Rating: D
First of all, do not confuse this Deck the Halls for the one that hit the theatres this year starring Danny Devito and Matthew Broderick. This one is a cheesy Lifetime movie from 2005.
One word about Deck the Halls - Ugh! This movie was awful and I'm sad that I finished off my Christmas season by watching this horrible horrible movie. Gabrielle Carteris (Beverly Hills 90210) plays Holly, a widowed mom who moves back home to help run her dad's toy company. She's a tough, bottom line kind of gal and is in direct conflict with Nick, who her father has hired on as a consultant and is spending money like crazy. And is her neighbor. Oh yeah, and Holly has given up believing in Christmas and all that. Did I mention that Nick is apparently Santa Claus? Despite the fact that they never really come out and say that, we are supposed to believe this (Holly's son certainly does) and as such, he teaches Holly and her son about miracles. Holly hates Nick, for about 12 minutes and then seems to do a complete about face after maybe two conversations. It's a little hard to believe. Also, hard to believe is that Nick & Holly are seemingly attracted to each other and at the end, there is a vignette showing Holly's wedding to the town vetrenarian. Umm, what? Yeah, plotline that makes little sense, pure hokiness, bad acting and we have probably the worst Christmas movie I've seen in a long time! Ugh.
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