Usually, Christmas movie actors stick to one channel. For example, you rarely see Hallmark actors in Lifetime Christmas movies. Somehow, Jodie Sweetin has managed to be on both channels in one year. Maybe she is the true Queen of Christmas.

Alex (Jodie Sweetin) is an architect who travels the world designing luxury hotels. She decides to spend Christmas in Switzerland, where her mother (Jane Wheeler) is opening an inn. Little did Alex know that her mother invited her ex-best friend, Beth (Mikaela Lily Davies), who happens to be dating Alex’s ex-boyfriend, Jesse (David Pinard), to come for the holidays as well. She decides to spend her time helping Liam (Tim Rozon), who manages the inn, plan for the holiday festivities so she can avoid her troublesome personal problems.

Merry Swissmas is one of the few Christmas movies that treats children like children. Love interest Liam has a son, Kelby (Hudson Robert Wurster) and there is a scene where Alex talks to him about how he remembers his late mother. It is a touching scene that is so well done. There aren’t a ton of movies, especially movies where a parent has passed, where anyone asks the child how they are dealing with it. It was probably my favorite scene out of the entire movie.

Outside of that one scene, the rest of the movie is fine. There is some weirdness in how Alex handles the ancient grudge she holds against Beth for the stupidest of reasons. Yes, Alex is mad at Beth because Beth is dating her ex-boyfriend. It’s such a high school thing to be mad about. But it’s not even the fact that Alex is mad. It’s how she handles being around Beth. She barely even looks at Beth. And every time Beth tries to make a grand gesture to fix their relationship, Alex just walks away. She is not a nice person.

While I do wish they had left out the Beth/Jesse part of the story since it is completely unnecessary, I did think that Merry Swissmas was a pretty watchable movie. I would have liked it to focus a little more on Alex and Liam or Alex and her family but that’s OK. At least we all get to walk away with a little more knowledge about Swiss holiday traditions. That is something no other Christmas movie has given us.

Another channel brand new to this year’s Christmas movie review list is UPtv. UPtv was formerly the Gospel Music Channel, which rebranded in 2013 to focus on family friendly entertainment. You’ll find shows like Gilmore Girls, Highway To Heaven, and Reba there. We’re focusing on the Christmas movies. First up, UnPerfect Christmas Wish.

Madison (Alys Crocker) and Cooper (David Pinard) have been best friends for over 20 years. Cooper has always been in love with Madison but she is very unaware of it. Currently, she is dating Luke (Ish Morris), who is rich and handsome and perfect…and travels a lot. Madison wants someone who will prioritize her in their life. If only she would realize that Cooper does that plus so much more.

This movie was so utterly frustrating. Every time we see Cooper, he is doing everything he can for Madison. Even we when see them as kids, he jumps on stage to help alleviate her stage fright during a Christmas concert. When they are adults, he literally takes on a second job with her company to be a Christmas elf with her. Madison, on the other hand, is so self-centered that she does nothing for Cooper. As a matter of fact, she actually screws him over a number of times. For example, he told her that he really wanted to go to his brother’s party. He ended up missing it because Madison was sad that Luke didn’t take her out for a super special exclusive date with just the two of them. Luke was in town so he took all of his friends out to dinner. He never said anything to Madison about just the two of them going out. So Madison ruined Cooper’s night because she made stupid assumptions. (As a side note, Madison has been dating Luke for like six months and most of those were long distance. This isn’t a close, long term relationship we’re talking about.) Cooper deserves so much better than Madison.

There are also some weird things I don’t understand. Jackie (Bukola Ayoka) is another of Madison’s best friends. She is never referred to as a roommate. However, Jackie acts like she lives with Madison…except for one scene where she makes Cooper use a hidden spare key to let her in the house. But Jackie makes a lot of coffee and bakes cookies and brings all sorts of pets there. Very confusing. Then there is this other scene where Luke rents out the studio where Madison takes yoga classes to give her the date she wanted the night before. It seems like he rented it at the last minute but no one else shows up to take the now-cancelled yoga class? Madison shows up with her yoga mat and in workout clothes so I don’t think an email blast was sent out to the whole class. Did the teacher call everyone individually? Even then, there is always one or two people that don’t get the message in time and show up anyway. This scene was dumb.

UnPerfect Christmas Wish is in this weird in-between place. It wasn’t a terrible movie. It wasn’t even all that boring. There’s some cute songs to offset any boredom that starts to set in. However, all of the characters are kinda terrible people. Cooper is probably the best and he lets Madison walk all over him. I would probably recommend skipping this one but you won’t hate yourself if you end up watching it anyway.