I Hate Christmas

*I Hate Christmas*
I Hate Christmas
Italian	Odio il Natale
Genre	Romantic comedy
Based on	Home for Christmas
Written by	Elena Bucaccio; Viola Rispoli; Silvia Leuzzi;
Directed by	Davide Mardegan; Clemente De Muro;
Starring	Pilar Fogliati; Beatrice Arnera; Fiorenza Pieri; Massimo Rigo; Sabrina Paravicini; Simonetta Solder; Glen Blackhall; Alan Cappelli Goetz; Alessio Praticò; Cecilia Bertozzi; Marzia Ubaldi; Nicolas Maupas;
Country of origin	Italy
Original language	Italian
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producers	Daniele Passani; Corrado Trionfera;
Producers	Matilde Bernabei; Luca Bernabei;
Running time	28–39 minutes
Production company	Lux Vide
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	7 December 2022 –; present

I Hate Christmas (Italian: Odio il Natale) is an Italian romantic comedy television series based on the Norwegian series Home for Christmas. It was first released on Netflix on 7 December 2022.

Plot

Gianna is a nurse from Chioggia who is happily single but determined to avoid the usual questioning about her love life during the holidays, so she devises a plan to find a boyfriend to take home for Christmas.

Cast

Main

Pilar Fogliati as Gianna
Beatrice Arnera as Titti
Fiorenza Pieri as Margherita
Massimo Rigo as Pietro
Sabrina Paravicini as Marta
Simonetta Solder as the caposala
Glen Blackhall as Umberto
Alan Cappelli Goetz as Diego
Alessio Praticò as Mario
Cecilia Bertozzi as Caterina

Recurring

Marzia Ubaldi as Matilde Castoldi
Nicolas Maupas as Davide
Marco Rossetti as Carlo
Marcos Piacentini as Thomas
Gabriele Falsetta as Patrizio
Giovanni Anzaldo as Nicola
Giorgia Boscolo Todaro as Lisa
Riccardo Boscolo Todaro as Giacomo
Federico Calistri as Giulio
Raniero Monaco di Lapio as Francesco
Andrea Di Stefano as Dante Crisanti
Raffele Esposito as Genny
Gabriella D'Este as Gabriella
Luigi Gallo as Guido
Giulia Gonella as Silvia
Astrid Meloni as Nina

Episodes

Series overview

Series	Episodes	Originally released
Series	Episodes	First released	Last released
1	6	7 December 2022 (2022-12-07)
2	6	7 December 2023 (2023-12-07)

Season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Duration	Original release date
1	1	"The Big Christmas Lie" (La grande bugia di Natale)	31 min	7 December 2022 (2022-12-07)
2	2	"Bicycles" (Biciclette)	36 min	7 December 2022 (2022-12-07)
3	3	"You're Special" (Tu sei speciale)	29 min	7 December 2022 (2022-12-07)
4	4	"Perspectives" (Punti di vista)	28 min	7 December 2022 (2022-12-07)
5	5	"The Party's Over" (La festa è finita)	28 min	7 December 2022 (2022-12-07)
6	6	"Like a Nativity Scene" (Come in un presepe)	39 min	7 December 2022 (2022-12-07)

Season 2

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Duration	Original release date
7	1	"Queen Christmas" (La regina del Natale)	32 min	7 December 2023 (2023-12-07)
8	2	"Anyone Will Do" (Uno qualunque)	32 min	7 December 2023 (2023-12-07)
9	3	"Everyone but Me" (Tutti tranne me)	33 min	7 December 2023 (2023-12-07)
10	4	"Onwards and Upwards" (Avanti tutta)	35 min	7 December 2023 (2023-12-07)
11	5	"A Guarded Heart" (Cuore in formaldeide)	29 min	7 December 2023 (2023-12-07)
12	6	"Santa's Sleigh" (La slitta di Babbo Natale)	35 min	7 December 2023 (2023-12-07)

Production

The series was filmed in Chioggia, Venice, and Susegana.^[1]^[2] It was renewed for a second season in February 2023.^[3]

References

^ Degan, Diego (10 December 2023). "Il cinema scopre i gioielli del Veneto, su Netflix "Odio il Natale 2": due tonnellate e mezzo di sale per imbiancare Chioggia. I segreti del set". Il Gazzettino (in Italian). Retrieved 11 December 2023.
^ Terranova, Giorgia (9 December 2022). "Odio il Natale dov'è stato girato? Le location della serie natalizia di Netflix". Cinematographe (in Italian). Retrieved 11 December 2023.
^ Ciarlante, Marianna (8 February 2023). "Odio il Natale 2 ci sarà. Netflix rinnova la prima serie italiana natalizia". Today (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.

External links

I Hate Christmas on Netflix
I Hate Christmas on IMDb

[1] Degan, Diego (10 December 2023). "Il cinema scopre i gioielli del Veneto, su Netflix "Odio il Natale 2": due tonnellate e mezzo di sale per imbiancare Chioggia. I segreti del set". Il Gazzettino (in Italian). Retrieved 11 December 2023.

[2] Terranova, Giorgia (9 December 2022). "Odio il Natale dov'è stato girato? Le location della serie natalizia di Netflix". Cinematographe (in Italian). Retrieved 11 December 2023.

[3] Ciarlante, Marianna (8 February 2023). "Odio il Natale 2 ci sarà. Netflix rinnova la prima serie italiana natalizia". Today (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.

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