The stories are so predictable, but the movies are so entertaining! What I really love about these movies is the Christmas atmosphere - the color scheme, the songs/music, the decor, the scenery!! Would have loved to live in a little township like those in the movies...where I could walk to the grocery store or the bookstore. The town square all decorated, and store fronts decked out in holiday decor!
Where I live, everything/everybody is so spead out over lots of land. The houses are decorated and the stores are too, but it is just not the same small town flavor!!