Sweeney stars in and executive produces two mystery series for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries: “Chronicle Mysteries” (inspired by her love of true crime podcasts) and “Hannah Swensen Mysteries,” adapted from Joanne Fluke’s book series. She often talks about maintaining a healthy work-life balance and prioritizing family and well-being. According to her bio, she’s a director, content provider, TV personality, and writer who has 1.5 million social media fans. Meanwhile, living under the same roof gives Summer and Vivian the chance to mend fences as the holiday nears and, perhaps with a little help from the magic of the Christmas village, the family will be brought closer together.Īlison Sweeney plays the part of Summer. The two quickly learn they share much in common and as they spend more time together, Ryan slowly helps Summer learn to open her hear to love again. As Chloe begins setting up the figurines, real-life events seem to mimic the scenes she creates, including Summer’s chance meeting with Ryan (Macfarlane), a newcomer to their community. Upon arrival, Vivian sets up an heirloom, miniature Christmas village resembling their town, and tells Chloe it grants Christmas wishes. When her mother Vivian (Thomas) finds herself in need of a place to live, her orderly life becomes a little less so after inviting Vivian to move in with them during this transition. Reviews mostly written at 2AM.Summer (Sweeney) is an architect living in a small town where she’s raising her young daughter Chloe (Maesa Nicholson, “Dying for Chocolate: A Curious Caterer Mystery”). Now I mostly write about Hallmark movies. I started this blog to vent about lousy, sexist Hong Kong movies. I almost want to leave the poor woman in peace so she can ride out the holidays however she wants, whether it’s with or without a Christmas tree.Ĭast: Jessica Lowndes, Brendan Penny, Farah Merani, Stephen Huszar, Judah Katz, Tim Matheson That’s understandable, but that also makes her a bit of a drag. Her boss has her on the cookbook beat when what she really wants and is good at is fiction. She’s aggressively pessimistic, not just about the season but about her career rut. The script has her playing skeptic, although it should find ways to make her a bit more sympathetic. Since I’m not really into magical anything to begin with, Marie’s already lost me with her theory. There is no magic, but you can’t call a movie Christmas Ornament Coincidences, so here we are. If you’re thinking, that’s not really magic, that’s just a coincidence, you are right. A tiny pair of felt skates, for example, leads to a skating date with Nate, and a shimmering treasure chest turns out to be the subject of a new children’s book she’s editing. Each one foretells something that happens later that day. She thinks her mom’s ornaments are sending her a message, and people make all sorts of dumb decisions when they think a Hallmark keepsake has special powers. Marie’s got her mind on other things though. What more could you ask for? If I were Marie, I’d start making plans to sublease my flat instead of fretting over how this nice guy’s going to ditch me. He’s also a cutie pediatric nurse, which is perfect because when he’s not helping Marie with her publishing company’s charity toy drive, he’s helping sick kiddos. She doesn’t even have a tree for the ornaments her mother sends every day.Įnter the neighbor, Nate (Brendan Penny), a Florida transplant who loves Christmas and won’t tolerate Marie’s treeless nonsense. That and the Frank Sinatra Christmas music her neighbor plays on blast. Now, the most festive thing in her New York City flat is the ambient Christmas lighting that shines through her window. She hasn’t felt the Christmas spirit since breaking up with her ex over the holidays years ago. Marie (Jessica Lowndes) is the Scrooge of this story. No, Magical Christmas Ornaments is just another Hallmark movie about a “magical” that brings a couple together and shows at least one of them the true meaning of Christmas. In my sleep-deprived state, I was thinking this might be a movie about ornaments that come to life at night, à la Toy Story, which would be amazing because if my mismatched box of ornaments is anything to go by, there’d be some great commentary on culture, consumerism, and class.
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