Shavick Entertainment, Saban Entertainment
Mimi Rogers, Rob Stewart, Stella Stevens, Bill Switzer, Marla Maples, Enuka Okuma, Jano Frandsen, Andrew Johnston
Melody Parris (Mimi Rogers) is a perfume saleslady at a department store. She has a unique skill of identifying the exact perfume to match a person. No one else has this skill. When it’s time for a new department head to be chosen, she is passed by for the job. Her boyfriend is a boring guy who will never commit, they have been dating forever. Melody thinks her life is in a rut. She makes an impossible Christmas List of what she wants for Christmas thinking it’s just a silly pastime, but her friend throws it into Santa’s mailbox at the store. Suddenly the list of wishes start coming true, but nothing comes true in the way she expected. Melody is in for a wild ride!
A little boy comes into the store to buy the exact perfume for his mom. Mom has passed away, but he wants to perfume to remind him of her. But he doesn’t have enough money to buy it, so Melody loans him the money on an IOU. Melody’s Mom has come down to visit too and Natalie (Stella Stevens) just seems to want to put her down and complain about her lousy boyfriend. Every time she hears bells, another wish on the list comes true.
This is a cute and family friendly Christmas Tale. The way the wishes come true is very clever, and it’s fun to watch how each item on the list comes true in a different way than you would expect. But the relationships between the characters and the chemistry they have make it a very enjoyable Christmas movie. I have seen this one a number of times, but it still is amusing watching the wishes come true! This one is a joy each year.
** The Christmas List (1997),
