Comfort and Joy (2003)

Candy Cane Rating:   I'm starting this blog with my heavy FAVORITE - Comfort and Joy - starring Nancy McKeon (of Facts of Life fame!), Dixie Carter (of Designing Women fame!) and Mr. Lifetime Christmas Movie himself, Steven Eckholdt (for those of you who grew up on Friends - he played Mark, the guy who cause …

Ok… Real Talk

Admittedly, I have a not so secret addiction - one that I try to contain before November 1 - I LOVE basic cable Christmas movies.  I can't help it - I get giddy when I hear what randomness Lifetime has named their venture this year and I try (and fail) to do back flips when …

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2008)

Candy Cane Rating:  (out of 5) A hot stranger is coming for the holidays ... and so is Fonzie ... that sounds like your typical holiday dinner doesn't it?! Well that's what I got when I flipped on The Most Wonderful Time of the Year starring Bruce Willis' ex-flame post-Demi and pre-current wife, Brooke Burns …

A Boyfriend For Christmas (2004)

Candy Cane Rating:  Set Your DVRs: Wednesday, November 8 at 8 AM ET on Hallmark Channel I wanted to start this blog with an oldie because as the years past I long for the basic cable Christmas movies of my youth! A boyfriend for Christmas? Yes please! (Yep that didn't sound desperate AT ALL!) Remember …

DVR This Season: A Christmas Visitor (2002)

Candy Cane Rating:  (out of 5) Airs In 2015: DVR ALERT: Friday, December 11 at 3 AM ET on Hallmark Channel I'm so looking forward to this weekend cause there are many new new basic cable Christmas movies on both Lifetime and Hallmark this weekend - and a chill in the forecast ... so if it …

DVR This Season: All I Want For Christmas (2007)

Candy Cane Rating:  Airs in 2015: DVR ALERT: Friday, December 11 at 4 AM ET on the Hallmark Channel I am a sap for an adorable boy meets girl Christmas movie, that starts with a chance meeting, has a whirlwind of shenanigans that keep them apart until 10 minutes before the end when they kiss and …

Ebbie (1995)

Candy Cane Rating:   (Out of 5) Where To Watch: Online Only in 2015 Everyone has their first time ... get your heads out of the gutter - I mean first time with a basic cable Christmas movie. For me, that first movie was Ebbie. I remember everything about the first time I watched it surrounded …

Debbie Macomber’s Trading Christmas (2011)

Candy Cane Rating:  Some Christmas traditions include figgy pudding and fighting with family. For me Christmas must include a quick read through a new Debbie Macomber Christmas Novel on my subway ride to and from work, curling up and watching a basic cable Christmas movie in the evening and of course fighting with family. This Christmas season …

The Holiday Engagement (2011)

Candy Cane Rating:  (Out of 5)  I'm guaranteeing that you (all 4 of you who read this) like me have a love/hate relationship with dealing with the family on holidays. I think the movie that conveys the message best is The Family Stone (granted it is not basic cable Christmas movie but the brilliance of that all star …

12 Men of Christmas (2009)

Candy Cane Rating:  One of my favorite things about basic cable Christmas movies are the fact that there are always like 12 new ones every season! 90% of them are flops and I never want to see them again - but you have shows like A Diva's Christmas Carol which now is pretty much a …