I wasn't expecting much based on the movie's overall review score and other recently watched "just okay" Christmas movies, but this was much better than I thought it would be. Unlike a few other reviewers, I won't be watching it every Christmas, but I'm glad I watched it once. And yes, it was a little predictable, but most Christmas movies are. We don't watch Christmas movies to feel bad, we want to have a good time and walk away in a good mood. I think they accomplished that with this movie. At this point I'm just writing to finish out the required amount of characters to submit a review.....