This is a modern fairy tale, it is for entertainment and musing, "What if..." and it does it very well. My wife and I, old retired folk, really enjoyed it, at home, streaming on Prime.
In addition to the story itself the cinematography is excellent, colorful and detailed, just ideal for this type of clean holiday movie.
Set in the snowy Rocky Mountains Brando White is very effective as Ben Jacobs, who is an ice sculptor. He is single with a nice and smart young daughter of maybe 11 or 12, Ava Jarque as Annie Jacobs. Both of them are really good in their roles with very natural, unforced acting styles.
Money is tight, Annie asks her dad for an ice sculpture, knowing he can't afford much for Christmas. She asks for a beautiful ice princess. The next day it is standing right outside their forest home.
The conceit of the story is that Santa is real and Christmas magic is real if one really believes. So the ice princess comes alive as a real person, and is played very well by Emily Sweet as Jade Frost. Young Annie believes but the real task is to get to where her dad believes.
Any potential viewer who has trouble with fantasy or who likes to nitpick a movie and find fault should not watch it. It is overall done in a Hallmark style but with a clear fantasy element. We enjoyed it as nice entertainment.
