{"id":681,"date":"2022-09-08T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanpress.com\/?post_type=gaf&#038;p=681"},"modified":"2022-11-08T20:35:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T20:35:35","slug":"im-glad-its-christmas-press-release","status":"publish","type":"gaf","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanpress.com\/?gaf=im-glad-its-christmas-press-release","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Glad It&#8217;s Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><strong><u>GREAT AMERICAN FAMILY ANNOUNCES <em>I\u2019M GLAD IT\u2019S CHRISTMAS,<\/em><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><strong><u>STARRING JESSICA LOWNDES, PAUL GREENE,<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><strong><u>&nbsp;AND LEGENDARY \u2018EMPRESS OF SOUL,\u2019 GLADYS KNIGHT, NOVEMBER 26<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Acclaimed Oscar<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Nominee, Emmy<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Award-Winning, Music Mogul, Suzanne de Passe, Serves as Executive Producer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>NEW YORK, NY \u2013 September 8, 2022<\/strong> \u2013 Great American Family announces Jessica Lowndes (<em>Harmony From the Heart, Angel Falls Christmas), Paul Greene (When Calls the Heart), <\/em>and Golden Globe<sup>\u00ae <\/sup>nominee (<em>Pipe Dreams<\/em>) and seven-time Grammy Award<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> winner (22 nominations), the \u201cEmpress of Soul,\u201d Gladys Knight (\u201cMidnight Train to Georgia,\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s What Friends Are For,\u201d) star in <em>I\u2019m Glad It\u2019s Christmas<\/em>, an original Christmas movie premiering on the network, <strong><u>Saturday, November 26 (8 p.m. ET).<\/u><\/strong>&nbsp; The film reunites Knight with former Motown chief and acclaimed, award-winning writer-producer, Suzanne de Passe (<em>Lonesome Dove, Daytime Divas, The Vivianne Carter Story<\/em>). The new film is part of Great American Christmas, the network\u2019s holiday programming franchise premieres new original holiday films every Saturday and Sunday, and features Christmas movies all day and all night through the end of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">\u201cAs anticipation builds for year two of Great American Christmas, we are delighted to be working with the incomparable Gladys Knight who has inspired generations of fans by pushing musical boundaries with her numerous hit songs,\u201d said Bill Abbott, President and CEO of Great American Media. \u201cWith high caliber performances from Knight and the talented Jessica Lowndes and Paul Greene, <em>I\u2019m Glad It\u2019s Christmas<\/em> is a truly magical Christmas movie steeped in original music that audiences will want to see again and again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">In <em>I\u2019m Glad It\u2019s Christmas<\/em>, Holly Bose (Lowndes), a full-time salesclerk and part-time chorus girl, anxiously counts on one hand the number of auditions she has remaining before throwing in the towel on her five-year plan to become a Broadway star. Holly has several brief and literal run-ins with jingle writer (and seasonal Santa), Jason Murphy (Greene). There\u2019s a spark, but it\u2019s complicated: Holly has her eye on the world\u2019s biggest stage and Jason is beyond protective about bringing new relationships into his young daughter\u2019s life. Though well intentioned, Jason makes Holly feel like she\u2019s auditioning for yet another role. It would make sense if romance never happened. Except for wealthy real estate landlord, Cora Ross (Knight) who turns one bit of magic into another. Cora has seen the spark between Holly and Jason, and she has her heart set on bringing the two together to star in the town\u2019s annual \u201cHoliday Lane Christmas Concert<em>.<\/em>\u201dIn Holly, Cora has her aspiring lead, and in Jason, she has a jingle writer capable of writing a new Christmas classic. With Cora in charge, this off-Broadway show will have everyone falling in love with Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Executive Producers of <em>I\u2019m Glad It\u2019s Christmas<\/em> are Brad Krevoy, Eric Jarboe, Amanda Phillips, Amy Krell, Lorenzo Nardini, Jimmy Townsend, Brian Bird, Suzanne de Passe, Joyce Miller Roy, Gladys Knight, William McDowell, Susie Belzberg Krevoy, Kathy Ceroni, Ernie Barbarash, and Jessica Lowndes. David Anselmo produces. Supervising Producers are James Mou, W. Michael Beard, Michael Shepard, Kelly Martin, and Allan Fung. Associate Producers are Bonnie Adams and Kaitlyn Greenough. Original screenplay <em>I\u2019m Glad It\u2019s Christmas<\/em> is written by Joel &amp; Lisa Canfield, and Steve Gottfried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">The John F. 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