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This film opens in London with an unidentified man dressed as Santa and a young woman making out in a car when someone arrives and kills both of them for no clear reason. Soon after, he also kills another man dressed as Santa at a party, watched by several terrified witnesses, including the murdered man's daughter, "Kate Brioski" (Belinda Mayne). As yet another Santa is killed shortly afterward, Scotland Yard assigns two detectives, "Chief Inspector Harris" (Edmund Purdom) and "Sergeant Powell" (Mark Jones), to investigate and catch the person responsible. Unfortunately, as the killings continue, more pressure mounts on Chief Inspector Harris to solve the case even though he has few clues about his suspect. I will just say this was a rather dull slasher flick, mainly because of Edmund Purdom's lackluster acting and a general lack of suspense. In fact, aside from a few scenes involving a young woman named "Sherry Graham" (Kelly Baker), there wasn't anything remarkable about this movie, and I have rated it accordingly.

For reasons revealed later in the film, a beautiful single mother named "Katrina Jackson" (Angell Conwell) doesn't particularly enjoy Christmas and goes out of her way to avoid holiday celebrations. Her ex-husband, "DeMarco Gamble" (London Brown), however, loves Christmas and wants to spend as much time as possible with their young daughter, "Tiffany" (Maci Wilson), during the holiday season. He also enjoys sharing an intimate Christmas Eve with her every year, even though neither of them truly intends to reconcile afterward. Unfortunately, she is somewhat upset with him and has canceled their yearly plans. However, she quickly changes her mind when she finds out he is dating an equally attractive young woman named "Vilisa Whitaker" (Faune Chambers Watkins). It's only after he rejects Katrina that she becomes obsessed with ruining the happiness they seem to share. I will just say that this film had both good and bad points; on the plus side, I thought Angell Conwell played her role almost perfectly. On the other hand, although this film was billed as a comedy, I didn't see much humor here at all. If anything, it's more of a feel-good romance movie, but even then, it suffers to some degree. Additionally, aside from Angell Conwell and perhaps Faune Chambers Watkins, the acting wasn't that good, largely because of the weak script, in my opinion. In any case, while I certainly don't consider this a great movie by any means, I also wouldn't call it terrible, and I've rated it accordingly.

Although they have known each other since childhood and share a mutual love of making toys, "Christmas Winnacker" (Marisol Nichols) and "Joe Sullivan" (Paul Greene) have long gone their separate ways over a disagreement about how the toy company they built should be managed. More importantly, Christmas is solely focused on the bottom line and won't hesitate to stop producing any item if it doesn't turn a profit. On the other hand, Joe is more attuned to children's desires and believes that many new toys rely too heavily on constantly changing technology, which limits long-term satisfaction. In his view, it's better to produce a toy that children genuinely want and won't lose interest in over time. That being said, Christmas is thrilled when she's offered the chance to merge her company with a major toy manufacturer and become its new CEO, on the condition that she has Joe sign the paperwork, since his name hasn't been legally removed from the business documents. However, after seven years apart, she now has to face the man she once cared for emotionally and convince him to end their partnership officially. Likewise, Joe continues to have feelings for Christmas but hasn't been able to express them, which makes her sudden appearance even more awkward for both of them. Now, instead of revealing more, I'll just say that this was an okay movie, which probably wouldn't have been as successful without Marisol Nichols's acting, which seemed to make up for Paul Greene's rather uninspired performance. However, to be fair, both of them probably have an equal part in the lack of chemistry between them. But that's just my opinion. In any case, although I can't say this was a great holiday film by any means, it passed the time for the most part, and I rated it accordingly.