Chili’s gets into holiday spirits for National Margarita Day 2025 – Orange County Register

A woman in the big city returns to her hometown just in time to stop a holiday crisis and rediscover an old love.

Sound like a basic cable Christmas movie? Close, but no cinnamon stick.

It’s “I’ll Be Home for National Margarita Day,” a collaboration between Chili’s Grill & Bar and Lifetime.

It stars Maria Menounos and Taye Diggs. It hits many of the TV movie tropes, including ruthless developers, sympathetic mothers and ugly sweaters.

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The 15-minute rom-com will debut at 10 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 and will stream on mylifetime.com, YouTube and social media beginning Thursday, Feb. 20.

All of this leads up to actual National Margarita Day, which takes place Saturday, Feb. 22.

Chili’s expects to serve a lot of drinks that day, including Tequila Trifectas for $5 at participating restaurants and its Margarita of the Month for $6. It’s called StrawEddy, made with Deep Eddy Lemon Vodka, Lunazul Blanco Tequila and strawberry puree.

Chili’s is also selling merchandise at welcometochilis.com, including a T-shirt like one by Diggs in the rom-com and, yes, ugly sweaters.

Other promotions include $10 margarita flights Feb. 22-27 at El Torito and Acapulco Restaurant y Cantina.