In this most ridiculous of years, Christmas movies can have a transformative effect. (Getty Images/JTA Montage)
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(JTA) They say the first step is admitting it, so here goes: My name is Jeremy Fuchs, and I’m obsessed with Hallmark Christmas movies.
As COVID-19 ramps up, I find myself looking for ways to wind down. And Hallmark does just that.
How deep is it? I have favorite actresses and actors who are Hallmark regulars. As we watch, my wife and I try to predict the next lines. (It’s not
that hard.) We notice that the movies often use the same house (at least three times, by our count). We try to figure out how the couple will resolve their differences and come together, usually in the last nine minutes, although sometimes in as few as four. We’ve tried calculating how many of the movies end with a kiss it’s not as many as you might imagine, but they do almost always end with a dramatic zoom out.