This year Hallmark is giving us two Lacey Chabert movies. The first one is A Merry Scottish Christmas, where she rejoins her old Party of Five co-star, Scott Wolf, as siblings.

Lindsay Morgan (Chabert), her brother Brad (Wolf), and his wife Sarah (Kellie Blaise) have come to Scotland at their mother’s request to celebrate Christmas. Little did they know that their mother, Josephine (Fiona Bell), was supposed to be a duchess before she ran away with her American boyfriend. Now that the duke, Jo’s brother, has passed, what will happen to the castle and the town that depends on it?

We all know I’m a sucker for a Christmas movie that doesn’t revolve around romance. This movie revolves around a broken family trying to find their ways back to each other. It has sweet moments where they remember fond childhood memories and moments where they are all absolutely crappy to each other. Things that make an unrealistic movie like this seem more real. While I’m not particularly fond of Chabert’s or Wolf’s acting skills, I think their history together works well for them. It’s almost hard to believe they aren’t brother and sister.

Rating: Can I learn how to do the Highland Fling too?

I thought it would happen earlier in the month but, alas, my work schedule has finally gotten the best of me. The 2019 Christmas movie advent calendar will continue. However, some of the reviews will be late. I apologize for the inconsistency. Let’s just jump into the next movie.

Broadway darling Kristin Chenoweth stars as Katherine, a former Broadway star turned youth choir director. While preparing for their annual Christmas concert, a teenaged boy, Danny (Kevin Quinn), with a beautiful voice joins the choir, unbeknownst to his father, Greg (Scott Wolf). In addition to convincing Greg to letting Danny join the choir, Katherine also has to write the big original song that will be the finale of the show.

A Christmas Love Story was fun, for the most part. I loved the singing. Though I’m pretty positive the children’s choir was not voiced by a children’s choir. They sounded very….adult. Unfortunately, the rest of the movie was just kinda there. There was an adoption story shoved into the plot, which was supposed to be the big twist, I guess? Maybe someone should tell them that you can, in fact, have a Christmas movie without some big twist ending. Because I actually enjoyed the movie up until that part.

Sadly, I don’t have much else to say about it. So, should you watch this? If you’re a fan of Kristin Chenoweth, sure. She does have a very nice singing voice. But don’t be too upset if you come out of it disappointed.