ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS MIXER
When a laid-off TV host and her cameraman launch a live stream holiday baking challenge, they whip up viral success, community spirit, and an unexpected romance.
AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR THE CHRISTMAS MIXER
December 1, 2025 | LUV TV
CAST & CREW OF THE CHRISTMAS MIXER
Director: Marco Deufemia
Writer: Paula Tiberius
Cast:
Jonathan Stoddard as Sam Bailey
Leah White as Daria Wallace
BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS
Daria works at a local news channel with her cameraman Sam, until they don't. The station has to do some cuts and Daria and Sam get the ax. They're real sad but what can ya do. She takes a bunch of interviews with anything she can think of - podcasting, influencer liaison, things she's not passionate about. It's not going great. Sam calls her and he's experiencing the same thing. She invites him over to her parents' house for dinner and to just hang. He tries some cookies and is blown away. Apparently they have a family recipe box that gets passed down from generation to generation with all of the family recipes. He has an idea - an online channel where Daria makes her way through all of the holiday recipes in the box.
So they go live for the first day and make cookies and IT'S A HIT! For day 2, Sam comes out from behind the camera and the crowd goes wild. They love the chemistry between Daria and Sam. As they go on, all anyone really cares about is shipping Sam and Daria.
But then Sam gets an offer to be head camera operator. He tells Daria and she's like you have to do this. Sam is like but there's still 7 recipes left. Daria says she wants him to go and then shakes his hand.
Everyone is mad that he's gone and the BBQ guy is like WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL HIM TO STAY?!?! HE LOVES YOUUUUU.
For the final live stream bake, she gets all up in her feels thinking about Sam. To cheer herself up, she takes the show on the road to do the final bake at her mom's house. Sam shows up and shoots his shot LIVE ON AIR and they kiss and the crowd is pumped.