The Magic Of Hallmark Holiday Movies

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🗓️ 28 November 2024

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It's winter. You throw on your coat and favorite scarf and head outside to put up some last-minute decorations. Stepping out onto your porch, you gaze into the sky just as wispy flakes begin to fall. You smile to yourself because there's no such thing as too much snow for Christmas.

You grab the roll of garland you left propped up on your front porch and begin winding it around the railing. Now, there's one tricky corner of the porch and you need to climb on the outside of the railing to get the garland placed just so. With the garland looped over your shoulder you swing one leg over, then the other.

But your foot slips and, with a yelp, you tumble into a snowbank in your yard. You lay there with your eyes closed. And then you hear a deep and somewhat familiar voice."Nice to see some things never change. Need a hand? Again?"

Whatever comes next is probably happy, heartwarming, and romantic with plenty of holiday spirit. We discuss holiday movies and why we like them so much.

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0:12.3	More at IU.edu slash forward. It's winter. You throw on your coat and favorite scarf and head outside to put up some last-minute decorations.
0:34.5	Stepping out on your porch, you smile at the fresh blanket of snow covering the ground. You gaze into the sky just as wispy bits of snow begin to fall, and you smiled even wider because there's no such thing as too much snow for Christmas. You grab the roll of garland, you left propped up on your front porch, and begin winding it around the railing.
0:56.0	Now, there's one tricky corner of the porch, and you need to climb on the outside of the railing to get the garland placed just so.
1:20.3	With the garland looped over your shoulder, you swing one leg over, then the other, but your foot slips and with a yelp.
1:30.0	You tumble into the deep snow covering your front yard. You lay there, eyes closed, snow coating your face,
1:39.9	and then you hear a deep, somewhat familiar voice. Nice to see some things never change. Need a hand?
1:47.3	Again. Whatever comes next is probably happy, heartwarming, and romantic with plenty of holiday spirit. Why do some of us have a soft spot for holiday TV movies? What goes into creating
1:53.7	the perfect movie and which movie should we cozy up for? We get into it after the break. I'm Jen
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