The stars ofThe Facts of Lifeare coming back together, just in time for Christmas!
Lisa Whelchel,Mindy CohnandNancy McKeonwill reunite in the Christmas movieYou Light Up My Christmas, premiering Dec.1 on Lifetime as part of the channel’s “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” programming.
The holiday movie’s executive producer and star Kim Fields — who describes these cast members as her “sisters” — is the one who invited her fellow child actresses to get on board.
“It’s been amazing to work together again and have the ladies’ input on their characters from their wardrobe to names, as well as provide fun inside jokes for fans,” Fields, 50, tells PEOPLE in a statement. “I also had the production name the ice-skating rink in the movie after our dear friend,Charlotte Rae, who passed away last year (and played Edna Garrett on bothThe Facts of LifeandDiff’rent Strokes). We truly are a family so it was great to work together on something new!”
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To her horror, she finds that the lights in the once festive town have gone dim — prompting her to reconnect with a former flame (Adrian Holmes) and reignite the town with holiday cheer.
The Facts of Liferan from 1979-1988 and followed a group of girls living at an all-female boarding school: Blair (Whelchel), Tootie (Fields), Natalie (Cohn) and Jo (McKeon).
Lifetime’s annual all-day holiday programming event — “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” —begins on Oct. 25 and continues through Dec. 25.
It features a holiday special and 30 holiday-themed movie premieres.
source: people.com
