Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

XoWizIama Excellent adaptation.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Reno Rangan It's December, so TV channels are flooded with Christmas films. But this is not my first Christmas film of the season. And Hallmark films are easily a go for it. TV movies have simple stories, so don't they to surprise me all the time. To create a story around Christmas is not that easy, because there are hundred of films comes every year based on the same festival. How it all starts and ends are almost predictable, but topic on which it rides on is very important. This one was about the tree. The decorated tree in the city centre that delights all the Chicagoans. But its responsibility to make sure are things are taken care comes under a young woman named Holly aka Miss Christmas.Just a week to go, Holly has reached the source destination for her new tree, but trouble awaits. That the family who own the tree is divided over donating it for some sentimental reason. Now she has to convince them, and how she does that with other personal events unfolds in the rest of the film. Being an animal and tree lover, I hated her approach. I never support such cruel act, just to please someone to enjoy the festival by killing a tree. Not just one, billions of people do it around the world which brings catastrophe in nature every year. Apart from that, the film was average. A family film, particularly for the female audience.5/10

eapepin-01129 This one is no different. Hallmark churns these out like they have an assembly line. Grab a producer; then a director. Look thru the inventory of available actors (they pretty much use the same pool of about 25) and take the next three in the queue and book them. Make sure at least the producer or the screen writer and one of the movie leads is from Canada. That way you get the tax breaks from the Canadian Film Commission. That's why They shoot these in Canada. This one takes place in Klaus, Wisconsin? Don't think so. Doesn't exist. Unfortunately, they shoot their Christmas movies (like this one) in July and August. Hardly the snow season, hence the wet streets, free of snow and the fake stuff sitting on bushes and sidewalks. In this one, stock footage is used for wide shots of snow-covered towns and forests, except where the son is finding and cutting his first tree. Look at his feet and you can see the soap suds blowing around his feet. Hallmark does shoot some of its movies in cold locations, where you can actually see the actor's breath frosting as they speak. The movie "Christmas Cookies" is a good example, but that was shot in Utah.Nothing new happens in this movie. There are no surprises and there really is no drama. You know exactly what's going to happen and it does. Slight twist at the end, but nothing that's going to make you spill your milk and cookies while you watch. The only technical glitch was when he showed her the initials carved in the tree by his parents some 30 odd years ago. Just as clear and crisp as if they have just been carved, when, in reality, the chemical makeup of the tree would have treated that carving as a wound to its bark and would have secreted a chemical to heal itself, and after 30 years, made the carving unrecognizable.But hey, it's Hallmark, and if you watch the credits roll, the one crew member you don't see is a continuity director.BTW, it's "Fair", not "Fare". 'Fare' is a fee you pay for travel. And "Steal", not "Steel." 'Steel' is what you get when you add carbon to molten iron.

zyxnix I really tried to find some flaw in this movie, but it is textbook Hallmark Christmas Movie. Brooke D'Orsay is super hot with great hair. Check.. Good looking, man hungry girlfriend...Check. A normal looking, not annoying lead man...Check. Someone died...Check. Could have been some Christmas Magic sprinkled in there and someone evil....but I won't deduct for that.Can't wait till the ex-wife shows up someday and maliciously destroys the entire family.

jonathanrspalding This review contains spoilers in the general sense, but really if you don't know where this movie is going you have not watched Halmark.Hallmark Christmas 2017 is off to a good start, better than last year, and this movie continues the above average trend.When looking at a the Hallmark Christmas movie genre I have four factors that I consider One, is the romance believable. I fault that here. I don't see this couple working out (she likes the kid and the town more than him really) and while they have some good dialogue I think long term she will be his second ex-wife. I think their eventual divorce might make a good Lifetime movie for the sequel.Two, is it funny. I thought it was funny though not hilarious in parts.Three, how did it incorporate Christmas. I thought it was beautifully done as far as the decorations and the town, but slightly sappy as to the sentiment. I also thought the way the conundrum of the tree was resolved was a twist and nice.Four, how do the minor and subplots add or subtract to the movie? While it had some nice characters (all on her side) to round out the story there was no real secondary story in which to be interested.All told it was certainly very watchable and a definite cut above a lot of the Christmas movies. Ms. D'Orsay carries the movie to that point but the rest of the cast and the rigid adherence to the Halmark Christmast plot (cute kid wants new mom and wise parent tries to be matchmaker with a silly misunderstanding keeping them apart) keep it from being one of the top tier of Halmark Christmas.