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It starts off reasonably funny. Bit weird premises but ok, il'll go with it. Towards the end it get cringeworthy. So all in all mediocre.

I liked it to begin with and was happy to see it was filmed in Monschau where I've been. My brother took me there years ago when he lived nearby, and I would have recommended the series to him and others who were with me, but by the end it was a bit too sentimental and mediocre even for me. (I swear Luke Mockridge looks like Chris O'Dowd.)

I liked this one. It had (1) somewhat different culture than the usual fare and (2) an after school special on growing up for the twenty somethings.

I liked how the family was drinking so much to mask uncomfortable feelings - just like real life families! I liked how they tried to shoehorn joy into past feast traditions when they would probably have more fun with new traditions - just like real life! I liked how all of the people were flawed - just like real life!

It was a real life Christmas that actually portrayed the reality of going back to your small hometown. You can have fun with friends, tolerate your family, start to feel the joy of becoming the responsible adult in the family, enjoy the feasting, and learn that gifts will always be mismatched. Also it shows the forced celebrations with a recipe of specific traditions (put forward by the mother in this instance) were not really the point of Christmas nor the source of joy. Communal celebrations and real friendships, conversations and support for family are more important.

Netflix seriously underestimates its audience at Christmas. I just can't get into the dozen or so Hallmark/Lifetime style movies they churn out every year... so formulaic and cheesy.

It was SUCH a refreshing change of pace to find a laugh out loud funny, heartwarming, and much more honest take on the holidays. Sure there were some predictable plot points, but in all I found the characters to be genuine and loved the escapist scenery.

Actually right now, I think the only thing I want has nothing to do with Christmas and I bet almost every person on this planet wants: the end of the pandemic and the restrictions. But let's not get political or into details, because if you don't like my review I hope it is because you don't like the review and not what my thoughts are on the pandemic.

That being said, it seems that doing tv shows/series is the thing to do right now. This could easily have been a movie and a bit shorter instead of a 3 part series. But what do I know right? Anyway well acted and quite the heroes journey (if you are lost, I just mean the main character and his discovery tour through the movie). Well acted and edited, this works quite nicely.

I'm not a real fan of Luke and got talked into watching this show by my wife. But boy was I happy about it. It's a light enjoyable tv show. It never gets to cheese. The family life is shown in a quite realistic way but what I find even more important is the way that our jelousy works is shown pretty good and how we can get lost in unimportant stuff without noticing that we are the ones limiting ourselfs and not the others.

It's really good but worth noting it's dubbed English, I didn't realise this at first and thought it was out of sync...it's really good! Give it a go if you like sarcasm and Christmas.

It is pretty refreshing to see something different on netflix themed during the christmas time. It is enjoyble to watch without too much eyes rolling for some scenes being too cliche. Good sarcasms throughout the series, but still ends in a positive, cheesey note which it is still christmas themes series/show afterall.

I was pleasantly surprised. Funny, Christmassy and cheesy, but not saccharine to the point of feeling like you are on the verge of a diabetic coma. Captures family life over the holidays so well, definitely worth a watch.

This show is enjoyable and light, a real joy to watch -that is - up until the last episode. The last episode is rushed into an unexpected, stretched out thin "feel good" ending, a completely made up story that doesn't really fit into the tale or make sense for the characters. As a result the show has no real meaning, no purpose, because it fails to show the characters evolution. Its really sad because the story was clearly going somewhere.

Echoes of 'Dan In Real Life', 'What We Did On Our Holidays', and 'Home For The Holidays', all of which are practically perfect love.

Voice overs done fairly well, but the translators have GOT to return to using 'damn' and 'hell' rather than vocab that is disgusting, especially at Christmas. We just don't need that imagery.

The relationships and situations are tough to watch and grandma's crudeness was overdone, so didn't come off as funny.

The one and only Black character was stereotypical. Sad.

BUT... We loved being in a beautiful German village for a few hours. Loved the multi-episode form. Loved the messages. Loved the imagined scenarios.

To me, this is not a legitimate Christmas story. The story-line is fine, the German town setting alluring, English dubbing well-done, most acting very good although the lead is not very likable even at his redemption. Agreed, he's a Scrooge-type character but Scrooge is not nearly as mean as he.

My wife and I stayed with it in spite of the foul language, especially from the grandmother character. We weathered the brief nude scene and all the sexual references.

However, just before the climax in the 3rd episode something terrible happened. There was a glaring shout of blasphemy that ruined the entire story for us. Why was this necessary in a CHRISTmas movie?

I really enjoyed this movie. The dubbing was good and overall a great story. 3 epoxied only and highly recommend it. While this may not be a family movie it's a great Christmas movie. Plus you get to see a nice village in Germany

Seyneb Saleh and Luke Mockridge, both actors have a lot potention. i like very much seen these 2, 2gether. In another show, another genry or whatever they would be a golden couple. hope C more of Seyneb Saleh and Luke Mockridge. Gute weinachten !

This is not a legitimate Christmas story. The story-line is fine, German town setting alluring, English dubbing well-done, most acting very good although the lead is over-the-top. Agreed, the lead is a Scrooge-like character but Scrooge has nothing on the lead in this one and his redemption was underwhelming.

My wife and I stayed with it in spite of foul language, especially from the grandmother character. We weathered the nude scene and all the sexual scenes and references.

However, just before the climax in the 3rd episode something terrible happened. There was a glaring shout of blasphemy that ruined the entire story for us. Why was this necessary in a CHRISTmas movie?

I really enjoyed this. It was funny but heartfelt. The shots of the village it took place in were beautiful. Lots of cobblestone streets and little bakeries, you really felt like you were watching a very close, small town enjoy Christmas. I loved all the songs in it too, I thought the music scenes were very well done. My one complaint was that I felt like the main character Bastian was quite immature and hurtful to people at times, but nobody's perfect so this may be more a flaw in his character than a flaw in the movie.