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Hallmark's Unwrapping Christmas - Mia's Prince

• Garry & Amy

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Have you ever dreamed that your favorite book character would step right off the page and into your life? That's exactly what happens to Mia Parker in Mia's Prince, the second installment in Hallmark's Unwrapping Christmas collection. Grab your favorite festive drink as Garry & Amy unwrap it all in this episode of Pour The Wine, It’s Rom-Com Time. Is it a Christmas classic in the making or one to regift? Tune in now to find out!

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Amy:

Welcome to Pour the Wine. It's rom-com time where we'll sip some wine and review all things rom-com on the Hallmark Channel. I'm Amy.

Garry:

And I'm Gary. And you're.

Amy:

A-pouring, a-pouring. What are you pouring?

Garry:

I'm pouring a cab sav.

Amy:

today it's a cab sav, we're going in for the red.

Garry:

Yes.

Amy:

Should we get to it? Let's get to it all right. Today we're reviewing the second of the unwrapping christmas movies mia's prince that first aired on hallmark plus on thursday, november 14th 2024 and then again on saturday, july 12th 2025 on the hallmark channel sweet and and it is, like I said, the second of four as part of Christmas in July 2025.

Garry:

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Amy:

Fingers crossed. Fingers crossed, fingers crossed.

Garry:

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Amy:

It's rom-com time at gmailcom. Yes, you can send us your thoughts about how Christmas in July is going so far.

Garry:

Yeah, is it hot or is it hot or anything?

Amy:

Hallmark, if you would like, and we will, maybe we'll read it on the air.

Garry:

Yes, yep, our poor snowman, he melted.

Amy:

Our poor snowman. Oh no, what snowman. What are you talking about?

Garry:

No Christmas in July. Oh, okay, I get it. I was like wait a minute.

Amy:

I know I'm a little tired, but what?

Garry:

So who's in this one?

Amy:

All right, so we have the returning four stars that are up here. In each one, catherine Davis plays Mia Parker. Of course, this is her movie, right?

Garry:

Yes.

Amy:

Cindy Busby plays Olivia Matheson, natalie Hall plays Tina Mitchell and Ashley Newbrough plays Lily Morgan. So so far we've had Tina's Miracle. Yes so we're working our way through them, huh.

Garry:

Yes, we are.

Amy:

All righty. Also in this one are Nathan Witt plays Beau Cavanaugh. He plays the potential boyfriend. Yes For Mia. In addition to the four unwrapping Christmas movies, he's been in a ton of Hallmark productions. He was Spencer in the Wish Swap which was part of 2025's Love you, Mary.

Garry:

Love.

Amy:

You, Mary, you keep getting to say that Bromance to the Rescue in 2022. That Bromance to the Rescue in 2022. The Nine Kittens of Christmas, A Christmas Treasure Sealed with a Kiss, Wedding March 6th in Sweet Carolina in 2021.

Garry:

He was busy.

Amy:

Some of his other work includes Suits LA in 2025. Five episodes of Charmed between 2019 and 2025. Riverdale he was in an episode in 2019 and A Million. Little Things, he was in an episode in 2019. And A Million Little Things won episode in 2018. What these actors?

Garry:

are all in these movie shows All over.

Amy:

Yeah, we have a common theme a lot of times, with the shows.

Garry:

That's awesome.

Amy:

Lynette Ware plays Clara Cavanaugh For homework. She was in Hearts Around the Table, kiki's Fourth Ingredient in 2025. And that also starred Catherine.

Garry:

Davis davis.

Amy:

Oh, okay, she was also in two turtle doves in 2019. She's done several christmas productions for other companies right right.

Amy:

Christmas revisited in 2023. Santa's got style in 2022 and katherine davis was in that one with her as well. Christmas in Rockwell and Christmas Roads Christmas, or sorry Christmas Roads Christmas, country Roads Christmas and that was also in 2022. Some of her other work includes Brilliant Minds, which was a brand new series in 2024. She was in one episode. She was in the series Hudson and Rex for five episodes between 2022 and 2023. And she was in one episode of the Sopranos in 2007.

