matra-murena This movie is quite enjoyable due to the fact that the story is so delightfully different then most christmas movies. Sure, thereæs the hot girl who can't find the lov of her live, there's the handsome fellow she falls in love with and of course the setting is in a peacefull beautiful inn on the countryside covered in snow but the story itself is now and then even spooky and grim. I will not blow it by adding spoilers, but if you're in to a christmas movie that is differnet and surprising with good acting of almost all the players, here's the one to watch.

gehewe Lots to like about this movie. An old New England Inn in the real snow. Flash backs to the early 1900's and a set of characters in that time period. A mysterious murder. A great performance by the lead actress Kate as a determined lawyer. I forget just how it ends- now I remember- I think- but it is good and happy. Look forward to watching it again. It was a great surprise.There was some good humor with the policeman coming to the inn. Kate explaining to her boss what she is up to. There was some real suspense thrown in to as you would experience in a horror film with the music and such. Really enjoyable.

phd_travel This humorous supernatural Christmas tale is well written with humorous dialog and situations. A young lady travels to a picturesque snowy haunted inn to prepare for it's sale. There she meets a ghost who comes to solid form 12 days a year around Christmas. There is a fairly interesting mystery told in flashbacks about how the ghost had been killed.The cast is appealing. Jen Lilley has a doll like face - very pretty. Thomas Beaudoin looks and acts suitably like a character from about a 100 years ago.The only thing is the happy ending is welcome but not really explained well enough.

Heather Daniel is a little different from what you think of when you picture a ghost. The holiday season (the winter solstice) is 'a magical time of year,' which according to the Ancient Celts meant that the veil between this world and other realms and the veil that separates the living and the dead is thin (think of the ghosts in A Christmas Carol by Dickens). With that in mind, during the holidays, Daniel takes on a solid form. Like a vampire or a zombie, he's undead and has an insatiable appetite to fuel his unnatural body. Like a ghost, he doesn't sleep, he can't leave the property, and has unfinished business to take care of. He quite literally can choose to be ghostly or solid, and ultimately he has to choose one for the rest of his life.The ending is confusing but here's what I think happened. Daniel hadn't been around any Christmases after his death, but he managed to remain solid this time around for Christmas because he was starting to resolve his unfinished business/break his curse. Since he hadn't been around on Christmas before, he didn't see the residual haunt that happens at Christmas. That is, the murder happens every year (in ghostly form) just as it happened, like watching someone's memory. Spirits aren't really 'there' during residual haunts; you can't interact with them. Then Daniel finds out the other spirit in the bed and breakfast is the man who murdered him. Then Daniel lets go of his anger about his death. Thus, Daniel's former lover's spirit shows up to take Daniel to the other side. Since Daniel's somewhat alive, he chooses to stay alive and live out the rest of his life. A hard-working life in a legal line of work instead of the illegal high-life he had when he was alive.