the joy and tragedy of the christmas season lie in the fact that it mostly revolve around family . that be why some people call it the child holiday . a we age and natural attrition and progress remove the people and the thing that give u our special memory . john denver and in one of his sweet role and play george billing and a successful nyc architect and new widower who lose his wife about a year earlier . his life be focus around his 9 year old daughter and alex while both be still grieve their loss . george be try his best to make this a special christmas for his daughter . enter his bos and thomas renfield ( roguishly play by the wonderful col. flagg of mash guy and edward winter ) and who send george to georgetown and co to explore a possible real estate deal . lie to his daughter that the purpose of the trip be a vacation rather than work and george and alex fly into town and where theyre immediately meet by a collection of love generous but somewhat eccentric group of character whose main eccentricity be that they all believe in santa claus . georgetown be a picture book community we would all love to live in and we would love the people for neighbor . george soon meet a love interest in susan ( jane kazmarek . ) be it not for the grinch ( renfield ) it would be an ideal time . but the fact be and he be in town to find property for renfield to develop and and there be a nice ranch near town about to be foreclose and and the dark edge of the movie revolve around the impending foreclosure and the reaction of the towny and the rancher and and the outsider . i would not spoil the end for those who have never see the movie . it a typical happy christmas end and but it handle in a fairly subtle and believable way that show the best in the human spirit without be too syrupy . all in all and this be a most pleasant way to spend a couple of your christmas tv hour . john denver and jane kazmarek have nice chemistry and gennie james a alex do a real nice job . i have always love the work of mary wickes and a recognizable character actress and and all of the other cast member do a nice job with less meaty part . this be a regular christmas fare for my family while i rate it 4/5 .