Hallmark's Take Me Back For Christmas Is Royally Relatable Without A Princess Protagonist

Unlike Hallmark's "A Royal Christmas Crush" — which was as flimsy as its melting ice castles — "Take Me Back for Christmas" is a refreshing change of pace. Renée and Aaron are a married couple, struggling with financial woes. Renée had previously aspired to run her own company, but when her mother Maria got sick and subsequently died, Renée's life went into a holding pattern for a decade. Fortunately, she works at a gift shop, and Santa arrives with Cici the Elf, who gives her a bell instructing her to make a wish and then ring it when she needs to. After a string of bad luck, a disbelieving Renée reluctantly wishes her life was different and rings the bell. She passes out, only to awaken in a world where she's the CEO of a hugely prosperous company that delivers meal kits. The often clumsy Renée hilariously has trouble wrapping her brain around what's going on, but is happy to see that her mother is still alive.

However, she's saddened to learn that in this reality, her drive to get her business off the ground cost her Aaron, and the two never married. Her best friend Tasha doesn't recognize her, either, compounding her frustration. Now, as she adapts to the new life she's been given, she must not only save the company from financial failure, but also figure out how to win Aaron back.