🎄 Here is the HALLMARK OR HOAX quiz we played. These are all via Reddit contributor ajaj (see https://www.reddit.com/r/HallmarkMovies/comments/18iie5j/1_of_4_hallmark_holiday_movie_plot_or_plot_i_made/?rdt=57451) ...
HALLMARK OR HOAX? Are these movies REAL or as FAKE as CANNED SNOW?
Round One:
1
A Cookie Cutter Christmas - Starring Army Wives’ Erin Krakow, it’s the
story about two teachers who take their baking rivalry to a new level,
while they scramble to win a holiday baking contest and the affections
of a handsome single father. 1 Real
2 Season’s Greetings -
Starring 24’s Mia Kirshner as Sarah, it’s the story about a Jewish woman
and her Christian boyfriend who both, when the first night of Hanukkah
falls on Christmas, have to meet each others’ families for the first
time, all while navigating new traditions and cultures together. 2 Fake
3
Home for the Holiday - Starring Saved By the Bell’s Tiffani Thiessen,
it’s the story of over-worked theater manager Stella, whose career is
about to take off. Stella is stuck at her childhood home on Christmas
because of a snow storm in New York. Though she can’t make it back for
her own play, Stella helps her niece’s handsome teacher run his school’s
Christmas show. 3 Fake
4 A Family Christmas Gift - Starring
Hanging With Mr. Cooper’s Holly Robinson Peete as on-the-rise music
magazine editor Amber, whose career is about to take off, it’s the story
of a woman who visits her aunt, and after a rocky intro, falls in love
with the small town music teacher as he organizes a town gala. 4 Real
5
The Night Before Christmas - Starring Amy Davidson, from 8 Simple
Rules, it’s the story about museum curator Angelica, who is home for the
holidays and attending a high school reunion with old friends. Plans go
awry as Angelica brings a gag gift for the serious gift exchange,
spills egg nog on her HS crush, and is the only one wearing an “ugly
sweater.” 5 Fake
6 Christmas Lights Spectacular - Featuring
Sabrina the Teenage Witch’s Caroline Rhea as one of four neighbors, it’s
the story about a town’s intense Christmas light competition. However,
the new young couple on the block thinks everyone is forgetting the true
spirit of Christmas. 6 Fake
7 Hearts of Winter - Starring ABC
Wipeout host Jill Wagner as celebrity interior designer Bethany, it’s
the story about a young girl that convinces a home makeover TV show to
help her widowed father move on from parts of his past. Bethany falls in
love while helping the small town and dad, but her career is just about
to take off. 7 Real
8 The Christmas Bells - Starring Alias’s
Michael Vartan, it’s the story of farmers Ben and Gloria Bell who rent
out their barn to a jolly, bearded old man so they can have household
funds after a poor harvest season. They wind up using the rent money for
generous causes - and this old man might not be who they thought he
was… 8 Fake
9 Christmas Hearts - Starring Smallville’s Kristin
Kreuk as overworked nurse Anna, it’s the story of a woman who doesn’t
have enough time to be merry. The resident handsome single doctor
convinces Anna to bring joy to the ward’s patients - including sharing
Christmas stories with a jolly, bearded old man who might not be who
they thought he was… 9 Fake
10 Little Saint Nick - Featuring a
young Brie Larson as titular Nick’s older sister, it’s a story about a
10-year-old who tries to get on Santa’s nice list by doing 12 days of
good deeds, including finding true love between his teacher and single
father, and helping a toy charity run by a jolly, bearded old man who
might not be who everyone thought he was… 10 Fake
icymi, answer key: 1 Real, 2 Fake, 3 Fake, 4 Real, 5 Fake, 6 Fake, 7 Real, 8 Fake, 9 Fake, 10 Fake
Round Two:
1
Christmas Fables - Starring Last Man Standing’s Molly Ephraim, it’s the
story about mega-bookstore owner Christie, who has to go back home to
help close down her parent’s small bookshop. With the help of the
store’s handsome clerk, will she be able to save it before Christmas? 1
Fake
2 Lovehard - Starring The Vampire Diaries’ Nina Dobrev,
it’s the story about dating columnist Natalie who surprises a dating app
match for the holidays, only to be catfished by a man named Josh. The
two work together to have her meet the handsome “real Josh” but grow