Garry:

Now we're talking.

Amy:

Brian Young plays Arthur Cole. He is the owner of the bookstore in this. This is his Hallmark premiere, and some of his other work includes one episode of Murdoch Myster in 2024, an episode of warehouse 13 in 2012 and an episode of covert affairs in 2010. Oh wow, julia, barcelon, barcelino, sorry sorry about that I should probably take a sip of wine.

Amy:

She plays penelope martin for hallmark. She was in road trip romance in 2022. Some of her other work includes the nanny sees all in 2025, the perfect wedding in 2021 and three episodes of a series called bad roommate in 2019.

Amy:

Nobody likes a bad roommate darren baker plays the mayor, mayor bets formark. He will be in the upcoming Melt my Heart this Christmas, which is going to be part of Countdown to Christmas in 2025. He's in all four Unwrapping Christmas movies. He was also in Everything Puppies and Romance with a Twist in 2024 and Season for Love in 2018. Some of his other work includes Everything's Going to Be Great in 2025. That's what we need to say.

Amy:

Everything's going to be great. Everything's going to be great. Three episodes of the TV series Doc in 2025. A series called Painkiller he was in four episodes of that in 2023. Ghosts, which we really like, one episode in 2022. And the movie Spot about the catholic priest yeah yeah, in 2015. Okay, tara o'brien plays ashlyn parker. This is her first hallmark appearance. She has 10 acting credits and four of those 10 are shorts. Prior to she was in Gray Matter in 2018 and two episodes of Bow Banger in 2013. Wow, wow.

Garry:

So is that it for the list?

Amy:

Wow, that's it for the list.

Garry:

All right, so is it time to drop the synopsis.

Amy:

I think we should drop the synopsis. All right, Romance novel enthusiast Mia meets Bo.

Garry:

Romance novel enthusiast Mia meets Bo, a philanthropist who is the spitting image of her favorite book hero. As they consider exploring a new romance, Bo's mother has other ideas.

Amy:

Dun dun dun. Now we will probably give away some spoilers, so if you haven't watched it yet and don't want to hear spoilers, push pause on our podcast, go watch it and then come back to our review. Yes, please do, because we don't want to give anything away, but we also want to talk about the entire movie. That's our shtick. It's a double-edged sword.

Garry:

Yes.

Amy:

All right, so shall we talk about first takes.

Garry:

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Sorry, I was taking a sip, that's all right.

Amy:

Sip away, sip, sip, hooray. So yes, for me For you All right, go for it, I love me an opening scene when there's some snow. There's a flyover castle Yep.

Garry:

Oh, how beautiful it was right how beautiful. And then you have these two characters, mia and Bo, who struggle with saying no or sticking up for themselves. Right, this is part of this story, right? Mia with her sister, bo with his mother. And I kind of like how it seems like they're playing the characters that are in the book.

Amy:

That are there, each Right right, they're like in modern day.

Garry:

But yeah, and the one of the and the book is what Derbyshire?

Amy:

Christmas in Derbyshire? What Derbyshire? Uh, christmas in Derbyshire? Yeah, it's hard to say.

Garry:

And I like how the uh, the the first two episodes kind of play off each other, where they begin at the the store yes, they're wrapping the four girls and, um, they do their little, uh, college cheer thing with the bracelet.

Amy:

Which is their address? Right? They say 426,. Right, yeah, 4262, or something like that.

Garry:

Oh, oh, I don't know if it's 426 or 462.

Amy:

426 Walnut Street. Yes, I thought that was their. Okay. Yeah, that's their like.

Garry:

Yeah, their.

Amy:

Their cheer, right, yeah, their pep talk to get going for the day, yep, yep. So what do you think? Um, as a second film in the collection, I I mean it mostly worked for me. I thought it was enjoyable and pleasant and you know I love katherine davis davis I think she's so cute. She's adorable, I think you know I also liked Nathan Witt I'm hoping I'm pronouncing his last name correctly. I mean their chemistry was okay, it was decent, but I mean good overall story and subplots.

Garry:

Right.

