Dee Wallace and Bruce Davison are "seasoned" actors, both have been actor in various movies and shows for awhile. Unfortunately, their acting in this movie was really not good. It was amazing how they both appeared to be really not convincing in this movie with their roles. Also, the young woman and the man who played the father maybe new to Hollywood as their skills also need to be more believable. Lately, the new Christmas movies lack talent, decent storylines, good actors and actresses and scripts that makes sense. Here's a question with regards to African Americans in some of these Christmas movies, why is there always only one in the midst of a bunch of white people?