A high-school student makes a wish that her parents would lose their faith.
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Title: Wish for Christmas (2016)
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Cast
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| Joey Lawrence | ... | Luke MacLaren | |
| Leigh-Allyn Baker | ... | Elizabeth MacLaren | |
| Anna Fricks | ... | Anna MacLaren | |
| Bill Engvall | ... | Santa | |
| Alexandra Boylan | ... | Rebekah | |
| Jeff Schroeder | ... | Paul MacLaren | |
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Ryan Boudreau | ... | Colton Smith |
| Bethany Peterson | ... | Meredith | |
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Ivy Croteau | ... | Rachel |
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Chelsea Crockett | ... | Ava |
| Alex Boylan | ... | Turner | |
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Sean T. Ward | ... | Alex Smith |
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Allie Shery | ... | Hazel |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Kristina Byerley | ... | High School Student | |
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Ryan Cannister | ... | Extra |
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When a high-school senior finds out from her parents that she must miss the town's winter dance to attend Christmas Eve service at church, she successfully wishes their faith away, bringing disastrous consequences to her family and community. To restore their faith, she is led through a series of Christmas adventures that change her heart and those around her.
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Anna MacLaren: I care!
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Filmed in Massachusetts. See more »Quotes
Santa Claus: I don't think you've ever cared about anybody, ever.Anna MacLaren: I care!
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1 November 2016 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Wish for Christmas is a terrible festive movie in an ocean of already bad Christmas movies. Every year we see dozens of these low budget clones pounded out ready for television premieres but they aren't usually this bad.
Now the three words that tend to be used excessively and badly out of context are agenda, objectification and propaganda. I hate seeing them used in reviews because they usually aren't but conflict with a persons stance on something. I however for the first time will use one of them.
This is a propaganda film. It tells the story of a girl who not getting her own way makes a wish to make her Christian parents lose their faith. In doing so everything goes to hell (Pun intended and hilarious).
From there I'm sure you can work out exactly how the movie goes and I don't see how anyone could claim that isn't the definition of propaganda. I haven't seen a worse Christmas movie of this type since the embarassment that was Kirk Cameron Saves Christmas (2014).
Beyond that it's cheesy, poorly acted and the plot makes me hate this time of year more than ever.
The Good:
Nope
The Bad:
Cheesy
Dreadful acting from start to finish
Simply religious propaganda
Things I Learnt From This Movie:
Christmas movies need more Santa and less Jesus to be even remotely bearable
My wish for Christmas is a year without Christmas movies