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The story is a bit all over the place. While it was some years ago, I have fond memories of the original series and I was hoping for the same level of quality. The way the characters were introduced or more importantly - NOT introduced leaves gaps in information and instead of enjoying the story unfold, I am left wondering how and why.

In one episode there was a scene where ballet slippers had char on them from being burned, in the next scene no char, then char again when they were being examined in the scene following.

I don't mind corny when it is done well and sadly, this falls a little short in my opinion.

I'm going to keep watching in the hopes that it will improve and we get some of the holes in the story filled in.

I'm a little surprised at the amount of reviewers that scored this movie higher due to the location. Yes it was lovely but location alone does not make a movie.

I struggled with this movie and found myself multi-tasking during the not-so-interesting moments of which there were quite a few. Then there was the bad acting and overdone storyline - writer is sent to a location to write a story, meets a guy, there is an ex involved, her boss wants the story changed to something more 'interesting' which would involve compromising a secret location - sound familiar? Yes, it's been done before, many many times.

The female lead over-acted and the male needs more acting lessons. I was surprised to learn that this isn't her first movie as they both came across as amateurs to me. Good looks alone are not sufficient to carry a movie, even the beautiful scenery couldn't save this one.

I watch this type of movie all the time, really don't expect much and therefore, I usually enjoy them for what they are.

This is the typical Christmas Story that has been done many times before. Department store themed, Ashley works there, Ben is related to the owner and comes in and starts making changes. Invariably, one of them is the more traditional, the other is more modern and therefore their opinions clash.

I could tell straight away that this was written by a male, and wasn't surprised when I looked to check. One scene in particular where Ashley agrees to assist Ben with the editing of a video he made about the store. She arrives at his house and when he opens the door she hands him a 'housewarming' gift, that he does not thank her for. He then proceeds to invite her inside for which she thanks him... for what? For the pleasure of assisting him?

I could have played this movie in the background while doing housework and would still have been able to follow the story. It was something of a snooze-fest.... And that's coming from somebody that is very accepting of this style of movie and watches dozens every year.