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This same idea has been done before, with SERENDIPITY and THE SANTA SUMMITT, but this movie has the best actors by far!! AUTUMN REESER and NIALL MATTER are perfect in the roles of Annie and Dave. After their flight is canceled the airline puts them up in a fancy hotel. They meet and start a conversation sharing their lives, hopes, and dreams and they really hit it off, and it becomes love at first sight. The problem is they agreed to waiting until their shared long flight back to Chicago to exchange personal information, and phone numbers. However, Dave oversleeps and he misses the flight. Now armed with just first names, occupation, and very limited personal information they attempt to find one another in the huge city of Chicago!

The chemistry between Autumn and Niall is magical and you can really feel the romantic vibes. Sadly, the movie starts to drag as the search to find one another starts to wear on you. But the most disappointing moment is the ending which turns out to be very anticlimactic!!! You think---THATS IT!!! What a huge let down!! This movie couldve been one of the best with some tweaking to the script!

This movie has an intriguing and interesting plot rather than the usual same ole Hallmark storyline. A jewelery designer, Holly, (Ashley Greene), works in a vintage clothing shop and finds a charm bracelet hidden in a pocket, she meets an investigative reporter, Greg, (Brendan Penny) who is looking for an interesting story to write about, and together they team up to find the owner of the charm bracelet before Christmas Eve, the deadline for the reporter's story. The story captures your interest as Holly and Greg go on an interesting journey finding clues about the charms and the owner.

As engaging as the plot is there's a couple of negatives, Penny's character, Greg, comes off as a bit creepy. There's also a lack of chemistry and romance between Ashley Greene and Brandon Penny too (it's more like a cop show "buddy" relationship). Then there is something I dont usually comment on, but it's Ashley Greene's obvious "nose job" (it reminds me of actress Nanette Fabrey's nose job), it was a REAL DISTRACTION throughout the movie!!! And then Holly's best friend, and shop owner, Becky's baby reveal, come on your doctor didnt tell you!!! To me that whole pregnancy thing was an unnecessary addition to the movie. The movie could have been elevated to another level, but despite the misfires, overall it was still an entertaining movie, and I applaud Hallmark for something a little different! We need more of these interesting plots!!

This is another Hallmark attempt at a fantasy movie. This time Monica (Meghan Ory) and Michael (Benjamin Ayres) are Christmas Angels whose job it is to bring destined soulmates together during the magical season of Christmas. The two angels are paired up to work as a team to bring a special couple, Daisy and Patrick, together. However, Monica and Michael have very different ideas on how to get this mission accomplished which creates a big conflict while working under the pressure of a deadline. There's a small twist to the story at the end, but I had the whole thing figured out after the first 10 minutes of the movie, so much for "surprises"!

While the plot might sound interesting, its just one painful journey. The dialog is very repetitive as the characters express the same thoughts over and over again. This movie is just plain boring!!! I liked the two lead actors in other Hallmark movies, just not in this one! Follow the advise of the angel Michael get yourself a cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows and I will add this advice--FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO WATCH!