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Posted: 10/22/2019 10:19:30 AM EDT

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Yummy but she's no Lacey.

Posted: 10/22/2019 10:21:46 AM EDT

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While I don't seek out these movies and I have made fun of them to my wife before it was cool to do so I do enjoy that there is no
virtue signalling or guilt of any kind.

Posted: 10/22/2019 10:26:04 AM EDT

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So when do they start this year?

Asking for a friend.

Posted: 10/22/2019 10:27:21 AM EDT

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My Wife will soon drag out all those old, faded, plastic X-mas decorations from her childhood and start cluttering the house and lawn with them

Thankfully, a couple years ago, Deer stomped the plastic Santa Claus from 1969 on our front lawn into too many pieces to glue back together

Damn "Deer"

Posted: 10/22/2019 10:30:23 AM EDT

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The antidote for civilization. I may watch a few.

Posted: 10/22/2019 10:32:11 AM EDT

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I have a friend who writes scripts for Hallmark movies. She makes bank, at least compared to what I feel her effort level is at this point. She writes a few a year and they pretty much support her and her husband in Brentwood at a very comfortable level.

She said they are very formulaic and that she tries to loosen them up but she gets a ton of notes back to fix them to conform to the pattern. “This is not a job that a Hallmark woman would have”, “this is not something a Hallmark woman would say”, etc. Somewhere on a dusty 2002 Dell desktop there is a Microsoft Word file detailing the exact boundaries of the dramatic tension allowed in a Hallmark movie.

Posted: 10/22/2019 10:36:29 AM EDT

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Carla Gugino starred in "A Season for Miracles" on the Hallmark Channel in 1999. Something about it sticks in my mind

wait, now I remember

Posted: 10/22/2019 10:49:53 AM EDT

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Plot is always the same...meet...get to know each other...misunderstanding about 3/4 way thru....get back together.

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This is the.most basic premise, but correct.

The variations are girl moves to big city,.comes home for Christmas

One spouse or the other gets so wrapped up in their work that the family is forgotten

A sick child brings estranged parents back together and kid gets better through A miracle

A child plots to bring his parents back together, goes hilariously/horribly wrong, but works anyway

Adult child brings intended (whom the parents don't know about) home for Christmas, parents hate it, then grow find of intended

Adult woman talks casual male friend into playing boyfriend when she goes home for Christmas, finds she really loves him

I mean, you could fill a bingo card with these plot variations.

Posted: 10/22/2019 10:50:26 AM EDT

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Agreed. They're not my cup of tea, but my wife loves them. She has Hallmark on most of the time, and it's due to the utter garbage on most of the network schedules.

She watches loads of old tv to avoid that crap.

And Lacey is easy on the eyes. It does seem she's in almost every movie, but that's okay with me. When I wander through the living room I'd rather see her than some soy boy 'male' or the ever present super woman / cause of the moment bs on the networks.

I get tired of the Christmas movies, but we have two tvs so if I want to watch something else it's easily done.

Posted: 10/22/2019 10:51:20 AM EDT

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Career minded woman with career minded boyfriend.
Career minded woman has to go to small town for business assignment.
Career minded woman meets local Christmas tree farmer, rancher, singer, lonely widowed single dad with cute kid.

Through a series of mishaps the career minded woman realizes she no longer loves the career minded boyfriend and falls in love with local Christmas tree farmer, rancher, singer, lonely widowed single dad with cute kid.

With about 10 minutes to go in the movie, career minded boyfriend shows up and there is a dilemma. Career minded woman must choose, but the local Christmas tree farmer, rancher, singer, lonely widowed single dad with cute kid is hurt and rejects her.

Career minded woman dumps career minded boyfriend, which he is oddly ok with and there is no fighting, yelling, drama, screaming, stalking, or restraining orders issued.

Career minded woman and local Christmas tree farmer, rancher, singer, lonely widowed single dad with cute kid get back together and share first kiss of true love - the end.

TLDR- Cheating girlfriend goes off for work, meets guy and dumps boyfriend for the guy she just met at Christmas.

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I saw that one too!

Posted: 10/22/2019 10:56:17 AM EDT

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I don't know about that. A lot of them sound like they involve mentally-ill women who stalk guys, or try to trick them into falling for them. Or, they involve spouses / SOs who, instead of being truthful and breaking things off, start getting into a relationship behind the other's back. Not exactly what I call wholesome behavior.

Posted: 10/22/2019 10:57:08 AM EDT

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My Wife will soon drag out all those old, faded, plastic X-mas decorations from her childhood and start cluttering the house and lawn with them

Thankfully, a couple years ago, Deer stomped the plastic Santa Claus from 1969 on our front lawn into too many pieces to glue back together

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You heathen! I still have the blow mold Santa from when I was a kid. About 10 years ago it got stolen off the porch one night. Fast forward to May and the country club is having the swim team signups. I take the kids down to the pool, and there's my Santa! I was like WTF coach? He said a Jewish family brought it to sign ups to see if the owner would show up. Apparently some kids thought it would be funny to put Santa at the Jews house.

