Snuggle up by our virtual fireplace as host Katie attempts to take her friends from skeptics to sentimentals in A Podcast For Christmas. Deep dive into the fes...
'A Castle For Christmas': Och Aye the Noo (sorry!)
False advertising this week when Katie and Meg sit down to watch 'A Castle for Christmas' and to their horror find there is nary a castle nor hardly any Christmas in sight! Not to worry as there's still enemies to lovers, 'there was only one bed castle', and more Scottish stereotypes than you can shake a bagpipe at!🎬 Film Discussed 🎬: Castle for Christmas from Netflix✍️Film Description✍️: To escape a scandal, a bestselling author journeys to Scotland, where she falls in love with a castle — and faces off with the grumpy duke who owns it.🎁Christmas Gift🎁: Storybrook Presents Via Spotify or Via Apple Podcasts🌟 Enjoyed this Episode? Leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform and share the festive cheer with a friend!🌟Got any questions, comments or suggestions? I'd love to chat all things holiday romance with you! Twitter/XInstagramTikTokOr drop us an email: [email protected] 🎅Happy Holidays!🎅 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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'Christmas Wedding Planner': Romantic Stalking?!
This week join Katie and Annie to venture cautiously into the weirdest holiday romance yet, with dubiously legal private investigators, secret babies and a sound designer let loose- oh my!🎬Film Discussed 🎬: Christmas Wedding Planner from Brain Power Studio✍️Film Description✍️: A wedding planner is in the midst of planning her cousin's lavish and exclusive wedding when a devilishly handsome private investigator turns her world upside down.🎁Christmas Gift🎁: Southampton City Rollers🎬 Next Film 🎬: Castle for Christmas from Netflix✍️Film Description✍️: To escape a scandal, a bestselling author journeys to Scotland, where she falls in love with a castle — and faces off with the grumpy duke who owns it.🌟 Enjoyed this Episode? Leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform and share the festive cheer with a friend!🌟Got any questions, comments or suggestions? I'd love to chat all things holiday romance with you! Please write us Sharl/George fanfic!!!Twitter/XInstagramTikTokOr drop us an email: [email protected] 🎅Happy Holidays!🎅 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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'Under The Christmas Tree': Let's Go Lesbians
On the second episode of the podcast Lifetime's first Lesbian Holiday Romance gave to me: 12 trees a-whispering, 11 Halloween homes, 10 chickens coop-in, 9 ladies dancing, 8 magic owls, 7 clunky references, 6 classic flannels, 5 u-hauls, 4 ugly bangs, 3 tarot cards, 2 crafting vests and girls with no chemistryyyyy. Join Katie and her favourite lesbian Eilis on a deep dive into Under The Christmas Tree.🎬 Film Discussed 🎬: Under The Christmas Tree from Lifetime✍️Film Description✍️: Marketing whiz Alma Beltran and Christmas tree whisperer Charlie Freemont cross paths when Charlie finds the perfect tree for the Maine Governor’s Holiday Celebration – right in Alma’s back yard. While they initially spar, romantic sparks soon begin to fly between the two women as the enchanting tree and some Christmas fairy dust from the town’s pâtissière extraordinaire bring out the best in them and spark each other to take leaps of faith and fight for love and Christmas magic.🎁Christmas Gift🎁: Chucky (TV Series)🎬 Next Film 🎬: Christmas Wedding Planner from Brain Power Studio✍️Film Description✍️: A wedding planner is in the midst of planning her cousin's lavish and exclusive wedding when a devilishly handsome private investigator turns her world upside down.🌟 Enjoyed this Episode? Leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform and share the festive cheer with a friend!🌟Got any questions, comments or suggestions? I'd love to chat all things holiday romance with you! Let us know which of the 12 days of tarot cards Twitter/XInstagramTikTokOr drop us an email: [email protected] 🎅Happy Holidays!🎅 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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'Angel Falls Christmas': The Virgin Mary's GBF
Katie & Liv take a tumble into the strange town of Angel Falls just in time for Christmas.👼 Stop by with us for Mary's GBF, ice skating mimes and robot angels- because, hey, sometimes you just need a man that's hotter than your current boyfriend to teach you the true meaning of Christmas! 🎄 🎬 Film Discussed 🎬: Angel Falls Christmas from Great American Family✍️Film Description✍️: A devoted doctor with little time for the Christmas Spirit is in desperate need of an intervention from the unlikeliest of places—heaven.🎁Christmas Gift🎁: Midnight Fun Podcast & King Dorian Gay🎬 Next Film 🎬: Under The Christmas Tree from Lifetime✍️Film Description✍️: Marketing whiz Alma Beltran and Christmas tree whisperer Charlie Freemont cross paths when Charlie finds the perfect tree for the Maine Governor’s Holiday Celebration – right in Alma’s back yard. While they initially spar, romantic sparks soon begin to fly between the two women as the enchanting tree and some Christmas fairy dust from the town’s pâtissière extraordinaire bring out the best in them and spark each other to take leaps of faith and fight for love and Christmas magic.🌟 Enjoyed this Episode? Leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform and share the festive cheer with a friend!🌟Got any questions, comments or suggestions? I'd love to chat all things holiday romance with you!Twitter/XInstagramTikTokOr drop us an email: [email protected] 🎅Happy Holidays!🎅 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Unwrapping Holiday Romance: A Brief History of Hallmark
Ho ho hello and welcome to this prologue episode of A Podcast For Christmas. Join us for a tour at breakneck speed to set the scene for this podcast including:Perceptions of women's entertainment and why media targeted towards women is so culturally denigratedHallmark Channels origins from religious broadcasting to queer controversyA new era of inclusivity and the surprising diversity behind the cameraBehind the scenes insights into the bizarre way Hallmark movies are madeKey sources A Very Hallmark Christmas, BustleCrown Media's CEO on Evolving The Hallmark Channel Brand, Ad AgeInside The Hallmark Channel: The Weird And Wonderful World Of Made-For-TV Movies, EmpireAmerican Hysteria Podcast by Chelsea Webber SmithHow Hallmark’s New CEO Is Harnessing the Iconic Brand to Better Reflect Society, Hollywood ReporterWant to talk more or have a suggestion for a movie we should cover? Get in touch at [email protected] or on your favourite social media @podforchristmas !Don't forget to subscribe! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Snuggle up by our virtual fireplace as host Katie attempts to take her friends from skeptics to sentimentals in A Podcast For Christmas. Deep dive into the festive fluff and venture into the realm of dichotomies debating cynicism vs escapism, Christmas spirit vs capitalism and romance vs realism all through the lens of Hallmark-esque Christmas movies. We’ll ask- and keep asking- despite lack of on screen representation are these camp classics? Are they making the yuletide gay enough? Are these movies, in fact, a sleigh?Don't miss your festive favourite- subscribe now and follow us on socials @PodForChristmas ! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.