the audience applauded

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Alicia Witt does really good faces. That makes her perfect for the strange predicaments she gets into as a result of having to tell the truth, and sometimes the truth is embarrassing.It was kind of ironic to see Alicia Witt singing absolutely horribly when doing Christmas carols, since she is a professional recording artist and concert singer. And I'm pretty sure she sings the title track also - it sounds like her and she has a recording of this song.The overall plot is cute and leads to some fun situations, even if the idea is not at all original.Kids in a Christmas movie are always good and this is no exception. Anna is a cutie. The sit down between Holly and her sister was very sweet. And it's Hallmark, so there has to be a romance and hugely unrealistic developments before the ending.

My wife and I watched a few minutes of this movie last Christmas. We usually get somewhat excited for Hallmark movies, but I forgot why we didn't watch this one through to the end last Christmas season. Maybe there was something better on TV? Maybe we had too much bourbon in our egg nog? Who knows??Well, we didn't think much of it at the time other than the fact that Alicia Witt (aka America's Sweetheart) starred in this movie. We have grown to love Alicia Witt back from her days in "A Very Merry Mix- Up", and we consider her an unofficial part of our family. This movie came on again last week (the week before Halloween, for whatever reason). We turned it on just in time for the scene where Alicia Witt and her niece were about to go ice skating. It was at that point we decided to kick Alicia Witt out of our family. The scene started with Alicia Witt putting on brown ice skates, then it cuts away, and when it cuts back to her, my wife pointed out that she is wearing GRAY ice skates. Seriously??!?! Gray?!?!? Are these some kind of magic ice skates? Maybe Alicia Witt has fallen on hard times and she needs the money, but I never thought she would sink so low as to star in this complete ice-skate- screw-up of a movie.I really hope that Alicia Witt is embarrassed by that gaffe. She is better than this. Maybe now that she has hit rock bottom, she can pick herself up and once again start churning out movies that touch our hearts.

Love watching Hallmark Christmas movies but this one was horrible. It was taken right from the script of Liar Liar. I'm not a big fan of Alicia Witt anyway(I think she tends to overact but not in a good way) so it was extremely painful watching her trying to channel Jim Carrey. The delivery of the lines was way off and forced. I guess she was trying to copy the way he would run through the lies real quick but it was not working. With the exception of the sister the rest of the cast just fell flat. But then again I just couldn't get past how horrible Alicia Witt was. I guess hallmark is running out of ideas but don't try to duplicate Jim Carrey cause you just can't. Can't say enough bad things about this one so I'll just stop there. Won't be watching this one again. Pretty disappointed in all the new movies so far this year. Ice Sculpture has been the only good one.

This movie follows your typical Hallmark plot line, but has a nice twist. The main character, Holly, is a single, workaholic whose sister and niece often beg to spend time with her. Holly's main problem is that she has a knack for telling little white lies. This is accentuated when she promises her niece, who is in elementary school, that she will attend her Christmas program but doesn't. Later, when Holly arrives at the school after the program, she comes across the music teacher who she met earlier, who confronts Holly about a lie she told. Holly's niece asks Santa to prohibit Holly from telling lies, and as Holly walks out the school to the car, that wish comes true. Holly cannot lie. This throws a wrench in her otherwise normal life and she finds the true spirit of Christmas.