Hallmark's "Winter's Dream" & Overcoming Defeat

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Starring: Kristy Swanson and Dean Cain

Released: 2018

Summary: When a teenage downhill skier asks a former champion for help, the past winner-turned-coach gains new passion for the sport and a budding romance.

Don't you love when Hallmark movies feature veteran actors you've seen in prominent programs?

Did you place Kristy Swanson? She played Simone in Ferris Buehler's Day Off, Buffy in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Marlowe in the TV series Psych.

Although Dean Cain has been in over 100 movies, including several for Hallmark, he will always be best known as Superman from the 1990's series, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Despite his 54th birthday being just around the corner, he's still as handsome as ever.

The Pain of Defeat

Kat Miller (Swanson) is a former ski champion who has happily resigned herself to working in her father's ski shop, Heart of the Mountain. His business is struggling, however, because neighboring Epic Mountain is newer and attracting most of the tourists.

When teenager, Anna Decker, asks Kat to be her coach, it stirs up a lot of bad memories. Despite her skiing successes, the painful humiliation of wiping out in a past race paralyzes Kat from moving beyond instructing kids at the bunny slopes.

Isn't that how fear works? Fear keeps us from moving forward. It prevents us from fulfilling our dreams, using our talents, and walking in our destinies.

What's holding you back?

It only takes one criticism, one rejection, one mistake to shake our confidence and stop us in our tracks. We avoid risks to guard our hearts. Do you want to be plagued with thoughts of what might have been, if only. . .?

Kat's passion has always been skiing, but she squelches that spark to avoid potential failure, until she realizes the potential for success is worth the risk.

Is there something you've dreamed of doing but are afraid to try? Fight your fears with faith and the determination to succeed!

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What Coaching Style Do You Like Best?

Have you ever participated in a sport? What was your coach like?

Maddy Morrison is Bliss Valley's skiing celebrity, and she's back in town to coach a new generation of competitive skiers. She's a tough, harsh, and rigid taskmaster.

Kat's coaching style is just the opposite. She's encouraging, understanding, patient, and positive. She is creative in her instruction, incorporating marshmallows, music, and books into her lessons to get the desired result. Anna is much more responsive to Kat's style than Maddy's, which is why she convinces Kat to accept her as a student. It works--Anna finds the courage to try again after she falls, and she wins the race!

Which coaching method best matches your personality? Would you prefer strict and demanding or upbeat and relaxed?

Do You Ski?

Kat organizes Bliss Valley's Winterfest celebration (don't you love the tie-in to Hallmark's movie season?), and it's such a booming success that the right people notice and decide to hold the Junior Nationals in Bliss Valley instead of Epic. The local businesses are saved!

Winter's Dream makes you feel like you're on the slopes, too. Did you know that according to 2017 statistics, 14.94 million Americans enjoy skiing?

Skiers carry torches down the mountain at the conclusion of the Winterfest celebration, and it looks gorgeous against the night sky. For me, holding a torch while skiing would end badly, so I'll just watch it on Hallmark.

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