Amy:

You know, I mean it was a great idea that had potential, but for me it just didn't quite get there.

Amy:

Right there weren't misses, but it was just it was like almost there, right, almost really great. I hate it. I see that, you know, and I think, like I said, the chemistry between the two of them was good, but there were just some parts that I just I think fell flat and it didn't overall, like you know, woo me in, you know right. So, like you said, I love the beginning, I loved, I love an opening like that.

Amy:

You know, it's like a fairy tale right right that you're kind of getting into and and it's like the bones were there. It's just the structure never came together, totally for me okay I see, so that's you know it was enjoyable. I mean it was pleasant. But as a standout in the collection I would For number two I would say well it was probably good it was number two. I'm glad it wasn't number one.

Garry:

Right.

Amy:

And I would hate to end on that.

Garry:

Right.

Amy:

Because of how I, you know, felt about it. So I think it was good enough for number two. That's sort of the way I felt about it.

Garry:

Yeah, I kind of feel like she needs I don't know if it's a good leading man or just a better story. You know what I mean, because she's a great actress.

Amy:

Yeah, I think she has such potential, just given the right vehicle Right and she was good in Hearts Around the Table collection.

Garry:

Yes, she was.

Amy:

I really enjoyed her in those movies, so we'll see. So what about the meet cute? So we have, and I did think this was cute, I did think this worked right, so she falls asleep while she's reading yes um in the store and she's gone there because her sister has popped in with a cat and she has allergies.

Amy:

Right, she has allergies to a cat. So she goes to the store and she's reading her Christmas at Derbyshire book and a guy knocks on the door of the store and he's dressed in a costume just like her prince. Right which is kind of funny.

Garry:

Yeah, because you don't know if she's still in the dream, or if it's real.

Amy:

So he asks her to wrap a book. He's going to a party, a costume party.

Garry:

Yeah.

Amy:

And he has to bring the gift right. Yeah, he's bringing a book as a gift to the party and I just I mean, I thought it was cute. The only thing I would say is, if the store is closed and him still knocking and expecting to come in, like should she really answer it and let a strange man in the store Right, well, it was funny, because he's like, will you let me in?

Garry:

She goes, promise you won't rob me because the day that I'm having. I really don't. That's true.

Amy:

She does, yeah, yes, Well, and then he says something like it's kismet, and I had to look that up because I'm like what is that? And kismet means destiny or fate.

Garry:

Oh.

Amy:

Because he's like yes, it's kismet. He says it really quick and I thought that was kind of cute.

Garry:

I didn't hear that, I didn't catch that.

Amy:

So, other than the stranger danger part, I thought it worked Right. I thought it was cute.

Garry:

Yeah, it was really cute yeah.

Amy:

So what favorite scenes? Um, I just like, how mia always fell asleep on in.

Garry:

Yes, I have that is right, the way when she's right and lily is the one that's always waking her up. Yeah, and it's so funny because she's like mia.

Amy:

Again, again, yeah, I thought that was really cute. I had that also and mia, and one of the times when she wakes up she, she's calling out or they say you know, like in college she used to call out to Edward Cullen. Yes, you know, and he's from the lead in the Twilight series, the lead character.

Garry:

Right In the.

Amy:

Twilight series, and I think it was played by Robert Pattinson.

Garry:

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I thought that was cute. Yes, yes, yes.

Amy:

Yes, so it's a shout out to the vampire in Twilight.

Garry:

Yeah right.

Amy:

So anywho, but yeah, I had that also. What else? What else do you got? For scenes that you loved.

Garry:

I just think that when she is also at the store, when she's dancing, she's got some headsets on.

Amy:

She's got a broom and she's dancing to that Christmas song.

Garry:

Yes, and then she bends down and she finds the $100 bill, because Lily didn't believe that somebody had come to the store the night before and tipped her $100 for wrapping the gift Right right, she thought, maybe it was in her dreams, but it had fallen underneath the counter and she found it and she gets up and she starts dancing again. And then Bo is standing right behind her.

Amy:

Kind of startles her, yeah, startles her, yeah, startles her Right.

Garry:

Yeah, I thought that was another fun scene. What about you?