In the meantime, I bought another. So now I have two, but gave one to my daughter as her house warming gift.

FWIW, I now use a Sharpie pen and write my name and address on the bottom of my blow molds!

Posted: 10/22/2019 11:33:03 AM EDT

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I don't know about that. A lot of them sound like they involve mentally-ill women who stalk guys, or try to trick them into falling for them. Or, they involve spouses / SOs who, instead of being truthful and breaking things off, start getting into a relationship behind the other's back. Not exactly what I call wholesome behavior.

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They are positive. There's nothing wrong with positive, family oriented programming.

I don't know about that. A lot of them sound like they involve mentally-ill women who stalk guys, or try to trick them into falling for them. Or, they involve spouses / SOs who, instead of being truthful and breaking things off, start getting into a relationship behind the other's back. Not exactly what I call wholesome behavior.

Sounds more like you have never watched any of them but suffer from some compulsion to justify your predisposition against them with some mental gymnastics. Stop liking what I don’t like and all that. I am sure we could distill pretty any genre into some unhealthy behavior. They are a far sight better and more wholesome that 99% of what else is on network TV or streaming service original content these days. I am genuinely uncomfortable watching a lot of what is on TV with my kids or grandkids.

Hallmark movies aren’t my favorite thing to watch, but my wife likes them so that is good enough for me. I can watch a Hallmark movie with my wife and surf ARFcom while paying enough attention to understand what is going on. Or just find something else to do altogether. Sure, the plots may be predictably sappy but they aren’t that bad and I don’t have to suffer through some gay/tranny/feminist/toxic masculinity/minority empowerment/liberal/anti-white agenda. Frankly, I am surprised that the Hallmark channel has lasted as long as it has without being viciously attacked by SJWs as racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, white privilege, etc.

I just wish we could get the Hallmark channels as a stand alone service.

Posted: 10/22/2019 11:34:16 AM EDT

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With perfect 10 knockout blondes in an unrealistic financial position (waitress single mom in a mcmansion and benz)

Posted: 10/22/2019 11:35:56 AM EDT

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I really dislike them. Too predictable with the same plots, just variations. They are
make for chicks. Even the guys in them act a little wimpish. Wife, though loves them.

Posted: 10/22/2019 11:36:28 AM EDT

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My wife watches them....the hot chicks make them slightly bearable.

I like the one where the career focused woman finds love and the true meaning of Xmas...then decides to put family first.....ohh wait that’s 75% of them.

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If they were were wearing string bikinis and downing terrorists that invaded a women's prison in Malibu? Yes.
As delivered? No.

Posted: 10/22/2019 11:39:56 AM EDT

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I preferred the Hallmark Channel over Sheppard Smith when he was on....

Posted: 10/22/2019 11:42:50 AM EDT

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Eh, needs more full frontal nudity.

Posted: 10/22/2019 11:43:42 AM EDT

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The only reason to watch any Hallmark movie.

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Like a retard on a drumset with a screen door in a Cat. 5

Posted: 10/22/2019 11:43:45 AM EDT

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They should do a some porn parodies of the Hallmark Christmas Movies.

Posted: 10/22/2019 11:44:43 AM EDT

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Mrs loves em. Mrs is happy. I'm happy.

Back off on ruining my happiness, Scrooge McDuck.

Posted: 10/22/2019 11:45:43 AM EDT

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Oh! Gotta watch this one!

Dolly Parton to star in ‘Christmas at Dollywood’ Hallmark movie

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Posted: 10/22/2019 11:48:47 AM EDT

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And, everyone is rich living in either huge houses or pristine cottages on huge ranches. Regardless of the home, the furnishings probably equal the value of the house. Lord only knows how much Hallmark has cost me in new furniture.

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You never see any poor trailer trash with nine Christmas inflatables out front...like here in South Carolina.

Posted: 10/22/2019 11:56:25 AM EDT

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You never see any poor trailer trash with nine Christmas inflatables out front...like here in South Carolina.

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And, everyone is rich living in either huge houses or pristine cottages on huge ranches. Regardless of the home, the furnishings probably equal the value of the house. Lord only knows how much Hallmark has cost me in new furniture.

You never see any poor trailer trash with nine Christmas inflatables out front...like here in South Carolina.

I figure they are all like live action Thomas Kincaid painting.

Posted: 10/22/2019 11:59:18 AM EDT

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Stupid plots, bad acting, weird lighting on the sets, ridiculous fantasy messages. They aren't wholesome or family oriented; they are devoid of sense.

Posted: 10/22/2019 12:01:35 PM EDT

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I haven't seen a one, and inshallah, I never will. Is this something that just became a thing in the last year or so?

Posted: 10/22/2019 12:16:21 PM EDT

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Lol...some of the comments are priceless...

Posted: 10/22/2019 12:25:48 PM EDT

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nah, I'm good dawg. I would have never married my wife if she was into shit like that.

Posted: 10/22/2019 12:35:36 PM EDT

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The ex watched then incessantly.

