Hallmark Movies ❤️ comfort & joy

[Imzadi]

Well, it's not done yet (pacific time). It's OK, not as weepy as I thought it would be. I'm getting a little tired of "I'll do it myself" women, though.

I prefer that to the women who don't find themselves until the man shows up.

 

[sasywtch]

I looked it up. It just sounds too sad for me. My dad died when I was young, and we spent at least 2 Christmases thinking "this is the last one". I don't know that I could make it through this movie.

I think you will be okay with this one. It tells it in the opening so it's no secret but the little girl they are doing the early Christmas for is telling the story years later.

 

[marybet]

I just finished "Holly and Ivy", it was good and not a total tear jerker. I liked it because it had several story lines, not just the usual girl meets guy. I only cried at the end, which was a year later from the start of the movie, so they don't show the mother dying. They don't even show the girls knowing their mother is dying. I don't know what movie sasywtch was watching but there was no early Christmas and the end is only a year later.

 

[gwynne]

I've had Hallmark on all day in the background as I cleaned house, did laundry and cooked. It's so nice to look up and see the decorations and scenery as I pass through the room on my way to the next chore. I keep it on mute and closed caption so I can stop for a minute and see what they're up to.

I keep Hallmark on during the day as well. I think it makes my housework go faster.
Of course, occasionally my husband will walk into the room, glance at the TV and ask, "Which one is the angel?"

 

[design_mom]

Of course, occasionally my husband will walk into the room, glance at the TV and ask, "Which one is the angel?"

My 20-year-old likes to come into the room, watch for 30 seconds and say "She ends up with him. That guy's the jerk. That one's the best friend. Amiright?!"

 

[PrincessShmoo]

. I don't know what movie sasywtch was watching but there was no early Christmas and the end is only a year later.

The reference was to the "A November Christmas" movie.

 

[AuntieMe3]

I don't know what movie sasywtch was watching but there was no early Christmas and the end is only a year later.

I'm pretty sure she was talking about the November Christmas movie someone mentioned earlier.

My 20-year-old likes to come into the room, watch for 30 seconds and say "She ends up with him. That guy's the jerk. That one's the best friend. Amiright?!"

My 22 yo likes to come out from her room and say "I can tell you're watching a Hallmark without looking just from the cheesy music I'm hearing."

I think I mentioned it before but if anyone listens to podcasts AND likes Hallmark movies, you have to listen to Deck the Hallmark. OMGosh....it soo fun. They go over every movie, three guys....one loves Hallmark Christmas movies, one likes them and one hates them so they really get into these movies and its funny.

 

[PollyannaMom]

RE: Holly & Ivy

I set it to tape, but I’m going to have to watch it on a strong day! I’ll let you know!

OK, so I've lasted precisely 8 minutes before tearing up. - And I haven’t even gotten to the sad part! (The speech about wanting to work with kids and develop their love of books about did me in.)

Admittedly, I did not follow my own advice about watching on a strong day. Quite the opposite, actually. I'm having a mildly (in the grand scheme of things) crappy day, and could use the excuse for a good, healthy cry.

Wish me luck!

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Hug and feel better, PollyannaMom! I do admit your sad part speech description sounds good. I'll have to be on the lookout for this movie to re-air

 

[PollyannaMom]

Hug and feel better, PollyannaMom! I do admit your sad part speech description sounds good. I'll have to be on the lookout for this movie to re-air

Info button says it’s on again Friday at noon - Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Thank you, friend. Yay, I'm ETA that I do get Hallmark Movies &Mysteries! I'll definitely add that to my daily channel guide search for possible recordings

 

[PrincessShmoo]

A lot of UP movies are re-releases of previous movies from other channels. A lot of times they change the name of the movie and then put out commercials as if it’s new. During the fall they had one with Doris Roberts that they were calling new, even though she’s been gone for years. Turns out it was a Hallmark movie from years ago that they changed the name of. This Christmas there’s one on their channel called The Christmas Gift that’s a rerelease of a Hallmark movie called The Three Gifts.

Well, UP is showing "Falling for Christmas" right now. Which is really "Snowcapped Christmas" from 2016 (on UP).

 

[PollyannaMom]

RE: Holly & Ivy

OK, so I've lasted precisely 8 minutes before tearing up. - And I haven’t even gotten to the sad part! (The speech about wanting to work with kids and develop their love of books about did me in.)

Admittedly, I did not follow my own advice about watching on a strong day. Quite the opposite, actually. I'm having a mildly (in the grand scheme of things) crappy day, and could use the excuse for a good, healthy cry.

Wish me luck!

Reporting back - finished it this morning. Second tear-up was at about an hour and 45 minutes in, full waterworks ten minutes later.

But it was mostly "happy tears" crying, and I definitely recommend the movie!

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

At least right now Holly & Ivy seems to be rated high on IMDb and posters here are giving it a good rating I'll have to make sure to watch that one. I've got it recorded right now.

Another Christmas movie I thought of that both my husband and I really enjoyed was The Spirit of Christmas (2015). I can't remember where we first watched it but it's available right now on Amazon Prime and I believe Hulu. Previously it was on Netflix at one point.

I was going through my DVR which has some Christmas movies from last year and I noticed that A Christmas Movie Christmas (2019) was available to watch on Prime so I just watched it there (that way I didn't have to fast forward...I know lazy lol). Anyways it was on UP last year. It wasn't the highest rated movie but honesty I thought it wasn't too bad. It was really just a movie that pokes at all the tropes of Christmas movies--that's actually the plot of it which I think some people rating it probably didn't quite get. It wasn't something you'd find yourself highly invested in but I thought the throwing together of all the tropes worked out and just kinda made you laugh every now and then. It's a movie that if you need a break from it all and don't care about being highly invested it's there to put on.

