Whenever photos of the McNary family grandmother are shown, it is actress Barbara Niven that is shown as the grandmother in those photos. Barbara Niven plays no part in the movie.
Aired as the third of twenty-one original films in The Hallmark Channel's 2017 "Countdown to Christmas" lineup.
When Sam takes Holly to see the tree for the first time. She is taking pictures of the tree, she walks away from the tree to take pictures and the snow ripples and she doesn't leave footprints.
The car she drives into Wisconsin has Illinois plates, but this totally plausible. Chicago isn't far from Wisconsin, and it is certainly reasonable for Miss Christmas to either drive her own vehicle or rent a vehicle for the drive.
When Holly first goes to the farm, the car has Illinois licences plates in Wisconsin.