Christmas movies

I LOVE Christmas movies, the made-for-TV kind. You know what I mean... the kind in which one of three things usually happens. It's either a Christmas Carol ripoff where the stingy, grouchy, hateful person comes to learn the "true meaning of Christmas" thanks to revisting his/her past and getting a glimpse into his/her future. Similar themes occur with the presence of an angel and not necessarily a "ghost." There are also the ones where something is amiss and Santa might have to cancel Christmas, either his reindeer is missing or he's sick or there aren't enough believers out there or he needs to find a wife or they stopped creating houses with chimneys or some such peril. Of course, in these kinds of movies, the day is always saved and Santa always sets off to deliver the toys just as expected. The third type kind of combines the previous two elements and always has a happy ending. These ones feature an Average Joe or Jane in trouble or missing something, whether it is a spouse or a child or a good job or happiness or whatever. Through the magic of the Christmas season, those problems are always erased. A new boyfriend is found. A dream job is found. A house does not have to get knocked down to build a new shopping mall. A foster child doesn't have to stay at the orphanage. Etc., etc., etc...

So because of this love and because I haven't had cable television or the time to watch much television in December the last two years, I've gone crazy trying to get my fill of Christmas movies the last two weeks. Lifetime has its Dream December with a different movie or two playing every day. ABC Family has its 25 Days of Christmas promotion with a movie or holiday special every night. The Hallmark Channel has Hallmark for the Holidays, with two movies every night, plus brand new ones each Saturday night. And various other channels have a movie here or there that they play. It's just a wonderful time of the year.

I'm going to provide ratings (A, B, C, etc...) for the movies I watch for your help and more for mine, so in case I want to watch them again in subsequent years, I'll remember just how bad (or good) they were because once you have seen a few, they all seem to run together. Even ones that I KNOW I've watched, I can't remember if they are worth watching again or if they are just so beyond stupid that I can't even enjoy them for their stupidity!