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I almost gave this 10 stars! I love Scrooge, Home Alone, Christmas Vacation, etc. etc. etc. I watched The Secret Santa last year and loved it. Was hoping to find it on DVD. Best Christmas movie in years and I love Christmas movies. I would recommend watching it if you get the chance. I love the traditional Christmas movies, but this one sure put the spirit of Christmas in my season. Not only was it an incredible movie, but it was brilliantly done. I caught part of the movie while channel surfing and searched for a week to find when it aired again so that I could record it on cable. We moved, so I no longer have that cable box, but sure miss that show of all.

John Schnieder plays a carpenter who meets and romances this lady played by Marilu Henner. She is only in town to give conferences on construction for 4 days. They date for four days and she goes back to NY. John (Charlie) loads up his truck and goes to NY to find her and make her his wife. Although this city girl is not convinced, Charlie has a lot of patience. He buys a small strip of land in the ghetto that is wedged between two buildings: a spot where his love interest needs to build new condos. Charlie is against all odds trying to convince the girl that he loves to give him the shot that he needs and to build a house in the middle of the ghetto where the gangs go to great lengths to show him he's not welcome. Great movie. I liked this show. I just watched it today. I had my friend record it from HBO many, many years ago and the quality was not great, but it was nice to watch it again. It's a great show. If you liked this one, you will like the movie: The Last Fling staring John Ritter. I think you will have to settle for VHS. It's hard to find, but worth it. ~ Pat