Amy:

Yeah, I thought the scene was fun, but I have that a little later, maybe in my cheers section.

Garry:

Oh, cheers, yeah, Not cheers, not cheers, cheers.

Amy:

Another scene. We'll get to that. Another scene for me would have been the first bookstore scene. I thought that was cute. When she goes there, for on her lunch break she goes to the bookstore and she talks to arthur and it does kind of remind me of like um beauty and the beast bell, where she loves to go to the bookstore, and there is a reference to bell at some point in this. I think they call her bell um, someone does I I gotta rewatch again, yeah but she says I better go check on my baby.

Amy:

And that's when you find out. She goes and sees this book. It's the first edition of the book that she reads every year for Christmas, christmas in Derbyshire. Right, right. So I thought I really liked that scene. Yeah, I thought that was cute.

Garry:

Do you have any more? I don't.

Amy:

You don't have any more. I liked when Bo showed up at the community center when she was, when she was working.

Amy:

She because he wanted to take her out right again and she's like, oh, I have plans, I'm going to be at the community center yeah and and he goes and they're serving food, right, they're doing like like the dinner and um, or food, and they're doing their lighting, their tree lighting. So I thought it was cool that he went. They had some nice conversation and you know, you find out she's been doing that for five years. She does charity work, you know, and he wants to see her again and then she's you know, she's got stuff going on for the gala which is a common theme.

Amy:

Right, so the gala is coming up and she's been ordering things. They've been coming in wrong and she needs help, but she won't accept it which is exactly like her character in Kiki's Fourth Ingredient. Yes, it is when she needs help, but she won't accept it. So she plays the same character in both of these films.

Garry:

And basically in that same Hearts.

Amy:

Around the Table. Hearts Around the Table.

Garry:

The place to cook. The food didn't burn out Right right so kind of a similar situation.

Amy:

And then you know she talks about how she was raised by her grandmother and you find out his father died when he was a teenager. So I just thought that whole scene really worked. I always love the cooking scenes in Christmas movies, so when Bo and Mia are cooking in the kitchen, yes, the cookies, yeah. And he puts in too much vanilla right, so I thought that was cute.

Garry:

You can see when Ashley comes in. She's kind of upset because she didn't get the job or a second interview. She tastes the cookie dough. And just the look on her face. Her sister, mia's sister, right, right, right, ashlyn, yeah, yeah, it was so funny. Yeah, I thought that was cute.

Amy:

She's like, hmm, this is not good. And then the horse sanctuary when she's going to meet him at the horse sanctuary, I think that's on his property.

Garry:

I don't really know, somewhere at the stable.

Amy:

And then he kind of literally it's like her knight rides up on the horse and she's like you've got to be kidding me I thought that that was really cute and kind of quirky and fun Prince in shining armor. Yeah, yeah, I thought that worked.

Garry:

Yeah, I like that scene too yeah. So no more scenes for you, no not favorite scenes, but can we talk about the gift wrapping? Yes, go ahead when he invited her to his mom's book club party to teach them how to do. I think it's pronounced uh furoshiki yeah, I think that's how you pronounce which is a japanese wrapping style, which is um a method of wrapping items using a square piece of cloth, and I thought that was so cool, but man, how it was almost like his mom. Claire was very condescending.

Amy:

She was very condescending to her. She was she's like yeah, that was a very cute little rapper, or something she says yeah she is condescending to her in that scene, but it's cool. The rapping style is cool. I kind of like that.

Garry:

She did the wine bottle. I have no skill to do that, but I thought it was yes. Like to do that, but I thought it was yes. Like how's she gonna do the wine bottle?

Amy:

but that was pretty cool well, and then when they, when she puts the like the, the holly berry right like the sprig in there of of the things it looks so cool. It reminds me of, like old england or something like so I wonder if they did that. So yeah, instead of paper or tape, they just she doesn't use any tape she just wraps it with a cloth, yeah, yeah. And the other ladies are like, oh, that's so beautiful and his mom's just sitting there like so did you have any chairs?

