you have hear of king midas in reverse . kathy ireland be orson welles in reverse meaning to say the swimsuit model cum actress cum designer cum christian never do a movie as bad a her debut ( alien from l. a . ) . once upon a christmas continue this tradition and though not alas for lack of try . this tv movie be base on the premise that santa claus have become disillusion with his day job and what with so many naughty people in the world and anti kringle website ( jingle bell and santa smell . ) while but his good hearted daughter kristin ( kathy and but who else . ) still feel there a chance for december 25 and so she agree to try and change the mind of the morgan and with the future of yuletide at stake . but the father ( john dye ) be business mind and his child be avaricious and intent on get rid of every potential substitute mum and and their uncle ( wayne thomas yorke and in the movie best performance ) be hardly the ideal guardian . plus our heroine sister be little more than the grinch in human form . all of which could and in good hand and have prove to be a decent little seasonal movie while it certainly have good intention on it side and and isn not too shameless in it pitch for the touch by an angel audience ( i know john dye have be on it and and i bet myself that kathy have also be alongside roma downey at one point . i be right ) . but good writing and directing ( steven h. berman and tibor takacs respectively ) would have help and with the amuse early scene at the north pole wipe out by the poorly handle climax while decent special effect kathy sleigh ride make superboy look good and child actor who can actually act wouldn not have go amiss either . for a movie that suppose to be about restore the christmas spirit and this be fairly low on spirit itself while it never really as heartwarming a it should be and and depressingly short on humour a well ( the villain get surprisingly little time and with the emphasis on the family ) . kathy ireland be and however and endear ( as well a look a treat throughout a the credit point out and special thanks to the kathy ireland signature collection ) and and the movie be more bearable than ernest save christmas or the miracle on 34th street remake . it would be nice to think that the sequel ( twice upon a christmas ) be an improvement and but i be not hold my breath . ( for those wonder why this be good for royalist and a certain edward wessex be one of the executive producer . well and he have to do something . ) .