Dear Secret Santa/Holiday Triple Feature (Lifetime)/Power Rangers Megaforce: Robo Knight Before Christmas (Lionsgate DVD releases)

Picture: C/B-/C Sound: B-/B-/C Extras: C/D/C- Main Programs: B-/A-/B-

Jenny. a big city girl from a small town, returns to her hometown to her father, but when she runs into her ex-boyfriends, she starts receiving romantic letters from a Secret Santa. As she tries to figure out which one of them is her secret admirer, she rediscovers what the meaning of friends and family is. Then she discovers her Secret Santa was her next door neighbor/childhood friend ...only thing is that he died in an accident 3 years ago, but somehow they are just arriving to her across time and space.

Jenny's father got into an accident she returns home to help take care of him. It is only when she came home she discovers the things she missed out while living the big city life, namely family, friends and love. She begins to realize all the things she took for granted as she starts receiving letters from a friend who passed away 3 years ago, has to decide should she try and change his fate or let it happen, even if it means saving his life?

This was a heartwarming tale of a city girl finding that there is more to life that work and money, and that Christmas is a time for family and miracles. It usually it involves a journey to the past to rediscover one's heart and home. Extras includes behind the scenes, still gallery and trailers.

Next, enjoy a 3-in-1 Christmas pack. In A Country Christmas Story is about a young girl and her guitar, the Twelve Trees of Christmas a librarian on the eve of Christmas must save her library from being torn down, and Kristin's Christmas Past is about a jaded girl who gets a second chance to teach herself what Christmas is about. Each one tells a heartwarming tale about the spirit of Christmas and how it brings family and friends together, so to get more specific...

A Country Christmas Story - An African American girl enters country singing contest (guest star Dolly Parton) to help bring her mother and father together with her song.

The Twelve Trees of Christmas - A young sexy librarian must save her library from being being torn down by rich companies who want to turn it into a condo. But when she finds out the CEO is a young, rich and handsome tycoon, things start heating up in more ways than one.

Kristin's Christmas Past - Kristin gets sent 17 years into the past to help teach her younger self the spirit of Christmas and to prevent the mistakes that turned her into a scrooge.

These three telefilms were heartwarming, beautiful, romantic, funny and good for the entire family. It teaches people the importance of family values, community and the selfless spirit of Christmas. There are no extras.

Finally we have the Power Rangers celebrating the holidays. It's Robo Knight's first Christmas, as he learns what the true meaning of Christmas is, Robo Knight looks back over the past year and remembers his various battle along side the Power Rangers Megaforce.

Robo Knight is sent overseas when he is mistaken for an oversized robot toy. He then finds himself in Africa, where he brings presents to the kids and tells them his adventures with the Power Rangers and what he has learned from them. He learned that Christmas is a time of sharing and giving, where people try to bring out the best in themselves and it is a time of celebration for world peace. Will it work?

It seems like every Power Rangers Christmas episode is about them looking back over the past year and then recounting their adventures and what they are thankful for. Extras include other episodes from previous series, Power Rangers Wild Force and Power Rangers Jungle Fury.

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Robo Knight Before Christmas - Robo Knight learns all about Christmas and what the spirit of Christmas is.

Wild Force: Team Carnival - The Power Rangers help a young boy find his family.

Jungle Fury: The Spirit of Kindness - The Red Rangers learns that even without his Tiger Spirit power that the power of kindness can even change his enemy.

All releases are in anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 presentations that are a bit on the weak side, save the telefilms set that look a little better and we can account some of their softness to the holiday style they emulate. Lossy Dolby Digital is the soundtrack for all the DVDs with the loudest of the three, Power Rangers, having the choppiest, most inconsistent sound.

- Ricky Chiang