Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

not as good as all the hype

Am I Missing Something?

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Love this movie. I actually live where it was filmed. However, There's a lot lacking in Gutenberg's performance. It seems forced and poorly acted and the constant fake Ho, Ho, Ho is unbearable.Gutenberg's father (retiring Santa) is also a terrible actor.The plot is great and all the other actors do a great job.Better casting was needed.

This Christmas movie is timeless, and I find it enjoyable every time I watch it!.....The plot definitely stays focused on Christmas...and flows nicely...a really nice magical type of Christmas movie...a light-hearted, "fun" movie, without being corny to prompt changing the channel...and without annoying "background" (so called) "singing" and / or unrelated songs and /or blaring music!...which Hallmark Christmas movies are notorious for having....This movie totally is unlike the other Hm. "Christmas" movies that attempted to have the same effect...but came up extremely short.The "humbug" theme was expressed in a way that made the movie optimistically interesting and cheerful....The very talented Crystal Bernard and Steve Guttenberg were excellent choices. Neither one was annoying. I think Steve particularly was an excellent choice to carry out his role. He had the right expressions, appearance, humor, sincerity, and voice tone...best Santa Jr. by far. Everyone's acting was nothing less than ideal. And on the whole, this movie is second to none in its category.***Congratulations to Steve, Crystal, and the staff for making a very, very enjoyable Christmas movie!***

This Christmas movie is darling! It was quite refreshing (although that is an odd word to use) to show a single Mom as a widow, not as a divorcée. It seems that so many movies glorify divorce and single motherhood.I also agree with those that says that the wig used for Crystal was terrible! It was terribly distracting! They would have been better off to just let her have short hair. I don't know of anyone that always has her hair in a ponytail!Please note that there is a sequel and it is equally as darling (Meet the Santa's)!!I just wish that there was a final movie to view... where they settle into the North Pole!

I truly loved this story, it was AWESOME to see Crystal Bernard again! It was so much better than a lot of recent "holiday" movies (Tim Allen's 'The Santa Claus' series not-withstanding It was thoughtful, happy, and actually contained both spirit and hope. All that being said, the only thing that bothered me, and yes, it is indeed trivial... what in hades happened to Steve Guttenberg's eyebrows? Looks like someone tried to thin them out or something, and obliterated them completely. It sorta freaked everyone in my family out. Anyways, kudos to Hallmark for making another fine, high quality family program, hope you keep them coming!