Welcome to Christmas 2018

     Hallmark Christmas movie.  Madison Lane is a resort developer and she is tasked with finding a location for a new ski resort.  Her boss asks her to take a trip to Christmas Colorado.  This location may be what they are looking for and an incentive package might sweeten the deal for the town?  Madison has a minor fender-bender on her way into town to meet with the mayor.  She accidentally ran into the town’s welcome sign!!  Town Sheriff Gage McBride gives Madison a ride into town.  She can still attend the meeting while her car is towed and repaired.  Madison doesn’t know that the town is on a mission to convince her that Christmas is the best place for the new ski resort? 

     Madison begins to realize what a perfect little town Christmas actually is!!  It’s a wonderful community and it has the true spirit of Christmas.  Madison begins to love  the town of Christmas and she wonders if a resort is really the right move for this area?  Would Christmas be better off keeping its unique charm and traditions intact? 

Madison and Gage also have good chemistry together.   3 ½* (I liked this movie)

85 min, Family directed by Gary Harvey with Jovanna Burke, Sarah Edmondson, Jennifer Finnigan, Taylor Hastings, James Kirk, Payton Lepinski, Eric Mabius, Lauren McNamara.

Note:  Imdb 6.4 out of 10, I Hate Green Beans.com B+.

Special Note:  Filmed in Revelstoke and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Hallmark Channel Trivia:  More than 85 million people watched one of its channels during November and December last year.  Hallmark easily won the ratings race among female viewers during the holidays.  Also, able to rival powerhouse channels Fox, ESPN and Nickelodeon at times for overall household viewership.  For the year 2017, the network produced 33 original holiday movies.  That's up from 6 original holiday moves in 2010, 12 in 2014, 211 in 2015 and 28 in 2016.  136 Hallmark Christmas movies have been filmed since 2008.  The production cost is about $2 million for each Hallmark movie.