Hallmark's Christmas In July 2026 Preview

It's the most wonderful time of the summer! On this episode of Pour The Wine, It’s Rom-Com Time, Garry and Amy are unpacking Hallmark Channel's Christmas in July premieres, sharing their first impressions, early predictions, and the movies they're most excited to watch. From Hallmark stars on the high seas and charming home renovation projects to magical Christmas markets, cozy ski lodges, and plenty of mistletoe fueled shenanigans, they're covering it all. Join the conversation and get ready to celebrate Christmas in July!

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Welcome And Listener Ways To Connect

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Welcome to Pour the Wine, it's romcom time, where we'll sip some wine in our holiday-themed wine glasses today. And review all things rom com on the Hallmark channel. I'm Amy.

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And I'm Gary.

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We sure would. We'd love. We've been dropping a whole bunch of stuff and would like to hear from you.

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Definitely.

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Especially the way home.

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The way home. The way home is over.

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And and speaking of YouTube, if you are watching this, I um am not tired, have not been crying, and have not been drinking wine all day. My eyes are a little bit red. I have a little bit of something going on with my eyes. And uh I've been using some antibiotic drops and some other drops, and so my eyes are a little bit of a mess today.

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Yeah, we had to run around yesterday and get your check.

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But yeah, I just want to clear the say what?

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We had to run around and get your eye checked.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Apparently you have a little scratch on it.

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Um I just want to clear the record, you know. I'm not an alcoholic, and you know, so even though we do sip wine. We do sip some wine, but but it's they're red, they're red for a reason, a medical reason today. Oh gosh. All right, so let's do it. Let's do it.

Grapevine News: Hallmark Picks The Bears

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Let's get into Hurt It Through the Grapevine. One of our newer segments where we talk about um anything news that's dropped, anything we've heard on other podcasts, anything we've looked up and seen. Um the actors or actors, actresses themselves on Hallmark if they said anything. And this week we just found out who the next NFL team is going to be that partners with Hallmark. That's pretty good. I didn't know that was coming. That's pretty good. Holiday Touchdown, a Bears Love Story, will premiere during Count Under Christmas 2026. The press release stated that production will begin sometime this summer. And I mean, we're already, you know, in summer, so that could be any time.

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Almost July.

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And it's going to film in and around the Chicago area. And um, the stars have not been announced yet. So we do not yet know who is going to be in it.

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Although, if you like to leave a comment down below on who you hope it is or you know, we'd like to hear from you.

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Yeah, I would love to know.

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Well, what's interesting is when we first watched these, we watched them in reverse order.

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We did. We did. We watched the Bills love story first. Yes.

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It was so funny. But um, and it wasn't because we weren't into it. It's like, you know, I don't like Kansas I don't know.

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Well, we just hadn't watched, we just hadn't watched the first one. Achieved.

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We hadn't watched the first one, but they were actually really, really good and really funny. Yeah. So if you haven't seen them, go watch them before this one comes out. You'll really enjoy them.

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Maybe we'll get um little cameos again. Only now it'll be Tyler Hines and who was who was in the movie with him?

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Um, what's her name? From um uh the the Santa Claus one where they're walking around.

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Yeah, oh gosh, her name is but okay, so the other two from the Bills are Holland Roden and Matthew Di Dario, right?

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Right, right?

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So I cannot believe her name is escaping me. I'm gonna look it up right now.

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Yeah, look it up real quick.

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Okay, because I feel terrible. Hunter King.

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Hunter King.

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Hunter King. Sorry, Hunters. Oh gosh, sorry. The name just totally, yeah.

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So sometimes it's the easiest name.

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So it'll be great if we see Tyler

Football Fandom And Chicago Filming Talk

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and Hunter Yeah, do another cameo, yeah. Yeah, and Holland and Matthew, that would be really cool too. That'd be so fun.

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And Andrew was in it too, so maybe Walker, yeah.