Amy:

I had a few. You mentioned one of them the opening scene yes where it's like a snow-covered castle in the woods and you, you know it's a fairy tale, I mean right you're certain that it's not really the start of it, right? So, and she's what? Running through the woods and then there's a prince it almost looks like little red robin hood yeah, yeah, it does, it's just, it's just kind of cool and she gets to use her natural english accent in that scene which is pretty cool, that's, that's right, because I think she's from england.

Garry:

I think I think we found that out before.

Amy:

Yeah, that she's from England, so I thought that was kind of cool. She didn't have to do an American accent in that part where it really worked.

Garry:

Right, and it was funny because as he grabs her and pulls her clothes and he starts to whisper something, it's Lily's voice that comes through.

Amy:

Oh, yes, it wakes her up. Yes. So that's like the first time that you know she does that. So do you have any other cheers? I? I have a few more you. The other one you meant you just mentioned was the japanese style wrapping I just thought that was really cool. I won't go into that again, but what about you? I have a few more, but do you want to go with one or two?

Garry:

um, I don't know, I like it. Um, well, I don't know if I should say it because we haven't gotten to near the end of the movie. Ok, but I did like how like Lily Tina. I think it was. Yes, I'm sorry, ashlyn, come together to help Mia decorate the house.

Amy:

Yeah, that was a good yeah.

Garry:

The house, and it's because she doesn't like to ask for help. Right and then I loved how they brought some of the characters from the first movie, like Michael and his daughter.

Amy:

Hayley, isn't it?

Garry:

yes, she had her polar world camera and she was taking pictures again and he was, he was doing like wood he was putting something together because we know he likes to woodcraft and stuff.

Amy:

So yeah, it was pretty cool to see them so that was one of my yes, cheers, I agree.

Garry:

And another one was when Mia gives Ashlyn her book money. I thought it was very, very, very generous of her to do that and it's because the caterer had canceled on her.

Amy:

Right, the last minute, right yeah.

Garry:

And she needed the money because her sister needed a job. And she cooks, she caters, so she gave her the money. Because her sister needed a job and she cooks, she caters, so she gave her the money to buy the food and the supplies and the supplies and the cooking, whatever they needed. Good on her man.

Amy:

Yeah, yeah, it was pretty cool and there's another reason, but we want to hold on to that?

Garry:

Yes, we'll hold on to that For a little bit later.

Amy:

Right, I really for another cheer. I really liked, how claire's character came around you mentioned it earlier like she's kind of mean at first, she's kind of ascending she's rude. She calls her the very skilled little rapper. And then, right before that, when they're in the book club, when her, when claire has her friends over for the book club and they're talking about anna karenina, which is a russian, you know novel by tolstoy um, and she basically says uh, sometimes love is not worth the destruction of the public image.

Amy:

And I was like oh, okay okay, well, you do you though I know let love go, just so you can look good. You know and I so you kind of, you kind of get glim glimpses that she wants things to be a certain way. And you know she's demanding, demanding of Beau and of his upcoming marriage, and she's insisting that they set up, you know, a date. And you know he's hesitant to do it because of course he doesn't really love the person he's engaged to.

Amy:

And she doesn't love him. You know, you find all that out, but the mom, but Claire, doesn't know it yet, so she's trying to kind of force them into this marriage, to set the date, to go ahead and pull the trigger, not knowing that he really doesn't love her, because she thinks he loves her. And then I like how they, when they turn it around, when she learns the truth yes that beau really doesn't love penelope. They're more like best friends and penelope feels the same way.

Amy:

He's not dumping her, they just they're stuck in this to try to please their parents, and you can kind of see a light bulb moment go off with her right like she's been forcing them too much.

Amy:

And then you know, towards the end then she says to me I have been horrid to you and we don't have that kind of turn of a character quite so quickly not quickly, but I mean I guess it's throughout the movie. But I just liked that journey of her particular character in the film, so I that's a cheer for me. I thought that that was really well and it wasn't drawn out and she didn't try, like stupid, silly little things, to sabotage me.

Garry:

You know, it was just like Although she did do one thing.

