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Help for the Holidays (2012)
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Help for the Holidays (2012)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Although she loves Christmas, Santa’s elf Christine (Summer Glau) wonders if there could be more to life than making toys in the North Pole. When Santa receives an emergency wish from a little boy in Los Angeles, he puts Christine on a special assignment, sending her to L.A. to give the VanCamp family—mom Sara (Eva La Rue), dad Scott (Dan Gauthier), and their two kids Ally (Izabela Vidovic) and Will (Mason Cook)—a holiday wake-up call. Will Christine fail her assignment and be sent back to the North Pole for good, or will the VanCamps come to their senses about the meaning of Christmas?
Style: sincere, entertaining, light, feel good
Audience: girls' night
Plot: christmas spirit, santa claus, christmas, holiday, sibling relationship, wish fulfillment, magic, north pole, brother sister relationship, xmas, christmas romance, christmas eve, christmas season, youth, elf, dancing, nanny, doll, taxi, dancehall girl, workaholic, new job, assignment, uncle niece relationship, uncle ...
Time: 2010s
Keyword: salute

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, light, humorous and entertaining films with plots about christmas, christmas movie, holiday, christmas romance, christmas season, happy ending and christmas spirit mostly in Drama, Romance and Family genres. Some movies like Help for the Holidays: The Santa Clause (1994), A Wish for Christmas (2016), The Holiday Calendar (2018), Northpole: Open for Christmas (2015), Four Christmases and a Wedding (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Santa Clause (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Scott Calvin is an ordinary man, who accidentally causes Santa Claus to fall from his roof on Christmas Eve and is knocked unconscious. When he and his young son finish Santa's trip and deliveries, they go to the North Pole, where Scott learns ...
Style: feel good, touching, christmas classics, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, adult
Plot: christmas, santa claus, holiday, childhood, christmas season, father son relationship, toys, divorce, child custody, thanksgiving, xmas, snow ...
Time: 90s
Place: chicago, illinois
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100%
A Wish for Christmas (2016)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Sara Shaw is the type of woman who prefers to sit on the sidelines at work, but when her big idea for a Christmas initiative is stolen, she makes a wish to Santa that she'll finally have the courage to stand up for herself. Santa grants her ...
Style: entertaining, light, feel good, humorous, sweet
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas spirit, wish come true, winter, male female relationship, snow, love and romance, fall in love, self confidence, unlikely couple, ambition ...
Time: 2010s
Place: chicago, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Holiday Calendar (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A talented photographer stuck in a dead-end job inherits an antique Advent calendar that may be predicting the future -- and pointing her toward love.
Style: sweet, light, disturbing, sincere, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas romance, dating, christmas present, friendship, gift, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, changing lives, lifestyle change, male female relationship, love and romance ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Northpole: Open for Christmas (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A successful businesswoman, Mackenzie, inherits her beloved aunt's inn, and chooses to restore the hotel to its original grandeur only to sell it right before Christmas. Unbeknownst to Mackenzie, she receives some unexpected help from a team of ...
Style: feel good, light, humorous, sincere
Plot: christmas, holiday, female protagonist, childhood memory, love interest, inheritance, small town, snow, winter, friendship, love, society ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Four Christmases and a Wedding (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When event planner Chloe is hired to plan the local Christmas Festival, she is beyond thrilled to embrace the challenge. Professionally, everything is going great, but much to the dismay of her mother, Chloe confesses she has given up on ever ...
Style: light, entertaining, humorous, feel good, sweet ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, christmas spirit, holiday, wedding, true love, christmas romance, fall in love, against the odds, chance meeting, ambition, up and down relationship, opposites attract ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Lisa's trip home to Evergreen for the holidays finds her shepherding an effort to save the town's beloved general store, fulfilling the wishes of a Christmas past and finding a romance full of Christmas magic.
Style: captivating, sweet, light, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas romance, christmas spirit, small town, society, happy ending, escapades, friendship, fall in love, human spirit, childhood memory ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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A Heavenly Christmas (2016)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Upon her untimely death, a workaholic finds herself in training to be a Christmas Angel in Heaven. Despite being the worst recruit in the history of Christmas, she’s assigned a hard luck case. As she’s forced to help solve his problems, she’ll ...
Style: sincere, sentimental, sweet, romantic
Plot: christmas, afterlife, christmas season, love, winter, fall in love, christmas eve, power of love, love and romance, snow, human nature, fish out of water ...
Place: chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Return to Christmas Creek (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: As Christmas approaches, Amelia Hughes, a career-focused Chicago app developer lacking in holiday spirit, returns to her small hometown of Christmas Creek to rediscover the meaning of Christmas. There, she reunites with her childhood best friend ...
Style: feel good, humorous, romantic, light, entertaining ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas spirit, childhood friend, programmer, uncle niece relationship, homecoming, happy ending, ambition, character change, love and romance, small town life ...
Place: chicago, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Kate Pierce is reluctantly spending Christmas with her mom’s new boyfriend and his son Jack. But when the North Pole and Christmas are threatened to be destroyed, Kate and Jack are unexpectedly pulled into a new adventure with Santa Claus.
Style: captivating, sincere, light, feel good, fairy tale ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens
Plot: santa claus, christmas, christmas season, holiday, saving christmas, christmas spirit, snow, magic, teenage girl, north pole, brother sister relationship, imaginary character ...
