So today, I'm indulging in another favorite...are we sensing a theme here? A Princess for Christmas follows all the fabulous tropes of our other royal installments - girl who doesn't understand the way royals work, big castle, a ball with a moment where she stops traffic (although in this one, I don't think it's because she … Continue reading #15 A Princess For Christmas
Month: December 2017
#14 A Royal Christmas
Today's installment is a variation on the undercover royal/Christmas bride theme that we experienced during My Christmas Prince. But since this one premiered last year, we'll give the edge to the one with an actual star in it - ta da! Jane Seymour appears as the snobby queen, dueling wits with Lacey Chabert over Prince Leo, played … Continue reading #14 A Royal Christmas
#13 A Royal Christmas Ball
Words cannot express how excited I am to get into this one. From the Ion Channel, as you can see it stars Sharknado star and one of the worst actresses I've ever seen, Tara Reid, and the guy who was on General Hospital back when I watched that show. He hasn't aged that well. We start with B-roll … Continue reading #13 A Royal Christmas Ball
#12 My Christmas Prince
So today, while I wait for the laundry to finish and my kids to get out of school, I'm taking a trip to Lifetime - specifically, their offering this year of My Christmas Prince, not to be confused with A Christmas Prince, and all the other royal movies that are still on my DVR (don't judge). Now, … Continue reading #12 My Christmas Prince
And now for something completely different…
Not Really - just wanted to share this fantastic sketch that SNL cut for time with James Franco hosted. It's everything we love about Hallmark - and more! https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=137&v=MSzytvDsPfo
#11 Christmas Inheritance
Netflix is stepping up their game this year! Not only did we have A Christmas Prince, but now we have today's installment, Christmas Inheritance, which I swear, just by reading the little blurb before you hit "play," I've seen before...several times, on my favorite channel in the past few years. But we'll see, won't we? Christmas Inheritance stars Eliza … Continue reading #11 Christmas Inheritance
#10 – Miss Christmas
Amazingly enough, these Christmas movies don't just jump out of screenwriters' heads fully formed. Sometimes they are based on books, like today's installment, Miss Christmas, starring some blonde girl and Marc Blucas, forever stamped in my brain as Riley from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I have not read this novella, so I cannot vouch for how close … Continue reading #10 – Miss Christmas
#9 – Crown for Christmas
I will admit that I have watched this one more than once. I may, or may not have, DVR'd it last year, and then again this year. Why? Doesn't it have all the cliche moments that we so love in these movies? Of course it does. I think, in this never-ending catalog of sweet, can't-you-just-feel-the-magic-of-Christmas, … Continue reading #9 – Crown for Christmas
#8 Seasons Greetings
I wonder about how it works at greeting card companies. I had a tangential relationship with American Greetings once upon a time, but I never got to the copy floor of the greeting card department. But even in my daydreams of a new job drafting pretty rhymes and pithy jokes about birthdays, I never imagined … Continue reading #8 Seasons Greetings
#7 Merry Kissmas
Did you know that elevators are a hotbed of Attraction and True Love, at least at Christmas time? No wonder Aerosmith wrote that song. Not only is there The Christmas Kiss and (my favorite) Another Christmas Kiss (sometimes known as The Christmas Kiss 2) there's also Merry Kissmas, an entry into the Christmas movie genre from … Continue reading #7 Merry Kissmas
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