Gentry isn’t sure.

Over drinks, we learn that Mac and Gentry have been friends since high school, but Mac insists he has zero romantic interest in her. Mmmhmm. Sure, pal.

Gentry, Mac, and Rita head to the Opry and tag along with a tour guide who looks suspiciously like Erin Cahill. Backstage, Gentry bumps into Von Winters, who asks why she’s hesitant about attending the anniversary. She explains she always wanted to be a songwriter, but it didn’t work out, and she never earned her place in the Opry Circle. Von tells her that her time may not be up—it's Christmas, after all.

She goes out onto the Opry stage to think. A blinding light hits her and suddenly—she’s transported back in time. There onstage are her dad and Von doing soundcheck. Before she can talk to him, she’s zapped back to the present.

She runs to tell Mac, who absolutely does NOT believe her.

Determined, Gentry sneaks back onto the stage again. Another blinding flash—and boom—she’s back in time, bumping into a younger Rita.

Mac, worried about her, goes to the Opry. He sits in a pew, gets blinded by the light, and he time travels too. He finds Gentry and she explains they’re in 1995, right before the final Winters & Wade performance. She tells him she needs to find out why her dad walked away from music. Young Rita spots them and assumes they’re a married couple, insisting they stay at her apartment.

The next day, Gentry goes to the Opry pretending to be a label rep so she can talk to her dad. Jett tells her he and Von are getting along great and have songs ready for their next album. This makes Gentry wonder if they’re in some alternate timeline where the breakup never happens. Mac urges her to stop overthinking—maybe they were brought back for a reason.

Later, Gentry overhears Von talking with their manager, who wants the duo to change their style. Jett is absolutely not on board.

At a Christmas party, she overhears them discussing bringing in new writers. Jett is furious. When he sees her, he assumes she’s part of the label agenda and storms off.

Gentry goes outside to the fire pit with Mac and opens up about memories of her father, including a song they started but never finished. Mac asks her to sing it. She does—and Jett secretly listens from behind them.

The next day, Jett approaches her to apologize and tells her the song is really good. He asks why she never finished it. She says he passed away before they had the chance. He invites her to come to the Opry the next day so they can work on it together.

She agrees, and they spend the day bonding while Mac records a video of them singing. Their session is cut short when Von and the manager show up—they’ve moved the recording session up to December 26 to prep for a world tour. But that means Jett will miss Christmas with his family, and the long tour makes him uneasy.

The next day, Jett is missing. Gentry knows exactly where to find him—his “thinking spot.” She and Mac go there, and she basically convinces him to walk away from the duo and choose family.

Afterward, Mac and Gentry finally kiss.

The next day, Von calls Gentry in and reveals he knows she’s not a label executive—but he thinks she’s a great songwriter and wants to work with her.

Before the big performance, Jett tells Von he’s out. This will be their final show.

Right before the set, Mac realizes Jett doesn’t have his pick. He runs it over, trips, falls onto a pew—BOOM—transported back to the present.

After the show, Jett finds Gentry, gives her his guitar, and she hugs him. Suddenly—bright light—and she’s transported back to the present with that very guitar in her hands.

Von is about to give a speech and calls her up onstage. He tells her that her dad was proud of her and that they actually wrote a song together. Von knows. He invites Gentry into the Opry Circle. She speaks about her father, and Von reveals he invited Brad Paisley to perform the song she wrote with Jett. As the song plays, we see 1995 Jett return to the Christmas cabin and hug his family.

In the present, Von says he’s ready for that songwriting meeting. Gentry gives him her dad’s guitar, then goes to talk to Mac—and they kiss again. Mac shows her the video he recorded of her singing with her father and tells her he can’t remember a time he didn’t love her. They kiss even more, right there in front of the Opry.

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