Hallmark Holidaze: Movie Reviews from The Heart or Something

Switched for Christmas  tagline:  "This holiday Candice Cameron Bure and Candice Cameron Bure star as twins who swap lives and discover Christmas is better when they work together." Boy, Hallmark is getting lazier with their taglines. Hallmark Holiday Movie Checklist: Tragic dead parent who was the embodiment of the holiday spirit A small town Christmas tradition/festival/competition that is the biggest event of the year  Workaholic woman/man who no longer believes in the magic of Christmas A Christmas music montage with characters doing Christmas-y things A gingerbread house or cookie decorating scene Under the mistletoe make-out scene A flirty ice-skating scene The look of loathing on Happy the dog's face is the same one we all wore while watching this movie. Synopsis: Full disclosure, there were six of us watching Switched at Christmas and copious amounts of red wine were consumed (see picture below). There was a lot of laughter, disbelief ...

The Sweetest Christmas  tagline:  "Hallmark Channel is serving up the perfect holiday treat. Now she'll need a little help to make her sweetest dreams come true." Hallmark Holiday Movie Checklist: A flirty Christmas tree decorating scene A flirty snowball fight A handsome/beautiful single father/mother who runs their family business due to personal tragedy A small town Christmas tradition/festival/competition that is the biggest event of the year (THE American Gingerbread Competition, bitches!)  My favorite part of this picture is the guy behind the curtain who is clapping to no one.  Synopsis: Kylie, who gave up her dream of becoming a chef for reasons that don't make much sense, works for her not-quite-right-for-her boyfriend's company Hockey Homes. Over a romantic dinner at her ex-boyfriend  Nick's restaurant, Alex decides to ask Kylie to be his... office manager. Confused? Yeah, we were too. Because it's totally norm...