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Christmasland (2015)/ The Christmas Secret (2014)

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This is not really a review.  It's a blog entry about how I related to these two Christmas movies that touched my heart. After inheriting a 206 acre Christmas tree farm, a woman's plans to sell it change when she falls in love with the townspeople and meets a charming lawyer named Tucker. Director: Sam Irvin Writers: Daisy MacLean , Robin Archer and Jay Cipriani Casting By  Dean E. Fronk Jeff Johnson Donald Paul Pemrick In 1997 I learned that the Santa's Village at Lake Arrowhead was going to close.  I felt really sad about this.  Years later I wondered if it was still open.  I was directed to the Sky Park, so I guess in a way it's still open, right?  So I did more digging and found out that it did close in March 1998, but some people were kind enough to buy it in 2014, restored it, added more attractions, etc.  It has been fully operational for almost two years now, and I hope and pray I would get to visit it one day...

Accidentally Engaged (2016)

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imdb Directed by Letia Clouston Story by Elizabeth Snoderly Teleplay by Jake Helgren ACCIDENTALLY ENGAGED is one of the sweetest made for TV movies I have ever seen about relationships: friendships, relationships between children and parents, relationships between an agent and her talent, and a romance that was fake that became real. Maureen McCormick, the original Marsha Brady , who was almost sixty in 2016, still looked pretty and sweet. Joan Severance, a person who was known for her erotic mystery movies and the like during her heyday,  played the female protagonist's mother.  She's still very gorgeous.  At first I thought her role was too perky, but as the story progressed, I admired the person she played because of her. I love all Clarissa's friends, male and female alike.  They are not perfect, because they are very, very human, but they care for each other a lot. What about Chas and Riz?  Do they have chemistry?  Do they ...