One has to wonder when the contestants start pulling up if we’ve come upon The Bachelorette – only there is no bachelorette and we’ve just stumbled upon the house that the men live in for Finding Mr. Christmas. A little lumberjack in the fashion vibe, one can’t be mad at it as they enter what one describes as “santas country home.” There is a little camaraderie and a little pettiness as ten men enter a house to become Mister Christmas.
Santas country home looks like Christmas threw up in it, which to us means that some set director was filled with the joy of the holiday. We’re pretty sure that happiness and joy didn’t fill the spirit of Craig, the first guy to enter the house. He’s holding a football, as if that’s supposed to tell us something about him.
It just tells us that he’s holding a football. There is something about Craig that just doesn’t vibe with us, and maybe that’s the edit. But as more and more of the hunks arrive, it feels as though Craig is really meh and standoffish.
We guess everyone has their thing.
They all have their reasons for being there and are trying to figure each other out. Now, let us tell you one thing that you need to know immediately – Drake is really proud of his hair. We ain’t mad at that. He’s got a lot of volume and we’re needing him to drop the routine. Angel’s hair is coming in second – because well – less volume.
Robbie may be our favorite, because he just seems so innocent and we’re on the fence because of that. These men seem like they will eat each other alive and if they’re coming for Robbie, we’re going to come for them.
As each talks a little about why they are there, it seems that each are examining each other with the prowess of a child trying to figure out how to shake their gifts to see what they got for Christmas. Dear, dear Logan walks in with some gloves that we’re in love with and others notice. He makes sure to let them all know he made them.
You crafty muscle man. We’d like to pay attention but we’ve lost focus on you Logan. Why? Well, Jake and if you have questions about that, please look at those arms and that smile and you’ll want to crawl into his sweater too and be one with the man.
And then there is Davey. A brand new Dad who talks immediately about his son. Ovaries exploding over here. That’s the pride of being a father that any woman wants to see. Please go back to him versus focus on Craig.
Sorry Craig, you seem like you’re going to be the villain of this show (if there can be one) and we’re gonna need them to improve your edit.
When Jonathan shows up, we smile. You see you know that man puts his heart and soul into everything. Not to mention we’re always staring at his face and wanting to know all products used for those brows.
Festive Face Off and Star Quality challenges are going to come, but first Jonathan explains and does some great product placement work. We understand – Balsam Hill. Got it. Buy their stuff. Thank heavens we don’t have long before the Festive Face Off.
We do find out that Gabriel and Davey used to be roomies – so can’t wait to see how that works out.
Off to Santas workshop, which is a little misleading. Why? No ones making me toys, but hey, we’re getting abs and chiseled jawlines. So there is that. It doesn’t take long for their Christmas spirit to kick in and the guys to get their challenge. They have 30 minutes to make their Santa suit stand out.
And that means I have 30 minutes to try and figure out how Jonathans hair got higher. It looks so good and it’s not moving. However, I don’t really think he’s going for the bigger the hair oe higher the hair closer to God vibe. Could be wrong.
The men are trying to figure out what they want their Santa to represent. There are a lot of things going on here and a lot of men who seem to forget who they are. Instead they seem to try to be who they think they need to be.
Look, we love a hot man. Abs and jaws will only get you so far though. We want to see the heart and as the Santa auditions commence – there is only one that we really saw be vulnerable. Gabriel, we’re looking at you. You were nervous AF, and we were for you. But it was your vulnerability that made us root for you.
Unfortunately – Craig wins by playing into the stereotypes that people think that represent New York. He’s Santorini Santa and we’re watching through our fingers because we’re legit not wanting to see this.
Shout out to Buff Tuff Santa, though.
Star Quality challenge time and the guys are driving up to Woodward Park City Resort. Product and sponsor placement only sounds good when Jonathan says it. When we do – we’re also embarrassed for ourselves. What Jonathan doesn’t deliver on though is telling us all who designed his and Melissa’s ski suits.
We’re convinced that as bright as they are – they can be seen from space.
This challenge is about the meet cute. We read enough romance and watch enough TV to know that if it’s not a good meet cute, we’re not interested. A meet cute sets a tone and if you get it right then the view is invested AF.
The guys get to pick their own partner for the scene. They’ll be acting against Janelle Parrish. She’s a Hallmark staple, but also a very versatile actress. The actress gives them the best advice that a majority seem to ignore. The most important thing is to nail the connection.
Craig had won the Festive Face Off, which his advantage? Well that would be he gets to choose the order in which they all go. That’s fantastic – the villain gets to choose. Yes, we really don’t like Craig (and again – we get that it could be the edit).
None of them really nail the scene, but they are all trying. If they would have listened to Janelle and really tried to make a connection it would have gone better. No amount of golden retriever energy could have saved this for us. He**, we love Robbie, but he called Janelles characters a “jerk girl” and that’s when we had to watch through our shirts.
Craig had partnered up with Jake, and had decided that the two of them would go last. Don’t know why – because in this writers opinion it means he wasn’t thinking about his scene partner. Instead only himself. While we don’t get why people like Craig – here we are. He was charming – according to the judges. According to us, he came across as someone who is way too full of himself.
Pass.
Not sure why the judges were impressed with Craig, because no. Just no.
One person from every team has a chance of going home. There isn’t a one of these men that doesn’t clean up nice as we head into elimination. Some succeeded and some failed. The winner of the challenge was Rustin.
Thank God someone saw that it wasn’t Craig. We did love Rustin. Logan, Angel, Craig, and Marcus were all safe. Ugh – why Craig! He wasn’t good at all.
As we watch the elimination, it’s one of those things that we’re not thrilled with. Jake is the first to go home. He was SO MUCH BETTER than a few of them. Seeing him do his exit interview, we teared up. Jake was giving his all and yes, he stumbled. He didn’t recover. But you know what he did do?
He had heart. He was about everyone and not just himself. Wish we woulda gotten more of Jake.
Less Craig please.
Finding Mr. Christmas airs Mondays on The Hallmark Channel.
