Both at the beginning and end there are a lot of sweet tearful moments. The beauty of friends and family, and friends that are family, is prominent throughout the story.
Scrooge and the Grinch are just as much a part of Christmas tradition as feasting and presents, but the matron of the other orphanage just doesn't make sense. She is so much a Scrooge that she would separate two sisters on Christmas Eve rather than wait a few hours to let them enjoy each other. *Not mention it was already late in the day and made no sense to begin a journey that evening.) Her justification that "it will only hurt more" is a lame excuse. This woman is mean and vindictive. The woman who repeatedly insisted that the the sisters running the other orphanage be arrested, also on Christmas Eve, is not going to suddenly turn around and say "the children are lucky to have you". This is a common fault in Hallmark movies and their like that characters do a complete personality 180 instantly and for little or no reason. This small part of the movie distracted me from what was otherwise a wonderful and sentimental story.
Scrooge and the Grinch are just as much a part of Christmas tradition as feasting and presents, but the matron of the other orphanage just doesn't make sense. She is so much a Scrooge that she would separate two sisters on Christmas Eve rather than wait a few hours to let them enjoy each other. *Not mention it was already late in the day and made no sense to begin a journey that evening.) Her justification that "it will only hurt more" is a lame excuse. This woman is mean and vindictive. The woman who repeatedly insisted that the the sisters running the other orphanage be arrested, also on Christmas Eve, is not going to suddenly turn around and say "the children are lucky to have you". This is a common fault in Hallmark movies and their like that characters do a complete personality 180 instantly and for little or no reason. This small part of the movie distracted me from what was otherwise a wonderful and sentimental story.