Time: future, year 1990, 2020s
Place: boston, turkey, south pole
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100%
Write Before Christmas (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A recently single Jessica sends Christmas cards to people who have impacted her life—the aunt who raised her, her younger brother in the military, a popstar who was part of the soundtrack of her life, the music teacher who inspired her, and the ...
Style: feel good, light, sincere, not serious, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas season, christmas romance, brother sister relationship, gift, love and romance, life turned upside down, family relations, unlikely couple, fall in love, christmas spirit ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Cancel Christmas (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Santa Claus has a mission to convince three problematic guys of Riverside Academy to change their attitude, especially Adam, who after being confined to a wheelchair has become a bitter guy. The misconduct of the three is causing serious problems in ...
Style: funny, feel good, humorous, entertaining, light ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, santa claus, children, christmas spirit, holiday, private school, prank, hopes, transformation, character change, cynicism, spoiled brat ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Staging Christmas (2019)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Lori stages homes for a living and her busiest season is Christmas! Though she normally only stages homes that are for sale, she’s intrigued when a wealthy widower named Elliot asks her to stage his home for the holidays to cheer up his daughter, ...
Style: entertaining, feel good, romantic, funny, humorous ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, widower, single father, father daughter relationship, happy ending, fall in love, new love, family values, transformation, second chance, christmas spirit ...
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35%
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My Santa (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A young, single mother, Jen, begins to lose her faith in the magic of Christmas. However, when she takes her son Eric to see the local mall Santa, Jen immediately feels an attraction and connection with Chris, the young, attractive man filling the ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, touching
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, looking for love, single mother, fall in love, holiday, secret identity, magic, couples, family relations, love and romance, love triangle, heir ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Christmas at Cartwright's (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: With Christmas approaching, a struggling single mom finds herself working as a department store Santa Claus, as a real-life angel delivers good fortune and the possibility of holiday romance.
Style: sweet, light, feel good, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: christmas, holiday, single mother, christmas season, love affair, miraculous event, new love, love and romance, male female relationship, fall in love, love, lifestyle ...
Place: chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Moonlight & Mistletoe (2008)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After three years, Nick's estranged daughter Holly returns home to find the spirit of Christmas in Santaville has dwindled, taking the family business with it. What starts out as an attempt to bail out her dad, ends up rekindling Holly's ...
Style: light, captivating, entertaining, feel good
Audience: girls' night
Plot: christmas, santa claus, business, father daughter relationship, gift, small town, race against time, save the day, love, winter, christmas romance, family relations ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
A Christmas in Tennessee (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Allison Bennet, along with her daughter Olivia and mother Martha, run a bakery in the small mountain town of White Pines, Tennessee. When Matthew, a charming real estate developer, tries to buy the town for a corporate ski resort, Allison and the ...
Style: sweet, humorous, entertaining, light, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, holiday, small town, mother daughter relationship, christmas romance, fall in love, happy ending, family business, snow, transformation, character change, opposites attract ...
Place: tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Christmas Camp (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: To get a big promotion, Hayley, an advertising executive who specializes in social media and all things hip, must land a toy company that is all about traditional Christmas as an account.
Style: funny, humorous, romantic, feel good, light ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
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Place: boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
12 Gifts of Christmas (2015)
Genre: Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When Anna Parisi, an unemployed fine arts painter, is unable to make ends meet, she is hired to become a personal Christmas shopper for Marc, an uptight corporate exec. As they begin working together, Marc learns that Christmas giving has less to ...
Style: entertaining, feel good, light, romantic, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night
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Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Christmas Mail (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
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Mr. Miracle (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
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Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Baby's First Christmas (2012)
Genre: Family, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When a pair of feuding colleagues, Kyle and Jenna are thrown together after their siblings, Jim and Trisha fall in love, they have to learn to get along in time for their nephew's birth on Christmas. Realizing Jim and Trisha have major money ...
Style: light, romantic, feel good, humorous, funny ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: This year, Santa’s daughter (Maria Thayer) takes her first trip away from the North Pole during the Christmas season hoping to find adventure and love in sunny California. While Santa watches his daughter through a magic snow globe, Annie arrives ...
Style: sweet, romantic, sincere, captivating
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Story: A week before Christmas, Dr. Alicia Wright is offered an assignment away from home. A mysterious man from her past journeys to find her before Christmas and brings with him a revelation that could change Alicia’s life forever.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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Style: fairy tale, sentimental, light, feel good, sincere
Audience: girls' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
I'm Not Ready for Christmas (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Holly finds her world turned upside-down when she suddenly finds herself incapable of lying. (Don’t you hate when that happens?) It’s because of a wish her niece made to Santa Claus. And now, with Christmas coming up fast, she has to come to ...
Style: feel good, humorous, entertaining, captivating, funny ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Christmas works its magic in this body-switching holiday tale about two very different moms who find that help is where you least expect it, and most need it. When struggling singer Audrey and wealthy record executive Julia collide at the mall, they ...
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Just before Christmas, bestselling author Rachel Kennedy returns to her hometown to host an event for her upcoming book. Though being home is difficult since losing her parents and losing touch with her brother, David, she finds strength from ...
Style: feel good, sweet, entertaining, humorous, thought provoking ...
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