Hallmark movie with gay couple as leads: Jonathan Bennett and George Krissa to star in “The Holiday Sitter”

At last.

A same-sex couple will be the main attraction in a Hallmark Channel holiday movie for the first time.

Here is a synopsis: Sam (Jonathan Bennett) is a workaholic bachelor who babysits his niece and nephew before the holidays when his sister (Chelsea Hobbs) and her husband have to go out of town. Completely out of his element, he recruits help from their handsome neighbor Jason (George Krissa) and finds himself in an unexpected romance.

Bennett wrote on Instagram t5oday: “The Holiday Sitter” will make history as the first Leading Gay Couple in a Hallmark Christmas movie EVER! Words can’t describe what it feels like to have Executive Produced and starred in such an incredible story that will mean so much to so many! A HUGE APPLAUSE to @hallmarkchannel and all the leadership and executives, they not only believed in this story but took such good care of it championed it wholeheartedly the entire process. Dec 11 will be a very special day.