Home for Christmas poster

Home for Christmas(2019)

Also known as 聖誕尋伴

Archived · Netflix

7.7148 eps
S03
ComedyDramaRomance
ON AIR: DEC 12Season 3Archived listing

What to Expect

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Home for Christmas moves briskly through awkward dates, setups, and embarrassing encounters, using an Advent countdown to give its romantic misadventures a deadline. The comedy comes from well-meaning meddling as much as dating mishaps, while a slightly bittersweet tone leaves room for loneliness beneath the hopeful search for love.

Snow and twinkling lights give Johanne’s small Norwegian town a cozy Christmas backdrop, but family dinners bring uncomfortable questions about her love life. Her work as a nurse adds a hospital setting alongside the holiday gatherings. Exes, new flames, and friends complicate the search for a partner, with the pressure to produce a picture-perfect family Christmas never far away.

Best for

cozy holiday romance, awkward dating comedy and Comedy

Story lane

Comedy and Drama

Commitment

Season 3 · 8 episodes

Where

Netflix

Official Premise

When the constant comments on her single status and society's expectations of the perfect family Christmas finally get to 30-year-old Johanne, she starts a 24-day hunt for a partner to bring home for Christmas.

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