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Yeah, so we're gonna see. And the same Santa Claus, I'm sure. Oh, I know, right? It's gonna be the same Santa. And I actually grew up in Northwest Indiana, and when I was a little kid, I was a Bears fan. And I had the Jim McMahon, you know, if you know football history or you know the duh Bears. The little shuffle because I'm from Duh region, as they call it. Uh yeah, the Super Bowl shuffle. So I had a Jim McMahon headband, I had a Jim McMahon jersey, and then when I got older and went to college, I really wanted to root for a team from my home state of Indiana. So I moved to the Indianapolis Colts, much to the chagrin of family and friends who live in that area still or grew up with me. So I am pretty much a diehard Colts fan. I cheer for the Bears anytime they're not playing the Colts. And we know how that went down in the Super Bowl. I'm just gonna say.

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Yeah. Well, you know what's funny is we live in an area that there's so everybody likes a different team. It's so weird.

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Well, there's no football team local.

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So well like me, I'm a Cowboys fan, and I've never been to Texas, so right, right.

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And our kids are yeah, yeah, kind of split.

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Don't don't hold it against me.

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We're we're uh we're a house divided, that's for sure. But I'm pretty excited to see this. And actually, the Chicago Bears, the my hometown that I grew up in, has uh, you know, a bid in basically for them to move their stadium there. So I grew up in Hammond, Indiana. And um, yeah, the Chicago Bears might be the Chicago Bears in Hammond, Indiana. So it's it I mean, it would be great for that area. They they really need it and you know would need everything that it would bring in um financially, economically. So um that would be cool, but it's gonna be interesting since they're filming in and around Chicago if they end up moving in the meantime, it'll be kind of funny. I mean, I know they're probably not gonna move this next season, but it's just you know, that's they might start building the stadium while they're filming in Chicago.

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So well, they're talking and it sounds like it's gonna happen. So can't wait for the groundbreaking moment.

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Well, I don't know. There are a few other places in Chicago who've kind of thrown their hat in the ring now, so or you know, in that area.

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Yeah, but there's nothing around.

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We'll see.

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Yeah. I can't wait.

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So yeah, I I think it's gonna be great. I'm excited to watch it.

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Yeah. Although I want to know what this story's going to be. Yeah.

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Well the bears.

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Yeah.

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Because the Bill one was about um building the stadium, the new stadium.

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Right.

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So I wonder what this one's gonna be about.

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Right, right.

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So if you know, drop a comment.

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Drop a comment if you're in the know. If you're in the know. If you're in the know, let us know that you know.

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You know?

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Well, what's funny is I had actually seen um a casting call before Hallmark released their publicity statement.

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Yeah, because I remember.

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And I was like, I don't know if I want to say anything, and I did not say anything online or you know on any of the socials until Hallmark officially you know released their publicity statement. So, but I saw it and I was like, I know where they're going. Yay! And they probably weren't supposed to do that until Hallmark did their thing, but you know, whatever.

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Man, that's crazy. All right, so you ready to dive into the let's do it,

Christmas In July Schedule Preview

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let's get into it.

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Today we're gonna be previewing the four Christmas in July movies headed to the Hallmark channel and one reality series.

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Man Oh man, man oh man. Another reality. Here we go.

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All right, so kicking things off, July 1st will be the second season of Christmas at sea. And it will premiere on Hallmark Plus. Now you'll see stars like Benjamin Ayers, Jonathan Bennett, Rachel Boston, Aaron Cahill, Tyler Hines, Brendan Penny, Kimmer Lee Sunset, all the people that were on the ship that sailed.

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Oh my goodness.

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The synopsis is get ready for another adventure on the high seas as Hallmark super fans meet their favorite stars on a Christmas cruise to Casamel, Mexico. With holiday cheer, unforgettable moments, and celebrity surprises. This cruise is one to remember.

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I mean, that's gonna be you know, you talk about a party bus. This is a party bus. Oh man. Oh my gosh.

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It's probably just non-stop. I mean, we've never even been on a cruise, so you probably won't even sleep.

Christmas At Sea Season Two Details

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I know, I know. There's probably so much going on, and and honestly, I feel I feel for the the stars and stuff because you know you got you got to keep that energy up. You know, there's a lot of fans. That's right, and there's nowhere to go.

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Then there's nowhere to go. You are you are self-contained on that show. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 9:15

But it seems like a blast. And yeah, you know, we've we've seen uh bits and parts of the last one, and yeah, they just seem like they just had a good old time.

