A home stager looking to land a promotion offers to plan the company Christmas party in order to sway the boss' decision her way.A home stager looking to land a promotion offers to plan the company Christmas party in order to sway the boss' decision her way.A home stager looking to land a promotion offers to plan the company Christmas party in order to sway the boss' decision her way.
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Karina Gale
- Stella
- (as Karina Segura)
Yesenia Davis
- School Kid
- (uncredited)
Nicole Duke
- Inn Guest
- (uncredited)
John Forker
- Coffee Shop Patron
- (uncredited)
Jade Gottfredson
- Pedestrian
- (uncredited)
Craig Gregersen
- Pie Shop Patron
- (uncredited)
- …
Jerome Brad Halgren
- Christmas Tree Buyer
- (uncredited)
- …
Nikolas Mikkelsen
- Mover
- (uncredited)
- …
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- TriviaThis movie takes place in Colorado, where George Stults grew up.
- Goofs18 minutes into the movie, when Lori is learning about Maddie's dead mother, a close up shows Lori placing a hand on Maddie to console her. In the next shot Maddie is seen without anyone near her, and then the camera moves back to Lori who, presumably, still has a hand on Maddie.
- SoundtracksJingle Bells
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Written by James Pierpont
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The staging aspect is not a common plot device, although there have been a couple of TV movies that used this theme. What is used way too often is doing-a-good-job-means-a-promotion followed closely by the-promotion-will-take-us-apart. Up to the climax, any viewer could have told pretty much everything that would happen, with the possible exception of storm Meghan which has been in most or all of Lifetime's premieres this year. And of course the ending is predictable too, but what brings it about was a a little surprise for me.
Other than whether the party would succeed and the possible promotion, there was very little tension or conflict.
I wasn't impressed with the acting. It didn't seem natural. George Stults seemed stiff to me and Soleil Moon Frye wasn't much better. They had so much screen time together, it wouldn't be entirely accurate to say there was no chemistry, but it wasn't great. As is often the case in movies with a widower and daughter, the leading lady and kid seemed to have more chemistry than the leading couple. On the other hand, the acting didn't turn me off so badly that I still couldn't enjoy the movie at least some. And the role of the little girl was well done avoiding overplaying the role as kid actors sometimes do.
In holiday movies, I enjoy them more when they include music and singing by the cast. There were a couple of group participation songs which were nice.
Addendum: While watching this again, it hit me that one word describes this movie - sugar. There is too much sugar, especially with Frye but Stults too. I enjoyed this movie because of the sugar, but it was still too sweet.
Other than whether the party would succeed and the possible promotion, there was very little tension or conflict.
I wasn't impressed with the acting. It didn't seem natural. George Stults seemed stiff to me and Soleil Moon Frye wasn't much better. They had so much screen time together, it wouldn't be entirely accurate to say there was no chemistry, but it wasn't great. As is often the case in movies with a widower and daughter, the leading lady and kid seemed to have more chemistry than the leading couple. On the other hand, the acting didn't turn me off so badly that I still couldn't enjoy the movie at least some. And the role of the little girl was well done avoiding overplaying the role as kid actors sometimes do.
In holiday movies, I enjoy them more when they include music and singing by the cast. There were a couple of group participation songs which were nice.
Addendum: While watching this again, it hit me that one word describes this movie - sugar. There is too much sugar, especially with Frye but Stults too. I enjoyed this movie because of the sugar, but it was still too sweet.
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- Il vero spirito del Natale
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- Ogden, Utah, USA(location)
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- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
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