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Like everyone else, I\u2019d been doing all I could to hold things together during the pandemic lockdown<\/a>, especially for our four-year-old daughter, Julia, but I couldn\u2019t always hide my anxiety. Life as we\u2019d known it had changed in so many ways. Here it was the middle of summer, and hopefully I\u2019d soon be able to go back to work on my next Hallmark Christmas movie, Christmas Waltz, <\/em>but the joy of the holidays felt miles away.<\/p>\n

Matchmaker Santa; Love, Romance & Chocolate; Pride, Prejudice and Mistletoe<\/em>\u2014those movies always made people happy and, I hoped, reassured them that things would turn out for the best. More than ever, I saw the importance of making movies that bring some light into the world, but lately I\u2019d been missing that Yuletide<\/a> feeling.<\/p>\n

\"Lacey
As seen in the November 2020
\n issue of Guideposts<\/em> magazine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I worried about my loved ones, especially my parents. I was concerned for their health and well-being. In normal times, I visit them in Texas as often as I can. Not now. Not since last Christmas<\/a>, when we all got together. When the anxiety of sheltering in place was wearing on me, I had to remind myself that it\u2019s okay to not be okay and to simply say to God, \u201cI\u2019m afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n

I grew up in Purvis, Mississippi, on 20 acres, near my mom\u2019s parents, Nanny and Papaw. First thing in the morning, Mom would open the back door and we\u2019d dash out, making forts, dreaming up shows, racing through the sprinklers, bouncing on the trampoline. I would put on plays and musicals with my two older sisters and younger brother. We\u2019d invite our grandparents, hand out programs, even serve snacks.<\/p>\n

Was I thinking about pursuing a career as a performer? Not back then. All I knew was, I loved to sing and dance and make people smile<\/a>. It was just something in me, I guess.<\/p>\n

My parents must have seen that too. We went to New York the summer I was seven. I did a few auditions, got an agent. All at once what I did for fun at home, I was doing in front of a camera: TV commercials, a part on the soap opera All My Children. <\/em>After auditioning a few times, I was cast as young Cosette in the Broadway musical Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/a>. <\/em>I loved singing her song, \u201cCastle on a Cloud.\u201d<\/p>\n

I was also the understudy for Gavroche, the boy\u2019s role, an exciting and demanding role that I hadn\u2019t quite finished learning. On my tenth birthday, I walked into the theater with cupcakes, excited to celebrate with the other kids backstage. The stage manager met me at the theater door; the two boys were out and I would have to go on as Gavroche. They tucked my hair under a hat, put me in the costume. No time to get worried or scared. The show must go on!<\/p>\n

The cast was so supportive, discreetly guiding me through the choreography. I sang my heart out and did my best. It was a thrill and a joy to face that challenge. Whenever I get intimidated or nervous about things now, I remember that moment. How to deal with your fears<\/a>? Go right through them. Ask for support, believe in yourself and trust God.<\/p>\n

We couldn\u2019t always get home to Mississippi to be with Nanny and Papaw on the actual day of Thanksgiving<\/a> or Christmas. But then I\u2019d already gotten used to that. Dad worked offshore for an oil company, on a week, then off a week. If his shift coincided with the holidays, no problem. We\u2019d just move the celebration!<\/p>\n

Dad\u2019s Cajun, and we enjoyed his seafood jambalaya<\/a> at Thanksgiving and his gumbo with potato salad and rice on Christmas Eve\u2014or whenever we celebrated the holidays. Between Dad\u2019s amazing Cajun cooking and Mom\u2019s incredible Southern food, family gatherings always centered around a delicious meal. My favorite dish is the sweet potato casserole, my great-grandmother\u2019s recipe<\/a>. Some people put marshmallows on top, but I\u2019m partial to my family\u2019s brown sugar pecan topping.<\/p>\n

On Christmas Eve, Dad would read us the Nativity story<\/a> out of the Bible. Then my siblings and I would sleep in the same room because we were so excited about Santa coming. We\u2019d wake up at the crack of dawn, but the rule was, you couldn\u2019t look at the presents until Mom and Dad were up too. We\u2019d knock on their door. \u201cIt\u2019s too early!\u201d they\u2019d say. \u201cGo back to bed.\u201d Five minutes later, we\u2019d be pounding at their door and they\u2019d get up.<\/p>\n

Nothing was more magical than seeing the Christmas tree<\/a> lit up with presents beneath it. If I close my eyes, I can feel the magic now.<\/p>\n

We\u2019d have Christmas at our house first, then at Nanny\u2019s house. One year, my sister Wendy and I crawled under Nanny\u2019s tree, decorated with all her handmade ornaments, the snowmen and Santa Claus sparkling with red and white sequins. We grabbed a present and unwrapped it\u2014probably the most rebellious thing I ever did as a kid.<\/p>\n

