A crown princess is set to announce her engagement at her Christmas Eve coronation until her ex-boyfriend shows up to rekindle their love, which jeopardizes the coronation and the monarchy.

SYNOPSIS:

WINTER MARIE KOLBY, 30s, is the crown princess of Avalon, a small country in Europe. She is following in her late father’s frugal footsteps and planning her coronation on Christmas Eve. In following the monarchy rules, she must be married by coronation day or within thirty days after. Unable to find the right suitor, Winter agrees to wed DUKE MARTIN DANBY (30s), a suitor chosen by her mother, QUEEN NORA (60s). Nora invites Martin to the palace days before the coronation without Winter’s knowledge. But all plans are spoiled when Winter’s ex-boyfriend, GEORGI JONES (30s), shows up right after Martin with his niece, SARA (12), wanting to rekindle his romance with Winter. A baffled Winter does not know how Georgi received an invitation when she never sent him one. Georgi is using a friend’s invitation realizing this is his last chance to win Winter’s heart after hearing rumors of Winter’s upcoming engagement.

Winter allows Georgi and Sara to stay at the palace while she investigates the invitation issue privately. But her focus quickly shifts when a fire at the tailor shop ruins her coronation gown. Georgi and Martin suggest different solutions to fix the problem. Winter sides with Nora and Martin to have a new gown made. When the tailor informs that a new gown is impossible, Winter decides to use a gown that she has yet to wear. The tailor agrees to add the train needed for the coronation. Behind the scenes, Georgi salvages the original coronation gown which is only known hours before the coronation. Georgi incorporates their college activities into group activities like decorating a personalized Christmas tree, cooking pizza and tacos for everyone, and baking the cookies to be handed to the kids at the tree lighting. Soon Georgi wins everyone’s hearts. Even Nora briefly warms up to him.

Just before the tree lighting, Georgi pulls Winter onto the dance floor, and they dance while everyone cheers. The crowd loves them together, which infuriates Martin. In retaliation, Martin joins Winter and Nora on stage for the tree lighting and kisses Winter, which angers Georgi, and he walks out of the tree lighting. The next day, Georgi and Winter escort Sara to a dress shop and then to Santa’s village where the citizens take pictures of them. That night Georgi and Winter introduce Karaoke night and they all end up singing Christmas songs.

On the morning of Christmas Eve, they wake up to newspaper headlines that the crown is in jeopardy. A furious Martin meets Winter to discuss the headlines but ends up finding the secret that Winter has been hiding – Georgi was never invited to the coronation. Martin wastes no time in telling Nora. When Nora confronts Georgi, he admits he lied. Nora kicks Georgi out. Meanwhile, Winter admits to Martin that she does not love him, and they mutually agree to be friends. Nora gifts Winter a brooch from her grandmother that has a hidden message. Armored with new confidence, Winter abolishes the old marriage rules right after the coronation oath. The crowd cheers her on. Georgi shows up to confess his love which she accepts. Georgi confesses about the invitation to Nora and Winter. With her mother’s approval, Winter and Georgi come together and dance to Christmas music with everyone.

A CHRISTMAS CORONATION