Rating: 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Premier Date: November 16, 2025
Description: Adam Kade (Britt) is the serious face on the local news. His life takes an unexpected turn in early December when he meets Robbie (Lewis), a 10-year-old who is Adam’s biggest fan. Robbie has an important request: He wants his favorite newscaster to talk about more than just what’s going wrong in the world. How about reporting on the good stories too? Adam is ambitious and wants to move up in the world, but he takes this question to heart as the holidays approach. He discovers Robbie’s mom, Lucy (Mowry-Housley), is a single parent working hard to take care of her son. The last thing she needs is anything complicating a very busy schedule, including Adam. As new friendships form and Adam gains a healthy perspective, his reporting changes. He starts covering feel-good stories about hometown heroes during the holidays. A romance develops between Adam and Lucy, and Lucy lets go of always being so self-reliant as she and Adam draw close. But when Adam’s reporting leads to bigger opportunities, he must decide what matters most this holiday season – the bigger job he has been longing for or his newfound community, including the love of a boy who thinks of Adam as his hero. Starring Tamera Mowry-Housley, B.J. Britt and Elijah-Justus Lewis.
Chemistry: The chemistry between the leads was good–adequate even. But the real magic comes from the ensemble. Zero weak links in this one. And can we talk about the kid? Elijah-Justus Lewis is perhaps one of the best kid actors I’ve ever seen.
Plot: The plot of this one was a clever twist on the “help a grinch find Christmas spirit” storyline we’ve seen before. It caught me early, and I was in for the whole thing.
Design: The fake snow was… not great. But everything else met Hallmark’s usual standards, and the strength of the story made the snow easy to forgive.
Overall: A genuine standout of the season. I went in with modest expectations and was fully swept in—teary moments included.
Best Enjoyed With: Warm up that cocoa, fluff your softest blanket, and settle in with someone who won’t look at you sideways when you start crying.
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