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Maureen McCormick (the Grandmother) and Nikki DeLoach really do look a like. Knowing Maureen in her younger years as Marcia Brady helps us see the resemblance. This is what I really liked about this movie. It is written well except not to much romance or connection between the two main characters but it's still well written and worth watching.

It is a Xmas movie, right? How the heck do they have an immoral, greedy real estate developer come out a huge winner? On top of that they put him (Mason) in a major scene with townspeople and it is all smiles. When they should have been running him out of town tarred and feathered.

How Mason became a 'winner' is nonsensical. It calls for signing a million dollar+ contract with a 'stranger' and without reading it.

Two weeks to renovate a run down Christmas Land and all we see is a single purchase of a few cans of paint. Voila, it is magically as great looking as in years gone by.

Did you know that a coffee can,not even a large one, cannot hold hundreds of thousands of dollars? Finally, our 'hero' attorney can not come up with a single creative approach to help nail greedy, immoral Mason.

I love the 3 main characters in this movie; Jules the grand daughter heir to Christmas land (Nikki Deloach), Tucker (Luke Macfarlane) the good guy, and Mitchell the bad for you boyfriend. Nikki Deloach was in "A Dream of Christmas" this year- which was a much better movie (I hope she continues to do Christmas movies). I really enjoyed the first 30 minutes, liked the second 30 minutes but the final part of the movie really lagged. Richard Karn (Home Improvements Al) character just didn't work. I noticed they put well known actresses like Cynthia Gibbs and Maureen McCormick in such really small parts. I loved that they put Chonda Pierce in the movie and that worked well. Most of the reviews hated the ending of the story and I agree. I would recommend watching it though.

My son told me to watch this one as part of my 100 Christmas movies before Christmas day challenge.

I'm glad he did as I really enjoyed it. I love how Christmassy it is. I would love to live there haha.

It was a nice movie and I will watch it again.

The ending of Christmasland is extremely offensive to women and make women out to be stupid and unaware of their legal rights. The female lead is supposed to be a savvy person living and surviving in a big city not some backwoods hillbilly. The ending of this movie leaves her in debt by $1.3 million dollars on property she owned free and clear one week before. Idiotic! If I were in her shoes, I would have brought a friend with me to confront that attorney boyfriend about his collusion with that real estate developer so I would have had a witness. Then I would have hired a great real estate attorney and sued them both then reported the ex-boyfriend/attorney to the State Bar. I love the Hallmark Christmas movies but this one was pathetic!

We need to know more about the romance of the two main characters :why was-it so important that SHE thought HE was the first at the exam (for example )? I have just seen this movie at the french TV ;could anyone explain me : when a character tells "Christmasworld" in state of "Christmasland", he is soon "cured"; does it matter : has it a special meaning ? I find it odd that you think the end is not "politically "correct": a very rich man is supposed to be a very bad man (!) ; so he can't change even with the magic of Christmas . Dickens was not "politically correct" ! I would prefer :this movie has not the correct dickensity....

One of my wife's favorite things to do leading up to and during Christmas is to watch Hallmark Christmas movies. So we've watched a lot. I've come to expect the normal formula for this type of movie: setup a situation with someone who has some sort of anti-Christmas issue, then they somehow overcome it (and most likely an antagonist) and all is well by the end of the movie, with the added bonus that most of the time someone falls in love as well. The plots differ, but there is a basic formula. This movie takes a slightly different approach but it falls into the general category. You also have to expect that the movie will be somewhat unrealistic when compared to real life, but that is what makes it fun watching, especially at Christmas. I think everyone, deep down, wants a "happily ever after" ending and Hallmark movies always deliver. Well until now and if you watch this movie. I will not go into the details (you can read the other reviews with spoilers, which I recommend before investing the time to watch this movie) but the way they ended this movie just made me shake my head. I was frustrated enough with the plot development and final conflict resolution that I created an account on IMDb to vent, I looked for a way on Hallmark's site but did not see a user review section.

I was actually surprised the overall rating was so high, considering how much of a downer the ending was. I almost gave it a 1 to do something about it, but ended up giving it a 2 because of the two lead characters. Their acting was good and their chemistry was engaging. They did their part, its just too bad that the writer, producer or director did not.

