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One-hundred years ago, a strip of Santa's magical jingle bells were discovered by a young boy in Pleasant Bay, Oregon, bringing about a century of prosperity and peace for the small town. Now, just days before Christmas, the bells -- the lifeblood of the town -- are missing, and it's up to a group of intrepid kids to solve the case, find the bells and restore the Christmas magic to Pleasant Bay and its citizens.

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Barbara Shulgasser

Common Sense Media

A Christmas Mystery is a solid, kid-centric holiday movie that empowers children with examples set by Violet, Kenny, Maddie, and Harrison.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 7, 2022

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Liz Kocan

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A sweet little movie.

Dec 6, 2022

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Rachel Wagner

Hallmarkies Podcast

The whole family will love this film

Rated: 4/5

Dec 5, 2022

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Ricky Valero

Ready Steady Cut

It’s an overly predictable kids’ mystery movie that relies heavily on Violet to carry the film on her back, which she does. It’s innocent fun.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 24, 2022

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Vivek S The writing was awful. Clearly low budget and low effort. Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/01/24 Full Review christopher c. m It's a Christmas "Nancy Drew" of the 21st Century. With a pretty good mystery, for kids. Not so much for adults. It has some mild character issues, but as a whole... If you are a Nancy Drew fan, you'll like this one. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Great little Christmas film, pegged the thief in the first 20 minutes, but this kept our attention from beginning to end, it’s great for the whole family, definitely a fun watch. Merry Christmas! Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/23/22 Full Review Joshua L AWESOME!!! All the plot twists Remind me of Enola Homes 2 Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/11/22 Full Review Audience Member A pretty fun unique Christmas story that younger audiences will love. I thought the first half of this was great. It tells a pretty cool tale about the magic of these Christmas bells that were left a kid 100 years earlier. They are put in a museum but end up getting stolen. So it's a Christmas mystery movie which I thought was pretty cool. During the 2nd and 3rd acts of the movie it loses the Christmas vibe and it just feels like a children's mystery movie. Overall, I thought it was fun. The child actors were good and there was some good humor. I just thought it fell into mediocrity. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review YVONNE d Super cute and entertaining for the whole family. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/04/22 Full Review Read all reviews

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Alex Ranarivelo Director Violet McGraw Violet Pierce Eddie Cibrian Sheriff Pierce Beau Bridges Mayor Donovan Oscar Nunez Glenn Martin Christoph Sanders Deputy Terry Donovan

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Synopsis One-hundred years ago, a strip of Santa's magical jingle bells were discovered by a young boy in Pleasant Bay, Oregon, bringing about a century of prosperity and peace for the small town. Now, just days before Christmas, the bells -- the lifeblood of the town -- are missing, and it's up to a group of intrepid kids to solve the case, find the bells and restore the Christmas magic to Pleasant Bay and its citizens.

Director: Alex Ranarivelo
Producer: Ali Afshar, Ava Rettke, Daniel Aspromonte
Screenwriter: John Ducey
Production Co: ESX Entertainment
Rating: PG (Mild Thematic Material)
Genre: Kids & Family, Holiday, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 24, 2022
Runtime: 1h 40m