“Sometimes things can’t be explained they just need to be believed.”

Merry In-Laws (2012)

 Believing is seeing.

Christmas magic even helps skeptics see the possibilities in the impossible.

An open mind will see possibilities; a made-up mind will gather evidence for what it already believes. Sometimes at the expense of a life filled with happiness.  

This is the case in the Christmas film “Merry In-Laws.” Peter (Lucas Bryant), a kindergarten teacher, must convince his fiancee’ Alex Spencer (Kassia Warshawski), that her soon-to-be in-laws are Santa and Mrs. Claus. Alex is an astrophysicist trained in finding proof. But Peter needs her to believe, without reason, before his parents arrive in town.

First, he must overcome his beloved’s meddling astrophysicist father (Greg Lawson), who taught her that Santa Claus is a myth. Alex tries to believe. But she loses faith when her ex-boyfriend brings photographs to prove that Peter uses the “My parents are the Clauses” story to hide his alleged infidelity. Unfortunately, it’s easier for Alex to believe a lie before her eyes than the truth that would leave her at odds with her father. Alex’s son, 6-year-old Max (Jason Thurmeier), has seen the proof that Santa is real, but it isn’t enough to convince Alex. She confesses Santa let her down when she was a child. And without hard evidence, Alex is determined not to fall for the Santa story again.  

Except Santa and Mrs. Claus, played by George Wendt and Shelley Long of the long-running TV sitcom “Cheers” fame, are hard to resist. Using Elfin’s magic, the two help the family, including Alex’s mother (Barb Mitchell), a trained psychologist. Together, they knock down the walls the family erected to keep their world orderly.  

SPOILER ALERT

By the film’s end, Alex gets her wish to chart the Christmas Star. In doing so, we learn that an open heart opens the mind. Only then can we see what’s hidden but right in front of us all the time. 

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