Purely Joyful Movie!

It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

It is a Xmas movie, right? How the heck do they have an immoral, greedy real estate developer come out a huge winner? On top of that they put him (Mason) in a major scene with townspeople and it is all smiles. When they should have been running him out of town tarred and feathered.How Mason became a 'winner' is nonsensical. It calls for signing a million dollar+ contract with a 'stranger' and without reading it.Two weeks to renovate a run down Christmas Land and all we see is a single purchase of a few cans of paint. Voila, it is magically as great looking as in years gone by.Did you know that a coffee can,not even a large one, cannot hold hundreds of thousands of dollars? Finally, our 'hero' attorney can not come up with a single creative approach to help nail greedy, immoral Mason.

I love the 3 main characters in this movie; Jules the grand daughter heir to Christmas land (Nikki Deloach), Tucker (Luke Macfarlane) the good guy, and Mitchell the bad for you boyfriend. Nikki Deloach was in "A Dream of Christmas" this year- which was a much better movie (I hope she continues to do Christmas movies). I really enjoyed the first 30 minutes, liked the second 30 minutes but the final part of the movie really lagged. Richard Karn (Home Improvements Al) character just didn't work. I noticed they put well known actresses like Cynthia Gibbs and Maureen McCormick in such really small parts. I loved that they put Chonda Pierce in the movie and that worked well. Most of the reviews hated the ending of the story and I agree. I would recommend watching it though.

The ending of Christmasland is extremely offensive to women and make women out to be stupid and unaware of their legal rights. The female lead is supposed to be a savvy person living and surviving in a big city not some backwoods hillbilly. The ending of this movie leaves her in debt by $1.3 million dollars on property she owned free and clear one week before. Idiotic! If I were in her shoes, I would have brought a friend with me to confront that attorney boyfriend about his collusion with that real estate developer so I would have had a witness. Then I would have hired a great real estate attorney and sued them both then reported the ex-boyfriend/attorney to the State Bar. I love the Hallmark Christmas movies but this one was pathetic!

Not sure if this will be considered a spoiler, but I am going to explain the plot line. Christmas in July, so Hallmark is airing tons of Christmas movies. This is the typical story line, but I can't even get through it. Main character is a busy executive dating someone and gets called back to their hometown for some reason. Plans on not staying and ends up not leaving and falls in love with someone there.Usually these types of movies can bet light hearted and fun, but the acting is really bad and it's just painful to watch.What's worse is Luke MacFarlane is a really good looking guy, but totally unbelievable as a straight character, playing a lead role.Don't bother to watch this dud.