LOVING all the pictures!!!! I will have to look through mine to see if I have anything to share.
And in other news, I paid off my trip! So excited to experience my first Christmas in the Parks!! December 10, can't come soon enough!!
And finally gingerbread lattes back at SB!
Oh and I spotted some cute Disney ornaments at Target today! I may have come home with a Captain America ornament though!
krispin41 --
I'm excited for you to experience your first Christmas in the parks!
I think you'll love it.
You must have some sort of holiday photo, from anywhere, to share!
Oh I agree! I am 99% sure of what to expect thanks to this board and obsessive researching I just need to see it confirmed on the DL site itself for my own sanity!
jammyjam25 --
Well, some things won't be confirmed or even posted on the DL site. That's why we (and this thread) are here, though -- to help clear up what we need confirmation on and what we don't. Some things will just happen and Disney won't announce them.
A Starry Christmas was a miss for me, but Hallmark has so many hits we can forgive them.
It wasn't horrible, just not one I would want to buy on DVD.
I didn't realize
Angels Sing was on in July. I did record it last night and I will have to try and fit it in this week. I liked the previews of it.
Fir Crazy is on now and I am enjoying it again. I do love it!
I did watch
Farewell, Mr. Kringle....actually I watched it twice! I had watched earlier in the evening Friday and then it was on again in the middle of the night when I couldn't sleep.
Thank you for doing such a good job on this thread. You really keep it going! It has made the time go by so quickly. Only one month before my trip!
I redeemed my Disney Visa rewards today! One step closer to Disney!
Tracy --
Wow -- only one month until you make the grand return to
Disneyland! You will have to much to see and do!
I finally sat down to watch
One Starry Christmas during a moment when it sounded as if my loud neighbors were out and I could concentrate. And, my review is....
I totally agree with you!
I would have no problem admitting if I loved the movie, but I did not love it. As you said, it was not horrible -- but nothing that I would want to buy on DVD and nothing that I even need to watch again on Hallmark.
For one thing, I didn't sense any chemistry between the lead actors. I thought the girl -- while very pretty -- was too smiley and perky. No pun intended, but she was too... "starry"-eyed. That kind of demeanor works well in some Hallmark movies, and it could have worked well in a totally different movie, with a different co-lead. It just didn't work in this one.
Then, there was the dull-as-dirt cowboy. I've seen him in something else before -- probably another Hallmark movie or a similar movie on another network -- and he probably wasn't as dull. I think that they (the writers) were trying too hard to play up the cowboy stereotype to highlight the differences between her background and his, and it just seemed forced.
Above all, though, everyone kept talking about this great love the two leads had, and how they were clearly soul mates, etc. When did this great love happen? I didn't see any scenes where I thought, "Yeah, they clearly belong together." Not that she belonged with her actual boyfriend, either -- the one who had a right to be annoyed as his girlfriend was carrying on with the cowboy in front of him -- but the romance with the cowboy was blah.
So, I think that, although
One Starry Christmas followed the same formula and had the same predictable outcome that all Hallmark movies have, it is a formula that works very well in some movies and not as well in others. The movie
A Very Merry Mix-Up from last year had a not-too-dissimilar plot, and it was very charming and DVD-worthy!
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year is not too different, and it is also charming and DVD-worthy. And I can't speak highly enough of
Snow Bride,
Let it Snow and
The Christmas Ornament, which I will watch every time I catch them.
One Starry Christmas, however, just fell flat somewhere along the line.
does anyone know if the holiday time tour is going to be offered on Dec 6 or 7? the same nights as the CP?
was hoping to do the tour on DS's b-day on Dec 6 but there are no hours listed for Dec 6 or 7
dec2009mama --
I've never heard of the tour not being offered on Candlelight days. The parade runs on CP days, so it's not as if that would be removed from the tour perks. I am guessing that it will happen. It's probably just another case of the calendar/tour schedule info not fully being filled in yet.
I guess that Hallmark acquired the rights to air it. It's pretty good, though. It fits in with the real Hallmark movies. Did you catch Farewell, Mr. Kringle?
Have Mercy!