SPEAKER_03 9:24

Just the best time. And the stars are so, you know, the Hallmark stars uh are just so genuinely kind and um you know, giving to their fans. And I I just think that it's so refreshing actually to see. I mean, I know they, you know, everybody has a bad day or a bad moment, but they just seem to be just so genuinely grateful for the fandom and and it shows in their work, it shows in their interviews and it shows and events like that. I mean, they're spending their own time during when does it go? November, December? Yeah. I think this year actually it might be going in October, but you know, that's family time. They spend a lot of time away from their families because they're so appreciative, you know, and and I know it keeps them working and keeps them, you know, whatever, but um, but I just I think that's great. And what I don't know is if all episodes are dropping at once, or because I think last season was maybe three or four episodes.

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Right.

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Um, we didn't watch the whole thing, so I'm not a hundred percent certain about that, but it will start July 1st.

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And all you super fans, show respect. Show respect.

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Show respect.

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Yeah, there's plenty of time to meet these guys. So before we oh, don't shove each other out of the way.

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Yeah, we've heard a few stories.

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Yeah, we've heard we don't want to hear about it.

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We we we they'll be good. They'll be good. Yeah, we've heard a few stories, yeah.

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It should be a fun time for all. Yeah, all right, so let's move on to the movies.

Christmas Under Construction First Look

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So the first one, which is airing on our 250th birthday, July 4th.

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Woo! Happy birthday, America!

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Yes, Christmas under construction premieres July 4th.

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Yay! Yay!

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This was originally called Renovation Romance and aired on November 1st, 2024 on Hulu. Hmm. Who knew Hulu?

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Who knew Hulu?

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And it stars Jessica Lowndes and Daniel Lissing. And it was written by Robin Dunn and one of the writers along, or I'm sorry, but let me start that one over. Robin Dunn is one of the writers along with husband and wife team Julia and Peter Benson. Yay! Peter has been in and directed several Hallmark productions, including the recent best served Cold, a Hannah Swanson Mystery, which was cute.

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Yeah.

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Loved it. It was directed by Robin Dunn. His he last directed 2025's The Christmas Cup. And the synopsis for this one is while doing a Christmas renovation for a cozy New Hampshire cabin, Chelsea, the star of a hot reality show renovation romance, finds an unexpected connection with the cabin's owner, Cooper. Cooper, Cooper, Coop. So what do you think?

SPEAKER_03 12:21

Um, you know, the premise sounds kind of cute, you know, and we love Daniel Lissing. I'm not as familiar with Jessica.

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Right.

SPEAKER_03 12:28

Um, you know, which I'm sure she's great. Um a little disappointing that it's a movie that already aired two years ago. I know. I'm not gonna lie, it's nothing against the actual movie itself. It's just um I I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 12:45

I just wish Homework would maybe have an original movie of their own. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 12:51

I mean, I think we're getting a couple new ones in July, right? And you know, I guess these are new to us because we did not watch it on Hulu, and there's one that's gonna come up at the end of the month that it was also on Hulu.

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Right.

SPEAKER_03 13:05

Um, and we have not seen them. So it's just a little, you know, it's a little disappointing. I'm not gonna lie. You know, last year, Christmas in July, I I think they showed the Unwrapping Christmas set of four movies. Yep, I believe. And those were at least on Hallmark Plus, those had aired on Hallmark Plus the previous what, November, December or whatever. And so they brought them for Christmas in July. So they were new to the Hallmark channel and to people who only have linear and don't have the streaming services, right? So um at least they were Hallmark already. So I don't know. Again, sounds like a cute premise. Yeah, well, you know, I'm just a little disappointed that it's already been out for two years, not just last year, two years, you know.

SPEAKER_01 13:55

Wow. So almost two years, almost two years. Maybe it was a budget thing. Who knows? But it seems like it's gonna be cute.

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What do you think?

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I think it'll be cute. I mean, you know, I enjoy watching them. Yeah, whether it's you know, the typical Hallmark, you know, with all the tropes or formulaic formulaic I say it as another. But you know, I I I love Daniel. And yes, like you say, we don't know uh Jessica too well, but um we'll see. Yeah, but we always watch.

