Hallmark Movies ❤️ comfort & joy

Yestgerday, Lifetime TV's YouTube channel uploaded this movie from a few years ago. Hopefully, that means they will put more of their old Christmas movies onto YouTube in the next few weeks.

It's Christmas PenPals. It's a very sweet movie about people in the same town writing Christmas letters to each other. They've been matched up by the town's matchmaker who also happens to be their mail person. Stars Sarah Drew and Niall Matter.

It's also on Tubi and maybe Pluto.

https://www.youtube .com/watch?v=iV4v4YQgOAg
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I watched one from 2014ish with Bethany Joy Lenz. She was a single mom, with a “Bro” ex, and they were being evicted right before Christmas and she lost her job, and the ex filed for custody of the kids. She did a good deed which eventually led her to a new guy and lost family. That premise would not be made today. Her situation was too precarious. The dilemmas in today’s movies are much less about physical safety.
Was it The Christmas Secret (2014) ? If so I loved that movie! A good example of what I was thinking of the tonal shift.
The two Wilsonville movies I mentioned above are indeed The Christmas Secret and the Christmas Note.

The Christmas Note will be on Hallmark Mystery on Monday night at 6pm ET.

The Christmas Secret will be on Hallmark Mystery on Wed at 4pm ET.
 
Brooke Shields did a Christmas movie for Netflix a few years ago with Cary Elwes. It is set at a Scottish castle, aptly titled A Castle for Christmas. I found it up at Dailymotion for free. Brooke did a good job. Cary was a bit too grumpy all the way through.


https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8ps5pi
 
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I mentioned a couple times about Finding Mr. Christmas. It's the non-scripted, reality TV Hallmark series created & hosted by Jonathan Bennett, where 10 men compete each week in a series of competitions & eliminations to become Hallmark's Mr Christmas and will star in his own Hallmark movie at the end of the competition. The series and the movie have been already filmed.

The first 2 episodes originally aired on Hallmark+.

Then someone uploaded it to YouTube for a day or so, before it got removed.

Then Hallmark+ uploaded it to their official YouTube channel.

NOW the first 2 episodes will be air on the Hallmark Channel tonight starting at 8pm ET and the second episode at 9pm ET.

I have to wonder if not enough viewers were interested in this and they are finding any way to get people to see it? :confused3

Just put the whole series on Hallmark already.


 
I am enjoying FRNDLY and have decided to keep it for a month. It's wonderful to be able to basically fast forward commercials. Christmas Under the Northern Lights maybe wasn't overall the best movie I have watched but I loved the faith of the main actor. I also enjoyed a movie called Christmas a la Mode. I would definitely recommend a free trial :)
 
I mentioned a couple times about Finding Mr. Christmas. It's the non-scripted, reality TV Hallmark series created & hosted by Jonathan Bennett, where 10 men compete each week in a series of competitions & eliminations to become Hallmark's Mr Christmas and will star in his own Hallmark movie at the end of the competition. The series and the movie have been already filmed.

The first 2 episodes originally aired on Hallmark+.

Then someone uploaded it to YouTube for a day or so, before it got removed.

Then Hallmark+ uploaded it to their official YouTube channel.

NOW the first 2 episodes will be air on the Hallmark Channel tonight starting at 8pm ET and the second episode at 9pm ET.

I have to wonder if not enough viewers were interested in this and they are finding any way to get people to see it? :confused3

Just put the whole series on Hallmark already.



Well… this show got me in trouble tonight. So, DH watched his Survivor while I plugged my earbuds into Duolingo and then YouTube. After it was over, he switched the channel to Hallmark, teasing me that he knew what I wanted to watch.

It was right during the photo shoots of Finding Mr. Christmas… half of which were shirtless. He was like “what on earth is this? I thought you were watching movies on here!” I laughed and said “I don’t know what this is… I haven’t been watching it!” It intrigued him enough to watch the rest of it with me.

I decided the Australian guy is my fave. :p
 
Reminder: On tonight, Thursday:

Hallmark Mystery's Miracles of Christmas


🎄A Reason for the Season is on at 8pm ET/PT, 7pm CT on Hallmark Mystery

Re-airs:

Sunday November 17 6/5c
Thursday November 21 10/9c
Saturday November 23 4/3c
Wednesday November 27 10a/9c
Monday December 2 4/3c
Saturday December 14 6a/5c
Friday December 20 2a/1c

Starring: Taylor Cole and Kevin McGarry.
Description: In order to earn her trust fund, Evie is tasked with granting Christmas wishes to the people who saved her life on the night of her birth. To aid in her cause, she employs Kyle, a handsome local attorney, to track down those who helped and attempts to secretly learn what they might want while maintaining her anonymity. With Christmas fast approaching, the heiress and the attorney can’t resist falling for each other's charms as they ramp up their gift giving efforts. But as time ticks down, will she be able to accomplish the mission and grant all of the wishes by Christmas Eve?