closer together themselves. 2 Real
3 Under the Christmas Tree -
Guest-starring Ricki Lake’s Ricki Lake, it’s the story of two women
whose paths unexpectedly cross after Charlie, a "tree whisperer," finds
the perfect Christmas tree for the Maine governor's holiday celebration
in marketing exec Alma's backyard, complicating Christmas traditions. 3
Real
4 Hotel Holiday - Starring Heart of Dixie’s Jaime King,
it’s the story about small town reporter Maisie, who has a big interview
in New York City. Her whole family comes along for both support, and to
take in the city during the holiday season. While there, she wonders if
the Big Apple could be her new home, thanks in part to the hospitality
of their hotel’s handsome manager. 4 Fake
5 Being Merry -
Starring Supergirl’s Nicole Maines, it’s the story about Merry, an
online beauty influencer returning to her small town for the first time
since she transitioned. While the experience provides a mixed bag of
reactions, Merry’s reconnection with her best friend from childhood
provides the joy she needs during the holiday. 5 Fake
6
HoliDelay - Co-starring Mean Girls’ Jonathan Bennett, it’s the story
about scroogey airport gate agent Ellie, who is tasked with providing
holiday joy to the passengers of a delayed Christmas Eve flight. After a
while, she begins to appreciate the holiday, thanks to the infectious
generosity provided by a handsome passenger. 6 Fake
7 Eight
Gifts of Hanukkah - Starring Lucifer’s Inbar Lavi, it’s the story about
optometrist Sara, who receives a gift for each night of Hanukkah from a
secret admirer. Along the way, she learns her one true love might be
someone she never expected. 7 Real
8 Jessica Claus is Coming
to Town - Starring The New Normal’s Georgia King, it’s the story about
Jessica Claus, who needs to get away from the North Pole and her
stressful family for the winter. Escaping to the suburbs, Jessica avoids
all things Christmas… until her handsome, festive neighbor shows her
just what Christmas means for those in the town. 8 Fake
9 A
Frosty Love - Starring The Slap’s Melissa George, it’s the story about
Michelle, winner of her town’s past 5 snowman making competitions. Her
competitive spirit is put to the test by the holiday spirit of the
town’s newest handsome school teacher. 9 Fake
10 A
Revolutionary Holiday - Starring Smash’s Katharine McPhee, it’s the
story about Belle, a kids choir conductor who falls while skating on the
frozen Delaware River. She’s magically sent back to the Revolutionary
War, where she brings Christmas joy to George Washington’s troops about
to cross the river. Can her spirit and songs inspire the budding nation?
10 Fake
icymi, answer key: 1 Fake, 2 Real, 3 Real, 4 Fake, 5 Fake, 6 Fake, 7 Real, 8 Fake, 9 Fake, 10 Fake
The Yule Goats of Scandinavia!
The Yule goat was originally believed to roam villages before Christmas to make sure that holiday preparations were done correctly.
Today, small straw Yule goats are popular tree decorations, and in one Swedish city they construct the most famous straw goat. It's in the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest straw goat in history!!!
(https://www.visitgavle.se/en/ gavle-goat)
Dateline, December, 2024!
A North Texas drone show company has a new Guinness World Record after using 4,981 drones to create a big ol' gingerbread house in the sky.
Congratulations to Sky Elements Drone Shows on the record for "Largest aerial display of a gingerbread village displayed by drones."
Important Note: the Gingerbread House was NOT made out of actual gingerbread, which is disappointing.
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It's weird. This is like crazy being here. Really? Weird? Dead? Well, I got a great show for you today. It was so wonderful. Weird stuff!
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Friends, I'm Scott. This is What a Weird Week. Normally it's a show about the weird news of the week, but this week it's Christmas time, baby. So we have a Christmas special featuring my family, weird stuff and other. If you want podcast stuff or anything we talk about in more detail, you can always click show notes dot page, show notes dot page. And now let's get it going with this beautiful instant holiday classic about vengeance for Christmas.
