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Merritt Patterson plays a stranded Princess who's taken in by a local family during winter storms. At first she comes off as cold but you quickly realize that in many ways she's lead a very sheltered life and some ordinary things she's doing, she's in fact doing for the first time. Underneath all her insecurities we learn that she is very sweet and sincere with a good heart.

Trevor Donovan plays a single father of a sweet daughter, who is just an everyday guy who, along with all the family, finds himself very quickly drawn to the Princess.

It's a good, straight forward Christmas story that is well worth watching (probably more than once) and it's cute ending lends itself to a sequel next Christmas. Enjoy.

It would appear that this was initially conceived to be Part 1 of The Jingle Bell Princess Franchise. It has merit. OOPs - Merritt Patterson, a charming lass, who has converted to being British, since she and some colleagues have jumped ship from Hallmark to GAC Family.

The story was so simple but goes to your heart. Merritt played her role perfectly including her accent. She is becoming one of my favorite. Trevor was likable on this movie as well.

Thank you GAC for creating wholesome, family oriented movies. For giving Hallmark a run for their money.

I like the main actors. Merritt is very sweet in this one, although LOTS of things seem less than probable. I'm half English and I thought her accent was fine.

The dog was unnecessary. Didn't quite get it; probably fine in the book, but was an extra here.

The movie was a bit boring, to be honest. Maybe a lot boring.

Trevor is such a sweetie, but his movies are hit or miss. This was a miss.

The Cutler family did not behave respectfully to their foreign guest. They seemed to look down on her because she was wealthy. A lot of people do. She had a very kind and gentle demeanor. And classy. They were anything but.

One very small but funny thing I found amusing. The main couple has coffee in mugs and neither use the handle to hold the cup. The cultured and refined princess would definitely hold it correctly. And she likely WOULD eat cold pizza with a fork and knife. Nothing wrong with that; I know people who would. No reason for Sam to be rude and snarky in that scene.

Watched and deleted.

It's clear GAC at this point is getting Hallmark rejects. This story was beyond dumb - a Princess stranded in a small Maine town when her private plan takes off without her. If something like this really happened, everyone on the plane would have been fired the second the plane touched down without the Princess. Merritt Patterson tried her hardest, but Trevor Donovan seemed to check out halfway through. Hopefully they'll get better material to work with in the future.