Deck the Halls 2005

     Jack and Laura Hall are the owners of Dreamland.  It’s a very large toy store and they have stores in 15 different towns.  Jack has hired Nickolas St. Clair to take over their Christmas campaign.  Holly Hall, their daughter has moved back to town with her son Ben.  Holly and Ben are still hurting after Holly’s husband/Ben’s father was killed in a car accident.  A new neighbor has moved into the house next door.  He’s parked on the wrong driveway plus he makes a lot of noise with power tools.  Holly will be starting to work at Dreamland as the Chief Financial Officer.  She finds out her new neighbor is Nickolas St. Clair and he also works at Dreamland.  Holly will need to rein Nick in on his spending in every area of the Christmas campaign.

     This is interesting and different.  Ben gets the idea to send an email to his mother as a secret admirer.  Holly writes back but she doesn’t know she is writing to Nick.  They meet for lunch on a park bench and they find out what is going on.  Things may begin to change for Holly and Ben?  3 ½* (I liked this movie)

87 min, TV Movie, Drama directed by George Mendeluk, Gabrielle Carteris, Steve Bacic, Jocelyne Lowewen, Ken Pogue, Maureen Thomas, Steven Culp, Josh Hayden, Jonathan Hill, Penny Blake, David Mylrea.

Note:  Imdb 5.8 out of 10, 38% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 4.5* out of 5* with 42 reviews.

Special Note:  This movie was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  In 2006 there was another Christmas movie with this title starring Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick.