It’s A Christmas Carol but in Nashville! Different, right?

Vivian (Jessy Schram) is a television producer/director that rarely takes time off. She’s too busy planning a Christmas special when she is interrupted by the ghost of her dead mentor, Marilyn (Wynonna Judd). Marilyn sends the Christmas spirits Vivian’s way in order to get her life back on track.

I’m generally not a big fan of country music. But I do like good music. Sara Evans as Belinda and RaeLynn as Alexis knock it out of the park. I could see myself watching the Christmas special with them. Especially when they were singing together. The rest of the show….

We’re all familiar with A Christmas Carol - the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future visit Scrooge to show him his terrible ways. A Nashville Christmas Carol spends a little too much time with the spirit of Christmas past, who goes by Pat (Kix Brooks), and completely abandons the spirit of Christmas-yet-to-come. That was a little disappointing. I wanted to see hints of Vivian getting together with love interest/former best friend Gavin (Wes Brown). Instead, we get a “The future is what you make it” type of speech from Marilyn.

I think maybe the worst part was that Vivian’s past was not all that exciting. We hear that Vivian and her sister, Georgia (Sarah Borne), grew up without their mother but we don’t know why their mother is gone. They just say “she left.” A lot of the Christmas Past time was spent at a Christmas party where Gavin got the job of his dreams but Vivian thought he kicked her to the curb. Of course, Vivian was wrong and….blah blah blah. Once again, these are conflicts that could have been resolved if someone opened their mouth and said something. It doesn’t make a good conflict.

Honestly? You should skip A Nashville Christmas Carol. There are better versions of Dickens’ book that are actually worth your time. The Muppets Christmas Carol is the absolute best. Watch that one instead.