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Unfortunately I found the actress playing the terminally ill mother in A Scottish Love Scheme very annoying. In true Hallmark OCD fashion she produces a detailed list of places and activities to share with her daughter but ironically the script gives the two very short shrift as all this sad bonding occurs roughly five minutes before the movie ends.

That hallway seemed familiar to me as well in two other productions, but the titles escape me. One was I think where the title character moves to New York City and gets involved with the gay couple who run a bakery, and she seems to spend more time with them than with the lead actor. The other one had a Hanukkah theme. Also, all those hallways and even the apartments had an odd "look" to them, lol. Hard to describe. As though my beloved Hallmark space aliens had been the designers. Probably the explanation is more Earth-like: they are all Canadian abodes. (said with respect) They could be Autumn in the City and Hanukkah on Rye, but not sure. Also another one set in "New York" where two (deceased) mothers play matchmaker for their children. I seem to recall the same weird hallway and apartments.

The outer space aliens just love Jane Austen. Gp figure!

Betty's Bad Luck in Love: Any resemblance to actual human beings is entirely coincidental.

Hearts of Winter: "Does it always get this cold in January?" Does one need any more evidence to figure out that their screenwriters are not of this Earth?

Thanks, guys, for your tolerant feedback! Much appreciated. I enjoyed the two lead actresses in Friends and Family Christmas. I wish everyone a blessed holiday season with much tidings of comfort and joy.

I will quietly slink away now, lol. It seems everyone loved Round and Round, also Mystic Christmas. What's wrong with me?

It's official as far as I'm concerned -- MYSTIC CHRISTMAS is the worst Hallmark Christmas movie I have yet seen and ROUND AND ROUND is the worst Chanukkah one.

IfinallysawRoundandRoundanditwas the worstHallmarkHanukkahmovieIeversawjust horriblethemileaminutespeedtalkingtheonlything trulyfriedforthisholidaywastheleadactress'svoiceterriblescripttheyletthescriptwritersunleashtheirnerdysciencefictionobsessionsandnobodytalkedslowwhocouldundertandanythingandtherewastheusualwhatisyourfavoritethisandthat. Okay I am taking a breath now, lol.....whew!

Sorry about your own mom, Wendy. Hey, you're still a baby! 51 is the new 31! (but at my age -- I'm too shallow and vain to tell you the number, lol) Thank you for those kind words. I've decided to spend this Sunday evening with the Marx Bros. and then Woody Allen (Bananas) I'll catch Round and Round another time. The real thing that disturbs me about these Hallmark movies is the very fact you describe -- your brain gets turned off. But it gets turned off forever when we all shuffle off this mortal coil, and that's what terrifies me -- I want to experience THIS life, even with its miseries, as long as I can. What does Faulkner say. "Between grief and nothing I'll take grief". If I want escapism I'll watch a Godzilla movie. Oh, I landed on Christmas on Cherry Lane earlier today -- It wasn't even two minutes in before someone mentions hot chocolate. Who wants to spend the remaining time of their life watching and listening to this dribble? LOL Give me grit! Give me passion! Give me grief! In other words, give me Life!!

I used to feel that way but discovered that making New Year's resolutions to shed a few pounds never worked, so I decided that life was just too short not to enjoy one's favorite foods. These days I deny myself nothing but I (slightly) reduce portion size -- I have now gone back to normal weight! (i.e. I eat two slices of my favorite pizza instead of four, for example -- it works.) Since turning an unbelievable age this past October, I have been filled with anxiety and dread (started when my mother died in 2017) about facing one's mortality. Just think -- when you die you'll never be able to eat again! That is just unacceptable to me, lol, so I eat normally but eat everything I love -- pizza, ice cream, French Fries, etc. only not as much. I never count calories and always take time to enjoy every bite.

Thank you Wendy. I always love the food!

Happy Hanukkah! I just polished off three potato pancakes and a jelly donut.

Listen, if little old cranky, critical, judgemental me enjoyed A HEIDELBERG HOLIDAY, well, that's saying something I guess, lol. Sorry to say I am not a fan of HANUKKAH ON RYE. Too synthetic and "off" as most if not all the Hallmark stuff is. I do realize many here like it and I apologize. Same thing with A HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR (the Rockettes) -- that's the one where all men in the 1950's wear 1920's "newsboy" caps. (A BILTMORE CHRISTMAS does this too, lol)

I do get the two of them mixed up!