[2][3] Shelby Haygood is played by Sarah Lancaster and lives in Tennessee's Smokey Mountains with her parents.

At 17, her ex-boyfriend Mason, played by Alan Powell, left her to pursue a career as a country singer.

[4] Fast forward to the present day, the family's future is threatened when a land grabbing developer has the Haygood farm in his crosshairs.

Christmas in the Smokies follows the journey of how people come together for their neighbours and community.

The fight to save the farm ultimately helps Shelby and Mason reconnect, a couple who according to everyone in town were always meant for each other.