We were really careful about undoing all the tape without ripping the paper. We took a peek, then wrapped the present back up\u2014equally carefully, we thought. We were found out, of course, because no one wrapped a present as beautifully as my dear grandmother.<\/p>\n

The holidays hold my most treasured childhood memories<\/a>\u2014times of togetherness and deep love\u2014so maybe it\u2019s no wonder that stories centered around the holidays would be such a big part of my career now.<\/p>\n

True, the movies usually have to be shot at different times of year. Sometimes the snow is real, but more often it\u2019s this mixture similar to soap bubbles blown out of a fan. And there\u2019s this other kind of snow that\u2019s made out of what looks like mashed potato flakes. Once I got so much caught in my hair, it looked as if I were wearing a hat made of snow! Let\u2019s just say we had to do that take of the scene again.<\/p>\n

Sadly, Nanny and Papaw are no longer with us, so this past year we spent Christmas at my parents\u2019 home in Texas. We gathered together\u2014my siblings and their families, my husband and Julia and me. Christmas Eve, we sat around the tree in my parents\u2019 living room, everyone in their pajamas. We played a silly white elephant game. We laughed and laughed.<\/p>\n

Then, before everyone went to bed, we settled down and listened to my dad read the Nativity story<\/a>, just as he did when I was little. It was a nostalgic moment. Simple and beautiful and full of love. It\u2019s a feeling I hope to infuse in all of my Christmas movies.<\/p>\n

Then the pandemic hit. My husband, Julia and I had to stay home in southern California. We couldn\u2019t travel to see Mom and Dad. I couldn\u2019t stop worrying about them. My mom is Julie\u2014Julia is named after her\u2014and my dad is Tony. They were high school sweethearts. He was the quarterback on the Purvis football team, and she was the head cheerleader and yearbook photographer. A picture-perfect couple if there ever was one.<\/p>\n

Instead of visiting, I was calling them every day, having groceries delivered so they didn\u2019t have to leave the house. It was difficult not to worry, but that\u2019s when I realized that my worry didn\u2019t mean a lack of faith. I just needed to lean deeper into my faith in God. Even when we can\u2019t see the light at the end of the tunnel, because of God\u2019s faithfulness<\/a> we can still trust that it is there.<\/p>\n

People have messaged me on Instagram, talked to me at Christmas Con, telling me how a particular film has offered them the comfort they needed in a tough time. I put my heart into my roles and always try to bring in a bit of my personal life. I even wore my own wedding dress in A Royal Christmas. <\/em><\/p>\n

A few years back, when Mom had to be hospitalized (she\u2019s fine now), a relative of another patient recognized me. \u201cWould you please say hello to my sister?\u201d she asked. \u201cIt would mean so much to her.\u201d I was glad to. I don\u2019t think people realize just how much these conversations actually mean to me.<\/em><\/p>\n

If my work could bring such comfort to others, with God\u2019s help, why couldn\u2019t I find it for myself? The sadness and heaviness in the world under lockdown was really getting to me.<\/p>\n

One day in July, I was snuggling with Julia on the sofa. She was missing her friends, missing normal life. \u201cMom,\u201d she asked, \u201ccan we make it Christmas now?\u201d I looked out the window, palm trees blowing in a warm breeze. Things are always green in California, but this was months away from Christmas.<\/p>\n

Then I remembered how we moved the holidays around when I was a kid, for Dad and his work schedule, for me and my work schedule, for us. Christmas<\/a>, Thanksgiving, they could come any time of year, couldn\u2019t they, especially when you needed them most?<\/p>\n

\u201cYes,\u201d I said. \u201cLet\u2019s do it.\u201d Wasn\u2019t the message of Christmas meant to last all year long? It could be celebrated no matter the season\u2014with mashed potato flakes for snow if need be!<\/p>\n

I found a tiny tree, and we took it to Julia\u2019s room. She decorated it with her favorite little toys. We flipped on the twinkly lights, and the tree looked ready for Santa to come any day now.<\/p>\n

During quarantine, I did a lot of decluttering<\/a>, looking through old boxes, emptying a storage unit. In the bottom of one box, I discovered a little pink Bible, my first one. I thumbed through it for the Nativity story, hearing it in my head the way Dad read it. There it was, the words I was looking for, the message, what the angel said to the shepherds and to Mary: \u201cFear not. I bring you good news of great joy.\u201d The peace, joy and hope that accompanied the birth of Jesus not only then but now and always.<\/p>\n

Try Lacey\u2019s recipe for Sweet Potato Casserole, passed down by her great-grandmother!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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