Maybe the real world is just too upsetting right now. Perhaps we need a pretend world in which to live.
Hallmark to the rescue!
Cupboard hosts and friends discuss the continuing takeover of Christmas by the advance of movies in which the imperfect exists only to make way for the somewhat sickeningly perfect. Are carefully crafted false worlds another bleak take on humanity, or are they hopeful? There is probably nuance required in answer to such a question, but either way, these movies are POPULAR.
Merry Christmas from all of us at Rector’s Cupboard!
The Knight Before Christmas
Christmas Inheritance
Articles referenced:Here's why it feels so good to watch those Hallmark holiday movies – NBC News, November 2019
Horrible Hallmark movies have been torturing viewers for 20 years – New York Post, December 2020
How Hallmark Took Over Cable Television – The New Yorker, December 2019
Tasting Notes:This episode we enjoyed two very festive drinks, Cabot Trail Maple Cream and Krupnik Spiced Honey Liqueur from Wayward Distillery, Courtenay, BC.
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