Oh Little Christmas Market Setup

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We always watch.

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There you go.

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All right, so moving on. The second movie will be Oh Little Christmas Market. It will premiere on Saturday, July 11th, and it stars Catherine Barrell and Stephen Huzar, both of whom we love. Yeah, we just saw Stephen in Too Philly with Love and in 2025's Countdown to Christmas movie Melt My Heart This Christmas. And Catherine was in 2025's The Christmas Baby and two episodes of Mistletoe Murders. Murder. She was good in that too. Yeah, yeah. In in the movie in The Christmas Baby and Mistletoe Murders.

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Right.

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Natasha Brown and Ryan Pecken Pow wrote this movie. This is Natasha's Hallmark writing debut, and Ryan wrote 2024's A 90s Christmas. The director is Mars Horidaisky, and this is her Hallmark debut.

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Look at that.

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Uh-huh. The synopsis. A gifted miniature artist and a talented yet unfulfilled architect clash on opposite sides of a deal, threatening a beloved community holiday market tradition.

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There you go.

SPEAKER_01 15:41

What do you think? Um it's gonna I think it's gonna be interesting. Now, when they say miniature, is this someone who carves out little miniature figurines, or is it somebody who collects like those, you know, those doll houses where you put the little miniature furniture and stuff in?

SPEAKER_03 15:59

I don't know. It could be well, it says artists, so I would imagine someone who makes the pieces, but is it just a little do they make little people or do they make the little furniture?

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Right.

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Because when I first read it, I thought of there's um in Chicago, speaking of Chicago, Chicago, the Museum of Science and Industry Love, if you're ever in Chicago, go.

SPEAKER_01 16:18

Yeah.

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They had, and it was always my favorite exhibit to visit as a kid. It's Colleen Moore's Fairy Castle, and it's all tiny little pieces. It's like a ginormous dollhouse, and they even have like I don't even like the world's smallest Bible. I don't know if that's accurate or not, but and they have like literal books in there and they're teeny tiny, and they're the full version of the book. Wow. And it is the coolest thing. So when I saw that, you know, a miniature artist, that's what I think of, but that could totally not be what it's gonna be about. I just think of the little miniatures that I used to love to see as a kid.

SPEAKER_01 16:56

Well, I think it's fascinating because I I remember and I I don't know when, but when they had those artists that would write on like a grain of rice, they would write something small. Oh, I don't know. And their handwriting was so impeccable. It was like, oh my gosh. Oh, really? A grain of rice? A grain of rice. Where was it?

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I know nothing about that. Yeah, yeah.

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So yeah.

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So it sounds kind of cute, has potential. I think.

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I think um and you got your Christmas market, so there you go. There you go.

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And the iconic Christmas market and the stories about the Christmas market. It's not just something they go visit.

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No, so I'm looking

Snowbound For The Holidays Ski Lodge Vibes

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forward to that one.

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Yeah, yeah.

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All right. So the next one in July is Snowbound for the holidays, which premieres on July 18th. This one stars Vanessa uh Lindy's and Marcus Rosner. Vanessa was last on Hallmark in one of our personal faves, 2023's Take Me Back for Christmas. And Marcus was in three of the four The Love Club movies and 2024's Falling Like Snowflakes. And can we just take a minute to talk about Vanessa?

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Can we talk?

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She's really good.

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You want to talk? We uh she is so cute with her emotions, she's so like over the top, but so good. Like in Take Me Back for Christmas. Ugh. Tugs at the heartstrings, that one. I mean, I can't watch that and not just the tears just stream down my face during that one.

SPEAKER_01 18:31

Yeah, it's got one of the best scenes for me in all in a Hallmark movie.

SPEAKER_03 18:35

Yeah, yeah, it really does. And um, but she's so there's so many scenes where she's so cute and like uh just her reactions to things. And we just yeah, and um what was the other one?

SPEAKER_00 18:48

I was trying to find uh Heart uh Heart for the Holidays, Heartfelt Heart for the Holiday, Heart of the Holidays, that's the other one.

SPEAKER_03 18:57

Yeah, so yeah, we really really like her and we really like Marcus, so go on.

