Farewell Mr. Kringle (2010)

Christine Taylor plays Anna, a sad singleton masquerading as a go-get-'em journo without an ounce of Christmas spirit. So, of course, she's the one who gets sent on assignment to Mistletoe, Ca. to blog the big story of their Kris Kringle's 50th year on the job.

It's not all-out awful. There's a little bit of romance and a few weepy backstories, but you know exactly where it's going and there are no surprises along the way . The worst thing about it was how muted the Santa was -- as though they woke him up right before each take.

C- (though on the "Christmas-TV-movie scale" it'd probably be more like a B)