
Author Eric Redford (Jesse Metcalfe) feels the Christmas season has been jinked for him ever since the woman he loved declined his marriage proposal by telling him she'd fallen in love with someone else. Having moved into a new neighborhood, he is currently doing his best to dodge his local family Christmas while fending off his pushy next-door neighbor Conrad's attempt to involve him in the neighborhood's holiday decorating. A best-selling author, he is well known for his se... (Full plot summary below)
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Author Eric Redford (Jesse Metcalfe) feels the Christmas season has been jinked for him ever since the woman he loved declined his marriage proposal by telling him she'd fallen in love with someone else. Having moved into a new neighborhood, he is currently doing his best to dodge his local family Christmas while fending off his pushy next-door neighbor Conrad's attempt to involve him in the neighborhood's holiday decorating. A best-selling author, he is well known for his series of books on the bachelor lifestyle and, as a new book deadline looms, he is in a rut, his heart not in writing a similar book. His mother ends up feigning the flu in order for him to grow out of his "juvenile" phase by spending time with his young niece and nephew, Chelsea and Liam. His mother had been watching them until their parents, Eric's sister and brother-in-law, waited out the snowstorm in Norway closing airports all over northern Europe. With the help of another neighbor, violin teacher April (Fiona Gubelmann), he starts to enjoy that family role. He does have a new girlfriend, Bridget, but when he spots April with a blind date, he realizes his growing affection for her. When Bridget makes it plain, it was bachelor Eric she was interested in, not Uncle Eric, they end their relationship but not before it complicates things between Eric and April. Will his publisher like the new direction of Eric's book or will they cancel his contract? Will Eric give Christmas a chance and convince April of his true feelings before it's too late?
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| User ReviewMiguel GJesse Metcalfe's predictable transformation from scrooge to simpleton with a heart of gold is non-believable but the chemistry between Metcalfe and shining light Fiona Gubelmann is undeniable |
| User ReviewMarcia LI liked the movie very much. However, was anyone else confused about exactly where her house was ? One minute she was right next door and the next she was two houses down and the nosy neighbor was next door. Also, how could they hear through the wall? She heard his boisterous friends yelling at the game on tv and he heard the little girl playing the violin. His house doesn't look like the walls are paper thin. These inconsistencies made you very confused. |
| User ReviewScott WDefinition of cheesy :) but pulls at your sentimental side lol . Wife was watching :) |
| User ReviewJoseling AI really like Jesse Metcalfe and he is fine as usual in this movie BUT it is the violin "playing" of Fiona that ruins the movie. For someone who is supposed to be an accomplished violinist in the movie, she cannot even hold a bow properly or with a semblance of believability what more "play" the violin -- I do not think she bothered to even get one lesson in playing or even just handling the violin. What an insult to the intelligence of the viewers if the actress, director, producers of the movie and HALLMARK would think that they can put one over the viewers with the most fake violin playing or "non-playing" ever captured on film. It just ruined the movie for me. Shame on Hallmark indeed! |