Hallmark Christmas 6 (Merry Matrimony / Help For The Holidays / Matchmaker Santa) [NTSC/0]

I have bought, and continue to, so many in the series that I had to put them in storage cases that hold, at least,six discs because I ran out of space in my Christmas-genre shelf. These movies are, consistently, ENTERTAININGwith seasonal themes that tend toward romance-stuff.I've had to switch to cases that hold 8 discs!I think I'm HOOKED on these Christmas movies.One but has, but, to look to notice I actually BUY the movies I speak of.Every one of these gave me a warm feeling for the holidays!Did I mention that "The Hallmark Christmas movies are WONDERFUL!"?

Awesome movie, brand new in package, great service

Love the Hallmark Christmas movies.

All movie were great

By the way, just a heads up that, unless you have a region-free DVD player, this product won't play in the States. These discs are formatted for Region 4 playback, meaning they'll play in Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. You need a Region 1 formatted disc to play in the States.- HELP FOR THE HOLIDAYS (4 stars)Just eyeball Summer Glau's onscreen résumé, from programmed assassin to post-apocalyptic robot to elf nanny. Somewhere in the North Pole a curious elf named Christine (Glau) wonders what life is like outside the toy shop. She gets a chance to find out when an emergency Christmas wish has Santa (Steve Larkin) dispatching her on an away mission. The wish comes from an 8-year-old boy (Mason Cook) in Los Angeles who fears that his family has lost the Christmas spirit. Now that his parents' own holiday shop is thriving, there's less and less time for mom and dad to spend with him and his disenchanted 12-year-old sister (Izabela Vidovic). For these kids, Christmas has become the worst time of the year.Maybe some plot spoilers.The elf named Christine feels up to the task. As "Christine Prancer" - because, to quote Santa, "Well, 'Christine Blitzen' sounded funny." (cue eyeroll) - she's ready to step out into the real world. Santa hands her a wallet that never runs out of money, a purse that provides whatever she needs at the moment, and a book of definitions in case she runs into an unfamiliar term (like "hot dog" or "rain check"). While out in the real world, she only has to remember the three rules for an elf out on assignment:1) "You may never reveal yourself as an elf."2) "You may never get emotionally involved with the people in your assignment."3) "These rules are unbending and you're subject to immediate disciplinary action if broken."North Pole urban legend suggests that the above-mentioned "disciplinary action" involves the rule breaker's simply disappearing into thin air. And yet, before it's all over, Christine will end up violating two of those three rules.Help for the Holidays is a Hallmark Channel original movie that premiered in 2012, and you should watch it. As a fan of Summer Glau, I think it's refreshing to see her cast in a different role, although it is odd to see her outside of her asskicking mode. Summer has always had this exotic - dare I say "elfin"? - look about her. I think the pointy ears fit her very well. As Christine, elf-disguised-as-human, Summer makes for an adorable nanny and her interactions with the kids are great. But watch as Christine's self-confidence gradually erodes as she learns that it's not so easy solving her assigned family's predicament. Sarah (Eve La Rue) and Scott Vancamp (Dan Gauthier), the mom and dad entrepreneurs, are caught up in their thriving business. They aren't even aware they're neglecting their kids or that they've totally lost sight of the meaning of Christmas. When their new nanny tries to intervene, tries to rekindle the family's Christmas spirit, Sarah views it as inappropriate meddling. Can Christine Prancer, wide-eyed girl from "North Pole, Idaho," pull this family together? Can she help the jaded 12-year-old Ally make a statement with her upcoming dance recital? Or improve 8-year-old Will's free throw shooting? Can she fend off their charming Uncle Dave's (John Brotherton) advances? Will Christine, like the rule-breaking elves before her, simply disappear into thin air? I mustn't forget to laud Steve Larkin's performance as Santa. Santa, when the chips are down, actively becomes engaged in Christine and the Vancamp's plights. I like that this Santa is very grounded, that he doesn't simply, I dunno, wag a finger and then magic fixes everything. No, he gets very hands-on with the problem-solving. So, go see Help for the Holidays, for Summer Glau's cast-against-type but absolutely endearing role and for a Santa that harbors an engaging down-to-earth streak and seems all the more real for it.