Amy:

She did one big thing, but it wasn't like little corny things. That happened throughout the movie.

Garry:

So I thought that worked really well, and the reason being was she thought that Penelope and Bo were in love with each other, right and here comes Mia, that's right. Getting in between them.

Amy:

And she kind of sees her son looking at her a certain way.

Garry:

So that's why she was being mean and trying to push her away, right, but that's still no excuse to be mean to somebody right, condescending and make her feel less than yes, but then she turns it around and she apologizes I liked the arc of that character the full circle for that character did you have any other cheer?

Amy:

do you have any other cheers? No, I do not um, I thought the sister storyline worked well. There were some parts that maybe didn't, but I just just. You know the sister coming in, she's freshly divorced. And then you know she's trying to find a job and she's kind of disrupting Mia's life, and then they have a conversation where they're kind of what were they realize they not jealous of each other?

Garry:

Right. But they, they looked at each other as their like hero. Right Like Ashlyn looked up to Mia because how successful she was, and Mia looked up to her sister.

Amy:

That's right.

Garry:

Yes, because of how you know how successful she is? Yeah. What are we always saying? Communication, right, it's always communication. Yeah, and you?

Amy:

know. She thinks Mia has everything, like you said, the business, the friends you know, and Mia tells Ashlyn that she was always jealous of her because she was outgoing and Mia's not outgoing. She's afraid to say what she thinks and feels. So I like the storyline there. I did like the messaging. You know, like, take risks Right, use your voice, but we'll get into the jeer of that also, okay. So I have a jeer. So any more cheers for you?

Garry:

no, I do not okay, are you done with yours? Yes, okay, so let's go to cheers.

Amy:

Let's go to jeers. You go first. You got how many? Do you have a few? I? Have, let's see a handful one, and it has to do with claire and something oh, wow, okay, um, one year would be at the beginning when mia hears the loud scuffle in her house and she's like hello, who's there?

Garry:

you know, and I just thought, okay, it just was.

Amy:

I don't know. I just it was a little too cheesy for me, right? And then her sister, ashlyn, comes through the door and I'm like, isn't she in the house? Like why is the door close to the living room? I was confused by that yeah that's not the front door. Yeah, right, so that was a little like baffling to me, yes yeah, and then I have as another, jeer sweeping with the headphones on that scene was cute, but then I was like why would she do that if the store was closed?

Amy:

what what no, she would. She would sweep if the store was closed. But why would she do that if the store was closed? What no, she would sweep if the store was closed. But why would she do that if the store was open? Because he walked in.

Garry:

Well, maybe she keeps the door unlocked and she was just cleaning it up.

Amy:

Well, with your headphones on so you can't hear if somebody comes in.

Garry:

Well, that's true.

Amy:

That's more of what I'm talking about. Like the store was still open.

Garry:

Right.

Amy:

And she's acting like it's closed, but it's not. Now. I get sweeping early before the actual closing of the store.

Garry:

Right.

Amy:

But to have the headphones on and not be aware of what's going on. I mean, that's some unsafe stuff, right?

Garry:

Right.

Amy:

It is. And then, like I mentioned earlier about the messaging I appreciated the messaging and it is true, but it was very literal, like show us without telling us.

Garry:

Right.

Amy:

Right, because there's the you know, the Mia delivery of. We all have a voice and it's our own responsibility to use it. And I just felt, I mean she acted much better than I did right there, right, right, you know, even if it means disappointing others, and that's true, but I just felt like it was too forced, right, the messaging in the film it was too. I mean, they like spoon fed it to you and you don't really need to do that. Right, anyway, that was just my what about? Okay, so what about your gear?

Garry:

you said oh, my gear is more of a character act in a certain way, where, um so mia goes back to the bookstore and finds out that the book was sold and arthur wasn't there. He wasn't able to stop the sale. So mia is like devastated and then she finds out it was beau's mom, claire, who had purchased it, and prior to that Mia had told Bo, in the presence of his mom, that she loved that first edition, and it was at the bookstore.

Amy:

His mom overheard that and she had been saving for a long time. She was saving all her tips, right, yeah?

