With the threat of having to close her father's candy store, Wendy and
her six-year-old daughter Grace travel to the big city in hopes of
making extra holiday cash to save the store.
Her best friend Angie is able to get Wendy's foot in the door at Wolman's Department
Store, where she has her day job. Run by its founder Harry Wolman and
Harry's nephew Tom Wolman, Wolman's is an old fashioned business that
runs on family values, treating staff truly like members of their
family. Much of the Wolman family's values are under the gun as it is not doing
well financially.
Its Board of Directors has hired a retail consultant,
Teanna Musk, for the Christmas season to turn the store's financial
fortunes around. Nicknamed Cruella by the store's staff, Teanna has no
sentiment toward traditional Christmas values, only looking at the
bottom line. Beyond being a directive by the Board, Tom feels like he
has to abide by Teanna's decisions because she is also holding the purse
strings for a much needed investor. What Tom is unaware of is that
Teanna has ulterior motives, one of those motives being to get Tom as
her man. As such, she has to get rid of who Tom seems to have eyes for,
namely Wendy. But as much as Wendy likes Tom, she isn't sure if she is
willing to give up her Quinton life for the prospect of romance.
Our Two Cents:
We've seen the male lead in this movie before. Remember
Holiday High School Reunion? If your answer is no, count yourself lucky. Probably one of the worst
Christmas movies we've seen. This movie is made by the same people and
isn't much better. A little better, but not much.
There are so many things we could say that are wrong with this, and they are all glaring, but that would take a lot of paragraphs, so instead we'll say what we liked. There's a cute scene with Tom and Wendy singing at the piano.
Also the little boy that is in the daycare center for employee children with Grace is super cute, though his story is terribly sad. His mom isn't an employee. She just likes to shop. A lot. She leaves him there because he gets in the way of her shopping. He's there everyday. We want somebody else to adopt him.
Note: Pay attention when Wendy and Angie are each watching a movie. Can you figure out what it is?
Ratings:
Storyline/Writing
★★★★★ • Acting
★★★★★ • Chemistry
★★★★★ • Overall
★★★★★
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finale with Ricardo, she is pulled between her job, her family, and her
reawakened feelings for Ricardo.
