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Episode 478
Hallmark Movies Explained
In this episode, we deep dive those feel-good Hallmark holiday movies. We discuss how they came to be, why there are so many of them ($$$), and which Countdown to Christmas movies sound actually amazing and which sound amazingly silly. Plus put on your fuzzy socks and join us under a fluffy blanket to co-write the next holiday classic movie with us using our build-your-own-Hallmark movie worksheet.
In this episode, we deep dive those feel-good Hallmark holiday movies. We discuss how they came to be, why there are so many of them ($$$), and which Countdown to Christmas movies sound actually amazing and which sound amazingly silly. Plus put on your fuzzy socks and join us under a fluffy blanket to co-write the next holiday classic movie with us using our build-your-own-Hallmark movie worksheet.
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- Previously on: Episode 378- The Nos of Hallmark Movies
- Clear your sched: there are 30+ Hallmark holiday movies this year
- Define: Schmaltz (“feelings erotica” – Knox McCoy)
- Hanukkah + Hallmark: Hanukkah on Rye, Eight Gifts of Hanukkah, and Love, Life and Hankaka
- History: Hallmark corporation, Hallmark Channel, Christmas programming & advertising
- Stream: Hallmark Movies Now (beware!), etc
- Hallmark Channel royalty: Candace Cameron Bure (now at Great American Family channel), Christopher Russell, Lacey Chabert
- Mentions (full schedule with photos here): The Most Colorful Time of the Year (colorblind teacher), Holiday Heritage (first Kwanzaa movie), The Holiday Sitter (first LGBTQ lead couple), A Cozy Christmas Inn (Jodie Sweetin vehicle; see also: Decider), Hanukkah on Rye (also starring Lisa Loeb?), Ghost of Christmas Always, A Royal Corgi Christmas, Three Wise Men and a Baby, The Royal Nanny, In Merry Measure, Inventing the Christmas Prince, Christmas Class Reunion (Aimee Teegarden movie)
- Again: Here’s our Hallmark Christmas Movie Premise Generator Madlib Worksheet
- Gentle correction: aphasia vs. prosopagnosia (note for the reader: Indi is laughing so hard and is not offended in the least)
- Red light mentions: Fact check- caffeinated drinks can hydrate you?
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