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2013 LIFETIME CHRISTMAS MOVIE
Updated: March 2026
Posted: February 2026
2013
Christmas on the Bayou

Busy big city workaholic single mom goes back home for Christmas and runs into her single guy childhood friend who's always had a crush on her.
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TROPES
Christmas on the Bayou- Christmas Boat Parade
- Drink from Empty Coffee Cups
- Santa look-a-like named Nick
- Hot Chocolate
- Put up Christmas Lights
- No Exes Involved
Director
Producer
Cast
- Edward Asner ⭐
- Samantha Beaulieu
- Cannon Bosarge
- Odessa Feaster
- Griff Furst
- Dana Gourrier
- Tyler Hilton
- Leticia Jimenez
- Hilarie Burton Morgan
- Ariana Neal
- Markie Post
- Brody Rose
- Randy Travis ⭐
2013
Christmas on the Bayou was from 2013
DISTRIBUTOR
- Lifetime
STUDIO
- Active Entertainment
QUOTE:Sienna says they don't have a Santa Claus down here. "Well that's true." But didn't you say he was real? "Yeah, honey, down here they've got Papa Noel." Okay, but what's the difference? "Santa rides in a sleigh pulled by reindeer. But down here, they don't have sleighs or reindeer and do you know why"? Because they don't have snow. "Exactly. Do you know how Papa Noel gets all the presents to the good little girls and boys? He rides in a boat pulled by alligators. And every Christmas Eve, they light bonfires all along the Bayou here to light the way for him.
QUOTE:I worry about him every day. "Oh, honey, what's the point in worrying? Worrying doesn't get you anywhere. I should know. I worry about you every day.
QUOTE:Looks like a man that could use a satchel of oregano. "I'll take them all" Yeah? You cook? "No, but the oregano helps hide that little fact."
QUOTE:It's a really big deal, you know? I mean, if I can make this happen, then I'll finally be on track. "For what?" Well, my life. "Oh, honey. You can't chase happiness. You gotta find it where you are.
QUOTE:All right, it's the pageant. Man, I was in that every year. I was the best elf this town ever saw, actually. "Yeah, I'll give him that. He was pretty cute in his little pointy shoes." What were you again? You were a Shepherd, or was it a lamb. A little baby cow? "I was not a cow, sir. I was Head Angel!" I don't think there was a head angel... "There was, and it was me!"
QUOTE:Thank you so much for the ride. "Oh, you haven't heard? Been invited for supper!
QUOTE:There was a Christmas some few years ago, your Mama really, really wanted a kitten for Christmas. She told everybody that she wanted a kitten. Well, and finally, when the kitten didn't come, she said she didn't believe in Papa Noel or Santa Claus anymore... and then a few weeks after that, a stray kitten found her!
QUOTE:They didn't have baking soda, so I just got baking powder. That's, like, the same thing, right? "I've failed you miserably."
QUOTE:Mom, is it okay that I believe in Santa Claus now? "Of course it is. It is always okay to do the things that make you happy." That goes for you too.
Movie Star Sighting!
Lou Grant from the Mary Tyler Moore Show plays Nick the next door neighbor who looks exactly like Santa.
Lou Grant from the Mary Tyler Moore Show plays Nick the next door neighbor who looks exactly like Santa.
Movie Star Sighting!
Christine Sullivan from Night Court plays the Grandmother
Christine Sullivan from Night Court plays the Grandmother
WALK OF FAME
Star Sightings!!
Christmas on the Bayou has 2 Stars!
Christmas on the Bayou has 2 Stars!



