Christmas Movie Written By Syracuse Couple To Premiere On Lifetime

This Christmas season if you catch the movie "A Very Nutty Christmas" on Lifetime, you now will know it's written by a Central New York couple.

The movie starring Melissa Joan Hart and Barry Watson, will make its world premiere on Friday, November 30th at 8PM on the Lifetime channel. The script was written by Juliet and Keith Giglio, who are a pair of professional screenwriters who currently live in Manlius.

Syracuse.com reports they pair is no stranger to writing movies:

This is the first movie she's written together with Keith Giglio, her husband of 29 years, since moving from Los Angeles to Syracuse six and a half years ago. Their credits include projects like "Joshua," "Noah," "Return to Halloweentown," "Tarzan" and "Pizza My Heart." Keith Giglio also worked on Disney's "A Cinderella Story" and "Another Cinderella Story.""

So what is this Christmas movie about? It's all about a hard-working bakery owner Kate Holiday (Melissa Joan Hart), who has more cookie orders than she has time to fill. Her boyfriend suddenly breaks up with her, and puts a huge damper on the holiday season. So why is it nutty?

After Kate hangs the last ornament on the tree and goes to bed, she awakens the next morning to a little bit of Christmas magic. She gets the surprise of her life when Chip (Barry Watson), a handsome soldier who may or may not be the Nutcracker Prince from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, appears in her living room. "

Again, you can catch this November 30th on Lifetime. Juliet and Keith Giglio are screenwriting professors at SUNY Oswego and the Newhouse School at Syracuse University, respectively.