“I was watching this other [Hallmark movie] because why not!” “Tis the season, after all!” —my mom and I :D Canadian tax dollars at work; well done, New Westminster! But I must ask: have you seen “The Nine Lives Of Christmas!”? Familiar bickering! Superman! CATS!!!! Fake dating! Sharing of jackets in the most adorable way! And it’s so incredibly watchable!

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I have not but I will KEEP BOTH EYES OPEN FOR IT when I’m back in Texas at Christmas! 

I have to say, the production values are iffy, the writing is simplistic, the heterosexuality is rampant, and the acting has a wide range of quality, but Hallmark does have an indefinable style and a very careful emotional regularity that I really appreciate. I’ve been watching hallmark-esque movies on Netflix (if you search Hallmark, a bunch of Netflix Original clones come up) and they genuinely just aren’t as good. 

It’s like reading trashy but REALLY WELL WRITTEN fanfic…and then going back through the tag with your standards lowered. 😀