Magical Christmas Ornaments

Marie finds her Christmas spirit reawakened when her mother begins sending her the family's Christmas ornaments. As each ornament arrives, it brings a positive change to Marie's life, including an introduction to the handsome man from next door.

I have said this before but Jessica Lowndes has had to many surgical procedures and she looks frighting. It is hard to be charmed by that. In fact its a distractions!

Book editor Marie (Jessica Lowndes) has no Christmas spirit after a festive break-up and neighbour Nate (Brendan Penny), a paediatric nurse, endeavours to reignite it. Marie is also attempting to reboot the children's book sector at her publishers with push-back from her boss. So, there's a few things going on here and it takes a little time to find its feet, but we eventually get an engaging story with some good performances.

Another Brendan Penny film and I don't mind one bit. He is just so charming and lovely. I'm not sure what he sees in Jessica Lowndes character though, I might have found it more likely if she'd ended up with her ex (Also hot by the way).

I did like the idea of the potential magic in the ornaments, it made the story flow well, without it actually being a fantasy story. The hospital element was also a nice touch and I love any reference to 'A Christmas Carol', but I've never understood why there is a toy drive for kids in hospital? Just because they broke their leg, it doesn't make their parents paupers who can't afford to buy a book or something? All I'm saying is that there might be other charities out there that need help more? Ones that provide water, food and shelter maybe?

It's not a bad film overall, I've made it sound a bit off in what I've written above, but with Brendan in it, how could we go wrong?

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Marie finds her Christmas spirit reawakened when her mother begins sending her the family's Christmas ornaments. As each ornament arrives, it brings a positive change to Marie's life, including an introduction to the handsome man from next door.

This film makes some pretty tame choices however fine I am cool with that. What I expect from a "Christmas Film" this film delivers. Not the greatest but I enjoy the film for what it is. The film is "Magical"

This movie was just beautiful. I'm currently listening to famous Christmas songs and I think that's what all these movies are about, at least for me. A reminder of a "magical" time of the year.

Speaking of magical, the story with the ornaments was charming, I really appreciate having an original plot, even with the typical Hallmark elements that just can't be absent (like the -ex- boyfriend, and the main character only realizing things at the end)

Regarding the characters, does Brendan Penny have chemistry with all his co-leads? The chemistry was there and I was charmed by him once again. I did liked Marie but sometimes she just seemed off. However, I enjoyed her journey.

To sum up, this movie is average, but it does have a lovely plot regarding the ornaments. You should really watch it.