Lifetime’s Mom’s Christmas Boyfriend is very similar to this year’s Peppermints and Postcards from Great American Family. Let’s see if Lifetime could do better than “meh.”

Emma (Jeananne Goossen) is a single mom to her adopted daughter, Lily (Ai Barrett). While shopping for their annual charity, Lily enters the department store’s Christmas Wish contest. She wins with a wish that her mother could find a boyfriend. With the help of store employees Zach (Zach Smadu) and Brady (Chris Wilson), Emma goes on a variety of dates with Clark (Anthony Bewlz), a bachelor that responded to the store’s call for men to date Emma. But is Clark really right for her?

This movie focused a lot more on the kid than Peppermints did. Which is great. Frequently, a child is the centerpiece in a single mother’s life and when single mothers date, they look for someone who will accept her child not just put up with them. It was really nice to see Zach spending a lot of time with Lily while Clark solely focused on Emma. I think it was a nice change from all of the movies that treat children as some sort of extra piece in their families instead of an actual family member.

Rating: Can Emma teach me to bake bread?