"Christmas Keepsake" continues on Hallmark!

“Christmas Keepsake” Weekend on the Hallmark Channel

means Christmas Movies Day and Night!

Including some of our favorites...
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year ,
Debbie Macomber's Call Me Mrs. Miracle,
A Boyfriend for Christmas,
A Very Merry Mix-Up,
Let It Snow,
The Christmas Card,
A Christmas Wish,
The Christmas Ornament,
A Princess for Christmas,
and "Snow" Much More!

Plus the premiere of Angels Sing on Saturday Night at 8 PM/7c.

(it airs only once during this Christmas in July event!)

Enjoy all these Christmas Movies this weekend! And, we will keep counting down together and sharing the upcoming movies for Christmas Season, 2014!

 

Have a Wonderful Weekend, Everyone!

Happy “Christmas in July”!

My Boyfriend's Back!

I'm so excited that the Hallmark Channel has decided to bring back
to their network this year, one of their first Christmas Movies...

"A Boyfriend for Christmas!"

 

 

The Movie first premiered on the Hallmark Channel in 2004... 

starring Kelli Williams as Holly Grant and Patrick Muldoon,

as Ryan Hughes / Douglass Firwood.

 

It's such a cute holiday movie, that most would probably label it as a

Chick-Flick, but I know all the guys in my family like it, too...

so, it's truly a great romantic comedy for everyone to enjoy!

 

 

 

And Yes, it is Available on DVD, too!

 

 

I'm so glad Santa gave us this early gift this year!

 

A Boyfriend for Christmas will always be

one of my absolute favorite Hallmark Movies!

 

 

And, other Returning Favorites are:

 

Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus

(Also, premiered on the Hallmark Channel in 2004!)

 

It is Available on DVD, too!

 

 

Such a fun, family movie!

 

Plus, the Hallmark Channel is playing it's Sequel Movie, too:

 

Meet the Santas

(Premiered on the Hallmark Channel in 2005!)

 

 

Please see the Christmas TV Schedule

for times and dates, for these movies, and more!

 

Christmas Movies start Tonight!

November 1 at 8 PM (est) with A Boyfriend for Christmas!

 

 Thank You, Hallmark Channel!

Let the Countdown to Christmas Begin!!!

 

 

Remembering Charles Durning

On what would have been his 90th Birthday... we remember Actor, Charles Edward Durning. Mr. Durning was a great character actor who performed in over 200 Movies, tv shows, and plays.


February 28, 1923 – December 24, 2012


You may know Charles Durning from:

Movies: The Sting, Dog Day Afternoon, O Brother, Where Art Thou?

TV Movies: Captains and the Kings, Death of a Salesman

TV Series: Evening Shade, and a recurring role on Everybody Loves Raymond

Christmas Movies: Mrs. Santa Claus, A Boyfriend for Christmas

(and many more, here)

Charles Durning, who portrayed a wonderful Santa Claus, passed away on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2012.

Durning was born in Highland Falls, New York, the fourth of ten children. His four brothers James, Clifford, Frances, and Gerald Durning survived to adulthood, but his five sisters lost their lives to scarlet fever and smallpox as children. His mother, Louise was a laundress at West Point, and his father, James Durning was an Irish immigrant who gained U.S. citizenship by joining the army. Durning was raised Catholic, and was at one time considering becoming a priest. (excerpted from Wikipedia)

In his mid-teens, Durning left home to find work. He had a series of factory jobs before he discovered acting. As an usher, Durning got first-hand experience in vaudeville at a Buffalo, New York theater. (biography.com)

As well as having a great acting career, we honor Mr. Durning for being a WWII veteran and his service to our country. Drafted at age 21, he was first assigned as a rifleman with the 398th Infantry Regiment, and later served overseas with the 3rd Army Support troops and the 386th Anti-aircraft Artillery (AAA) Battalion. Durning participated in the Normandy Invasion of France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and was among the first troops to land at Omaha Beach. (Wikipedia) Durning suffered machine gun wounds to his right leg and shrapnel injuries over his entire body. He also received eight stab wounds from a German soldier, whom he killed with a rock in hand-to-hand combat. As the lone survivor in his unit, Durning was immediately shipped to England to recover, and returned to the frontlines for the Battle of the Bulge in late 1944. (TCM biography) Captured during the Battle of the Bulge, Durning managed to survive a massacre of American soldiers being held in Belgium. (biography.com)

In recent years, Mr. Durning would honor our Veterans by being a honored guest speaker at the National Memorial Day Concerts in Washington, D.C. For his valor and the wounds he received during the war, Durning was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, three Purple Heart medals, and the World War II Victory Medal. (Wikipedia)

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Mr. Durnings three children, family, and friends.

