Navigating Christmas
Christmas in a lighthouse
Melanie is a professionally successful single mom who makes a last-minute decision to spend Christmas in a rented lighthouse with her surly teenage son who’s been blown off by his dad.
At a glance, fine, this one hits a lot of the standard tropes:
Big city gal calls for small town, flannel wearing dude
Community Christmas competition. Yes, plural.
Lots of decorating scenes - town square, lighthouse, etc.
Ugly Christmas sweaters
Need to “save” something, in this case the aforementioned lighthouse
But… it was only ok. Nothing to set this one apart from the rest this season. Definitely not as goofy as some of them, but totally middle of the road.
Also, Hallmark has never met a sailboat or maritime Christmas scene that it didn’t love, so a lighthouse, at Christmas, with boats galore… Hallmark heaven. I suspect this might actually have more to do with Vancouver filming locations than anything else. Discuss.
You’ll like this if…
You eat fish at Christmas and / or have a “thing” for lighthouses.
SCORE: 5/10
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Recently divorced Melanie and her son Jason visit a remote island for Christmas, only to find themselves running a real working lighthouse where she connects with the curt but cute owner. Starring Chelsea Hobbs and Stephen Huszar.
