** The Christmas Note

Lighthouse Pictures,

Lynda Boyd, Nicola Cavendish, Jessie Fraser, Leah Gibson, Zachary Gulka, Paul Herbert, Dylan Kingwell, Kelsey Marsland-Anderson, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Greg Vaughan, William Vaughan, Gelsy Wong


Gretchen Daniels (Jamie-Lynn Sigler) has moved back home with her young son without her serviceman husband who is deployed overseas. She is sick of moving around and misses her husband, but her son misses his Dad more and writes a note for Santa with only one wish. He wishes Dad could make it home for Christmas. When a man arrives at the house looking for the next door neighbor who isn’t home, he drops the bombshell that he is her neighbor’s estranged Mother’s landlord. He also asks her to tell the neighbor that her mother has died and all her possessions must be out of the host by Friday. When she visits Melissa (Leah Gibson) she befriends her and offers her a hand to go remove her mother’s stuff from the apartment. She finds out the story of why she hasn’t spoken to her Mother in 10 years and didn’t even know she was living in the same town. But when they find a note her mother wrote, she learns that her mother had a child that was adopted before her, and she sets out to find her sibling. But after 20 years or so the trail is cold, but the ladies head out on a quest to find her missing unknown sibling.(

This is a really heavy tear-jerker of a Christmas film with so many coincidences coming true that it gets almost sickening sweet. There are so many plot points that wrap up in the most unbelievable way, that nobody’s life could turn out this perfect. But I guess that is what the ladies love in a holiday romance film. This is truly a girl’s film, and for those who love their stories sweet and sappy and wrapped up with a pink bow and delivered on Christmas Eve, this is one of those films. Guys beware. If you are tricked into spending a couple hours watching this you’ll have different kinds of tears in your eyes too. I found it too sweet for my taste so I wasn’t overwhelmed by the emotions of this buddy film, but I am sure there are people who will love this genre, so don’t let my manly opinion scare you off. It’s a true Christmas mystery story that ends up quite heavenly.

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RHI Entertainment

Natalie Hall, Dylan Bruce, Greg Vaughan, Ryan Wynott, Bobby Campo, Amanda Foreman, Charles Shaughnessy, Anika Noelle, Dannika Liddell


Love’s Christmas Journey is the story of recently widowed Ellie King (Natalie Hall), who while still mourning the loss of her husband, travels to visit her brother Aaron Davis (Greg Vaughan) who is sheriff in the small town of Haddenton. Aaron has two small children, and Ellie takes care of the kids, reading stories to them, and trying to make friends and enjoy the holidays. When a young man is falsely blamed for burning down the mayor’s barn, Ellie steps in and defies the town and proclaims the boy innocent. Then Aaron turns up missing, and is nowhere to be found. Everyone is praying for a holiday miracle to resolve the problems and bring Aaron back home in time for Christmas Day.

This is a brand new Hallmark Christmas Special and is not available yet other than on TV. It’s a long film, 4 hours, done in two parts. It’s a great story of trust and values, and a really great western adventure. There’s a lot of action and excitement, and it’s a very good holiday tale.

This will no doubt be available next year, but if you get a chance to watch this one on TV this holiday season, keep an eye out for it. It’s a heartwarming tale. As the first holiday film of the year, it makes me look forward to the ones that will follow. What a good start to Christmas 2011.

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