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The cast is fantastic. I just love Rukiya Bernard and Dewshane Williams as a onscreen couple. Jill Morrison is amazing as the partner/friend. The reviews that condemn this "deception" are being hypocritical. What Hallmark movie doesn't involve hiding a truth or concealment of a goal. Give me a break. These reviewers need to dig deep into their unconscious/conscious bias. When the story line involves a leading character who is a person of color, she's being "deceptive" "sneaky" or "unacceptable". Give me a break! If this was not a black or brown woman, these harsh negative characterization of the totally endearing sweet Nia would never been ascribed. Ordinarily, the Pine Valley town would be cliche, but here it works. It feels real and authentic without losing the down-home Christmas vibe. There is a magic in this film that I absolutely love. Nia and Julian meet by chance over a string of Santa lights. Even though they are at odds over their separate real estate ambitions, they cannot ignore what fate has in store for them in this charming romantic comedy. Both have a lot to learn from each other in about each other so that they can see the bigger picture. Love, history, and tradition. Great movie!

I don't believe Hallmark would ever have let "Nia" been completely deceptive and still be the lead. Nothing could save this. Sad because I like she and Williams in past efforts.

I honestly don't understand why this one rated low by some. Maybe because the leads are not vanilla? Hmmm... I have seen generic Hallmark movies that were horrific, and they rated higher than this so i guess individuals are rating based on something else other than, story, acting and chemistry between the leads. I would say okay script, simple but effective. The acting was better than even some of the cream of the crop Hallmark leads. Good chemistry but that's a given because they have been in several movies together. Rukiya is adorable as usual because she has been in a lot of Hallmark Movies as the best friend, so it is nice to see her get a lead role.

Love Rukiya, but lord this was boring. Even she was struggling to save this. They tried to inject some chemistry by pairing her with Deshawn with whom she had had a successful paring previously, but no. On the upside, loved the duet at the end. Lovely. Who knew she could sing too?

I really wanted to like this movie. The story is cute and should been really good. The acting was good, but the movie was extremely slow. There was very litter substantiated. Twice, time was spent with long periods of singing, most likely to fill time.