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So Courtney McAllister and Tim Stabinski are the writers. Courtney's last Hallmark project was Christmas in Toyland, which aired in 2022. This is Tim's Hallmark debut, another debut. And Christopher Giroux is the director. This is Christopher's Hallmark debut as a director. Congratulations. Another debut. However, he's no stranger to Hallmark, he served as executive producer of Oh Little Christmas Market, which we just talked about. Yes. And has produced or executive produced several other projects, including A 90s Christmas, Operation Nutcracker, and Take Me Back for Christmas, which really enjoyed all of them.

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Yes.

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And the synopsis on this one is a ski lodge, owner faces financial ruin, isn't it always that? And possible loss of his family's mountains ret uh retreat. As he grapples with mounting debt, get it, mounting they're on a mountain. Okay. A savvy hotel executive arrives to assess the property, setting the stage for an unexpected holiday adventure. So what do you think about this one?

SPEAKER_03 20:18

I think it's a recipe for a pretty good movie.

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Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 20:22

That's what I think. Between the stars and the the story, it sounds like it has a lot of potential. Um, I like the ski lodge part of it. I always like it when we go to like a cabin or a ski lodge, you know. I think that's great. You know, like you said, you definitely have the you know, the business is struggling aspect trope of it all. But you know, you have to have some something going on, right, for them to solve. So uh I think I think this might have potential to be pretty, pretty good. What do you think?

SPEAKER_01 20:55

Look, I don't ski and this would be me in the lodge.

SPEAKER_03 21:01

And for people who can't see you, he's holding up his drink and he's people watching and waving to people and pointing and laughing. That's what he's doing.

SPEAKER_01 21:09

If you're listening and not watching me, it would be skiing because I do not ski. I have not skied, never skied. I wouldn't mind waiting for the sky.

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In the lodge, staying warm, having a glass of wine.

SPEAKER_01 21:19

That's that's me. Oh gosh. But yeah, I mean, I think it's it has a potential to be so so good because you got stuff you can do in the ski lodge. You got the little ride up the mountain, right? On the lift. Then you got the the skiing down that you can talk about. Now, if you could ski, would you do skis or a snowboard?

SPEAKER_03 21:41

Oh, skis. I would definitely do skis. I do a snowboard. Yeah, I think that'd be fun. I no sledding. I did a lot of sledding.

SPEAKER_01 21:49

I know that's not snowboarding, but you know, and the kitty hill for me, because I I don't want any trees and what do they call it?

SPEAKER_03 21:55

The bunny hill. Yeah, I would be on the bunny hill for skiers. That's what I'm saying. I would be with the little kids. I've never I've never skied. I've water skied, but I've never snow skied.

SPEAKER_01 22:03

I have no shame in my game. So I'm going down easy heel.

SPEAKER_03 22:08

Yeah. At my age now, if I've if I'm falling, something's gonna be hurting when I get up.

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So I would be I would do it, but look at my age, you don't even have to fall, it just breaks.

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You just get out of bed. But I'm looking forward to this one.

SPEAKER_01 22:25

This seems cute.

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Yeah.

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So all right.

Love Under The Mistletoe And Hulu Frustrations

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All right. So the next one, Love Under the Mistletoe, premieres on Saturday, July 25th. That will wrap up the Christmas in July movies. This originally aired as Operation Mistletoe in 2024 on Hulu. And it stars Jen Lilly and Nick Bateman. We saw Jen return to Hallmark after her, I think she was gone for two or three years.

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Yep.

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She was in 2026's A Royal Setting.

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Which was really, really cute.

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Yes. Nick's last Hallmark appearance was in 2019's Brush with Love. This was written by Ainsley Gordon and directed by Bradley Walsh. Ainsley has an upcoming Hallmark film that will air, I think, either in August or September. And it's called Love on Deck and stars Daniel Lissing and Rhiannon Fish. She also wrote a royal setting, which we just mentioned. And Bradley last directed a royal setting. He's directed several Hallmark movies, including Twas the Date Before Christmas, Catch Me If You Claws, and My Secret Valentine. Here is the synopsis. Grace and her former high school crush Ryan work together to revive the beloved charity fundraiser and seem to constantly find themselves under strategically placed mistletoe.

