Updated
Dec 24, 2020
The Peculiar Case Of Jewish Christmas Movies
Over the last two years, Hallmark and Lifetime have attempted to integrate Jews into their holiday romance fare — with mixed results.
By Emma Gray
Illustration: Damon Dahlen/HuffPost; Photos: Hallmark/Lifetime
It starts out like so many prototypical made-for-television Christmas movies do: with a beautiful woman in a tailored, red peacoat.
She walks into a store bedazzled in Christmas cheer. Her eyes open widely in joy as she purchases not one, not two, not three, but FOUR holly-covered wreaths. It’s the one she likes, the one she always buys for the windows of her Italian restaurant in Cleveland. This is, as she explains to a colleague who walks into a low-key culinary Santa’s workshop outpost, her first Christmas without her mother. Decorating with an abundance of tinsel garlands is just how she cheers herself up.