A Dog Named Christmas DVD (Hallmark Hall of Fame)

Review by Country Woman for A Dog Named Christmas DVD (Hallmark Hall of Fame)
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I watched this on CBS the other night. It is another great Hallmark Hall of Fame movie. They always present great movies, worth watching over and over. This is one that I will watch each Christmas for many years. A great movie for the whole family.

Review by Straight Arrow for A Dog Named Christmas DVD (Hallmark Hall of Fame)
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Hallmark continues its fine tradition of delivering outstanding quality movies. This one is no exception. After seeing the advertisement trailers on TV, my family anxiously awaited its showing. The wait was justified. Don’t think there was a dry eye in the house in some parts of the movie and we weren’t subjected to what appears as fast becoming the norm for the majority of movies made these days i.e., foul language, the “F” word being about every other word spoken, over the top amount of T&A and/or sexually oriented scenes being consistently shown. (I’m no prude but do wonder if morality en total isn’t, unfortunately, becoming a thing of the past). What this movies does provide is both realistic and believable family situations as well as animal/human interaction, superb acting and another bit of proof that animals are in fact human’s best friends in that they give so much love, comfort, companionship and loyalty and ask for so little in return. How anyone can abuse any animal is beyond my comprehension. Hallmark, whose life long motto has always been “When you care enough to send the very best” demonstrated their caring by stepping up to the plate and publicly endorsing support of and encouragement in adoption of pets from local shelters (rather than spending huge amounts to buy a pet who may have come from a questionable source. One prime example is puppies that come from one of the horrible “puppy mills” recently showcased on several of the national news programs). As a family who has a loving, precious yellow lab mix we got as a puppy from our local shelter, we have first hand knowledge about adopting from a shelter. Huge kudos to Hallmark for supporting this most worthwhile program. And while others were standing in line to buy high-priced e.g., jewelry, electronics etc., we stood in line to buy this movie the next day after it was shown. Glad we did. When we finally made it to the counter we got one of only three copies left. (Our local Hallmark store is a small one but the owner indicated that he had received 50 copies). Think the kids have watched it at least three times since we bought it. Highly recommend this movie.