Made-For-TV Holiday Movies

How to Be Fine

Jolenta Greenberg

Society & Culture, Tv Reviews, Tv & Film, Relationships, Personal Journals, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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On this episode of How to Be Fine, Kristen and Jolenta talk about the positive impact of made-for-tv holiday movies. Plus, they offer up advice on how to curb an emotional shopping habit, and how to create a more inclusive curriculum. Do you have any advice question for us? Email us at [email protected], or follow us on Instagram @howtobefinepod. And if you haven't already, please join our How to Be Fine (formerly By the Book) Facebook community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/kristenandjolenta Sources: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/07/749067994/this-changes-everything-geena-davis-on-empowering-women-in-hollywood https://www.fielding.edu/why-christmas-movies-make-us-feel-good/#:~:text=The%20familiar%20tropes%2C%20and%20simple,seated%20need%20for%20social%20connection. https://www.forbes.com/sites/nancyberk/2022/08/24/ashley-williams-sparks-hallmark-medias-new-female-focused-storytelling-initiative/?sh=2628c9875a13 https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/hallmark-channels-leading-ladies-a-guide-to-the-networks-stars/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-normalizing-of-horrible-christmas-movies-must-be-stopped http://www.thefutoncritic.com/ratings/2022/12/13/hallmark-channels-countdown-to-christmas-continues-to-be-viewers-number-1-home-for-the-holidays-in-its-eighth-week-566510/20221213hallmark01/ https://www.vulture.com/article/lifetime-christmas-movie-santa-bootcamp.html https://www.vogue.com/article/why-are-all-the-women-in-hallmark-holiday-movies-portrayed-as-soulless-money-machines https://nursingclio.org/2019/01/17/hallmark-christmas-movies-guilty-pleasure-or-feminist-rallying-cry/ https://fortune.com/well/2022/11/24/christmas-movies-happiness-mental-health/ https://www.kqed.org/arts/10179597/anatomy-of-a-made-for-tv-christmas-movie https://www.her.ie/entertainment/christmas-movies-2-567989#:~:text=According%20to%20science%2C%20watching%20Christmas,actually%20good%20for%20your%20health.&text=That's%20right%2C%20tuning%20into%20Elf,us%20feeling%20happier%20and%20lighter. https://www.nbcnews.com/better/lifestyle/here-s-why-it-feels-so-good-watch-those-hallmark-ncna1080841 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article-why-do-women-fall-for-made-for-tv-holiday-movies/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2022/12/07/hallmark-netflix-tv-christmas-movies-can-be-good/10837984002/ https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/12/14/16752012/hallmark-christmas-movies-explained https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/positively-media/202212/why-christmas-movies-make-us-feel-good#:~:text=The%20Benefits%20of%20Holiday%20Movies&text=They%20are%20heart%2Dhealthy%2C%20reducing,inspire%20new%20activities%20and%20goals. https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/watching-holiday-movies-makes-us-feel-good-according-to-science

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0:00.0	Hello and I'm Kristen Mindser in each episode of How to Be Fine.
0:05.0	I'm Jalenta Greenberg.
0:10.0	And I'm Kristen Meinzer.
0:12.0	In each episode of How to Be Fine, we weigh in on what's happening in the world of happiness, health, and betterment, and we offer a bit of advice for those who wanted.
0:21.0	Now, full disclosure, we are not psychologists or
0:24.4	psychiatrists or doctors of any kind but we are very experienced self-help
0:29.5	critics. We have lived by the rules of nearly a hundred self-help books for our other
0:34.4	podcast by the book so we have tried on basically every kind of wellness trend there is out
0:40.3	there and besides we're not here promising to make all of you the best
0:44.4	richest most optimal versions of yourselves. If all goes well, we'll just help you
0:48.7	feel a little closer to fine. Oh, Okay, Kristen, we have as always, some great advice letters to get to later on in the show.
1:25.0	But first, we have to kick things off with our hot topic.
1:30.2	Tell us what it is, please.
1:32.4	All righty.
1:33.0	Today's hot topic is made for TV holiday movies
1:38.0	as self-help.
1:39.0	Oh, interesting. Now Kristen, I know what you mean by Made for TV holiday movies, but for any of our
1:49.6	listeners out there who don't, could you be more specific? What do you mean exactly?
1:54.0	Yes, I am talking about feature-length movies made specifically for TV with a holiday
2:00.8	theme, usually about Christmas, but sometimes about Hanukkah,
2:04.0	Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, even Halloween, which I know you love Jalenta.
2:08.0	Yay!
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