On this day... we fondly remember this Legendary Actor and American Hero.

Charles Edward Durning

Hallmark Channel Premieres it's first January Movie!

It is incredible to me ~ that we are already in January! My goodness... the time from Thanksgiving to Christmas to New Years... just flew by - like Santa’s sleigh in the sky!

Like many of you, I cherish this Season and look forward to this Wonderful Time of the Year and try to hold onto it as long as I can! Even on December 26th, I am always looking forward immediately to the next Christmas and all the excitement, lights, movies, and joy – that it brings!!!

During the Christmas Season, our TV was definitely on the Hallmark Channel more than any other station.... so we Thank You, again, Hallmark Channel - for all your great coverage of Christmas Movies!!!... however we do miss you playing: A Boyfriend for Christmas, A Grandpa for Christmas, Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus, and Meet the Santas – all great Family Christmas Movies! Is there any possible way, you could bring those 4 movies back?

As of this first weekend in January, the Hallmark Channel will start to air non-Holiday Original Movies, starting with: "The Seven Year Hitch". This movie first premiered on the Hallmark Movie Channel in October. I am excited to see Hallmark share their Movies from their Movie Channel!

This movie, "The Seven Year Hitch", stars Natalie Hall, who you may remember from the wonderful Hallmark Channel Christmas Movie, “Love’s Christmas Journey”.

The Seven Year Hitch

Hallmark Channel

January 5, 2013

 

Check the Family TV Schedule for times airing

and more Original Movies!

*See the The Seven Year Hitch page

for more Pictures and Plot details!

Enjoy your weekend and next Family Movie Night...

As the credits roll, I hope you can say –

“It’s a Wonderful Movie!”

Oh, the Weather Outside is Frightful !!!

I've been dreaming of a White Christmas, but this wasn't how I pictured it. We have intense Blizzard conditions today- strong winds and blowing snow.... it isn't pretty at all. I just hope and pray everyone is careful out there in it.

Last night after watching A Charlie Brown Christmas (one of my favorite Christmas Cartoons!), we watched the new Disney Prep & Landing Cartoon... it was real cute.

If you missed it, you can catch it again at these times:

Dec. 16 - Disney's Prep & Landing ... ABC ... 8 PM

Dec. 18 - Disney's Prep & Landing ... ABC Family ... 7 PM

Dec. 23 - Disney's Prep & Landing ... ABC Family ... 7 PM



Catch one of my favorite Christmas Movies on TV tonight...
A Boyfriend for Christmas - airing on Lifetime at 9 PM!



Also, another one of my favorite cartoons airs tonight on ABC Family at 10:30 PM - Twas the Night Before Christmas.

It is available on DVD, too, as a side feature to the cartoon Frosty's Winter Wonderland.



Enjoy all the Christmas Specials tonight!

Christmas Town

MOVIE REVIEW

Christmas Town:

Movie for Christmastime.


CAST:

Nicole de Boer ... Liza McCann
Patrick Muldoon ... Kevin


PLOT:

from ION-

Christmas Town, starring Nicole de Boer (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Dead Zone) and Patrick Muldoon (Starship Troopers, Stigmata, Melrose Place), brings Liza McCann (de Boer), a cynical young reporter and single mom, and her eight-year-old son to visit her father, a stuffy ex-banker living in a small town in Central California known as "America's Christmas Town."

At the edge of town, a mysterious warehouse sits behind gates. While Liza reunites with her father and unexpectedly meets Kevin (Muldoon), the cute, laid back local café owner who believes in the magic of Christmas, her son sees the spirit first-hand as he sneaks over to the warehouse and spies what he believes to be elves, a sleigh, reindeer and even Santa Claus. In the end, Liza learns how to believe again - not just in Christmas, but in the possibility of love.

Movie Review:

This movie had an interesting start but quickly grew odd and strange. It seemed like Liza and her son were only visiting her fathers home for a couple of days - and suddenly her son found Santa and his warehouse and Liza falls quickly in love with a local guy who works with her father and always seems to be hanging around. This movie is innocent and decent... with all the magic and fantasy of Santa Claus... but it just doesn't have much content. The acting was weak with some characters and I just didn't like the script, the boy, who seemed to old for his part with Santa, or Patrick Muldoon's hair.

If you are looking for a cute Christmas Movie... skip this one and get A Boyfriend for Christmas, instead.


See or Skip:
I suggest Skipping this one!