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Today I’m thankful for Hallmark Christmas movies. They’re cheesy and predictable - I mean, you can play Hallmark Christmas Movie Bingo - and right now they’re on 24/7. I’ve attempted to watch all the new ones so far this year (11 to date, 12 if you count the one during Christmas in July), and so far nothing has jumped out at me as great, but there have been a few decent ones. There have also been two or three that I turned off because I could not. Sometimes it’s too much even for me. And some of the titles…wow. Never Been Chris’d? Just, no. The movie wasn’t as bad as its title, but still…here’s my quick review of those that have currently aired (rated from 🎄 to 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄):
A Royal Christmas Crust - 🎄 - Barely made it 10 minutes into this one…yikes…
Checkin’ it Twice - 🎄🎄 - Watched the whole thing but meh…even less realistic than usual…
Where are you, Christmas? - 🎄🎄🎄 - Not bad; cool concept…but still just okay for me…
Under the Christmas Sky - 🎄🎄🎄🎄 - I liked this one…I mean it had a space theme so how could I not? I’d watch this one again…
Ms. Christmas Comes to Town - 🎄🎄🎄🎄 - I really enjoyed this one…one of my favorites of the season…
Christmas by Design - 🎄 - Yeah, no. Didn’t even make it 15 minutes into this one…just bad…
Mystic Christmas - 🎄🎄🎄🎄 - I liked this one a lot; it helps that there are very cute seals in it…
Joyeux Noel - 🎄🎄🎄 - Not too bad…a little stilted, but overall decent…
My Christmas Guide - 🎄🎄🎄 - This one was good…although one character was just over the top ridiculous, but the dog was cute, and I liked the story…
Flipping for Christmas - 🎄- I tried, I really tried, but I just couldn’t do it…
Never Been Chris’d - 🎄🎄 - The name aside, this wasn’t bad…predictable, but had some twists I wasn’t expecting…
The Santa Summit - 🎄🎄🎄 - There was a whole lot going on in this movie, but it was okay…not great, but not awful either…
I have found that I’ve enjoyed the movies on the Hallmark Movies & Mystery Channel more than those on the regular Hallmark channel over the past few years (Ms. Christmas Comes to Town, My Christmas Guide). Maybe I’m over the whole rom-com thing, at least when it comes to Christmas, but I still watch because it would be wrong not to. At least for me. And also, a lot of awful things are happening across the globe right now and these movies are a nice escape.
Anyone else watching? Any favorites so far?
Meanwhile, some of my all-time favorites are saved on my DVR:
A Big Fat Family Christmas
A Christmas Love Story
A Gift to Remember
A Royal Christmas
A Royal Queens Christmas
A Veteran’s Christmas
Christmas at the Plaza
Christmas by Starlight
Christmas Connection
Christmas Getaway
Christmas Made to Order
Christmas Under the Stars
Christmas Waltz
Christmas with the Darlings
Crown for Christmas
Holly & Ivy
Picture a Perfect Christmas
The Royal Nanny
Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas
Do you have any favorites?
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