12 Dares of Christmas

Rating: 6/10

Reason: Not terrible.  Acting was good, it was just too drawn out.  

*Watched on Amazon Prime Video (Age 7+)

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A high-school teacher preparing for a French exchange program is challenged by her sister to 12 dares during the holidays. Teacher Lady's life is too predictable, and she needs a shake up!

French Guy is in the States and not thrilled about it, but he decides to head to the bar to relax before meeting his liaison....

Dare 1 - she has to give her number to 12 guys at the bar. 

Teacher Lady has the worst pick up lines ever, and is striking out with everyone. Teacher Lady gives it one last shot, and hits on French Guy not realizing he is French Guy.

They start talking and figure out they already kind of know each other, and the conversation switches to the exchange program, and apparently there has been a miscommunication. Teacher Lady hasn't got approval or funding yet. French Guy thought everything was ready, and the students flights are booked, and they'll be coming soon! Catastrophe!

French Guy freaks out. "We need to cancel!"

Teacher Lady reassures, "we can handle it, we'll call it a test run since there's only 3 students!"

Sister has made a social media page about the dares, and it's already got 150 followers! Time for...

Dare 2 - go to the school fundraiser and decorate a gingerbread house. 

Teacher Lady meets up with French Guy to get the board to approve the exchange program, and they end up at the fundraiser. Begrudgingly, Teacher Lady realises the social media page about the dares might be the publicity she needs to get the exchange program going, so she dares French Guy to a gingerbread house decorating competition. He is terrible, and grumpy about being terrible. 

Dare 3 - start a snowball fight.

French Guy arrives at Teacher Lady's house to plan activities for when the students arrive. They start arguing, and Teacher Lady heads outside, then starts a snowball fight with French Guy. (Seems like she's pretty on board with the dares at this point...)

She slips in the snow and he catches her. Oh, shenanigans! Are they falling for each other?

Teacher Lady admits that the snowball fight was premeditated, and tells French Guy about the daily dares. Then she suggests they do something similar for the students when they arrive. 

She also linked a fundraising app to the social media, so the dares are now bringing in money to help with the exchange. Now French Guy is on board! What's next? 

Dare 4 - ice skating... French Guy has a mild injury as a result.   He's not good at ice skating.

Dare 5 - make eggnog.  French Guy and teacher lady make eggnog. Next! 

Dare 6 - do the polar bear plunge. Check.

Dare 7 - lay out under the stars and watch a Christmas movie. Kissing nearly happens.

Dare 8 - find 5 Christmas bells hidden around town. It's a scavenger hunt! They chat as they hunt and Teacher Lady tells French Guy that her parents died when she was in highschool so she never got to study abroad like she wanted to. Now we know why she so determined to make the exchange program work. 

There's going to be a fruitcake competition at the school, so they team up to make some fruitcakes. And flirt. So much flirting. 

Dare 9 - sing a Christmas carol in front of a crowd. She can't sing! (She's actually quite bad) French Guy comes to sing with her and save the day. 

The principal shows up to yell at Teacher Lady. The only Inn in town has flooded. Where will the students stay? Perhaps the board could host them? Surely not this close to Christmas! Principal will not help with logistics. French Guy and Teacher Lady find placements for the students....

Dare 10 - sit on Santa's lap and make Christmas wish. Teacher Lady wishes for love. Santa gives her a candy cane.

Dare 11 - Christmas-ify someone's house. She chooses the principal's house... Principal loves it! And she apologizes to Teacher Lady for being grumpy, and offers her the vice principal job! 

French Guy's French Boss shows up and tells them he's very disappointed. The program isn't organized well enough, and he says it's off. Teacher Lady and French Guy argue about whose fault it is, and he storms off.

Sister tries to cheer Teacher Lady up by showing her the social media page. Look at all the followers! Everyone is so inspired!

Dare 12 - have hot cocoa in the old fort. Just like Sister and Teacher Lady did as kids. 

Sister says how much she has enjoyed her time back in town. She wants to move back. Teacher Lady gives Sister the deed to the house. Hugs.

There's a final board meeting at the school. French Boss has come around, he wants the exchange to happen again. Teacher Lady gives a good speech and everyone is convinced. The exchange program is a go. 

Dare 13 - Teacher Lady dares French guy to kiss her. He completes the dare.

The end