A Heidelberg Holiday

The location was beautiful, and the actors were believable. It was so heartfelt! Watching it was like getting a warm Christmas hug. Heidi finally gets her dream of entering her artwork into the Heidelberg Christmas market, and she encounters help along the way from the sweet family who rents her a cottage. Their talented and handsome son ends up assisting her with errands, and he provides wisdom and insight that help her through some major set-backs. There were so many gems in this story. From the incomparable location with its castle, mountains, charming town, and the sparkling Christmas market, there were Christmas delights at every turn. The story had so much meaning about honoring family and traditions and also about persevering through difficulties and fulfilling your passions. It was such a delight throughout. Truly, a warm Christmas hug!

In the beginning, Heidi is the typical American who is too aggressive for most Europeans. Arrogant, demanding and pushy. After a while she softens even though she still has a fair amount of energy. The story is a bit different from the crowd even though it follows the basic flow of most Christmas movies where the two romantic leads are thrown together for a time and develop a relationship. There are no great highs or lows. The acting is OK. The dialogue has good moments but otherwise is bland. The leads have some chemistry but nothing special. A big draw of this movie for many will be the scenery and traditions. There is an amazing castle and views of the city from what seems to be miles above but probably only a few stories. I often say that these movies often have trouble with realism. This one pushed it too far as far as the conflict and solution.

7.6 stars. ...never ship your treasures through a questionable service. The whole theme hinges on Heidi's ornaments and the fact that she chose to go cheap and ship her valuable Christmas ornaments through a lesser known shipping company is indicative of her character. Let's shove that whole incongruence and personality fiasco aside and this becomes a wonderful adventure. This woman gets the opportunity of a lifetime to travel from USA to showcase her handcrafted ornaments in Heidelberg Germany, her ancestor's city of origin. Her artwork is exquisite and she will be staying in Heidelberg over the holidays with friends of her grandmother. The older son is a woodworking genius and has many works of art as well. They are immediately friends, and she spends weeks with this family celebrating the holidays German style, growing very fond of them, and they of her. Soon she and their son become more than friends. There are some ups and downs, and many of the conversations are somewhat predictable, but the human connections feel genuine and the scenery and authentic German nostalgia are not easy to match, making this film worth mentioning.

Your average made-for-television festive flick. 'A Heidelberg Holiday' doesn't bring major Xmas feeling though, it didn't feel as Christmassy as I'd want via my personal liking but what is produced is close enough. The German aspects are cool, especially for an American-made movie. I thought the 'delayed delivery' side of the story was gonna pack more of a punch than it did, I was getting magical elf worker vibes but maybe that was my imagination expecting too much from a flick of this kind. The cast, meanwhile, all blend into one in my memory to be honest, Ginna Claire and Frédéric Brossier are alright leads mind.

Frederic Brossier is cute in a subtle way. I do love how a few of the actors, including him, are actually from Germany. They have no chemistry though. He seems bored with her. And she looks at him like a brother, not a love interest. They were cute together at the end, but still no chemistry. She's going to cover up his beautiful woodwork with broken glass? I hate it. It's at least a plot twist that I didn't expect so that's nice. I do love how she gave the display set to the special client with the heartwarming story. That was very sweet. Almost made me cry. The setting makes the movie both unrelatable but also exciting. A Christmas in Germany sounds very cozy.

So so so many things to love about this movie. It was a beautiful movie from beginning to end. The story was so rich, inter weaving the history of Christmas in Heidelberg along with the history of Heidelberg. I really believed the relationship between Heidi and Lukas. I thought their chemistry jumped off the screen to us in the audience. I've only seen one other Hallmark movie featuring Gina Claire Mason who plays Heidi, and she is spectacular. We see the same female leads in Hallmark movies, but she is different. Hope to see more of her. As great as the story was and the actors in it though, the star of this movie was Heidelberg. A beautiful beautiful German city, rich in history. When I saw that Heidelberg was the backdrop the first thing I did was to look up locations of this hoping it wasn't filmed in Canada with some filler shots in Heidelberg. No Canada. It was filmed in Heidelberg and it's castle with other filming in Serbia. I spent 30 months in the Army in Kaiserslautern which is the largest U. S. military community outside the United States and I spent much time off at Heidelberg. What you see in the movie is what you get there. Great job to Hallmark for A Heidelberg Holiday.

The plot was utterly predictable. From the moment the main character "Heidi Heidelberg" (*gag noise*) agrees with the shady postal service worker who is like ok we'll send it to you through fake UPS and it'll get there on time and then SHE AGREES TO IT. I asked myself if she was born yesterday? The rest of it was... exactly what you'd expect. She meets a German family (screw her old one, I guess?) who is incredibly friendly and welcoming. She meets the love interest while she's lugging her suitcase up a hill after making a dumb mistake and asking the driver to drop her off 50 houses too soon. I guess she forgot she was selling ornaments because we only get like 5 minutes out of a 120 minute movie of her actually doing that. She sells her entire stock on preorders instead of in-person because the shipment is delayed indefinitely (a questionable business tactic at best, and we're made to believe she's somewhat successful) and then they show up broken so she decides to combine the broken glass with the love interest's wooden art to create something her customers did not order. Somehow, all is forgiven, people don't seem to want refunds, and the grandma shows up right at the end for a christmas together. The thing that really did it in for me was the singing. I'm not sure I've heard worse singing in a movie before, the whole family is tone deaf and needs to never, EVER try it again. The main actress has one mode: happy, and she looked happy even when she was crying. This is the worst one I've seen this season by far, and I saw the one about house flipping that didn't involve... any house flipping!

When I saw the preview for "A Heidelberg Holiday," I was so excited to see it! It is a great movie! It definitely didn't disappoint. Heidi hand paints small ornaments, and travels to Heidelberg, Germany to sell them. When she gets to Germany, she has trouble getting to where she is going to stay in Heidelberg, and meets a nice man. An artisan, along the way, who helps her get there. She later gets a booth to sell her ornaments, but the ornaments keep getting derailed in Iceland and other countries. Then when the ornaments arrive, they are broken. Everyone did a great job in this movie, and the scenery is beautiful! Highly remomended!

Great scenery in Germany. Great story without the typical silly, lame drama. Great cast of a family who totally accepted the main girl visiting there from USA. There was a brief drama but it was turned into a really cute victory that involved the entire family helping. A very sweet surprise at the end. I really liked the romance that developed and grew through the events. Too many times, these kind of movies have the couple getting really close emotionally and then have a silly drama that is so stupid and causes one to suddenly forget all their time and love shared together. This story did not do this to us watchers!! 👍👍

I am usually hooked on Hallmark Christmas Movies. I record them, and watch when I am able. Today, I finally watched this movie. I really enjoyed the interaction with the German family. (Instead of just adults interacting.) And seeing the castle, church, and all the scenery was really nice. And I really enjoyed the German postal employee! Obviously there had to be some sort of twist at the end, So I came here specifically to see if someone made a comment that to me was so obvious!!! From the beginning, I knew that the cheap postal service was going to be a problem. But then, near the end: I mean, really! Who sends such fragile ornaments packed so poorly. That's all I have to say!