Le souhait de Noël

A Christmas Snow is a must see movie that deals with the outward and inward problems we all experience in our daily lives. It is a fantastic story about life's mistakes, forgiveness, self reflection, family and the inner working relationships of each of these areas. Not being a professional movie critic, but, dealing with my own life problems and those of many friends and family, I can honestly say that this is a life changing movie. Whether it changes your life for moments, hours, weeks, months or a lifetime, it WILL change your life.

Take the time to watch and experience the struggles of these characters as you reflect on your own life experiences. If you're not changed by this movie, it will be the only thing that surprises this viewer.

Take the time to watch this, be patient as the movie develops it's plot and let me know if YOU cry in the end, I surely did!! Enjoy

Christmas hasn't been the same for Kathleen since her father left one Christmas Eve. This Christmas is different. She's thrown together with a young girl and an old man and learns not only how to celebrate the holiday, but also how to love again.

I had the chance to see a preview of this independent film at the Gideon Film Festival. This is a very heartwarming story about a Grinch-like woman who finds love, peace, and forgiveness--a true Christmas story. I loved the performances by Muse Watson and Catherine Mary Stewart, and newcomer Cameron Ten Napel could well be the next Abigail Breslin.

If you have the chance to see this film, I highly recommend it.

Wonderful Christmas movie with a great message about the power of forgiveness. The actors are great and not cheesy. They make the story very real and believable.

1:44 a.m. I don't have the Hallmark Channel, but have somehow managed to see lots of Hallmark-esque Christmas movies the last few years (thank you KBYU and Light t.v.) So far I haven't seen mention of the nativity in any of them.

"48 Christmas Wishes" "The Christmas Village" "A Very Corgi Christmas" "Blizzard" "12 Days of Christmas"

What about even "Shoelaces for Christmas" and "Christmas Jars" which have local connections? Even "Christmas Oranges" I'm not sure mentions religion to any great extent.

"Christmas Snow" - made by some mainstream Christians - is the only one that does mention the nativity. It has a very very sweet Christmas pageant, and a very strong spirit.

Does your dad leaving you and your mom when you were a child justify being mean and rude to just about everyone and acting more of a child than the cute kid you are babysitting? It's a little extreme, but once you get past that, things lighten up and Cameron Ten Napel shines as a precocious, cute, and very wise child. The last half of the movie, especially the ending is very heart warming.

This is a faith based movie with one theological problem that we'll just ignore. There is a strong message about forgiving, faith, and family.

The sappy meter is quite high on this one, so if you don't like sappy, then be warned.

Should I mention that the ground is almost bare of snow except for a few patches on the day after a blizzard shuts down the city so bad that the lady can't even drive to work? Just ignore all that too.