The Christmas Orphans Club

DEBUT Host of the Bad on Paper podcast, Freeman makes her debut with a holiday story of four friends who always celebrate Christmas together, through the many ups and downs of their lives—until their potentially last Christmas together in NYC in 2019. The first holiday together for the founding friend duo, Hannah and Finn, was in 2008. The only ones on campus during winter break (Hannah because she’s an orphan and Finn because he wasn’t welcome home after coming out to his family), they had a magical Christmas together. After graduation and their move to NYC, Hannah’s roommate Priya was added to the group and then Theo, whom Finn brought home from a gay bar one night. Now they’re planning one last Christmas together as jobs and significant others pull the four in different directions. Finn might also finally tell Theo how he really feels about him. While everyone gets a happy ending, the story is less about romance and more about friends growing up during their twenties against the backdrop of a fondly portrayed NYC.