Dear Santa

This is one of my all time favorite Christmas movies. I am still watching it and it's March!! The plot is so very good and the actors and actresses are great. It is a movie about a young lady about 30 years old who had not spent many Christmas or special times with her parents. Her mother goes with her father on business trips. Crystal's parents have been supporting her until now but have given her until Christmas to turn her life around. It's Christmas time and Amber is buying all sorts of clothes for parties and such. So...she had her list and was on her way to buy more outfits when she saw a dress in the window of a store she obviously shopped at often. The mail man was getting the mail out of a box there in front of the store where Amber was looking. A letter flew right in Amber's path and she caught the letter. Looking at the red dress made her put the letter in her pocket and she went on shopping.She was home and she remembered to look at the letter and she opened it. The letter was from a young girl and she was not asking for any gift for herself but she wanted a wife for her father. Someone beautiful and nice so they could have a family again. Her father and Olivia had been sad since his wife and her mom passed a year this Christmas. Amber took the contents of the letter very seriously so she found the return address and drove tho their house to see the little girl and her father. After some stops here and there Amber follows Derek to a 'soup kitchen' which his wife had started when she was alive and he promised to keep it going as long as possible. Amber stops and goes in to see where Derek had led her.At this point the movie is set mostly at the 'soup kitchen' and it shows a spoiled but beautiful young lady doing work she had never done in her life but she found it very rewarding and she saw Olivia, the young girl at the kitchen and they became close. Amber and Olivia were not fond of Derek's so called girl friend, Jillian. As time goes by Amber works closely with Derek and they did things together like taking Olivia to get new clothes. Her father had not noticed his daughter's clothes had become old looking.The movie becomes a fight between Jillian and Crystal for Derek. Crystal did not tell Derek about the letter she found but had told the chef at the 'soup kitchen' and both him and Amber thought it was 'fate' that is getting them together. Jillian looks through Crystals purse and finds the letter. Derek was very angry with Amber but then things turned when Amber has the money to pull the 'soup kitchen' out of being closed for unpaid bills of ten thousand dollars. Amber's mom and dad sent her ten thousand dollars for Christmas and to hold her over to get started supporting herself. The little girl, Olivia becomes very angry with her father since he was angry with Amber and he would not let Olivia talk with her. Olivia ends up going to a huge Christmas tree where she and her mom once sent up wishes. She left without telling her dad or anyone. When he finds his little girl all things become clear to all parties. Somehow Olivia, Amber and Derek end up at the same place THIS IS ONE GREAT MOVIE. Take the time to watch it!

This is a really weird film that has nothing to do with Christmas. The main character is extremely creepy. Her passions in this movie are, 1. shopping and 2. some guy she falls deeply in love with in less time than it takes to make coffee. She has no idea who the guy is but she can't stop staring at him, it's one of the weirdest things I've ever seen in a movie - David Lynch should take notes, it's truly something to see. I'm a Christmas nerd (and film buff) who watches Hallmark movies and this may be my least favorite "Christmas" movie of all time. There is nothing fun about this movie, there's no chemistry, the "beats" and dialogue are too predictable to enjoy, there's no meaning or significance. This movie misses something that even the most bland Hallmark movies have, it really has no business having a Christmas theme. I feel bad for the actress, especially if she had to get gross with Jason Priestly, who is handsome in looks but ugly as hell in direction - anyone who could direct a female lead who acts like this cannot be a good lover. Even the music is bad, like get control of yourselves, art is hard but it's not this hard.

So well done such a wonderful story Love it love it love it make it a habit to not watch a movie more than once but this one I watched a second time it was as good the second time as the first

I don't know who rated this movie PG13 but it's most definitely family friendly and sweet. I enjoyed the moral of the story which was wholesome and kind. David Haydn Jones is a treat to look at too.

It's nice to think that it could be different. Sometimes it takes a movie like this to realize that there are people out there who really care and who make m=people feel good about themselves. That certain things happen that can be life changing, and not the kind of things that are tragic. Really nice film.

I watch it every year, I think it's adorable

I do not know why this has a 5 star rating. The PG-13 rating is completely off as well. It is as if the wrong movie is matched with this title. The main female character was a stalker, had no ambition and the competing girlfriend to the main male character was portrayed very unlikeable. The whole thing was pretty cringeworthy and very predictable. I kept watching because of the rating, thinking it would get better though it did not.

Sure this movie is very similar to other Holdiay movies with either a singe parent or a young adult struggling with life/finances/children when suddenly someone comes into their life to change it for the better. BUT..read on.Amy Acker is attractive but not overly so and she works perfect for the part as Crystal. (I previoulsy had not heard of her.) But the draw for me was more than looks--the facial expressions Amy Acker exhibiits and the vocal repsonses at key times are just adorable and beleivable. She sells me on how much she loves the little girl. She sells me that she is NOT changing her daily life just to compete with her rival for the fun of it. She persuades me that she is really falling for the whole life style and of course the father of the child. And when Crystal has unsure moments or embarassing moments they are acted superbly. There are a few uncomforatable moments for Crystal and you live them with her.The father (Derek) is also portrayed well. I especially noticed the admiring glances when Derek sees his daughter Olivia genuinely interact with Amy's character(Chrystal). It as if Crystal was the MOM his daughter does not have. He is also beleivable in his moments of disgust with Crystal. There is chemistry here. I have wathced this movie 3 times on lifetime and plan to buy it. I am almost addicted to it. I do not watch a ton of TV movies nor have I reviewed a movie.In December 2010 I watched part of a similar TV holiday movie(The Most Womderful Time of the Year) but missed the last 1/2 hour. For one whole year I have been very curious to see the ending. This year I recorded that movie in whole, but have not even bothered to watch it because I keep watching DEAR SANTA.

I've seen this movie before on TV for a few years ago. I liked it, it's a lovely warming Christmas film for the whole family. I don't know why this Canadian film never got released in the UK. The cover is in German and you'll get it dubbed (German) BUT, you can take this off in the settings (including subtitles) and watch it with the original voices. So if you've thought of buying it, but wondering about the German, don't worry, unless you can understand the language.It's ordered from Germany (I think) but it got delivered quite fast and no issues with the delivery.

Excellent movie amy acker at her best

I saw this film on the TV over Christmas, I enjoyed the little bit that I saw and it took me ages to find it on DVD, but I'm glad I did because now I have a least 1 great film to watch over christmas this year!

I saw this film on tv and ordered the dvd . My son recorded it to a memory stick,because it was region 1 and wont work in english dvd players.It will play on a computer or lap top.

I really liked watching this film and enjoyed watching it very much; I would recommend this film its entertaining and a good film to watch.Thanks Del.