Deck The Hallmark

Let's hop in the DTH Time Machine for today's DTH Classic.
In honor of the return of Lori Loughlin, we thought it would be fun to revisit our first Lori Loughlin Hallmark movie! This week, it's time journey back to 2018 for Homegrown Christmas. This episode originally aired on December 17, 2018.

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It's Festive Friday with a charming holiday romance!
ABOUT ROMANCE IN CHRISTMAS TOWN
A Christmas booking blunder in Frankenmuth, Michigan's beloved Bavarian village known for year-round Christmas charm, forces two families to share a B&B, where sparks fly, plans unravel, and romance sneaks in.
AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR ROMANCE IN CHRISTMAS TOWN
June 26, 2026 | Streaming
CAST & CREW OF ROMANCE IN CHRISTMAS TOWN
Director: Joel Paul Reisig
Writers: Joel Paul Reisig, Sandy Silverthorne
Cast:
Danielle Sarentino as Caroline Mathison
Tom Kruszewski as Karl Williams


BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS
We meet Caroline. She pulls up to a nice big Airbnb. She gets a call from the owner who is like someone is gonna drop by soon with the linens. She's like that's all good, looks like they're pulling up now. It's Karl and his grandma. Only problem is Karl isn't the linen guy - he and his grandma are staying there. After some initial confusion, they realize they double booked. Just then, the linen guy shows up. Turns out, he booked it to Karl while his wife booked it to Caroline. Caroline is like well I booked it months ago and my entire family is coming into town. She decides she needs some space and goes shopping. When she gets back, her family is there and they've already become best friends with Karl and Grandma Williams. They think Karl is Caroline's boyfriend, who was supposed to be joining them and ironically is named Carl. So she sits them all down and explains what happened and tells them all the plan - they're all gonna sleep upstairs and Karl and Grandma will sleep downstairs for 1 night and then leave.
She gets bad news - Carl is gonna be a couple days late. But that means that Karl with a K and Grandma can stick around a little while longer. So Karl and Caroline start hanging out - they go for a sleigh ride, ice skating, dinner. They have a GREAT NIGHT and the sparks are flying.
Karl decides he's gonna shoot his shot and tell Caroline he's falling for her but is interrupted by almost fiancé Carl with a C finally showing up and that dude sucks.
So Karl and Grandma end up leaving and Caroline's sister discovers that Karl actually had a girlfriend this whole time, so it's good that he's gone.
She breaks up with her almost fiancé and then it turns out that Carl just has a sister. Karl comes back and they kiss.

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It’s finally that time of year again—Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas lineup has been revealed, and we at Deck the Hallmark Podcast could not be more excited! Every holiday season, Hallmark gifts us with brand-new movies packed with festive fun, cozy romance, and just the right amount of Christmas magic.
Everything kicks off on October 16th with our 24+ hour live stream marathon. Stay tuned for more information on that!

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ABOUT: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 21)
Lorelai tries to patch things up with Luke. Rory invites her grandparents to her mom's graduation.
AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 21)
May 14, 2002 | The WB
CAST & CREW OF: GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 21)
Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore
Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore
BRAN’S GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 2 EPISODE 21) SYNOPSIS
Lorelai is actively avoiding Luke so she goes to Sookie's for breakfast. It's a whole thing. We find out that Lorelai is going to graduate from business school at the community college. She was planning to skip the graduation but Rory isn't having that. Rory says they should invite Emily and Richard but Lorelai isn't having it. Naturally, Rory is going to honor those wishes, yes? She doesn't. She goes to visit Richard & Emily in person. She gives them tickets and tells them if they want to go and encourage Lorelai, great. If not, that's ok - she doesn't need to know. Lorelai bumps into Luke and they do some awkward small talk.
Lorelai gets a call from Christopher. He says I sent you a basket as a congrats on graduating...you know as friends do.
Rory gets a call from Jess. Turns out he's in the city and says she should come visit. She hops on a bus immediately and meets up with him. They walk around the city and talk and eat hotdogs.
Lorelai shows up early for her graduation and is shocked to find Emily there with a full film crew.
After an amazing day in the city, it's time for Rory to leave but she clearly doesn't want to go. After she gets on the bus, he asks why she came through the window. She says because you didn't say goodbye. He says goodbye and off he goes. But off she doesn't go. The bus is delayed because of a crash. This is BAD NEWS!
All the other graduates are giving Lorelai a hard time about her fancy mom with the fancy film crew.
She graduates and Rory misses the entire thing. But she does look out and can see how proud her parents are. Afterwards, they take a picture and Richard gives her a graduation gift.
When Lorelai gets home she's relieved to see Rory but less relieved to hear why she missed the graduation. She tells her that she just wants to get dinner with her daughter.

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It's Tuesday which means there's a new Hallmark movie to review!
ABOUT FALLING INTO PLACE
Kaia returns home for her town's fall festival as well as her high school reunion and spends the week with her childhood best friend, James, to complete their unfinished fall bucket list.
AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR FALLING INTO PLACE
September 12, 2026 | Hallmark
CAST & CREW OF FALLING INTO PLACE
Director: Angie Nolan
Writer: Ansley Gordon
Cast:
Alvina August as Kaia
Nathan Witte as James
BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS
Kaia is in business. BIG BUSINESS. But business is gonna have to wait, because she's heading home to Maplecrest for her class reunion. She's up for a big promotion. Maybe she'll be returning to a corner office! It doesn't take long after returning home to literally bump into childhood best friend, James. They DEFINITELY weren't into each other as kids! She shows him their old fall bucket list that she found. There's still a few items that they didn't cross off. Everyone around them is like you should finish this even though one of the items is them winning King and Queen of the Harvest (as if a passerthrough like Kaia could possibly win!).
They get to work, making some festive donuts, competing in a scarecrow making contest, and more! The SPARKS ARE FLYING and everyone sees it. They even almost kiss but are interrupted by a honk. They keep hanging out and they dance together in his backyard.
She ends up deciding she doesn't want the promotion. She wants to move home. So she buys her grandma's house and applies for a remote position for her gig.
At the reunion, they end up winning Harvest King and Queen and she tells him the good news.
She pulls out the bucket list and shows she added one thing - kiss at the reunion dance. And kiss they do.

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