1. A Snow Globe Christmas
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Meg, a bah humbug-y TV executive, gets hit on the head with her favorite snow globe. She wakes up in an alternate universe where she married her old college boyfriend, had two adorable children, and everything was pretty much perfect. Perfection doesn’t last, however, because Meg’s continued cynical ways begin to infect the happy-go-lucky world around her, and she needs to choose whether to stay or return to the real world. Alicia Witt and Donald Faison (of Scrubs fame) were what really sold this movie to me. Their chemistry and comedic timing were fantastic, and I spent most of the film snickering into my popcorn/wine over a joke.
Rating: 7 snow globe concussions out of 10
2. Snow Bride
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Fake relationships that end up becoming real ones are one of those tropes that I can’t help but have a soft spot for. Here, a spunky tabloid reporter in line for a promotion rushes to get the scoop on a private political family who are described as “the Kennedys of the West Coast.” After accidentally getting snowed in with that same family’s eldest son, she ends up spending Christmas with them and, of course, falls in love. Greta Kaine (Katrina Law) is entertaining as a reporter torn between her growing affection for Ben Tannenhill (Jordan Belfi) and her career, and there are quite a few guffaw-worthy moments which make Snow Bride a cute addition to this list.
Rating: 6 fugly wedding dresses
3. Holidaze
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Melody (Jennie Garth) is a successful big city businesswoman, whose job sends her reluctantly back to her hometown to negotiate a deal for her company. There, Melody comes face to face with her old friends, family, and an old flame for the first time in years – and when a bump on the head transports her to an alternate reality where she stayed in that small town, married her ex-fiancé Carter (Cameron Mathison), and became the owner of a tiny but adorable coffee shop, Melody begins to see her old life in a new light. Holidaze was, surprisingly enough for me, a ridiculously entertaining movie. Melody and Carter have one of those constantly bickering relationships which Mathison and Garth play up to hilarious results.
Rating: 8 trips down a flight of stairs
4. Naughty or Nice
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Krissy Kringle (Hilarie Burton) lives on Candy Cane Lane, and she is not at all happy about either of those details. She just got fired from her job and now works at a gift-wrapping booth, her neighbor keeps pestering her to decorate her yard, her long-term boyfriend is almost always absent, and to top it all off, all the Santa letters and packages children drop off in the mail keep clogging up her doorstep. But when one of those packages ends up being Santa’s actual Naughty or Nice list, the temptation to use the book to expose everyone’s misdeeds might be too much for Krissy to handle. The “two sides to every story” moral of this movie was cutely presented, and Krissy and her coworker Marco (Gabriel Tigerman, pictured above) play off each other well to make this a pretty fun watch.
Rating: 7 horribly wrapped Christmas presents
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Meg, a bah humbug-y TV executive, gets hit on the head with her favorite snow globe. She wakes up in an alternate universe where she married her old college boyfriend, had two adorable children, and everything was pretty much perfect. Perfection doesn’t last, however, because Meg’s continued cynical ways begin to infect the happy-go-lucky world around her, and she needs to choose whether to stay or return to the real world. Alicia Witt and Donald Faison (of Scrubs fame) were what really sold this movie to me. Their chemistry and comedic timing were fantastic, and I spent most of the film snickering into my popcorn/wine over a joke.
Rating: 7 snow globe concussions out of 10
2. Snow Bride
Fake relationships that end up becoming real ones are one of those tropes that I can’t help but have a soft spot for. Here, a spunky tabloid reporter in line for a promotion rushes to get the scoop on a private political family who are described as “the Kennedys of the West Coast.” After accidentally getting snowed in with that same family’s eldest son, she ends up spending Christmas with them and, of course, falls in love. Greta Kaine (Katrina Law) is entertaining as a reporter torn between her growing affection for Ben Tannenhill (Jordan Belfi) and her career, and there are quite a few guffaw-worthy moments which make Snow Bride a cute addition to this list.
Rating: 6 fugly wedding dresses
3. Holidaze
Melody (Jennie Garth) is a successful big city businesswoman, whose job sends her reluctantly back to her hometown to negotiate a deal for her company. There, Melody comes face to face with her old friends, family, and an old flame for the first time in years – and when a bump on the head transports her to an alternate reality where she stayed in that small town, married her ex-fiancé Carter (Cameron Mathison), and became the owner of a tiny but adorable coffee shop, Melody begins to see her old life in a new light. Holidaze was, surprisingly enough for me, a ridiculously entertaining movie. Melody and Carter have one of those constantly bickering relationships which Mathison and Garth play up to hilarious results.
Rating: 8 trips down a flight of stairs
4. Naughty or Nice
Krissy Kringle (Hilarie Burton) lives on Candy Cane Lane, and she is not at all happy about either of those details. She just got fired from her job and now works at a gift-wrapping booth, her neighbor keeps pestering her to decorate her yard, her long-term boyfriend is almost always absent, and to top it all off, all the Santa letters and packages children drop off in the mail keep clogging up her doorstep. But when one of those packages ends up being Santa’s actual Naughty or Nice list, the temptation to use the book to expose everyone’s misdeeds might be too much for Krissy to handle. The “two sides to every story” moral of this movie was cutely presented, and Krissy and her coworker Marco (Gabriel Tigerman, pictured above) play off each other well to make this a pretty fun watch.
Rating: 7 horribly wrapped Christmas presents
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