The Holiday Calendar (2018)
TV-PG
Starring Kat Graham, Quincy Brown, Ethan Peck, Ron Cephas Jones
Directed by Bradley Walsh
The Story:
Abby (Graham) is a struggling photographer who wants nothing more than to open her own studio. With the holidays fast approaching and her life in a bit of a spiral, Gramps (Jones) gives her Grandma's antique advent calendar. However, as each day reveals a new gift, that gift seems to come true in real life and it sends Abby down a path that could forever alter her future.
As someone who no longer has cable, I don't get the joy of watching FreeForm (Formerly ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas) where they saturated their airwaves with original and classic Christmas movies.
Nor do I have the luxury of Lifetime or Hallmark for a Christmas movie fix.
When I wrote up a list of Christmas movies that I do have access to, including what I own and what streaming services I have (Netflix & Amazon) I have over 130 choices...
So 25 Days of Christmas doesn't cut it at our house, and we start November 1st!!!
But as I said, I do have Netflix, and they carry a few of these offerings from Christmases past, they have started creating their own Christmas movies as well.
This year, they've introduced 3 (so far...) that I'm aware of, and The Holiday Calendar was the first of those 3.
Now the thing with Christmas movies you have to remember, is they often follow a very obvious pattern, but those of us that like Christmas movies usually don't care about that, it's a warm and comfortable feeling that makes you feel cozy while you watch it.
Or it's dreadful. :)
Thankfully, this wasn't dreadful. It was a lot of fun, and while you know how the film is going to end, you enjoy the trip that you're taking to get there.
So far so good, and this one will enter the ranks of the movies we will watch again each Christmas time.
Hoping Netflix continues this trend of yuletide offerings each year!
Final Grade: B
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