Flight Attendant reported a landing gear malfunction required a return to the field.

Narrative

Around XA45 while in flight; in cruise; Captain calls and informs Person A and I that we have a situation in which the nose gear is not functioning properly and that it's still down. That we will be landing in 20 minutes; but he's going to circle to get rid of some fuel and hear back from Tower on what to do next. He will call back shortly with an update; for Person A and I to remain seated until he calls back to give us further instructions and information. We complete our procedure and hang up. Person A then calls me and we synchronize our watches and talk about what we plan on doing once the Captain calls back with further instructions. By this time it's XA51; 14 minutes left before we land. Around XA58; Captain comes on the PA and informs passengers of the situation. States we're heading back to ZZZ; due to nose gear issue; but it will be a normal landing. XA59; Captain calls to Person A and myself; repeats normal landing; all gears are down; including the nose gear; all lights show green; we should now be landing in 10 minutes. We repeat procedure; Person A ask Captain is it okay to make our announcements now; he states 'Yes' and set clocks now to 9 minutes; which is XB01. Person A does the announcement; we do compliance check and walk through. After accessing outside; we noticed we still had time and we made the before landing announcement. Did another compliance check; after that we took our seats. By that time it was XB10; landed at XB20. Normal landing as stated by the Captain; arrived to gate; and then deplane. End up switching aircraft and departing out of another gate.