Christmas Comes Twice
It’s a Wonderful Christmas Carousel 🎠
I should really be in charge of creating these movie titles. Serious missed opportunity here. (ETA: After additional research, it turns out Hallmark already had a movie called A Christmas Carousel! Hahahahaha)
Intellectual baller and astrophysicist (Hallstar Tamera Mowry-Housley) returns home for Christmas and takes a spin on a magical carousel that deposits her 5 years in the past.
Another edition of the “what could have been” Hallmark Christmas movies. The twist - she doesn’t abandon her job for a man! Still breaks all kinds of rules about changing the past but no biggie.
Cute enough flick, diverse casting, not one of the greats though. She did better in Santa Stakeout.
Hap-Hap-Happiest Scene:
Referring to an extra large glass of wine as “Santa sized.” Love it. Using it all season.
SCORE: 4/10
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Cheryl Jenkins (Mowry-Housley) is an astrophysicist who works for the National Science Foundation reviewing grant applications for projects, although she’d prefer to be working on a project of her own. Cheryl heads home to spend the holidays with her family and first on the agenda is a visit to the annual Christmas carnival with her sister Trish (Zarrin Darnell-Martin, “Burden of Truth”). While there, Cheryl sees a carousel in the distance and ventures over to take a ride. But when the revolutions wind down and she returns to the carnival to find her sister, Cheryl discovers that — somehow — it’s five years earlier. Dissatisfied with where she is in life, Cheryl sees this as a chance to change her path by making different choices. As Cheryl navigates her way through her visit back in time, she’s able to connect with her beloved science teacher Ms. Nelson (Ralph), who was an inspiration to her both in and out of the classroom and had passed away several years previously. The time Cheryl spends with Ms. Nelson as well as with her “frenemy” George (Xavier) helps her find a new appreciation for what she’s doing in life and starts to see George in a new light. But when the carousel returns Cheryl to present-day Christmas with lessons learned, will the love she found be waiting for her?