================================================================================================- MATCHMAKER SANTA (4 stars)Matchmaker Santa first aired in 2012, a period in time when Hallmark still cared more about putting out quality over quantity. As opposed to 2019, when we went neck-deep in an avalanche of Hallmark holiday movies - and how many of those truly stood out? And how many of 'em were these checklist movies? Y'know, plotlines that had these clichés that you checked off as they surfaced? Conversely, Matchmaker Santa, while it had its share of romantic tropes, comes off as if the screenwriter gave more of a damn.Some plot spoilers now.Movie opens with a flashback scene of a Christmastime when a girl named Melanie was nine and was so tickled with her parents' still being madly in love with each other that when she penned her letter to Santa that night, she wished to find her very own true love.Years later, we catch up to Melanie Hogan (Lacey Chabert). Today, she's a baker extraordinaire who operates her very own thriving bakery. Except, nowadays, Melanie's not as into Christmas. She seems into Justin (Thad Luckinbill), the guy she'd been seeing for over a year.Maybe she's more into him than he's into her. Justin Green's experiencing a sort of trial by fire. He's the new CEO of his father's company and trying hard to prove himself to the board of directors. In light of this, he invites Melanie to his family's lake house upstate in Forest Lake, ostensibly for an intimate Christmas getaway and to meet his mom, but, really, so that he could parade her around in a holiday party he's throwing. Wouldn't you know it? All from the board of directors are invited.This is the kind of movie where the boyfriend is so caught up in his own b.s. that he neglects the girl. He's enabled by having a friend who always steps in as his surrogate whatever. Justin's late at a dinner date? No worries. Just send his buddy Dean (Adam Mayfield) whom he employs in his company's business affairs department. No sweat, Dean'll keep the girl company until the real boyfriend shows up. What's that? Can't be bothered to pick up the girl at the airport? Hey, send Dean to play chauffer.But what happens when a certain jolly fat man gets to meddling? What happens when the car breaks down and strands Melanie and Dean in the nearby town of Buford Falls? It's the boyfriend's chance to play knight in shining armor. Except, no, Justin can't do it. He's in a business meeting with the V.P. of Operations working for the president of the board of directors. Only, this V.P. person turns out to be Justin's childhood sweetheart, Blaire (Elizabeth Ann Bennett). It may dawn on you that, just maybe, Santa's playing matchmaker for more than one couple.Lacey Chabert is sweet and adorable, always. Adam Mayfield embodies the nice, cute guy who allows himself to be a doormat, never mind that it's obvious he'd been crushing on Melanie since forever. The two leads are good together, even if the script doesn't challenge their acting chops any. See two storylines play out, Melanie and Dean's, Justin and his V.P.'s. This is a Christmas movie that posits Santa as the genuine article, and not just some clever department store Santa. The secret ingredient isn't Melanie's pure vanilla bean extract, it's Donovan Scott as "Chris," the jolly fat man hired to play Santa in Buford Falls. He exudes such warmth. IMDb seems to agree, going by how many times it lists Mr. Scott's having played the Santa role in so many movies.This is a movie with no real villains in it, oh, maybe a beau who's guilty of benign negligence. I did get a kick out of Chris messing with him to delay his getting to Buford Falls. At some point, Chris confides to Melanie: "Every once in a great while, a child will ask for a long-term wish, a wish that takes years to fulfill before it actually fits a child." I guess her long ago wish now fits Melanie because there's Chris digging into his bag of tricks. Some old familiar faces dot the screen: John Ratzenberger as the mechanic who can't seem to fix Dean's car, Robert Pine in a cameo as the president of the board of directors, and Florence Henderson as the innkeeper Peggy.One continuity fail bugged me. Dean mentions one disappointment of his is that he never did get any of Melanie's cookies, mentioning, "They were all sold out by the time I got there." Except, in an earlier scene, he did get to the cookie table and forked over a fiver and there were plenty of cookies then. Now, if he'd mentioned that he never got to taste her cookies, that'd be more accurate, seeing as how, before he was handed his cookie in that earlier scene, he and Melanie rushed away for a walk. Got all that? Me neither.Amazingly, no stupid last-minute complication pops up to thwart the love birds. That tired old plot device may be the most notorious check off the box.==================================================================================================- MERRY MATRIMONY (? stars)Sorry, I remember I started watching this one and wasn't too crazy about it. Ten minutes in, I got distracted by something - maybe by paint drying on the wall - and I just never went back to watching it. I know this came out in 2015 and starred Jessica Lowndes, who is a knockout, and Christopher Russell, who is a mannequin. Maybe, at the time, I just wasn't in the mood to sit thru Christopher Russell's every expression is bland.

They've finally been released on dvd and they are wonderful, I've been waiting so long for Matchmaker Santa and Help For The Holidays to be released! :)All three films are great and they leave you with smiles on after

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