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I had originally skipped over this one, but I caught up to it later. It was very good. It's nice to have a movie hilight the family aspect of Christmas, and I also appreciate the presence of the story of our Lord's birth. That's gone by the wayside in recent years.

I noticed Tyler Hynes had a walk-through role in this, and Paul Walker (one of the stars of this movie) had a walk-through in Hynes' movie, An Unexpected Christmas. That was amusing.

Aimee Teagarden is cute as a button, and I think her acting has improved in the last couple years.

This is a nice, heartwarming Hallmark movie, in the tradition of nice, heartwarming Hallmark movies.

Enjoy.

I like Tyler Hines, and I like Joy Lenz, but I'm not sure I like them together.

It's not that this movie was bad. It wasn't. It just seemed a little off.

It had a little bit of a screwball comedy element to it. Hines and Lenz are both capable of knocking this out of the park. But they didn't.

The story was fine, supporting cast all good.

It was...just ok.

I like the leads in this movie.

Kris Polaha always seems to be enjoying himself. Here he has a chance to go way over the top, but he doesn't lose his way in the process.

Brooke D'Orsay is always gorgeous and sweet, and she displays some fine acting here.

The chemistry, while not perfect, is certainly adequate, and they play off each other nicely.

Good supporting cast, although I thought the long-simmering feud was resolved a little too easily.

All in all one of the more enjoyable movies this year.