A Dog Named Christmas aired on CBS last year and sat on my Tivo for a full year before I finally got around to watching it. It's about a young man, Todd, who is mentally slow so still living on a farm with his parents. He loves animals and hears a story on the radio about the local animal shelter asking residents to take in dogs for the holiday season while their staffing is low. The dogs can be returned on December 26. Todd begs his parents to let him adopt a Christmas dog and finally they relent, despite the fact that the prospect of having a dog brings back Vietnam flashbacks for Todd's dad. Don't ask. Of course, once the dog arrives - nameless, they call him "Christmas" - everyone settles in and loves the dog and he changes the family. The dog protects the family and when they return it to the shelter, it escapes and comes running back to the farm, where they all lived happily ever after.
I enjoyed the movie - the CBS ones tend to be pretty good - but it was very slow-moving. Very slow-moving.
Rating - B+
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