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Hallmark Christmas movies are getting inclusive
CellarDweller:
I forgot to add dates
The Christmas House airs on Hallmark this Sunday - 11/22/2020
Happiest Season, airing on Hulu on November 25th.
Dashing in December airs on Paramount Network, simulcast on Logo and TV Land on December 13th.
CellarDweller:
A friend just told me about another one that stars Fran Drescher.
The Christmas Set Up - Airing on Lifetime this Saturday, December 12th.
The Christmas Setup chronicles the romantic adventures of Hugo, a New York City lawyer (Lewis) who returns home to Milwaukee with his best friend, Madelyn (Ellen Wong), to celebrate the holidays with his family, that being his mother, Kate (Fran Drescher), and his brother, Aiden (Chad Connell). As it turns out, Kate is in charge of the local Christmas celebrations. As it also turns out, Kate likes to play matchmaker. And she does just that with Hugo, aligning the stars so that her son crosses paths with his old high school friend/crush, Patrick (Lee). Hugo and Patrick quickly find themselves attracted to each other, but.... Hugo is about to learn that he's up for a killer promotion that would necessitate a relocation to London. What will they decide? Will Hugo choose love or career?
Front-Ranger:
Wow, thank you for this compendium! Thanks to you, we won't have anything to complain about, entertainment-wise!
serious crayons:
Where was it I saw the commercial about two girlfriends going to visit the parents of one, who clearly did not realize beforehand that their daughter was a lesbian? The mom immediately greets the girlfriend with a hug (hugging now always looks dangerous in COVID times, even if the commercial was obviously made before that). But the dad seems disapproving and standoffish in several scenes --it's pretty long. Then in the end, they find the dad painting the front picket fence in rainbow stripes.
I can't remember where I saw it, nor what it was advertising, but it was touching.
CellarDweller:
Stream It or Skip It: ‘The Christmas House’ on Hallmark
By Brett White Nov 22, 2020
Hallmark history is made with The Christmas House! It’s the first Hallmark film to feature LGBTQ characters in major, leading roles—although it’s one of many 2020’s Hallmark Christmas movies to have diverse casts. The film, co-written by star Robert Buckley, boasts a cast that includes Jonathan Bennett, Treat Williams, and Sharon Lawrence. When it comes to Hallmark, this is just about as marquee as it gets—but does The Christmas House live up to expectations?
The Gist: Robert Buckley plays Mike Mitchell, the star of a TV show titled Handsome Justice. After wrapping another season of his moderately successful procedural, he learns that this Christmas is gonna be unlike any recent Christmas—because it’s gonna be like his childhood Christmases! Mike’s parents, Phyllis (Lawrence) and Bill (Williams), are giving the old Christmas House tradition one final go—which means they move literally everything out of their home and turn it into a wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling winter wonderland!
The entire Mitchell clan is called in to send the Christmas House tradition out in style, including Mike, his brother Brandon (Bennett), and Brandon’s husband Jake (Brad Harder). Also pitching in is Mike’s high school crush (and former magic partner!) Andi (Ana Ayora).
However, there’s a lot more going on with the Mitchell family than this final Christmas House extravaganza! Brandon and Jake are keeping a secret: they’re trying to adopt and don’t want to get the family’s hopes up if it falls through. Also complicating matters is the fact that Andi is a real estate agent—and Bill and Phyllis are listing the house! Not only is this the last year for the Christmas House, it’s the last Christmas in this house! But why are they selling the house, and why are Mike’s parents acting so strange? There’s more going on here—but what?!
https://decider.com/2020/11/22/the-christmas-house-hallmark-review/
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