Cheesy Christmas made for TV movies (Channel 5/Hallmark etc)

[VillageFete]

Anyone started watching these? Any recommendations?

They’re my guilty pleasure every year 🫣

I watched “Mistletoe in Montana” last night, starring Melissa Joan Hart. It was ridiculous and fabulous.

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I’ve started watching already

@VillageFete that one I watched twice! I was about a third in when I realised I'd seen it before. There are recommendations from 2024 if I can find the thread...

Christmas on Cherry Tree Lane is good as is Christmas in Evergreen

No recommendations but just showing my hand of support as Id never admit liking them IRL! Might set some to record now you’ve mentioned it. Just make me feel warm inside

I do love them, but there’re really only two plots.

High flying career woman reluctantly returns to her home town to sort out Aunt Agnes’ estate and meets up with her high school sweetheart who is now running the local cake store. Will they fall in love before she has to return to her fiancé in the city? (Spoiler alert; yes, and she gives up her career to turn her aunt’s house into a B&B).

Or, handsome businessman visits the town over Christmas with the intention of opening up a chain book store which will wipe out the independent book store in town and force its owner to find a job elsewhere. Elderly lady forces the businessman to help build floats for the annual parade. Will he and book store owner fall in love before Christmas is over and he has to make a decision? (spoiler alert; yes, he stays in the town and somehow fixes it so that no other chains will ever try and open a shop there. And the parade is the best ever).

I love these. They're just so ridiculous but so cheesy and Christmassy I love watching them.

Christmas heaven to me is: Christmas tree lights all on and me doing my wrapping with one of these films on in the background.

One I watched last year was called The Text Before Christmas (I think? Something like that title anyway). The plot was that an old lady had texted the main woman accidentally and they'd got chatting. The old lady invites her over for Christmas. Of course she goes for Christmas and the old lady has a lovely family and very handsome Grandson...you can guess the rest.

If it was real, the old lady would be a scammer or murderer! Like, who would go to a random strange woman's house for Christmas dinner?!? Only in the hallmark Christmas movies would that ever end well 😂. Or maybe I'm just a cynic?

Today’s offering - Match made in Mistletoe; Emily gets her dream gig decorating an embassy for the festive season, but the new ambassador has no time for holidays…until Emily shows him how magical Christmas can be.

I do love that I could be totally taking the piss with the above and none of us would ever know! Spoiler…I’m not, it’s on C5 at 315

Maybe not cheesy enough but I enjoyed Happiest Season on Netflix. And realised halfway through that I had seen it before.

And unusual as it’s two women who are in love.

Saw haul the holly on Netflix. Ridiculously cheesy I loved it 🥰

I had seen the embassy one last year maybe.

open to more suggestions 🎄🎄

There's a Haul the Holly 2 on Netflix as well. Verrrrry obvious what's going to happen if you've seen number 1.

Merry Ex-mas on Netflix… starring Alicia Silverstone. A fabulous, festive cheesy watch.

@kindasorta Aah, Lacey Chabert stars in that. The Queen of Christmas cheese.

Last Christmas
Our Little Secret
Click and Collect

I watched Champagne Problems last night. Fabulous cringe fest

I started it. But found it slow and boring and not very christmassy. Maybe need to give it a try again.

I have done both Haul up the Holly's, Hot Frosty, Christmas Under the Northern Lights ans started Renovation Romance. Hot Frosty easily the best 🤣

My dad is Scrooge. Terrible and excellent 😂

Mrs Miracle, I’m watching it now.

Love these cheesy films and now I read seasonal
Autumn and Xmas cheesy novels. This is so far removed from my very serious work life but maybe that’s why I love them so much! 🎄🎅🏻

I am currently reading The Christmas You Crash and its surprisingly good!

Angels In The Snow

Lovely lodge in the snow , family with troubles , a sad secret , a twist at the end .