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It's time for our final Hallmark Christmas movie of the week!
ABOUT WHAT IF CHRISTMAS
Erin gave up fashion design for her surgeon husband. A magic Christmas ornament reveals an alternate life as a famous designer, but she learns success is lonely, and her real dream was always right in front of her.
AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR WHAT IF CHRISTMAS
2026 | Hallmark
CAST & CREW OF WHAT IF CHRISTMAS
Director: Jerry Ciccoritti
Writers: Cara J. Russell, Julie Sherman Wolfe
Cast:
Lori Loughlin as Erin
Tom Cavanagh as Adam
Jonathan Whittaker
BRAN’S MOVIE SYNOPSIS
We meet Erin. She and her husband Adam just made a big move and she’s feeling a little lost. See, he’s a heart surgeon, and she’s been by his side for his entire career by organizing the hospitals’ Christmas charity galas. But this new hospital doesn’t need her help. She can’t help but wonder what could’ve been if she never gave up her dream of being a fashion designer. Well, when she makes that wish upon a magical heart Christmas ornament, she wakes up in a mansion! She is Erin Shaw - world famous fashion designer. She’s a real B. She doesn’t like Christmas. She doesn’t care about people. She only cares about WORK!
She bumps into Adam out on the streets and gives him a HUGE hug. He doesn’t know her, although he does know who she is and pulls a magazine with her on it out of his bag. Turns out he’s a very eligible bachelor. After an event, they end up hanging out together, having the best time. She finds out that she doesn’t do anything with the hospital gala anymore and JUST CAN’T EVEN!
Naturally, she ends up missing her old life, especially after another hang out sesh with Adam and her family. The night ends with them kissing!
She decides she’s going to start a new fundraiser to help fund heart surgeries for people that can’t afford it, just like she did in her other life.
But bad news - he got a job that’s gonna take him away. She just wants things to go back to the way things used to be!
She goes home and makes a wish upon the ornament. She wakes up the next day and nothing has changed. Suddenly, their dog runs in and she gives the dog a hug. Suddenly, she transports back to her old life.
She talks to Adam about how she should’ve spoken up about not wanting to give up on her dream. She wants to give it a shot and he wants to support her.
She finds her assistant at the coffee shop, meets her idol, and starts that same fundraiser she did in her alternative life.
1 year later, her dream has been realized and everyone is happy. She gets home and the magical ornament is glowing on their tree.

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Another day, another Christmas movie! IT'S TIME!
ABOUT FORGOTTEN HOLIDAY
After an accident leading to sudden memory loss, Kathryn must "redate" her boyfriend of one year, Rob, in an effort to get his memories back and remind him of his love of Christmas.
AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR FORGOTTEN HOLIDAY
October 24, 2026 | Hallmark
CAST & CREW OF FORGOTTEN HOLIDAY
Writer: Tracy Andreen
Cast:
Janel Parrish as Kathryn Liu
Daniel Lissing as Rob Ashford
BRAN’S MOVIE SYNOPSIS
The movie kicks off at a street antique market. We meet Kathryn & Rob who both want this old projector. She’s an antique dealer while he’s an antique repairman who I think specializes in projectors. Even though she wins the bid for the projector, he asks her out. But they’re both so busy, it’s gonna be hard to find time before the new year. So she invites herself to his family’s house for their annual cookie bake. His family bakes 900 cookies every year for folks in need. She survives the big night and they really dig each other.
Cut to 1 year later, they’re still dating and he has a ring! She comes over to his Christmas house and he proposes! And before he can even get the question out, she stops him and tells him that he’s too perfect and runs out.
He decides to go to his sister’s house and gets into a car crash!! She gets a call and comes straight to the hospital. She goes in to see him and he doesn’t know who she is. He has selective amnesia and doesn’t remember the last year. The doctor encourages her to 50 First Dates him and help him get his memory back. To make matters crazier, the family all saw the ring he had in his possession at the time of the crash.
Even though remembering will mean he remembers her running away, she agrees to help him fall back in love with Christmas and hopefully bring back the memories he’s lost. While they do their dating, it turns out that he doesn’t actually love Christmas as much as he once did. And she’s not necessarily a Christmas nut. Slowly, his memories begin to pop back when they do random things like dance and when he hears her laugh. His sister tells Kathryn that she knows Rob. If Rob proposed to her, she’s it for him. She needs to figure out if he’s it for her.
She ends up sleeping with him....on the floor cuz they fell asleep before she could leave. She almost kisses him before she leaves but opts not to.
After the family cookie bake, they are spending some time together, talking about how they want to kiss each other and then they do! THEY KISS BIG ONES!!! He goes in to make her her favorite drink. He smells the cocoa and ALL the memories come back. She walks in and he’s REAL MAD at her.
The next day, he asks her why she ran out. She explains the pressure of him calling her perfect was just too much for her. He apologizes. They agree that they both deserve to be with someone who brings out their best.
After she gets a little pep talk from his mom about how she actually declined her own proposal 3 times and it’s okay to take your own time, she shows up at the charity auction, outbids him on the jukebox that he fixed. He meets her outside and they both tell each other they love each other and they kiss some more.

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It’s Tuesday which means there’s a new Hallmark movie to review!
ABOUT WINTER WONDERLANES
Audrey helps her grandmother sell their family's bowling alley by reviving a holiday tournament which brings memories, life decisions, and romantic feelings for her ex-boyfriend, Jason.
AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR WINTER WONDERLANES
October 23, 2026 | Hallmark
CAST & CREW OF WINTER WONDERLANES
Director: Max McGuire
Writer: Alan Donahue
Cast:
Ashley Newbrough as Audrey Bell
Franco Lo Presti as Jason Miller
BRAN’S MOVIE SYNOPSIS
The movie kicks off with....BOWLING! We meet Audrey and bowling is a big deal in her family. They have a ton of bowling ornaments. Her business partner, Beckett, is over and is like what’s up with all this bowling? They explain that they’ve had a bowling alley in the family forever. Her grandpa ran it but since he’s passed away, Grandma has been running it and she’s ready to sell. Audrey decides to help Grandma get the lanes ready for the holidays to help it sell better. When her ex-boyfriend and local news anchor, Jason, catches wind of this he encourages her to bring back the Jingle Bowl and he’ll do a story on it. She reluctantly gives in.
Naturally, since he’s doing the story, he’s down at the bowling alley all the time and they hang out a ton. He explains why he ghosted her way back when and apologizes. She’s starting to fall in love with bowling again but she’s planning on moving to SC to start a barbecue restaurant with Beckett.
She’s clearly considering staying, but then finds out that Jason got a promotion offer in the big city across state. So clearly she should sell, right? WRONG! She gets a letter from the grave from her grandpa begging her to run the bowling alley. So she’s gonna stay!!! She tells him that she’s gonna stay and he’s like well guess what, ME TOO! They kiss! And the Jingle Bowl is a smash success!

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