Christmas Magic (2011)

Directed by 

John Bradshaw

Writing Credits  

Joany Kane	...	(written by) and
Rickie Castaneda	...	(written by) and
Kevin Commins	...	(written by)
Joany Kane Source	...	(story "Angel Duty")

Stars: Lindy Booth(Carrie), Paul McGillion(Scott), Kiara Glasco(Abby), Derek McGrath(Henry), Marqus Bobesich(Danny/Dimitri), Teresa Pavilinek(Rita), Don Allison(Jefferson/Carrie's dad), Barbara Gordon(Betsy) and Tricia Braun(Lynette)

Carrie Blackford (Booth) lives for her successful career as an event planner in New York City, but her life changes in an instant after a nasty car accident in a snowstorm. Carrie suffers head trauma and regains consciousness in Central Park with an older man, Henry (Derek McGrath, "Little Mosque on the Prairie"). Henry is Carrie's spirit guide and is there to help her "pass over" to Heaven. But before Carrie can move on, she must fulfill one last task on Earth - a type of Angel Duty. Henry tells Carrie that she must help guide a widowed, young restaurant owner, Scott Walker, (McGillion) who has recently considered suicide because his beloved restaurant/catering business is utterly failing. Carrie befriends Scott and his 8-year-old daughter and immediately displays a knack for promoting the restaurant. But time isn't on Carrie's side on this mission. She has until midnight Christmas Eve to turn the eatery around. As friendship grows, romance blooms, and Carrie finds it a struggle to keep business and pleasure separate. Will the heat in Scott's kitchen be all about the food? Or is one Angel on a meteoric rise to earn her wings?—

Hallmark Channel, Press Release

THESE ARE MY REACTIONS:

Wow.

I can't believe how affected I am by this story.  Stranger things have happened in real life, and I think this is believable enough.

I've been crying buckets of tears of joy.

I love the story.  I know there were others like this before, but this story is special.

It was acted well, and the characters just jived. The main characters had good chemistry that would make you wonder if God was so cruel as to make Carrie undergo all those feelings, then you suddenly remember that this is a Hallmark TV movie, that you'd hope for a certain predictable ending, but you'd also wonder how to solve the situation...how the ending, or the start of the rest of their lives would happen.

There were many heartstrings pulled, but there were many reasons to smile too. One of the reasons to smile is this song below:  


Lyrics for Angel Like You by Mighty Big Word I'm falling and drifting And spinning around There's no one to catch me When I hit the ground As the winds begin to blow My heart is like the snow Falling on the rooftops I was staring at the floor When you floated through the do-oo-or I could wait All my life For an angel like you Give me the key To set my heart free Speak not a word Hold your breath Not a sound Stay with me here In this moment, Forever I could wait All my life For an angel like you Give me the key To set my heart free Speak not a word Hold your breath Not a sound Stay with me here In this moment, Forever 👼🎄👼🎄👼🎄 I just don't understand why Abby still had school the day before Christmas eve, but maybe it was a special event. 
Anyways, it doesn't matter.  I still love this movie.  As a matter of fact, I even watched it twice already.

Thanks a bunch for your time.  THE MOVIE