Episode 260: Hallmark Christmas Movies

Past Present

In this episode, Niki, Natalia, and Neil discuss the popularity of Hallmark Christmas movies.

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Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:

• The Hallmark Christmas movie is a bona fide super-genre. Niki referred to this New Yorker article about how the form took over cable television, and Natalia drew on this piece at The Lily about the tradition of hate-watching the films.

In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History:

• Natalia recommended Noreen Malone’s Slate article, “How the School Reopening Debate is Tearing One Elite Community Apart.”
• Neil discussed the Netflix series, Casa de Flores.
• Niki shared Kat Eschner’s Smithsonian Magazine article, “The Un-Christmassy Origin of Gingerbread Houses.”