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Movies I’m Looking Forward to Watch During Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas 2022

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It’s that time of the year when the Hallmark Channel will premiere their new Christmas romance movies! Some may not enjoy it, but I do. I don’t always get to see every single new movie, but I am excited to see what kind of movies Hallmark created for the new holiday season.

This year, the movies will start to premiere on Friday, October 21, 2022. From October 21st to December 18th, there will be one new movie premiere every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The only difference is on Thanksgiving week, when there will be a new movie premiere on on Thursday, November 24 AKA Thanksgiving. The Friday, Saturday, and Sunday after Thanksgiving will have two new movie premieres every day instead of one. A print off of the movie premiere schedule is available on the Hallmark Channel’s website.

I am very excited to see every new movie that premieres, but there are always movies that stand out to me more than others. I want to mention those movies in a post, in case anyone is wondering what kind of Hallmark movies I enjoy watching and will probably like. Not every movie will suit everyone’s taste, but I hope you find a movie on my list that you may enjoy as well!

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Movie Review- The Most Wonderful Time of The Year (2008)

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Earlier this year, I began to search through YouTube to see what new videos I could watch while I worked. After a while, I stumbled across the YouTube Movies channel. Although YouTube Movies have movies available for sale or rental, the channel also have movies to watch for free. There are movies of various kinds to watching, including family friendly movies and holiday movies from the Hallmark Channel. One of the holiday movies that I wanted to watch is The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.

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Movie Review- Santa’s Boots (2018)

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In a previous post, I reviewed a Lifetime Christmas movie, A Christmas in Tennessee, that I purchased as part of a two movie DVD set. After watching the movie, I watched the second movie in the set: Santa’s Boots.

Santa’s Boots stars Megan Hilty, Noah Mills, Roark Critchlow, Garry Chalk, Teryl Rothery, Patrica Issac, Andrea Brooks, Matt Hamilton, and June Squbb. The movie is about a woman named Holly (Hilty) who lives in Seattle and recently received a promotion at work. During her Christmas vacation, she returns to her home town and to see her family, who runs a department store. After visiting her friend, who works at the department store, she abruptly fills in as an elf at the store’s Santa area after discovering the only elf was sick. After working with the handsome and kindhearted Santa, whose name just so happens to be Nick, she begins to discover the department store is having financial trouble and is looking to sell to a larger company. Continue reading “Movie Review- Santa’s Boots (2018)” →

Movie Review: Jingle All The Way (1996)

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During the 1990’s, there seemed to be a lot of holiday themed movies targeted to children. I didn’t mind this because I was a child back then and loved nearly every single movie released during this time. One of the movies that I really loved back then was Jingle All The Way.

In October 2021, YouTube allowed Jingle All The Way to be watched for free with ads. I took advantage of this and re watched the movie. I really enjoyed watching the movie again, so I decided to write a movie review about it for Blogmas 2021. Continue reading “Movie Review: Jingle All The Way (1996)” →

Movie Review- A Nashville Christmas (2020)

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Last year, when the Hallmark Channel announced their Countdown to Christmas lineup for 2020, they announced many movies that peeked my interest. One of the movies I wanted to watch the most is A Nashville Christmas Carol. It was advertised to have multiple country singers in the movie playing characters. Because of the country singers, and the fact it has a country music feel to the whole entire story, I wanted to watch the movie.

In November, the Walmart closest to where I live put out the Hallmark Channel Christmas movies on DVD. One of the movies they put out was A Nashville Christmas Carol. Once I saw it, I picked up a copy and, when I had the time, I watched the movie. Continue reading “Movie Review- A Nashville Christmas (2020)” →

Movie Review: A Christmas Love Story (2019)

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In 2019, the Hallmark Channel announced one of their new movies for their Countdown to Christmas will be a movie called A Christmas Love Story. It interested me, but I didn’t think about watching it until I found out one of the stars of the movie is Kristen Chenoweth. I am a fan of Kristen Chenoweth, so I knew I would like to watch the movie. Unfortunately, I did not have the Hallmark Channel so I waited until the movie was released on DVD to watch it.

