Coming Home for Christmas

Wonder Years alum, math genius and author (seriously, look it up) Danica McKellar is turning into a Christmas Cheddar lifer with round number four here, after the Not MSG Approved "Crown For Christmas," the MSG Approved "My Christmas Dream." and "Love At The Christmas Table (didn't see it). This one's very similar to the bevy of "spunky American works her way into the hearts of stuffy British Royalty" films like "Princess For Christmas" (w/Katie "eaten by a dinosaur" McGrath, MSG Approved), "A Royal Christmas" (w/holy trinity Daughter Lacey Chabert - Not MSG Approved) and her own aforementioned "Crown For Christmas." The twist here is we're still in the USA, so the royals are replaced with wealthy aristocratic Americans in a mansion instead of a castle. As their new House Manager, she's tasked with planning the Christmas gala, which potentially could have been tacked on at the end but becomes a running subplot throughout. There's also a love triangle but the A story is a dysfunctional family bonding through their shared love of the newcomer. It's a common story but welcoming when the romance is resigned to the B plot. We all probably go through the same shit except we're not billionaires, but imagine 87 more rooms in the house where you grew up and you just might relate. Bonus points for the inclusion of Chelan Simmons from the tv remake of "Carrie" that only I seem to remember (you may have seen her getting fried in a tanning bed in "Final Destination 3"). Christmas factor high. MSG approved.