A Royal Montana Christmas (2025)
A Royal Dude Ranch
The first 2025 entry to the Countdown to Christmas coming in with spurs on (just don’t squat in them)!
We find Victoria, a royal from a nondescript European country (that is only depicted as one small ballroom), who escapes to a Montana ranch to relive memories of her childhood shared with her father… who was a royal and wannabe cowboy. While there, she’s desperate to bring back the Holly-Day Dance of her youth - yes! Let’s put on a show dance!
A lot of the standard Christmas movie fare shows up throughout the movie, including:
A physical run-in … right over his Christmas decorations
Beautiful log cabin and western barns
Cutting down a Christmas tree in the wild
Gingerbread house decorating
Need to put on a dance
Filmed in Canada - which begs the question - WHY does this need to be “Montana"? Just call it a Royal Western Christmas.
A few notes.
Stop with the accents. Just stop. They felt so awkward and forced. You need literally two lines of dialogue and you can avoid it entirely:
“Why don’t you have an accent?”
“Oh, I went to boarding school in [name a country… anything other than England].”
I know this was played for comedic effect, but…
“The only ranch I’m familiar with is ranch dressing". - as IF those words would ever be uttered by a European royal matriarch! I am fairly certain ranch dressing has never graced the tables of a European palace, lol.
This didn’t feel super Christmassy, but I did enjoy the setting.
You’ll like this if…
The western Christmas aesthetic really works with 2025’s hottest Christmas trend - a Ralph Lauren Christmas.
