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Synopsis: When her supervisor takes credit for her idea, talented but shy Sara Thomas tells the Santa at her company Christmas party she wished she had the courage to speak up for herself. Santa grants her wish for 48 hours and it results in Sara being invited to Seattle by her boss, Peter Williams, to make a sales pitch to a difficult client. While there, she encourages Peter to reconnect with his estranged father. Who's in it? The movie stars Lacey Chabert , Paul Greene , Andrea Brooks , Colleen Wheeler and Kendall Cross . Review: After mostly spending the day at home because of crappy weather outside, my wife and I settled down to watch another Christmas movie this evening. This one sounded interesting and, as I've mentioned before, we both are big fans of Lacey Chabert (at least in holiday movies), so we wound up picking it. Unfortunately, it failed to live up to expectations. I think the biggest problem with this movie is it attempts to do too much. There's Sara'...

Synopsis : Vanessa Hall never knew her father so, when an ancestry DNA test allows her to meet him for the first time, she is thrilled, especially when he invites her to spend Christmas with him and the rest of her new family. As an added bonus, she sees romantic potential in a family friend. There's just one thing that threatens to screw everything up, a phone call from the DNA company telling her they made a mistake. Who's in it? The movie stars Aimee Teegarden , Andrew W. Walker , James Tupper , G eorgia Mae Orchard and Kendall Cross . Review: I'll be honest, by the time my wife and I started watching this movie, I was starting to get a little burned out on Hallmark Christmas films and gave consideration to finding something else to do. I did end up watching it, however, and am glad I did. This turned out to be a surprisingly entertaining movie, with a good mix of laughs and even tears (my wife had to get some tissues about midway through it). Overall, I feel I enjoye...