SPEAKER_01 23:49

Oh, who doesn't love a mistletoe trope?

SPEAKER_03 23:52

Who doesn't? Who doesn't?

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Have you ever been caught under a mistletoe?

SPEAKER_03 23:57

With you a few times. You're gonna see who else I've been caught under the mistletoe with. I'll never tell.

SPEAKER_01 24:11

Oh, so I think this one's gonna be cute. You know, I know. I feel like Jen Lilly, she's such a uh a bundle of joy. She's always smiling, you know. I I don't know how she can smile so much because it hurts my cheeks. Oh, she's adorable, but she is so, so adorable. Yeah, yeah, she she really is. And Nick Bateman. So I think it's gonna be cute.

SPEAKER_03 24:35

Yeah, I I agree. I mean, it has again disappointed because it aired two years ago. Not disappointed in the movie, no, but disappointed that we're, you know, uh getting something that is two years old that quite honestly a lot of people might have already seen. Right. You know, people who love Jen Lilly, and you know Daniel Lissing has a huge Hallmark fan base because of Win Calls the Heart. So you've got the Hardys who've probably already seen it. I I just feel like it's sort of a missed opportunity for Hallmark to bring us, you know, truly new content, new movies.

SPEAKER_01 25:13

Um this one is Nick Bateman. Not Lissing.

SPEAKER_03 25:19

Say what?

SPEAKER_01 25:20

I said this one stars Jen Lilly and Nick Bateman.

SPEAKER_03 25:24

Oh, right, right. I was just saying, I was just comparing this one to the other, to the movie that's gonna air with Daniel Lissing and um yeah. I mean Is it Jessica?

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Yes.

SPEAKER_03 25:34

Just so you have so yeah. No, you're right. I'm sorry, let me clear that up. Daniel Lissing, who's in the first movie on July 4th, and then Jen Lilly, who's in the fifth movie, they're big, you know, they have a bit a big Hallmark fan base. So people who knew that they were in movies that were gonna be on Hulu in 2024, may have already seen them. Because, you know, they're aware that's that's what they were doing. And if they're fans of the actor, they're gonna go watch them in other films, you know.

SPEAKER_01 26:04

So 100%.

SPEAKER_03 26:05

Um, so it's just I just feel like, like I said, like it's a missed opportunity for Hallmark to bring us at least one new Hallmark original movie, you know, right in July. I mean, I just yeah, so but it it's probably cute, you know. We'll we're gonna find out. We we did we haven't watched them, so you know, we didn't see them when they were on Hulu, so yeah.

SPEAKER_01 26:29

So it'll be fun. We'll have a glass of wine, cozy up on the couch with a bucket of popcorn and and dive in like we always do. Yeah, you go.

SPEAKER_03 26:38

So what do you think? Which one are

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SPEAKER_03 26:40

you most looking forward to? Which one do you think is gonna end up being your favorite? And it could include Christmas at sea if you want.

SPEAKER_01 26:47

Yeah. Um, I I'm actually looking forward to the um the snowbound. Yes, I think that one's gonna be cute. Yes. You know, again, I don't ski, but you know, I love watching a nice, you know, ski lodge type scenes with fire and hot.

SPEAKER_03 27:05

Fireplace and cozy.

SPEAKER_01 27:08

Yeah, so that's one.

SPEAKER_03 27:09

Maybe an Irish coffee. I don't know. Irish coffee.

SPEAKER_01 27:14

I agree.

SPEAKER_03 27:15

I think I'm most I think I'm most looking forward to snowbound for the holidays. I think that is has piqued my interest the most out of all of them, but we will be watching all of them. So um, you know, we'll see. Hopefully we're correct. Maybe not.

SPEAKER_01 27:31

We'll see.

SPEAKER_03 27:32

We'll see.

SPEAKER_01 27:33

So is that a wrap?

SPEAKER_03 27:34

That's a wrap.

SPEAKER_01 27:35

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SPEAKER_03 27:59

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SPEAKER_02 28:13

Yes, we would.

SPEAKER_03 28:14

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