I've got no problem with, quaint little family movies with minor plot changes.

Great for families and a relief from CGI Corporate Swill you'll see anywhere else.

Posted: 10/22/2019 1:58:06 PM EDT

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Speak for yourself, I'm ready for Hallmark season.

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You wont be seeing any of that in the hallmark movies.

I have yet to see anybody get railed in any of them.

Posted: 10/22/2019 2:07:44 PM EDT

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I don't get the hate for Hallmark Channel. I started watching it with my wife (sadly now ex-wife) because she didn't care for what I watched and I wanted to enjoy spending time with her. Now, I watch it because I enjoy the movies and the fact they're not infested with most of the SJW bullshit or leftist political crap that's on everything now. It allows me to sit back and relax, enjoying wholesome entertainment that gives me hope, despite the way the world is tody.

Posted: 10/22/2019 2:09:22 PM EDT

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There are always Lycra pants and loose tops giving a hint of the tits, fan service for the male viewers.

Kharn

Posted: 10/22/2019 2:10:13 PM EDT

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I really enjoy them....clean, wholesome, predictable, and always a positive message.
I start watching in July and continue to watch through Christmas

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This. It's nice to see I'm not alone in this.

Posted: 10/22/2019 2:28:39 PM EDT

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I love them. And I am not ashamed to watch them with my kids, contrary to some of the other things on television.

Oh and I own some XD's which I found out earlier makes me gay

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Posted: 10/22/2019 2:31:34 PM EDT

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Yes please.

Posted: 10/22/2019 2:32:38 PM EDT

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Speak for yourself, I'm ready for Hallmark season.

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Moar yes.

Posted: 10/22/2019 2:33:58 PM EDT

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They are positive. There's nothing wrong with positive, family oriented programming.

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Except that they are formulaic, terribly acted and rarely make sense

Posted: 10/22/2019 2:34:50 PM EDT

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GD bitches about trangerderism, socialism, fatherless families, no work ethic, and the direct attack by Hollywood on The American Way.

GD also bitches about monogamous heterosexuality, grass roots/individual capitalism, families made or made whole, tireless work, and the glorification of The American Way. And looking at hot women.

Maybe a bit of introspection is in order.

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Posted: 10/22/2019 2:35:20 PM EDT

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My Wife will soon drag out all those old, faded, plastic X-mas decorations from her childhood and start cluttering the house and lawn with them

Thankfully, a couple years ago, Deer stomped the plastic Santa Claus from 1969 on our front lawn into too many pieces to glue back together

Damn "Deer"

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if you’re talking about Blowmolds, their prices are crazy now. You should eat the Deer for it’s transgressions.

Posted: 10/22/2019 2:35:42 PM EDT

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Well, the ol lady is not only recording Hallmark Christmas movies this year, but lifetime as well. yay.

Posted: 10/22/2019 2:42:02 PM EDT

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Hallmark needs to make “Joker’s Christmas”, with Joaquin Phoenix making everyone laugh..........

Posted: 10/22/2019 2:46:10 PM EDT

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If I started listening to Christmas music back in July, I'd be soundly ridiculed.

If I start listening to it now, people would merely laugh at me and shake their heads

Where's all the tolerance for Christmas music?

Posted: 10/22/2019 2:56:31 PM EDT

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There is nothing inherently wrong with these movies beyond the utter stupidity of them and the fact that the Christmas season is now ridiculously long.

It used to be Christmas didnt really get rolling till November. Now its October BEFORE Halloween. They even had Christmas in July.

They pounds these movies for 3 MONTHS and now ALL YEAR LONG.

Give me a break.

Posted: 10/22/2019 4:03:08 PM EDT

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Even the other team likes Hallmark movies.

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Posted: 10/22/2019 4:33:15 PM EDT

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Posted: 10/22/2019 6:53:31 PM EDT

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GD bitches about trangerderism, socialism, fatherless families, no work ethic, and the direct attack by Hollywood on The American Way.

GD also bitches about monogamous heterosexuality, grass roots/individual capitalism, families made or made whole, tireless work, and the glorification of The American Way. And looking at hot women.

Maybe a bit of introspection is in order.

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I think the complaints are more about the monotony of the story lines. It is the same plot over and over and over. How about a little variety in the stories?

Posted: 10/22/2019 7:05:04 PM EDT

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Speak for yourself, I'm ready for Hallmark season.

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Sorta want

Posted: 10/22/2019 7:25:16 PM EDT

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I think the complaints are more about the monotony of the story lines. It is the same plot over and over and over. How about a little variety in the stories?

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Ferrari makes extremely expensive and very fast cars, often in Arrest-Me-Red color. They sell every single one they can make.

Why would they build a beige minivan?

You all (not you specifically Chris0013; everyone bitching in this thread) are complaining about your chosen spousal units, and specifically their choice of entertainment programming. Maybe you should be glad they like the type of show they do. Enjoy your relationship, sex, and Ferrari. Or go join a GD Divorce thread.