HOLIDAY AFFAIR

HOLIDAY AFFAIR-

This corny Christmas melodrama stars Janet Leigh and Robert Mitchum, Leigh plays the single mom working as a secret shopper she got Mitchum fired because he did not expose her to his boss. Leigh has a 6 year old son Timmy played by Gordon Gebert who is the central character of the movie.
Timmy thought a train set his mom brought home from work was going to be his Christmas gift, but later he finds out the truth and was extremely disappointed, until Christmas morning he discovers Santa Claus did leave him the train set! Until later Leigh discovers the gift was from Mitchum, who was out to break up Leigh and her fiance played by Wendall Corey.

Janet Leigh looks about 18 here and extremely hot too, no wonder Mitchum came out of nowhere decides to horn in someone else's fiancee. According to Mitchum's character, any man is allowed to fall in love with any woman even when she is someone else's fiancee. Truth is Leigh is sick of her job as a secret shopper and wants a father for her son, she decides to marry Corey so he will pay for all her bills from on.

What's funny about this movie is that everyone in the film hates Wendal Corey's character, no one wants Leigh to marry him, from the 6 year old son to Leigh's dead husband's parents. Everyone want her to marry Mitchum eventhough he came out of nowhere, but they think he's perfect for her because he bought Timmy the train eventhough he got fired from his job.

Some minor laughs here and there about this movie, I guess Christmas does bring out the joy in me...I like Christmas movies that has a lot to do with department stores and phoney snow fall, it must be nice to live in Hollywood where they get white Christmas every year!