 

[Imzadi]

Another Christmas movie I thought of that both my husband and I really enjoyed was The Spirit of Christmas (2015). I can't remember where we first watched it but it's available right now on Amazon Prime and I believe Hulu. Previously it was on Netflix at one point.

The Spirit of Christmas, is a Lifetime movie. (It may have shown elsewhere too. I just know I always see it on Lifetime.) Of ALL the Lifetime Christmas movies, this one is my favorite on that channel. It is so well written. It is a ghost/spirit movie, but is not the typical silly, cheesy, badly written movie that many ghost movies can be, where you just roll your eyes at certain events or the sci-fi/supernatural ways that unfold and say that's so implausible even for a ghost movie. This one is well thought out and well done. So, it could have been done for somewhere else originally, not Lifetime, as it seems to be a cut above, to me. It would make sense if it was Netflix.

This was the first time I had ever seen the actor, Thomas Beaudoin, and I think it was the best role he's done, that I've seen of him since. His other characters I've seen him in, he seems "less than" in those.

Ever have that happen? Where you just think an actor just fits a role so well, that when you watch him/her in something else, they are just missing something that made them so great in that one role? For me, this is Thomas Beaudoin's role. He did some January/winter Hallmark movie a couple years later and he was just meh in that.

You have to get past Jen Lilley and her Smurf voice, although it kind of fits her character in this.

It's about a realtor who needs to sell an old house by Christmas. She finds that there is a ghost spirit stuck there. He only comes back to life the twelfth day before Christmas and stays through Christmas.

There's a similar, upcoming Hallmark movie with Ryan Paevey, who also plays a ghost, suddenly come back to life in his house, in a couple weeks. I'm looking forward to that too. Although, I think that may have a more lighthearted feel to it.

 

[AuntieMe3]

I just watched The Spirit of Christmas on Hulu and OMGosh....I really liked it. ❤ Got goosebumps at the end.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I just watched The Spirit of Christmas on Hulu and OMGosh....I really liked it. ❤ Got goosebumps at the end.

I'm glad you liked it!

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

The Spirit of Christmas, is a Lifetime movie. (It may have shown elsewhere too. I just know I always see it on Lifetime.) Of ALL the Lifetime Christmas movies, this one is my favorite on that channel. It is so well written. It is a ghost/spirit movie, but is not the typical silly, cheesy, badly written movie that many ghost movies can be, where you just roll your eyes at certain events or the sci-fi/supernatural ways that unfold and say that's so implausible even for a ghost movie. This one is well thought out and well done. So, it could have been done for somewhere else originally, not Lifetime, as it seems to be a cut above, to me. It would make sense if it was Netflix.

It's about a realtor who needs to sell an old house by Christmas. She finds that there is a ghost spirit stuck there. He only comes back to life the twelfth day before Christmas and stays through Christmas.

Yes and I thought it was going to be cheesy or too silly but boy I was wrong. It was a very simple plot, simply done but I think that worked better. You only had a few supporting characters but they didn't complicate the plot. I really liked the flash back and mystery part to it.

There's a similar, upcoming Hallmark movie with Ryan Paevey, who also plays a ghost, suddenly come back to life in his house, in a couple weeks. I'm looking forward to that too. Although, I think that may have a more lighthearted feel to it.

A Timeless Christmas? I'm really excited for that one

This was the first time I had ever seen the actor, Thomas Beaudoin, and I think it was the best role he's done, that I've seen of him since. His other characters I've seen him in, he seems "less than" in those.

Ever have that happen? Where you just think an actor just fits a role so well, that when you watch him/her in something else, they are just missing something that made them so great in that one role? For me, this is Thomas Beaudoin's role. He did some January/winter Hallmark movie a couple years later and he was just meh in that.

YES! Totally have have had that happen multiple times.

Was the winter movie you're thinking of Love on the Slopes (2018)? If so I agree. I thought Thomas Beaudoin was rugged, handsome, and subdued but also had a heart of gold underneath it all in Spirit of Christmas and that really really worked IMO for that role. But then I saw him in Love on the Slopes and it just fell flat for me mostly . Now I didn't dislike the movie just wasn't the same oomph that he had in his other role. I'm sure I'll be rewatching The Spirit of Christmas again this year. I've seen it at least 6 times

You have to get past Jen Lilley and her Smurf voice, although it kind of fits her character in this.

Okay great now I'll be thinking of this every time I see her now

 

[skeeter31]

I’m in WDW right now (at OKW) so no Hallmark in the rooms (which is a travesty). Been flipping back and forth between Freeform which has a couple Christmas movies already (Christmas with the Kranks and Deck the Halls) and Lifetime. Never been able to get into the Lifetime movies. Seem much cheesier than the Hallmark movies. I mean, I’ve never given them a fair chance, but this morning I had on My Dogs Christmas Miracle, and whoa, was it bad. So corny. But still watched the whole thing lol.

 

[RamblingMad]

I’m in WDW right now (at OKW) so no Hallmark in the rooms (which is a travesty). Been flipping back and forth between Freeform which has a couple Christmas movies already (Christmas with the Kranks and Deck the Halls) and Lifetime. Never been able to get into the Lifetime movies. Seem much cheesier than the Hallmark movies. I mean, I’ve never given them a fair chance, but this morning I had on My Dogs Christmas Miracle, and whoa, was it bad. So corny. But still watched the whole thing lol.

Lots of bad Christmas movies. I hope out of all the new ones maybe one or two good come out. For Disney check out Holiday in Handcuffs. It’s really good with the guy from Saved by the Bell.