The Holly and the Ivy by Elisabeth Fairchild

It also helps that the cast as a whole was talented! I’ll be honest, I have never seen any of Janel Parrish’s projects from her filmography. That was certainly the case within Holly and Ivy! All of the characters got along well with one another, as they had good on-screen chemistry. The acting: If the interactions between the characters feel like they are having real-life conversations with each other, that’s how you know the acting in a given film is good. Holly and Ivy poster created by Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and Crown Media Family Networks How does it compare to The Christmas Bow? Like a child counting down to Christmas Day, you’re just going to have to wait to find out! Therefore, I figured it was time to finally check the movie out. Within a year, I have heard good things about Holly and Ivy, with my family sharing similar sentiments. In fact, the only newer release I watched and/or wrote about was The Christmas Bow. In 2020, I didn’t see a lot of Christmas films from Hallmark. Since I still had the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie, Holly and Ivy, on my DVR, I chose to review this title for the 2021 blogathon.

Last year, I wrote about Little House: Bless All the Dear Children, a film that was a fine, family-friendly picture. If you read that article, you would know that I wasn’t a fan of it.

When I first joined the blogathon, I reviewed a Hallmark film titled Christmas Camp. For the third year in a row, I am participating in the Christmas in July Blogathon, hosted by Drew from Drew’s Movie Reviews! This time around, I went back to the Hallmark well.

The Holly and the Ivy by Elisabeth Fairchild