Have you seen the Hallmark movie The Christmas Card? The movie stars Ed Asner, John Newtown and Alice Evans and takes place in Nevada City during the holidays. The Outside Inn has hosted a number of movie fans from near and far over the last 5 years, so I decided it was time to make a locations map and help those who are looking for some of the picturesque spots from the film. To help with the photo mission I brought along Carla Bonetti, of Nevada County Escapes.
Our first stop was 49 Crossing of the South Yuba River. In the film there’s a Veteran’s Memorial at this location, please note that the memorial doesn’t exist in real life, but you can still see the spot where the couple kissed down by the river.
Our next stop was the lumber mill in the film, which is Kubich Lumber Company in Grass Valley. An intriguing site to see, the out of the way mill is an active working mill, please contact them direclty if you’re interested in visiting.
We then returned to downtown Nevada City, picking up our handy locations list from the Outside Inn and walked downtown. Our first stop was the Methodist Church at the top of Broad Street.
Next up we walked down the street and visited the National Hotel and the Nevada City Classic Cafe (known as Curly Fries in the film).
And our last stop was the location of the Christmas Tree lot in the movie, which doesn’t really exist in downtown Nevada City, but you can visit the corner of North Pine Street and Broad Street to see where it was filmed (just behind where these photos were taken). If you’re not familiar with the area please feel free to stop by the Outside Inn for our new map of all of these locations. If you haven’t seen the movie you can buy it online or check the Hallmark Movie Channel for times.
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Thanks for taking me along on this fun, rain day adventure.
I appreciate the shout out for Nevada County Escapes! This will be a great little tour for those who love The Christmas Card!
[...] A tour of locations is here. [...]
Just saw this movie last night, your photos are beautiful and I can see just where everything is…
Jen says: That’s awesome- will have to look for the movie!
Very cool, thanks for the virtual tour. I recently visited the log cabin for a recent wedding reception. The owner of the home (a local doctor) was telling us how they (producer and director) left everything in place. He said it was pretty surreal watching Ed Asner in his front yard with the snow and sled as he was sitting on his deck sipping on hot cider…all while asking himself…”is this really happening?”
Thank you for this wonderful tour. My husband and I are planning a trip to Nevada City sometime in 2013. I started to do the research but see you have done all the work for us. Thank you very much, This information is very helpful.
Maria says: I saw the Movie 3 times already and I can seeing it again and again is so Beutiful, all the amaising places in Nevada City, It feels so peacefuI. My Husband and I are planning a trip to Nevada City and visit all those places in the Movie.
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Thanks for taking me along on this fun, rain day adventure.
I appreciate the shout out for Nevada County Escapes! This will be a great little tour for those who love The Christmas Card!
[...] A tour of locations is here. [...]
Just saw this movie last night, your photos are beautiful and I can see just where everything is…
That’s awesome- will have to look for the movie!
Very cool, thanks for the virtual tour. I recently visited the log cabin for a recent wedding reception. The owner of the home (a local doctor) was telling us how they (producer and director) left everything in place. He said it was pretty surreal watching Ed Asner in his front yard with the snow and sled as he was sitting on his deck sipping on hot cider…all while asking himself…”is this really happening?”
Thank you for this wonderful tour. My husband and I are planning a trip to Nevada City sometime in 2013. I started to do the research but see you have done all the work for us. Thank you very much, This information is very helpful.
I saw the Movie 3 times already and I can seeing it again and again is so Beutiful, all the amaising places in Nevada City, It feels so peacefuI. My Husband and I are planning a trip to Nevada City and visit all those places in the Movie.