{"id":3185,"date":"2017-12-30T11:14:59","date_gmt":"2017-12-30T16:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/?p=3185"},"modified":"2017-12-30T15:56:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T20:56:57","slug":"saturday-matinee-hallmark-christmas-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/saturday-matinee-hallmark-christmas-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Matinee &#8211; Hallmark Christmas Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2959\" src=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/iStock-519404147.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4200\" height=\"2800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you watch any good Christmas movies this year? If so, please leave a comment with your recommendations!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I watched a plethora of Christmas movies this year. Most of them were from the Hallmark Channel. Here are the movies I watched on the Hallmark Channel &#8211; beware, some of the details are kinda sketchy since it&#8217;s been weeks since I watched some of these:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marry Me at Christmas<\/strong> &#8211; this was a sweet, cheesy movie about a wedding planner (Madeline) who falls for the bride&#8217;s brother (Johnny Blake &#8211; a famous star). There&#8217;s tension between them initially since Johnny thinks that folks like him simply because he&#8217;s a star. There are some tense moments and misunderstandings between the couple. Since their worlds are so different, they clash, but, they can&#8217;t resist their deep attraction!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christmas Festival of Ice<\/strong> &#8211; this was another sweet movie about a soon-to-be lawyer (Emma) who discovers that her town&#8217;s ice-sculpting contest has been cancelled. She campaigns to keep the contest alive and sparks fly when she finds her new ice-sculpting partner (Nick). Emma doesn&#8217;t know if she really wants to be a lawyer &#8211; after all, ice sculpting is in her blood and it&#8217;s fun! It&#8217;s also nice to work with Nick, too!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Miss Christmas<\/strong> &#8211; Miss Christmas is known for finding the perfect tree for her Chicago festival. When a young boy sends her a letter, telling her about the perfect tree, she&#8217;s determined to get this tree for her big event. However, the boy&#8217;s dad refuses to give up the tree. The tree means a lot to him and he wants to keep it on his land. Of course they find they&#8217;re attracted to one another as they battle over the tree.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Sweetest Christmas<\/strong> &#8211; Kylie is stunned when her boyfriend acts as if he&#8217;s going to propose to her, but, offers her a promotion instead. Her world brightens when she discovers that she&#8217;s finaled in a gingerbread house competition. She needs a commercial oven to practice and her old boyfriend (Nick) offers the use of his pizzeria oven. This was one of my favorite Hallmark Christmas movies this year. I think I enjoyed it because of the gingerbread competition (I&#8217;m a sucker for anything involving sweets!) I also loved that she grows closer to her old boyfriend while she uses his oven. Also, I love pizza, too, so, that just gave me something more to enjoy about this sweet film!<\/p>\n<p><strong>With Love, Christmas<\/strong> &#8211; Melanie is assigned her Scrooge-like co-worker (Donovan) for Secret Santa. As they work together on a project, Donovan wonders about the Secret Santa who keeps texting him. He doesn&#8217;t realize it&#8217;s Melanie &#8211; and mistakenly thinks it&#8217;s someone else! Melanie doesn&#8217;t want Donovan to assume that someone else is his Secret Santa. Why can&#8217;t he realize that she&#8217;s the one who&#8217;s been texting him?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Mistletoe Inn<\/strong> &#8211; This was another favorite of mine this year since it involves two writers. When Kim&#8217;s boyfriend breaks up with her because she&#8217;s not serious about writing, she&#8217;s stunned. She attends a writers retreat and runs into her recent ex-boyfriend as well as Zeke, her retreat writing partner. Zeke has some surprises up his sleeve and now her ex-boyfriend wants to get chummy with her again. I really liked how things turned out with this threesome. This was an enjoyable Christmas movie.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christmas in Evergreen<\/strong> &#8211; a delightful movie about a widower, his daughter, the town&#8217;s vet and a magical snow globe. Such a charming story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christmas at Holly Lodge<\/strong> &#8211; a nice, typical story about a woman who&#8217;s fighting to keep her business from going under.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christmas Next Door<\/strong> &#8211; a typical story about a Scrooge-like bachelor who is forced to become a family man and face his dislike for Christmas. His pretty next-door neighbor adds a nice touch to this sweet story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christmas Getaway<\/strong> &#8211; a nice, typical story about a mix-up (both of the main characters are forced to share a cabin due to a booking mistake). Emory has never had a traditional Christmas and her new cabin mate and his adorable daughter help her to celebrate Christmas the old-fashioned way.<\/p>\n<p>I rented the following two movies:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Spirit of Christmas<\/strong> &#8211; this movie was unusual because it involves a ghost. An old house has not been sold because the realtors have been scared off by a ghost (Daniel). Kate is determined to sell this old house &#8211; after all, there&#8217;s no such thing as ghosts, right? But, Kate meets Daniel&#8230;and she&#8217;s stunned. Is it okay to be attracted to a sexy, handsome ghost?<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Cinderella Christmas<\/strong> &#8211; I really loved this movie! Orphaned Angie works hard running her uncle&#8217;s catering business. Her cousin Candace takes credit for all her hard work. Angie dresses in disguise to attend a formal masquerade ball. When Nick encounters Angie, he&#8217;s intrigued. Afterwards, he&#8217;s determined to find the sexy girl who was in disguise, but, he&#8217;s confused. Was the mysterious woman Angie, or was it her cousin Candace? <em><strong>Out of all the Christmas movies I viewed this year, this one was my favorite! I highly recommend you watch this movie!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>So, have you watched any wonderful Christmas movies this year? Please tell me about them!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2740 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LovingLuke_v3-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LovingLuke_v3-1-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LovingLuke_v3-1-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LovingLuke_v3-1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>If you like Hallmark Christmas movies, then you should try\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2Bp3xmT\">Loving Luke<\/a> &#8211; a sweet, decadent, emotional romantic tale &#8211; only 99c!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you watch any good Christmas movies this year? 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