An overly positive upbeat weatherman, Ted Cooper (Robert Buckley) always encounters bad luck at Christmas time. He returns to his hometown, Lackawanna, to spend Christmas with his sister, and also to promote a fundraiser for a children's hospital. Through a series of his usual mishaps he reunites with his high school crush, Hope Miller (Kimberly Sustad) who has moved back to Lackawanna, and is now a doctor at the hospital. Ted and Hope start to get reacquainted, they regret never getting together in high school and a relationship starts to grow between the two. The plot is filled with witty and humorous dialog, we meet an amusing cast of supporting characters, a rival news anchor, Ken, his former teacher, Miss Mittens, and her walking club, his loving sister who is exhausted by her brother's antics and mishaps, and local town's folks who love Ted! This movie is a bit like if Buddy in Will Ferrell 's movie, "Elf" was a weatherman and had a series of bad luck Christmas accidents, all the while trying to impress the woman he loves. Yes, there's the usual Hallmark "conflict" and the ending is a bit predictable, but the clever and witty dialog and plot put a unique spin on this movie and make this a fun, lighthearted, charming, entertaining and a different type of Christmas story.
Robert Buckley gives a perfect performance as Ted which really anchors and sets the tone for the movie, and Kimberly Sustad plays her role perfectly as Hope.
