Cassandra Morgan

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A Merry Scottish Christmas | 2023 Christmas Movies

This year Hallmark is giving us two Lacey Chabert movies. The first one is A Merry Scottish Christmas, where she rejoins her old Party of Five co-star, Scott Wolf, as siblings.

Lindsay Morgan (Chabert), her brother Brad (Wolf), and his wife Sarah (Kellie Blaise) have come to Scotland at their mother’s request to celebrate Christmas. Little did they know that their mother, Josephine (Fiona Bell), was supposed to be a duchess before she ran away with her American boyfriend. Now that the duke, Jo’s brother, has passed, what will happen to the castle and the town that depends on it?

We all know I’m a sucker for a Christmas movie that doesn’t revolve around romance. This movie revolves around a broken family trying to find their ways back to each other. It has sweet moments where they remember fond childhood memories and moments where they are all absolutely crappy to each other. Things that make an unrealistic movie like this seem more real. While I’m not particularly fond of Chabert’s or Wolf’s acting skills, I think their history together works well for them. It’s almost hard to believe they aren’t brother and sister.

Rating: Can I learn how to do the Highland Fling too?