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It\u2019s also that time of year for clich\u00e9 holiday movies about saccharine characters finding love in the most unlikely places. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy Christmas Hero\u201d is no different. It stars \u201cFull House\u201d favorite Candace Cameron Bure as orthopedic doctor and Army reservist Maj. Nicole Ramsey, who begins her story by meeting I Corps Maj. Daniel Ross (Gabriel Hogan). Their tale, as so many do in these films, ties back to World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2iCXEZm4CLs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen title=\"Preview - My Christmas Hero - Starring Candace Cameron Bure and Gabriel Hogan\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramsey, who is, of course, too busy for a relationship, first meets Ross in her medical office, where he visits due to a bad knee. Though her ethics say she is unable to date a patient, he specifies he won\u2019t be treated for long. Hurdle jumped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramsey, however, comes with emotional trauma in the form of reeling from the death of a man she never met. Cpl. John Medlin, Ramsey\u2019s grandfather, died in Italy around Christmas 1944, soon after his daughter was born stateside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What jumps out immediately is the film\u2019s confusing math, an issue destined to become more glaring as movies of this genre continue to rely on World War II to anchor storylines. It\u2019s one thing to suspend reality in favor of a film, but this chronology is a stretch. The dates in the film would make Ramsey\u2019s mother at least 79, though she\u2019s played by the spritely 61-year-old Teryl Rothery. Meanwhile, it\u2019s suggested that Ramsey is in her 30s. (It may be high time for Korean or Vietnam War veterans to serve as the foundations of these holiday movie timelines.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moreover, the last surviving local WWII veteran \u2014 a man named Mr. Morton \u2014 is one of her patients. He and his wife have been married 76 years, which makes him at least 94 (assuming he was 18 when the war ended) when he requisitions Ramsey for a new hip so he can finally go dancing with his wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I digress. Ramsey\u2019s ultimate mission is to uncover the circumstances of her grandfather\u2019s death and bring some closure to her mom. And who better to help than the charming, blue-eyed Ross?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe\u2019s a cup of Christmas cocoa,\u201d he muses to a fellow soldier. Ross\u2019 charm quickly melts Ramsey\u2019s resolve like fake snow on a Los Angeles sidewalk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Six or seven B-plots evolve throughout the course of the film,  including the building of a veteran-centric nonprofit, an ugly Christmas sweater party, and some not-so-subtle PTSD messaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alas, Ramsey and Ross continue on their quest for the truth about her grandfather with a road trip to Portland, where a member of her grandfather\u2019s unit, Christian, reveals that Medlin was a hero, as expected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their unit was hit by a group of German snipers, he says, and Christian was shot. 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