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Hallmark Christmas countdown to begin the 31st.

11 years ago

I'm wondering who tunes in?

I do like some of their movies. Some I don't.

Looks like they have some new ones this year.

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Suzieque
11 years ago
Ugh. I am not a fan. I just want the regular programming, not the incessant feel good, holiday movies. Yes, I can certainly not tune in, but my issue is that the shows I like won't be available until January. I do NOT tune in to the Christmas movies.

But I'm not a scrooge - I just don't care for them.
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Original Author
11 years ago
You're not alone. I've read a lot of complaints about the interruption of regular shows. I don't watch a lot of Hallmark but I watch it more during the holidays.
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11 years ago
I usually watch. If you haven't seen "Finding Christmas" its a must see!
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Original Author
11 years ago
I don't remember if I have watched that one yet. I'll be sure to look for it.

Confession.. I sometimes have the Hallmark Christmas movies running as background. All day. :) I have a lot of Christmas DVD"s too. Also the streaming through netflix and amazon.
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Original Author
11 years ago
JoAnn. I just watched a preview, I haven't seen it yet.
socks
11 years ago
No. Just no.
plllog
11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Guilty pleasure. I love treacly sticky ooey gooey Hallmark Christmas movies. They're like an antidote to all the edgy, serious, adult, important difficult stuff out there. Many of them are retreads of classic stories. Since I'm Jewish, the Christmas part isn't important to me, and if they don't line up with your ideas of Christmas I can see that they might not be such unalloyed spun sugar fun, but I like how the romances are happily into next week rather than ever after, and how goodness and light always win the day, and how helping others and being kind are the motivations and rewards. I don't pay a lot of attention (I rarely look at the screen for any TV shows), but I do find them very restful.

ETA: There are also some melancholy and grown up ones. When I mentioned the sticky gooey ones, I didn't mean all of them were, just that I love those.

I just saw an ad: There are supposed to be new ones every Saturday and Sunday at 8:00 p.m., with several other scheduled showings.
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11 years ago
They do take one away from the daily grind. :)
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11 years ago
plllog- loved your description!

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