If you want the typical feel good ending so that you can feel better about humanity during the Christmas season, one that Hallmark usually provides, then DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE, find another!

Probably the worst Hallmark movie ever. Stupidity and greed win the day. I wish there was some way to unwatch this piece of rubbish.

Idiotic lead, greedy developer "wins", poor townsfolk saving the day. Seriously who wrote this and thought it would leave people with a happy Christmas feeling? Even worse who sanctioned it to be made?

Yea, I know Hallmark Christmas movies are full of make believe and magical stuff, but they normally leave you suspending disbelief and walking away with at least a bit of a smile on your face. This one was the exact opposite.

Be warned, if you do watch it, you will not have a smile on your face at the end.

5.9 stars.

'Christmas Land' is a story about nothing. A woman inherits a cool Christmas village that she used to enjoy as a child. Her grandmother ran the place, what sort of place, we really don't know. It's like an amusement park, but mainly just a bunch of little shops and stuff. I guess this is the place for people all around to come for Christmas to get into the spirit of the season. But the place has been rundown for a while, I suppose grandma couldn't maintain it near the end of her life and then she passed away and gave the town to her granddaughter. Granddaughter doesn't really want the place, but the people of the town are hoping she will reignite the magic of Christmas Land. You can guess what transpires, the monumental mistakes that are made, and the "evil" real estate mogul that interferes, and eventually how this ends, but you would be wrong. Not my favorite, far from it.

Woman inherits Christmas Land from her beloved Aunt and comes to see about selling the place. She rediscovers her Christmas spirit and what a dolt her current boyfriend is. Just skip it and watch another Hallmark Christmas movie..

The resolution was grinch worthy and stupid.

It does pain me to say that. Not all Hallmark festive films are bad, actually saw some surprisingly good, very good even to my pleasant surprise, ones recently (while still not being masterpieces). 'Window Wonderland' was one of the prime examples, and that was a film that made me unsure as to whether it would be good or not with its corny title. Plenty are average or less, some are terrible. But not all. So there is no bias on either side here.

And Christmas is my favourite time of year, so am not giving a low rating or writing a negative review with malice in my mind. Actually did want to like 'Christmas Land' in an at least guilty pleasure sort of way because the premise was not too bad. 'Christmas Land' just didn't do it for me, too cheesy, goes far too over the top on the cliches, had very few characters worth investing in, it really irritated me and it left a bad taste in the mouth. In the latter case, that is not something said often by me.

'Christmas Land' has its good moments. Luke MacFarlane does a great job in his role as the only halfway likeable character, and the only one to not frustrate with their decision making or grate on the nerves.

He has a warm affectionate chemistry with Nikki Deloach, whose character was problematic but she did her best with her and did appeal enough at times. Some of the filming was nice.

Other parts of the filming are drab though and although the scenery is usually quite nice in Hallmark films, the noticeable and distracting lack of authenticity here really hurts it and made me unable to appreciate. Like too many Hallmark festive films in the past half a decade or so, the music is over-bearing and too constant. It needed to be used and over-emphasised a lot less than it was, and the dialogue can be overpowered. Not that it was particularly worth listening to in the first place, as even for Hallmark it was incredibly cheesy and awkward and makes one want to reach for the sick bucket. Hallmark festive films are very formulaic and one knows how things map out and end long before happening.

That is the case here but even worse is that every single thing (plot points, motivations and types of character) has been used so many times elsewhere that it all feels forgettable on the most part. Apart from one part which will be mentioned in a couple of sentences' time. Only Tucker is likeable here, all the others unrealistically behave like idiots for no reason, don't learn anything and can be over-the-top. The case with the support acting, with pantomimic Richard Karn faring worst in a particularly caricaturish role. What really brings 'Christmas Land' down and very nearly single-handedly if it weren't for many other things as well agreed is the ending, which is so far-fetched and very mean-spirited. Nice to have a change of pace once in a while but not to this extent, this leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

All in all, very weak with a worse ending. 3/10