Gary Knapik

Seeing a lot of reviews here calling out forced agendas etc. While noticeable, that has no impact on my review - this movie is just flat out bad. None of the characters are interesting, and I found myself rooting not for any particular character, but rather for the movie to mercifully end. Somehow in an hour and a half this movie introduced us to the entire town, way too many side plots, a short haired Santa, a single comedic relief reindeer and a forced puppy love romance between two children. The worst part about this movie is that it doesn’t feel like a Christmas movie - and while it’s based around the days before and after Christmas, there’s a distinctive lack of festive spirit that I can’t describe. There are much better animated, feel good, and Christmas movies out there. Save your time and skip this watch - this one’s the lump of coal at the bottom of your stocking.