I used to think that Hallmark Channel had the worst Christmas romance movies. In the past, that was true. This year, however, it’s Lifetime that is letting me down.
Mandy (Nicola Posener) owns a hobby/craft shop. Inside an old book that someone put in their toy/book drive box, Mandy finds an old letter with a rare coin. With the help from a local contractor, Jonah (Brad Johnson), she sets out to return the items to their original owner.
I was quick to call Christmas with the Darlings the best movie of the season. Well, A Crafty Christmas Romance may be the worst. I guess it’s a good thing I watched them back-to-back. There are so many problems with this one that I’m not sure where to start….
The title of the movie has nothing to do with the plot. I think that this may not have been the original title of it. The movie’s IMDB page has a graphic calling it “Crafting Christmas,” which also has nothing to do with the plot. Sure, Mandy owns a shop where people can craft things and Mandy and Jonah craft an ugly sweater together but that is it. They don’t use the crafts to do anything to find the coin’s owner.
Talking about Mandy and Jonah, they are such boring people. They are dull, their romance is dull, even their jobs are dull. There’s not a drop of chemistry between them and this is another movie where they shoehorn the Big Kiss in with zero reason for it. Apparently Jonah wished that Mandy would fall in love with him after knowing her for a whole day. Maybe he should get to know the woman before asking her to be head over heels with him.
So, the whole premise of the movie is Mandy and Jonah searching for the author of this letter. Of course, no one has any information about it. The two of them spend the whole freaking movie reading old high school yearbooks in an attempt to maybe find someone with the same name as the author. Sounds fascinating, right? Wouldn’t you want to watch a movie of people reading books?
Please don’t watch A Crafty Christmas. I’m sorry if you’ve already sat through it. No one should be tortured like that.