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Front Street Pictures,

Ashley Williams, Teddy Sears, Holly Robinson Peete, Jaeda Lily Miller, Marcus Rosner, Barbara Niven, Malcolm Stewart, Keith Martin Gordey

Allie Shaw (Ashley Williams) is from a little town in Vermont named Evergreen. Evergreen is another one of those little towns that just loves Christmas. Allie is a veterinarian and has always run the town’s Christmas Pageant. But she passed this year as she plans to move to Washington to be with her long time boyfriend Spencer (Marcus Rosner) and to a new job in a large clinic. Meanwhile, Ryan, (Teddy Sears) and his little girl Zoe (Jaeda Lily Miller) are on their way to Florida for a Christmas cruise to get away from the pain of losing Zoe’s Mom on the previous Christmas. Ryan and Zoe are also stranded, so Allie offers to bring them back to Evergreen as there are no rooms open in the city since the airport is closed. When things begin to warm up between Allie and Ryan, Spencer joins them to convince Allie to come to Washington. All this and a magical snow globe bring us the merriest of Christmas movies.

This is a very well done Christmas film with just about everything you could ask for. If you love Christmas romance movies, then you can’t miss with this one, that’s for sure. Ashley Williams is really good and gives a great performance. The rivalry between the guys is well played out too, but Jaeda Lily Miller really steals the show with a wonderful performance as a little girl who just wants to remember Christmas as it was instead of running away like her father is trying to do. She is really charming and an excellent little actress with a bright future. But the cast is rounded out by a number of other interesting characters. The downside of this film is that it is very predictable, but that’s as it has to be. If you’re looking with something with a bit more challenge, then this probably isn’t for you, but if you’re looking for another extremely well done Christmas movie with all the movie cliche’s, this is perhaps the best one I’ve seen this year.

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Michael G. Larkin Productions,

Jonathan Scarfe, Wanda Cannon, Jennifer Finnigan, Candice-May Langlois, Francis X. McCarthy, Chloe McClay, Jessica Rose, Holly Robinson Peete, Nelson Wong

Susan (Jennifer Finnigan) is a newspaper copy editor who had dreams of being a writer. She is offered the opportunity of writing a piece about an antique Christmas angel that was carver by her great-grandfather. Susan writes down the facts that she knows about the object, and the editor is quite impressed, but in order to get the article in the paper, she has to complete it by Christmas Eve. But she’s got to learn more about the rest of the story and find a ending or else it can’t be published. But she runs into a fellow named Brady (Jonathan Scarfe) who seems to be everywhere, and who is intent on getting her to loosen up a little bit and regain some of her Christmas spirit. But as she grows closer to Brady, there are some secrets waiting to unfold to help her find an ending to her story.

This is a very lovely little tale all surrounding one object, the angel tree topper. There is a stunning story around this and the plot twists and turns through a maze of facts as Susan learns bit by bit the history of this magical piece. The script is well written and it’s a fresh Christmas story. This is actually a fast paced and exiting story with a lot of surprises. Very well performed, the casting is good, the setting is good, and the surprise ending (although you’ll probably figure it out before it happens) is well done. This was an enjoyable experience, so give it a shot.

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