Weihnachtengel küsst man nicht is a 2011 German-Austrian television film directed by Michael Kreihsl. The comedy, based on a joint screenplay by Alexander Mahler and Eva Spreitzhofer, is an adaptation of the Roma of the same name by Sophie Andresky, published in 2002 by Bastei Lübbe-Verlag and is about model and advertising jingle singer Lina, played by Silke Bodenbender, who is forced to decide between two men for Christmas when she unexpectedly meets the reindeer breeder Rudolf at a photo job as a Christian child.The romantic Christmas film was realized by Frames Filmproduktion in co-production with ZDF and ORF and filmed between March and April 2011 in Vienna, Kitzbühel, Kufstein and in the Innsbruck area. In addition to Bodenbender, Simon Schwarz, Alwara Höfels, Merab Ninidze, Jürgen Maurer, Michael Ostrowski and Marion Mitterhammer appeared in front of the camera. Critics did not find Christmas angels kissing mostly mixed to negative reviews.