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Movie Review- A Christmas in Tennessee (2018)

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A while ago, I discovered a two DVD set of two Lifetime Christmas movies. The movies peaked my interest, so I purchased the DVD to watch. Since then, I watched the movies and decided to write reviews about them.

The first movie I watched is called A Christmas in Tennessee. It stars Rachel Boston, Andrew Walker, Kate Moyer, and Bill Essiembre with Caroline Rhea, and Patricia Richardson. It is about Allison Bennet (Boston), a single mother of a daughter that lives in White Pines, a fictional small town in Tennessee’s mountains. She lives in the same building as a bakery she and her mother (Richardson) run together. As Christmas grows closer, Allison, who is struggling to keep up with her bills because of slow business, meets Matthew (Walker), a real estate broker who, with his very pushy and opportunistic assistant, works at a development firm that wants to buy the whole town of White Pines and turn it into a high end ski resort. At the same time, Allison’s daughter’s letter to Santa Claus, which asks to bring more business to the bakery, blows away. The loss of the letter eventually leads a woman with white hair that looks similar to Mrs. Claus (Rhea) to visit the bakery with the intention of finding cookies that she and her husband can offer to guests at their Christmas Day party. Continue reading “Movie Review- A Christmas in Tennessee (2018)” →

Movie Review: A Very Merry Mix-Up (2013)

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Earlier this month, I wrote a review about the movie, The Christmas Ornament. I purchased it as part of a movie set of four movies from the Hallmark Channel. Since I already watched one movie, I decided to watch another. This time, I picked A Very Merry Mix-up. Continue reading “Movie Review: A Very Merry Mix-Up (2013)” →

Movie Review- Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (1970)

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On Friday, November 27, 2020, ABC stations aired the Christmas classic movie/TV show Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town. 2020 marks the 50th Anniversary of the movie so it was very special and important for me to see it. Since I’m focusing on reviewing Christmas movies this Blogmas, I decided to write a review of the TV broadcast version of the movie. Continue reading “Movie Review- Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (1970)” →

Movie Review- Mrs. Santa Claus (1996)

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Way back in July, Walmart had Christmas movies for sale for Christmas in July. After browsing the movies, I found a few that I wanted, but the one I wanted to see the most is Mrs. Santa Claus.

Mrs. Santa Claus is a made for TV musical movie staring Angela Lansbury, Michael Jeter, Terence Mann, and Charles During. The music is by Jerry Herman, costume design by Bob Mackie, and choreography by Rob Marshall.

The movie is about Mrs. Claus, the wife of Santa Claus, who helps run the workshop and . Frustrated by her husband’s lack of insert about her help and the lack of acknowledgement for what she does, she decides to take matters into her own hands and sets out to test a new flight plan she developed for her husband’s Christmas Eve run using the sleigh and reindeer. While flying, she runs into bad weather and lands in New York City. There, she stays in a boarding house until after the reindeer have time to rest. She encounters people who have different ideas, religions, and feelings about Christmas.

The movie is well done and is in the style of a Jerry Herman musical, such as Hello Dolly. The pacing of the story is very smooth and would make a great stage musical as it does for a movie musical. The music, written by Jerry Herman, is catchy and well written, but, in my opinion, isn’t as catchy as the music he wrote for Hello Dolly and Mame. The costumes are beautiful and the musical numbers are well choreographed. Angela Lansbury is wonderful as Mrs. Claus and, as a fan of Angela Lansbury, I’m happy to see her in this movie again. Musical theater actor Terence Mann (Known for playing Inspector Javer in the original Broadway cast of Les Miserables and the Beast in the original Broadway cast of Beauty and the Beast) is also in it, as is Charles Durning (The Sting) and Michel Jeter (Evening Shade), two stage and screen actors that also stared in Broadway shows. Continue reading “Movie Review- Mrs. Santa Claus (1996)” →