I Hate Christmas

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.

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	December 7, 2022 (2022-12-07) – December 7, 2023 (2023-12-07)

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
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]