Make the Yuletide Gay (2009)

61% User Rating

1h 29min

The holidays get overly festive as Olaf "Gunn" Gunnunderson, an out-and-proud gay college student, crawls back into the closet to survive the holidays with his parents. But when his boyfriend, Nathan, shows up at their doorstep unannounced, Gunn must put on a charade to keep the relationship a secret. With pressure mounting from all sides, will Gunn come out before the truth does?

Rob WilliamsDirector

Cast

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Keith Jordan

Olaf 'Gunn' Gunnunderson

Wyatt Fenner

Thomas

Hallee Hirsh

Abby Mancuso

Kelly Keaton

Anya Gunnunderson

Derek Long

Sven Gunnunderson

Alison Arngrim

Heather Mancuso

Adamo Ruggiero

Nathan Stanford

Ian Buchanan

Peter Stanford

Gates McFadden

Martha Stanford

Massimo Quagliano

Diego

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CinemaSerf

Rating 60%

October 10, 2025

Now the obvious double-entendre in the title does not bode well... No, it's not a great film, but actually it is watchable. Two young lads are together at college but when one - "Gunn" (Keith Jordan) has to go home for the festivities, he reverts to his "straight" persona. His perfectly fashioned boyfriend "Thomas" (Wyatt Fenner) is abandoned by his disinterested family (his mother is "Dr. Crusher"!) so decides to visit his unsuspecting in-laws instead. Once he arrives, he has the status of a college room-mate and we follow some daft escapades as they try to keep the charade going whilst sneaking in the odd bit of nookie and poor old "Gunn" has to fend off the unwanted attentions of local girl "Abby" (Hallee Hirsch). It's all a bit of a stereotypical tale, but there are some fun contributions from mother Kelly Keaton (she has some fun with who sleeps where on the bunk beds!) and the writing is not always cringemaking. The ending - well, what do think is going to happen? It'a a Christmas film, after all - and not the worst I've ever seen either.