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Our Christmas Wedding | 2023 Christmas Movies

November 17, 2023 Cassandra Morgan

I understand that a lot of people think a Christmas wedding is the epitome of romance. Christmas weddings could be really nice. Our Christmas Wedding mucks it all up.

Nicole (Holly Deveaux) and Michael (Drew Seeley) got engaged at Thanksgiving. While looking at venues for next year, they find that Nicole’s perfect venue, where her parents got married, will be closing at Christmas. With the help of Nicole’s boss, Kim (Brigitte Kingsley), they try to plan a wedding in two weeks. But can their relationship survive the stress?

This is another case of “could have been a good movie but wasn’t.” While I, personally, think it’s stupid to try to plan an entire wedding in two weeks, I do know that it could be a really good movie plot. The problem here lies with Kim, Nicole’s boss. Instead of listening to what Nicole and Michael want for their wedding, she keeps insisting that her choices are correct. For example, Michael wants a wedding cake that isn’t boring vanilla. Kim convinces Nicole that vanilla is the best choice for a wedding cake because it won’t offend anyone. Kim also pushes Nicole to either be super late or cancel any date plans she makes with Michael with a “Oh, he’ll understand.” Then, professionally, Kim won’t let Nicole complete any of her work for this big presentation due “next week” then makes Nicole cancel another date with Michael to focus solely on the presentation when the client insists on moving it to “the next day.”

The worst part? Toward the end of the movie, Kim apologizes and both Nicole and Michael say it’s not her fault. WHAT?!?! It’s ENTIRELY her fault! If Kim didn’t insist on planning the wedding - if Kim was only Nicole’s boss - so many of the problems wouldn’t have happened. Planning a wedding is stressful enough. You don’t need someone trying to sabotage your relationship at the same time. Kim is pointless and I wish her character didn’t exist.

Rating: Elope instead

In Christmas movies Tags Great American Family, Great American Christmas, Our Christmas Wedding, Holly Deveaux, Drew Seeley, Brigitte Kingsley, Landy Cannon, Winny Clarke, Christmas movie, Christmas 2023
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Christmas By Chance | 2021 Christmas Movies

December 24, 2021 Cassandra Morgan

Big surprise! The leading lady of Christmas By Chance is named…..Chance. I’m not sure it can get more cringey than this.

Chance (Winny Clarke) owns a gift shop slated to close soon. She gets hired by William (Jacob Blair) to create the most romantic Christmas week for his girlfriend, Leyla (Celeste Desjardins), ending in a proposal. Will Chance be able to pull it off or will William’s proposal be ruined?

It is really sad that the worst part of Christmas By Chance is actually Chance. She is so painfully clueless about everything that I have no idea how she has been able to run a business for this long nor do I understand why anyone would hire her to plan anything. Despite the fact that she is fairly young (we don’t get age ranges on the characters), she knows nothing about the internet or social media. She literally relies on her young employee, Becky (Celine Tsai), to handle all of her online presence. That part is fine. Hiring someone to handle the online stuff while you handle your actual business is a normal thing. However, Chance doesn’t understand how to post things online and, when she is trying to research things that Leyla likes, she misunderstands all of Leyla’s social media posts. I know there are people that don’t spend a lot of time online but they still aren’t quite as clueless as Chance.

Unfortunately, since Chance is so unbearably annoying, the rest of the movie suffers. Characters like Becky, the social media guru, deserved way more screen time. She is adorable. Maybe she can get her own show where she teaches naive people about social media. The same goes for Ryan (Sharjil Rasool), William’s assistant. I know there is in insinuation that Becky and Ryan get together but I want a movie where the two of them go into business together teaching the old fogeys how to live their lives in the 2020s.

Needless to say, I don’t think you should watch Christmas By Chance. It was painful to watch. I wish there was a way I could unwatch it. Does anyone know a way?

In Christmas movies Tags Lifetime, Christmas 2021, Christmas movie, Christmas By Chance, Winny Clarke, Jacob Blair, Celine Tsai, Sharjil Rasool, Celeste Desjardins
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