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I finally have watched all 4 Godwink Christmas movies. I loved them all, perhaps the very last movie most of all because it reminded me that service to God can take many forms. I just need to open my heart and listen. I really was so touched also by the third movie and love that we got to see the real life family at the end. Are all 4 movies based on true stories? Are they each a real book? I believe the first movie is for sure. Thanks, friends and happy Thursday :grouphug:
 
I finally have watched all 4 Godwink Christmas movies. I loved them all, perhaps the very last movie most of all because it reminded me that service to God can take many forms. I just need to open my heart and listen. I really was so touched also by the third movie and love that we got to see the real life family at the end. Are all 4 movies based on true stories? Are they each a real book? I believe the first movie is for sure. Thanks, friends and happy Thursday :grouphug:

All 4 movies are based on true stories. I think all 4 of them show the real life couples at the end of the movies. My favorite movie is #2.
 
I watched the first hour of “Finding Mr. Christmas.”
As expected, it was not as obnoxious as traditional reality shows.
I wouldn’t be upset if I don’t see another one, but it’s harmless enough and I wouldn’t refuse to watch it 🤷🏽‍♀️
 
I went to Mariah Carey's Christmas concert Sunday (it was free) and she sang that song Lacey's on screen daughter sang in the movie (can't remember the name but the one with Lacey, Brennen and Mariah). It was actually a good concert with all the dancers including kid ballet dancers, it was like a broadway type production.
 
On the Hallmark Channel this weekend:

On Friday:
🎄Christmas with the Singhs
is on the Hallmark Channel at 8pm ET/PT, 7CT.

Re-airs:
Saturday November 16 at 6/5c
Sunday November 24 at 2/1c
Wednesday November 27 at 10/9c
Thursday December 5 at 2/1c
Saturday December 14 at 2a/1c
Thursday December 19 at 8a/7c
Wednesday December 25 at 2a/1c

Starring: Anuja Joshi and Benjamin Hollingsworth.
Description: For Asha Singh (Joshi), Christmas is the most important time of the year. But when she’s stuck working at the hospital during the holidays, she wishes for some much-needed Christmas magic. Enter Jake (Hollingsworth), her former high school classmate, who unexpectedly reappears in her life. After a magical year together, Jake proposes. But their first Christmas as an engaged couple isn’t exactly the fairytale they imagined. When they head home for the holidays, they quickly discover their picture-perfect romance is about to get a serious reality check: their families couldn’t be more different! Juggling various holiday traditions, big personalities, cultural differences and complicated family dynamics proves to be a challenge as Asha and Jake have to learn if they can bridge their two families and survive a Christmas with the Singhs..

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On Saturday:
🎄Jingle Bell Run
is on the Hallmark Channel at 8pm ET/PT, 7CT.

Re-airs:

Sunday November 17 at 6/5c
Friday November 22 at 10/9c
Tuesday November 26 at 8/7c
Friday November 29 at 12/11c
Tuesday December 10 at 12a/11c
Saturday December 14 at 2/1c
Friday December 20 at 6/5c
Wednesday December 25 at 10/9c

Starring: Ashley Williams and Andrew Walker.
Description: Avery is an unadventurous schoolteacher whose sister secretly signs her up for The Great Holiday Dash, a Christmas-themed reality competition show where she's paired with former hockey player Wes. Despite clashing at first, Avery’s puzzle-solving skills and Wes’ physical prowess help them excel as they travel from city to city and compete in festive feats that have a local flavor. It’s not long before a real connection between these opposites begins to blossom. But when Avery overhears a conversation between Wes and a show producer it threatens to derail their budding romance. Keeping their eyes on the prize, the duo continues to dash to the finish line but there may be a more personal adventure for them still in store.

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On Sunday:
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Confessions of a Christmas Letter is on the Hallmark Channel at 8pm ET/PT, 7CT.

Re-airs:
Monday November 18 at 6/5c
Saturday November 23 at 10/9c
Thursday November 28 at 6/5c
Tuesday December 3 at 10a/9c
Monday December 9 at 4/3c
Monday December 16 at 4a/3c
Thursday December 26 at 2a/1c

Starring: Angela Kinsey and Alec Santos.
Description: Settie Rose, a quirky family matriarch, enters her town’s annual holiday letter-writing contest but needs help, so she hires struggling novelist Juan to craft the perfect letter. When a mix-up leads to the rumor that Juan is engaged to Settie’s daughter Lily, the whole family scrambles to keep up the charade. As Juan bonds with the Roses and overcomes his writer’s block, Settie learns that embracing her imperfect family is what truly makes her story special.

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