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10 Best Movies Like Dear Santa

If you loved Dear Santa, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Decoy Bride

The Decoy Bride

2011★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dear Santa for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A local woman is hired to draw paparazzi away from a Hollywood actress who has come to Scotland to get married....

#2
A Very Merry Mix-Up

A Very Merry Mix-Up

2013★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dear Santa for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance & TV Movie. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Shop owner Alice Chapman is nervous to meet her future in-laws at Christmas, especially because she is arriving ahead of her new fiance Will Mitchum. Alice's trip becomes more stre...

#3
Holiday Engagement

Holiday Engagement

2011★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dear Santa for fans of Comedy & Romance & TV Movie. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Thirty-something Hillary Burns has spent her life trying to get the approval of her parents, in the shadow of her more successfully-attached siblings. So when Hillary's fiance, wor...

#4
Coffee Shop

Coffee Shop

2014★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dear Santa for fans of Comedy & Romance & TV Movie. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a young coffee shop owner is threatened with repossession she must take a chance with life and love as she fights to save her business....

#5
Christmas in Boston

Christmas in Boston

2005★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dear Santa for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance & TV Movie. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Gina and Seth have been pen pals for 13 years and now will have the chance to meet. Both used their best friends pictures to send to each other and now will let their friends meet....

#6
Let's Kill Ward's Wife

Let's Kill Ward's Wife

2014★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dear Santa for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Everyone hates Ward’s wife and wants her dead, Ward most of all. But when his friends’ murderous fantasies turn into an (accidental) reality, they have to deal with a whole new set...