“Operation Christmas Drop” (** out of four) was a pretty basic inspirational drama about a congressional aide (Kat Graham) who is sent by her vindictive boss (Virginia Madsen) to travel to a military base to find reasons to defund the facility but soon finds inspiration from the various fighter pilots who drop Christmas presents to the unfortunate and impoverished and tries to convince her boss to keep the facility running. Earnest, well-intentioned story is harmless but thuddingly predictable. Finale actually rips off “Operation Dumbo Drop” and the tacked-on happy ending rings especially false.