…they aren't just for Christmas anymore!
Just as I did last year, I decided to do one last ranking in 2020. This time around I dug into my visitor statistics to find what were the Top 10 Christmas movies that brought people to this site to read my commentary. The ONLY criteria for creating this list…
2020 is finally coming to an end. We all hope and pray for better things in 2021. I count it a miracle of its own kind that Hallmark was able to present a total of 68 movies to us this year, given all of the difficulties they had to work…
“A Christmas Carousel” aired on December 19, 2020 on the Hallmark Channel. Filmed in Ottawa, Canada, it starred Rachel Boston and Neal Bledsoe with Don McCutheon directing. Uma Incrocci and Kim Beyer-Johnson provided the script. In a nutshell This movie had a lot of headscratchers for me, but the performances…
“Christmas Comes Twice” aired on December 13, 2020 on the Hallmark Channel. Filmed in Vancouver, it starred Tamera Mowry-Housley, Michael Xavier and Sheryl Lee Ralph. We even had Brendan Zub playing the town mayor. Michael M. Scott directed, having helmed one of my favorite Christmas Hallmark movies, 2013’s “Window Wonderland”…
“Love, Lights, Hanukkah!” aired on December 12, 2020 on the Hallmark Channel. The movie was filmed just a couple months ago in Abbotsford, Vancouver, Canada. It starred Mia Kirschner, Ben Savage and Marilu Henner. The most notable thing about this movie, for me, is that Karen Berger penned the script. …
“Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing” aired on December 5, 2020 on the Hallmark Channel. The screenplay was written by Zac Hug and Shari Sharpe. Hug has written several Hallmark scripts since 2018, including the previous two Evergreen movies as well as Matching Hearts. Linda-Lisa Hayter, who previously directed Cranberry…
“Five Star Christmas” aired on November 27, 2020 on the Hallmark Channel. The screenplay was written by Alfonso H. Moreno, who has previously worked on “When Calls the Heart” and “When Hope Calls.” Christie Will Wolf directed, having helmed many a Hallmark movie since 2014. It was filmed in Vancouver…
“Christmas by Starlight” aired on November 26, 2020 on the Hallmark Channel and starred Kimberly Sustad and Paul Campbell. The story idea was Sustad’s and she approached Campbell a couple of years ago about turning it into a movie. He got to work and wrote the screenplay. Gary Yates was…
“USS Christmas” aired on November 28, 2020 on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel. Steven R. Monroe directed with the script by Andrea Canning. Canning’s next movie coming up is “Christmas She Wrote” on December 6. Set in Norfolk it was actually filmed in Wilmington, NC. It starred Hallmark regulars…
“Good Morning Christmas!” aired on November 25, 2020 on the Hallmark Channel. It starred Alison Sweeney and Marc Blucas, who charmed me as a pair in 2016’s “The Irresistible Blueberry Farm.” Riley Weston wrote the screenplay, while Paul Ziller directed. Weston is responsible for one of my favorite older Hallmark…
“If I Only Had Christmas” aired on November 29, 2020 on the Hallmark Channel. The script was by Sarah Montana, who wrote the amazing Two Turtle Doves from last year. David Weaver directed, having preciously directed Bure in Christmas Town. Set in Kansas City and Connecticut, it was filmed in…
“Heart of the Holidays” aired on November 23, 2020 on the Hallmark Channel. It starred Vanessa Lengies and Corey Sevier. Kate Pragnell provided the screenplay while Corey Sevier served as the director of his own movie! It is Pragnell’s first script for Hallmark although she worked in the script department…
“Christmas Waltz” aired on November 28, 2020 on the Hallmark Channel. It starred Lacey Chabert and Will Kemp, who previously co-starred in Love Romance & Chocolate. It was directed and written by Michael Damian. Yes, that Michael Damian from “The Young & The Restless.” It was filmed in British Columbia,…
“The Christmas House” aired on November 21, 2020 on the Hallmark Channel. It starred a great group of actors, and is based on a story created by the leading man, Robert Buckley (Love in Store). Growing up, he lived in a Christmas House very similar to the one featured in…