Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!

Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! follows the Duncan family as they set out from Denver to spend the holidays with Amy's parents in Palm Springs. The trip goes wrong almost immediately: Teddy and her mother end up stranded at an airport, while the rest of the family continues on ahead. Determined to reunite everyone before Christmas, Teddy and Amy resort to whatever transport they can find, and their journey takes them through Las Vegas, where their luggage goes missing, and into a detour involving an older couple who believe they have been abducted by aliens. The film is a Christmas comedy built around a chaotic cross-country trip and a family trying to come back together.

Arlene Sanford directed the film from a screenplay by Geoff Rodkey, with Matias Alvarez producing. It was Sanford's third feature, following A Very Brady Sequel and I'll Be Home for Christmas. The cast is led by Bridgit Mendler as Teddy, Leigh-Allyn Baker as Amy, Jason Dolley as PJ, Eric Allan Kramer as Bob, Bradley Steven Perry as Gabe and Mia Talerico as Charlie, with 34 credited performers in all. Made for television, the film runs 80 minutes.

Audience response has been modestly positive. On IMDb it holds a rating of 6.3 from around 8,100 votes, and on TMDB it scores 6.7 from roughly 434 votes. The smaller TMDB sample is warmer, while the larger IMDb group is slightly more reserved, but both point to a film that viewers regard as an easygoing holiday comedy.