You must be on the Nice List this year because Hallmark and Great American Family are gifting you with SIX new Christmas movies this week. That is something to ho, ho, ho about!
Check out the schedule listings below along with my prediction about how each will rate.
November 14: A Reason for the Season
Hallmark Mystery: 8pm Eastern
Starring: Taylor Cole & Kevin McGarry
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?
MY PREDICTION: Everyone will love watching Cole and McGarry, but the movie will be a bit far-fetched and dull.
November 15: Christmas with the Singhs
Hallmark Channel: 8pm Eastern
Starring: Ben Hollingsworth & Anuja Joshi
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.
MY PREDICTION: This is a DEI movie. Christmas is about the celebration of Jesus Christ, so centering a movie around an Indian Family, who are Hindus, is absurd. Pew Research says only 1 in 5 of Indians participate in Christmas festivities, whereas 95% of them celebrate Diwali. This movie will be focused on "wokeism" rather than good storytelling.
November 16: Jingle Bell Run
Hallmark Channel: 8pm Eastern
Starring: Ashley Williams & Andrew Walker
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.
MY PREDICTION: This movie is going to be a crowd-pleaser. Walker and Williams are proven Hallmark staples. They are terrific actors, they engage viewers, and they each have an enormous fan base. I expect this movie to be very entertaining.
November 16: A Christmas Less Traveled
Great American Family: 8pm Eastern
Starring: Candace Cameron Bure & Eric Johnson
“The Dine and Dash” diner has a stack of mounting unpaid bills, forcing its owner, Desi (Bure) to sell her beloved, mint condition, cherry red 1964 Ford F-100, a gift from her deceased father. As Desi visits the vintage truck one last time, she discovers a recorded message from her dad on an old audio cassette. Desi’s Dad’s voice sends her and “Old Red” out to retrace her family’s most memorable moments one last time. Just as the journey begins, Desi meets Greyson (Johnson) who offers her a generous payment in exchange for a ride to “close the most important deal” of his life. Little do Desi and Greyson realize the less traveled road will reveal more about each of them than they could have ever known.
MY PREDICTION: This will likely be a heart-warming story, and CCB will pull in a huge viewing. However, the plot isn't particularly fresh. I expect viewers to rave about the movie, but I'm guessing it will be a tad underwhelming.
November 17: Confessions of a Christmas Letter
Hallmark Channel: 8pm Eastern
Starring: Angela Kinsey, Alec Santos, & Lillian Doucet-Roche
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.
MY PREDICTION: I expect this movie to be a dud. Writer's block and fake dating have been done TO DEATH. Lillian Doucet-Roche always overacts, so she will likely be terrible.
November 17: A Christmas Quilt
Great American Family: 8pm Eastern
Starring: Ferelith Young & Harmon Walsh
Liam Sullivan, a firefighter, and Amy Walker, a quilting teacher, are drawn together to make the perfect quilt for Liam’s sister's Christmas wedding. After a rocky start, the pair is forced to put differences aside and decide what is most important this Christmas.
MY PREDICTION: I think this movie is going to be forgettable. The actors aren't familiar in romcom world, and the flimsy plot will likely drag.
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I would like some more of the old movies from years past. Brings back good memories.