Last week, Billy and I continued our trend of watching Hallmark Christmas movies. We have never watched them like this before and we (me) are enjoying the comfort of them. This makes number 4 since November!

The pick last week – Coyote Creek Christmas.

I figured it was time for the woodsy cabin-style Christmas trope, and this one looked perfect. I also wanted to watch since it stars Janel Parrish, who I loved in Pretty Little Liars, where she played the scheming Mona. Not going to lie, I loved that series and Mona’s character was possibly the best on it. So I was excited to see what she would do in a Hallmark movie!

Ryan Paevey plays her love interest, and also the character that is going to cause all the drama in her world For like five minutes Billy and I kept saying to each other “Who is that guy?” “Why does he look so familiar” “We have totally seen him in something else”. Yeah, we did. The very first Hallmark Christmas movie that we watched this year, Hope at Christmas.

Janel Parrish plays Paige, who is back home at her family’s inn in Colorado for the holidays. Her family has owned Coyote Creek for her entire life, and every year the Christmas party for the guests is amazing and a big deal. The inn and the holidays spent there are actually not just important to Paige, but the whole town as well. Paige is very excited to go back home and see what her parents have planned for this holiday season.

However, when she gets there she learns that they haven’t planned anything at all! Well, this is right up Paige’s alley, because that is what she does, naturally – plans events. She comes up with a plan, Christmas Around the World, and begins instituting it and it all seems like it is going to be just perfection. Except.. she doesn’t know that her parents have been working behind the scenes to sell the inn, and Dylan, the cute guy with the cute kid who is staying there, is the potential buyer. Dylan and his brother own a hotel chain and they are looking at the property as an investment.

Dylan is also confused, as the inn is beautiful and thriving and he is usually called in to buy properties that are failing. He mentions this to Paige’s parents, who say they just are ready to retire and didn’t want Paige to feel obligated to take over for them, so they didn’t mention it to her, although of course they are looking for just the right time.

I am sure you can all guess the rest. I will say that the ending was a smidge more realistic.

There was also a cute little tradition in the town of Coyote Creek, where the residents have to find a little statue of Charlotte the Marmot, who is hidden around the town. When you find her, you need to add some sort of clothing to her (scarf, hat, etc) and then rehide her. I thought this was adorable! 

Hallmark once again set up an absolutely gorgeous setting. I almost like to watch these movies just for the setting alone! This one was filmed in Canada, not Colorado, and it was absolutely beautiful. The landscape, the upscale resort cabin inn – I would have stayed there in a heartbeat.

Overall, I enjoyed this one. Out of the four we have watched now (Hope at Christmas, Navigating Christmas, A Merry Scottish Christmas and now this one) I would list it as my second favorite, just behind Navigating Christmas.

I have another movie review up tomorrow, but be prepared, it is not a Hallmark Christmas movie!