It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in western Nevada County, which means the decades-old community celebrations of Cornish Christmas in Grass Valley and Victorian Christmas in Nevada City.
Another more recently established local holiday tradition also returns this time of year — and can be enjoyed from the comfort of your own home. Once again, “The Christmas Card,” which went viral before “viral” was a thing, has been bringing tourists to town ever since it was first screened in 2006 in Nevada City.
“A US soldier named Cody Cullen (John Newton) receives a Christmas card from Faith Spelman (Alice Evans) while serving in Afghanistan,” states a description of the film. “The card gives Cody the strength to survive and inspires him to find Faith. When Cody returns to the US, he travels to Nevada City, California to meet Faith and her family. Cody falls in love with Faith, but she has a boyfriend named Paul (Ben Weber) who wants her to move away from her family.”
The movie can still be viewed today via on-demand streaming, including on UP Faith & Family Apple TV Channel, as well as other streaming options.
More media coverage of “The Christmas Card,” filmed in Nevada City:
The Union: ‘The Christmas Card’ continues to bring tourists to Nevada City”
Steve Cottrell: “How Nevada City became ‘The Christmas Card'”
Own ‘The Christmas Card’ home for $1.3 million in Grass Valley
