Based on the New York Times best-selling Christmas novel by Wally Lamb comes the new Christmas classic, starring Molly Ringwald and featuring Chevy Chase as the narrator. Set in the 1960s, Wishin’ and Hopin’ is the story of 10-year-old Felix Funicello (Wyatt Ralff, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby), who is doing his best to navigate fifth grade at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Parochial School. His father (Danny Nucci, The Fosters) runs the local diner, and their family’s claim to fame is their cousin, Annette Funicello (Krysta Rodriguez, Smash), the famous teen star and Mouseketeer. With the dreaded Christmas pageant on the horizon, the holiday season gets even more exciting with the sudden arrivals of a substitute teacher (Ringwald) and a feisty Russian student, Zhenya, and promises to be one Christmas Felix will never forget. Also stars Meat Loaf (Fight Club), Annabella Sciorra (CSI), Cheri Oteri (Saturday Night Live), Conchata Ferrell (Two and a Half Men) and Camila Banus (Days of Our Lives).
天涯飘萍生（Donatino），《天涯小筑》的作者兼创始人，资深博客作家，在国内较早开展英语电视剧集（美国、加拿大、英国和澳大利亚剧集）的介绍、新闻翻译、点评及推广等工作，并写有大量电视知识专题介绍文章。代表作品包括：《科幻与电视》、《美剧入门》、《一部电视剧集是怎样“炼成”的》、年度《年终特稿》、年度《节目完全指南》等。从2006年至今，天涯飘萍生翻译了95%英语电视剧集的专题介绍资料和官方新闻稿，转发了90%英语电视剧集的预告片、片花、花絮、访谈和宣传片等视频。天涯飘萍生还曾参与字幕翻译工作，代表作品包括：《暗域魔舰》、《探索者传说》、《时间旅人》、《星际之门：宇宙》、《远古入侵》、《梅林传奇》、《恐龙帝国》、《无敌女金刚》、《异种战士》、《武神公主西娜》、《巴克罗杰斯在二十五世纪》等。