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Don't want a lot for Christmas I just want one little thing For my enemies to cry and tremble As jingle bells begin to ring I just wanna smite my foes In the Christmas wind and snow Honey, babe, babe, boo
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All I want for Christmas is... Vengeance! Sweet vengeance, baby!
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I don't want a lot for Christmas There's just one thing that I need For the pants of my enemies To all be wet because they peed I don't need to hang my stocking I don't need the mistletoe Santa Claus my only wish Is banquish each and every foe I said you a list of names I need you to
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Bring the pain, Santa Claus come through! All I want for Christmas is vengeance Sweet, sweet, sweet vengeance Smite my foes, just smite my foes Smite them, smite them, smite them like crazy Ho, ho, ho, just smite my foes You got to smite the foes and smite, smite, smite You got to smite the foes
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This is the What a Weird Week Show Holiday Extravaganza and now a segment we're calling Weird Christmas World Records featuring one of my kids. The world recording question is the most people dressed as an angel in one place recently set in the Philippines over 2,000 people. So Jen you just watch the video I'm going to play a clip here.
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celebration of Christmas. A world record. Angels! Can you describe what you saw? I saw a lot of people dressed as angels. You should quit university and be on the radio. Thanks. Do you want to say hello to anybody this holiday season? Who would it be? Who's listening right now? Any message you'd like to say? Hi to my dad. Two hours later.
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So Caitlin, I don't know if you were across the room and on your phone. I don't know if you heard Jen's reaction to the Angel world record, 2000 Angels. Have any thoughts on that? Holy. Nice. This is our holiday spectacular. Now please enjoy another installment of It Seems Like Christmas with Gib Giberson. It seems like Christmas. I'm Gib Giberson.
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This Christmas, among my greatest wishes, is that a loving warmth and tremendous sense of peace enters into your heart and resides there throughout the coming year. I also hope that the fast-paced excitement that accompanies this time of year doesn't cause you to lose sight of the real reason for this season. And...
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One final wish is that when I awake on Christmas morning this year, there is an 8 person hot tub waiting for me underneath my Christmas tree. The hot tub will be Millennium Pink in color, and it will be filled with Gold Bond Extra Strength Anti-Itch Medicated Powder which I will soak in for most of the day.
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If the Gold Bond Extra Strength Anti-Itch Medicated Powder clogs the filter of my Millennium Pink Hot Tub, my second final wish this Christmas is that I also receive a second 8-person hot tub, also located under my tree, which will serve as a backup hot tub. The second hot tub will be filled with $100 bills. I'm Gibb Giberson. Have a Merry Christmas!
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This is our holiday spectacular. Recently I got together with my in-laws for a holiday get together and we played a game inspired by Hallmark holiday movies. This is Hallmark or hoax. Premise of a Hallmark movie and you tell me if it's real or not. Okay?
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Brother-in-law Roy, A Cookie Cutter Christmas, starring Army Wives, Aaron Krakow. It's the story of two teachers who take their baking rivalry to a new level. While they scramble to win a holiday baking contest and the affection of a handsome single father. Hallmark or hoax? Hallmark. Yes, hallmark. Round of applause. All right. Keep going.
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Seasons Greetings, starring 24's Mia Kirchner as Sarah. It's the story about a Jewish woman and her Christian boyfriend who both when the first night of Hanukkah falls on Christmas, have to meet each other's families for the first time while navigating new traditions and cultures together. Hallmark. False. Yeah. OK, we'll stop there. We'll take a break from that. But if you would like to play the fun party game Hallmark or hoax, we put a link in the show notes or click show notes dot page.
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You're listening to Scott's Family's Holiday Spectacular. And now the segment we call Christmas Traditions Around the Weird World. This time around, the Yule Goats of Scandinavia. The Yule Goat was originally believed to roam villages before Christmas to make sure holiday preparations were done correctly. Today, small straw Yule Goats are popular tree decorations. And in one Swedish city, they construct the most famous straw goat.
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It's in the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest straw goat in history. People come from all around to visit the giant Swedish straw goat every holiday season. The thing is enormous, almost 15 meters tall. And there's a live webcam, we'll link to that in the show notes. This has been Christmas Traditions from around the weird world. Now you do the sponsor read. Brought to you by... Sally Mondal's Paper Hat Repair and Alteration.
