Christmas on TV: A Christmas Wedding Tail

Whoever wrote this movie took a lot of the basic elements for a TV Christmas movie and put them in a blender. That person just forgot that talking dogs are never a good idea. This is the recipe for this Christmas movie.

One single mother, played by Jennie Garth

One single father, played by a guy who looks familiar but isn't famous in the manner of Dean Cain

Two dogs, a poodle and a golden retriever, who narrate the whole story and also fall in love

4 to 5 children who create "I don't want a new parent" and "I don't like my new siblings" drama

Tom Arnold playing some peripheral character I couldn't identify while watching it on fast forward

Catherine Hicks, the mom from 7th Heaven, as a grandma on one side of this family-to-be

Have the couple fall in love before the first commercial break.

Have the couple get engaged at Thanksgiving, just after the second commercial break.

Insert plenty of obstacles to their wedding actually taking place. Try to make the audience believe they aren't going to actually get married, even though you showed them the wedding in the opening scene.

Stir for 2 hours.

And everyone lives happily ever after.

Actually, if you insist on watching a Christmas dog movie, this is the one to watch. Except for the talking dogs. I watched it last year, not on fast forward, and I maintain that Jennie Garth can make nearly any made-for-TV movie watchable, including this one. And who doesn't want to see her in a wedding dress? Why do you think she got to wear two in that sitcom she had with Amanda Bynes? I just have a serious bias against talking animals. This movie could be great if it didn't include the dogs. Now you've been warned.