I Almost Did It!

Alright, this was supposed to be twenty-five days of Christmas books, but I'm caving today.  The past few days have been busier than I expected, and so I didn't have today's book done!  This is a strange occurrence for me with this blog; I'm generally scheduled out a few days in advance.  The other day, I even wrote my first post for 2018!

Today, I'm going to tell you about a Christmas movie instead of a Christmas book.  I really love Christmas movies, and I always watch what I consider to be the classics:  Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, The Year Without a Santa Claus, Nightmare Before Christmas... These are all movies that I remember watching with my grandparents when I was young.  They're good memories.  As I've gotten older, I've gotten into some of the more sentimental Hallmark-type movies.  My favorite one that I've watched so far is The Spirit of Christmas.

Kate is a workaholic.  She's a lawyer in Boston, and her superior knows that she doesn't have plans for Christmas.  So he picks Kate when one of their clients dies and the clients Inn needs to be appraised for sale.  Kate heads up to the Hollygrove Inn where she discovers that the building is supposedly haunted!  Turns out, it actually is.

In the era of Prohibition, the Inn was owned by Daniel Forsythe.  In order to, he thought, keep his fiancee happy, Daniel became a bootlegger, running alcohol into the country via Montreal.  On Christmas Eve, on a return trip, Daniel was hit over the head and killed.  Every year since, for thirteen days, Daniel has returned to the Inn as a physical person.

When Kate hears Daniel's story, she's determined to help him move on.  He's a bit curmudgeonly and ungrateful at the beginning, but he comes to appreciate the help.  The two grow to like each other and there is a definite attraction.  (Not going to lie, Daniel is played by a very attractive Thomas Beaudoin.  Yum.)  However, as the pair learn more about the time just after Daniel's death, he gets frustrated.  To Kate it's an interesting story, but this was his life.  They get in a bit of a fight about it. 

Kate gets recalled to Boston when another client of her firm dies.  It's there that she finally gets the answers to help Daniel out, but what will Daniel choose?  Will he take thirteen happy days and the rest of the year of agony just to be with Kate, or will he pass on?

This was a cute movie that I really enjoyed watching.  It definitely gave me the warm fuzzies that I associate with this season.  Definitely watch it!  It is on Netflix!

Tomorrow I'm holding out for my children's books then back on track!