This well meaning Christmas film serves every dish and trick in the book but the last 10 minutes are great. In this film a woman named Paula is married for 18 years to her high school sweet heart. Money is very tight and what make matters worse is the fact that is Christmas. Her husband however is a great guy but she doesn't see it. Money or lack of money is all she see's and blames him for her unhappiness. One day while walking around town she sees a former boyfriend from school. He is rich and successful and has a life that Paula truly wants. One morning she wakes up and finds herself in an alternate universe. She is now married to her former boyfriend but life is not great in this universe. In this universe she has money but not much else. Now this movie is worth watching because the last 10 minutes are wonderful.

Alice fell down the rabbit hole and found Wonderland. Lucy stepped through the wardrobe and discovered Narnia.Once we had "Alice Through the Looking Glass." Here we have grown-up Paula (Nicole Eggert) crawling through the clothes dryer (of all places!) into an alternate life of what might have been had she married the "other guy," the rich gallery owner, instead of her handyman husband who has trouble finding steady work.But when Paula learns what her alternate life is really like, and that she had already filed for a divorce from her "other guy," she wants desperately to reclaim her old, her rightful life. Trouble is, when she makes like Dorothy and literally tries clicking her heels to get back, it doesn't work. Neither, seemingly, does anything else...until something does.This same idea of dreaming up an alternate life was used again a year later in "The Mrs. Clause (2008)" (shown here in the United States under the title, "The Christmas Clause,") but much less effectively.

I found this a heartwarming and fun movie to enjoy during the holiday season. Nicole Eggert is wonderful as a frustrated housewife who yearns for the magic only a former high school flame can recapture. Can't we imagine how our lives might have been different had we married the other crush? Nicole gets this opportunity to explore that luxurious life she's always wanted. Yet the question remains: does it bring her happiness? The set design is lush and colorful. Brett Anthony and Bret Le Bourveau are great as the two competing love interests. Also, her daughters are cute but also realistically depicted as girls who just want their mom to be happy this Christmas, freed from the burdens of debt and financial woes. Truly magical and touching, this quirky, often moving film will have you reaching for the Kleenex by the end. It has sparkle and charm that will whisk you away on an enjoyable journey that only comes once a year!

I think that the only good thing about this movie is that it was filmed in Winnipeg. The music is kind of cheesy, and the characters seem so fake and under experienced. Don't watch this movie, unless you turn the volume off and watch it in HD, to see Winnipeg in the Winter. Although, they live in a really poor neighborhood, so that part is really uninteresting... oh well T_T At least there are a lot of other movies to watch for the holidays. Try watching Christmas with the Kranks or something, at least those are actually funny. Plus, you can kind of tell that this was a low budget movie that has a lot of continuity errors and such, plus you can really tell that they used a very amateur editing program.