Christmas in Boston

They’ve been pen pals since they were kids, but when fate offers Gina and Seth the chance to meet, they send their good looking best friends instead., Gina and Seth are best friends yet they have never met. Pen pals since they were kids, the only thing they haven’t shared with each are their photographs. When they finally exchange them, the equally shy scribes send each other pictures of their friends. All is well until Seth visits Gina’s hometown of Boston and suggests the unthinkable., Two pen pals who have written to each other since childhood finally get the chance to meet face to face. The only problem is that when they exchanged pictures, both sent a photo of their best friend instead. Confusion ensues as both correspondents try to coerce their friends into posing as them., Ever since Junior High, Gina (Marla Sokoloff) has been carrying on a pen-pal friendship with Seth (Patrick J. Adams). Now fully grown, Gina is a journalist living in Boston, while Seth is a toy-company executive. When Seth shows up in Beantown for a conference, one would think that he’d be looking forward to being interviewed by Gina, whom he’s never seen–and that Gina would feel the same way. Trouble is, self-conscious Gina has for all these years been sending along pictures of her friend Ellen (Lindy Booth) in her letters to Seth, while Seth has been sending pictures of his friend Matt (Jonathan Cherry). Terrified that Seth won’t like her if he finds out what she really looks like, Gina sends Ellen in her place for the interview–while Seth, suffering similar fears, prevails upon Matt to impersonate him. Given this set-up, and taking into consideration the title of this made-for-TV movie, no one should be unduly surprised by the outcome of the story! Christmas in Boston made its ABC Family channel bow on December 14, 2005., Gina and Seth are longtime pals who’ve communicated only in writing. Finally, they get a chance to meet, but the equally shy duo both send their more confident best friends in their place., Two pen pals who have written to each other since childhood finally get the chance to meet face to face. The only problem is that when they exchanged pictures, both sent a photo of their best friend instead. Confusion ensues as both correspondents coerce their friends into posing as them.