Holiday Baggage is something I don't remember ever having been on the schedule before but it's from 2008. It stars Cheryl Ladd and Barry Bostwick as a long-estranged married couple who find themselves thrown together again at Christmastime when Barry's character finds himself in ill health and has nowhere to go. For reasons that are never really explained, Barry & Cheryl's characters separated long ago but never divorced. Barry's character has found a young woman he wants to marry so he tracks down his wife to get her to sign the papers, which is when he falls ill. He temporarily moves into her house and must deal with the wrath of his daughter, who he basically abandoned when she was young. By having him in the house, he gets to know his daughters again, helps them all bring Christmas into their lives again, and grows into a more understanding person. It's slightly predictable but it's well-acted, touching, and heartwarming. Pretty good.
Rating: A-
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