Garry:

Yeah, she was saving all her tips and I think she was like $400 or $500 away. She was close From having the $6,000 that the book cost and I just didn't like the way she was condescending because she was calling her Maya instead of Mia and I don't know if that was on purpose. But you know, come on now.

Amy:

Well, and then Mia even corrects her. You're an educated person, it's Mia.

Garry:

You know she's so shyly, but again, she didn't want her to interfere with what she thought was a, you know, a wedding coming up between Bo and Penelope.

Amy:

Right, but that was my jeer. It was a dirty move, it was a bad move, but it added to the storyline. Yeah, it did I mean that wasn't too bad, but yeah.

Garry:

Yeah, no, I get it, but yeah yeah.

Amy:

No, I get it, I get it.

Garry:

That was your cheer.

Amy:

No, no, I didn't have any other cheers.

Garry:

Yeah, but then at the end at the gala, of course, they have the gift wrapping contest and Mia wins the wrapping contest the fastest wrapping.

Amy:

Best free wrap. That's hers Best free wrap, yep.

Garry:

And prior to the contest, they're drawing names for prizes and, lo and behold, Mia wins a gift and it's the book right.

Amy:

Right.

Garry:

And she's like wait a minute, I didn't put my name in for it. And she says let me see the jar.

Amy:

And how funny Her name is on every piece of paper, every piece of paper, and then the mayor's, like you know she's the one he says somebody must have wanted you to have to have this.

Garry:

So she turns around and it's claire and right claire had given her. That was a good, that was a good scene, that was a good turnaround, that's when claire says I was horrid to you.

Amy:

You deserve so much more than that book.

Garry:

I was absolutely, you know like atrocious to you and yeah, so and then, and then beau comes in and they have their little kiss they have a little kissy kiss so what was it? Did you have a tinsel top moment?

Amy:

you go, did you have one?

Garry:

um, I just I. I guess it would be when Claire came around and gave her the book. Yeah, especially after the fact that because she thought the book was gone forever, she gave up her money, you know, to help out her sister.

Amy:

I think I would agree with that, that and the coming together of the sisters where they kind of had their communication finally, yes. I thought those two would be, you know, mean those are probably equal to me. Like, like you said, claire giving well, donating the book and then making sure me it was the winner yes in the raffle, and then the two sisters finally you know, together, together yeah, because their chemistry wasn't great.

Amy:

At the beginning I didn't think it was a little awkward, but by the end I felt like they were able to bring it together, yes, so yeah, those would be my tinsel topped moments.

Garry:

So, out of five ornaments, how many would you?

Amy:

hang. I would probably hang three. Okay, what about you?

Garry:

I had a 3.5. You had a 3.5.

Amy:

You had a 3.5. Yes, I almost said that like do I give a 3.5, but I mean a solid three, that's not terrible it's not, it was enjoyable. I don't regret watching it. It goes with the story, you know. So, um, there were just some things that were misses for me and, like I said, I I love katherine davis and and I really liked the actor who played Bo.

Garry:

Oh yeah, Nathan Witt.

Amy:

Oh, look at you, yes.

Garry:

Yeah so.

Amy:

I really liked him. I just something was off in this movie about it. And you know, get them in the right vehicles and they're going to shine.

Garry:

Yes.

Amy:

Right, even together. I I mean I think they could have better chemistry, maybe with a different script or something. Or, like I said, the story was I enjoyed the story, I enjoyed the play on the prince and he actually shows up and go into a costume. I mean it was they had such good, like I said, you know, good structure, good bones. It just didn't quite come together the way I had hoped it would. Right, because I really do like her.

Garry:

I think she's cute.

Amy:

And now we have. So, as far as the prizes, we have Best Rap, which is Tina in the first movie and now we have Mia Best Free Rap so we have two more to go Best in Bow and Fastest Rap Ooh. So we're going to see those in the upcoming two movies.

Garry:

Alright, well, is that a?

Amy:

wrap. Speaking of wrap, that's a wrap. I see what you did there, you see what I did there.

Garry:

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Amy:

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Garry:

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Amy:

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Garry:

Cheers.