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And now this installment of Christmas World Records. Dateline December 2024, a North Texas drone show company has a new Guinness World Record after using almost 5,000 drones to create a big ol' gingerbread house in the sky. Congratulations Sky Elements Drone Shows on your world record for largest aerial display of a gingerbread house by drones.
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The gingerbread house was not made out of actual gingerbread. It was just a dazzling array of drone lights. Next year, let's get a real gingerbread house going, you guys. Hey, how great would that be? Maybe all the drones assemble the ginger, a giant gingerbread house in the sky. Like, we are onto something now. Nothing says Christmas like the giant gingerbread house falling from the sky for all of us to eat. Now a word from our sponsors. Katie, you read this one.
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This is our holiday spectacular. Thank you for listening and all the best of the season to you. Now another installment of Hallmark or hopes where you tell you the premise of a Hallmark holiday movie, but is it real? Is it fake? Can you spot the fakes? If you want to play along at home, we have this whole list on our show notes page. You can find that at show notes dot page. All right, Caleb, you understand the premise of the game. It's Hallmark or hoax. You're cool with that? Yes, sir.
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Let me serve. The Night Before Christmas starring Amy Davidson from Eight Simple Rules. It's the story about a museum curator, Angelica, who is home for the holidays and attending a high school reunion with old friends. Plans go awry as Angelica brings a gag gift for the serious gift exchange, spills eggnog on her high school crush, and is the only one wearing an ugly Christmas sweater. The Night Before Christmas, Hallmark or hoax, Caleb? Hallmark, I remember it. Yes.
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Yes! Is it? No. No, sorry, Caleb. It does sound familiar. Are you on the naughty list? Do you think you're going to get a lump of coal in your sock this year? Hello, I am Noel the Hammer Kringle, and I specialize in getting names off of the naughty list. Let me plead your case with Santa Claus. I have been changing Santa's mind about naughty kids since 1989.
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And I can change his mind about you too. If you've ever put gum in your sister's hair, made a friend or colleague eat a bug, spilled ink on mommy's rug, hacked into a federal government computer system, or other, I can plead that down from naughty to spirited, or maybe even nice. Call 1-555-HOHOHNO. Call today. What are you waiting for? Christmas?
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All right, we're gonna stop there. I wanna say thank you very much for listening and all the best of the season to you. Merry Christmas or if you celebrate something else or don't celebrate anything at all, I wish you well. If you want any of the stuff we talked about today, you can get it all through the show notes. If you go to shownotes.page, keep in mind next week, we're gonna do the best of or worst of 2024 or whatever, the weirdest of 2024.
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And I guess that's it. Shout out and Merry Christmas to the crew at Funhaus Radio. Every weekend we're part of the programming on Funhaus Radio. You can find the link with more information if you go to our show notes page. Oh yeah, it's Christmas in town, y'all. That's the traction on. We about to kick out a jam for baby J's birthday. Birthday, birthday. We got MC Sweet Daddy H. We got Gus in the bluff tone. We go roller. It was the.
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Before Christmas and all through the shack It was my boo and my two baby girls in the sack I myself was perpetrating for to get me some rest With my button up pajamas like I'm father knows best Then all of a sudden there's a den in the chisel There was someone downstairs and I knew it for shizzle I grab my Cliff Johnson autographed bat I hope I don't have to
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I got to the landing and snap, this I saw, it was Jolly St. Nick, Mr. Santa Claus I said yo, S-A-N to the T and A, why you illin' in the crib of my family? She was up in my grill and then I heard what he said, go get your timberlands horse and hop on the sleigh. We gone rollin', oh, I was rollin' with C and also the reindeer and the sleigh was tripped out from the front to the rear. I was rollin' with C, I'm only state one.
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I was rolling with C and he was dogging the wax Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' I was rolling with C all over the world Bringing toys to the boys and pearls to the girls I was rolling with C like a freak to the max I was rolling with C and he was dogging the wax Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'
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See till the night was all done it was time to get home to my loved ones He dropped me off and headed right back to the pole. He said I'll see you next Christmas. So be ready to roll
