MERRY CHRISTMAS 2025

Even though Mr. X and I still haven’t gone back to decorating our house or getting each other Christmas presents, (as we did majorly every year until we lost my beloved mother on Christmas Day fourteen years ago,) we have had a lovely holiday season, as I hope that all of you also have.

In this past month, I’ve gone out with friends a lot, including to parties and to see special plays, musicals, and dance shows. But my usually-reclusive bae came out with me a few times, including to even one soiree! That makes not just me happy–he appears to put a little smile on the faces of everyone who sees him! 

But we mainly celebrate the season in the most plebeian of ways—by watching as many Hallmark Christmas movies as possible! A bit nutty of us, I know.

Mr. X is the one who actually began that tradition for us. After several years of just moping around, dreading Christmas because of the sadness it had come to represent due to my mother leaving this level of life on that date, he decided the gooniness of those movies was just the distraction we needed. And he was correct!

He really doesn’t want to watch them anymore, but guess what? I do! I like a silly tradition. But at least this year, when the stories start off awful, I let us abandon them, and move on, which I never did before.

Half the fun is rating them! There were few “A”s this year, but the ones that did rate that highest mark were actually sort-of wonderful. (As many of you may already know, my little mother was an English teacher, and when she loved an essay, she gave it an “A++ Adorable!” I’m still looking to give that one out myself.)

Here are our faves this season, (even if some of them are actually from years past):

Christmas By Starlight—The absolute best one! I gave it an A+++! The two stars, Paul Campbell and Kimberley Sustad, even wrote this very amusing and heartwarming story! (But, alas, they are married to other people in real life.)

Northern Lights of Christmas—I pretty much predicted what the ending would be from the get-go, but I wasn’t sure exactly how we would get there, so that made it interesting. And, outside of the usual cannot-possibly-get-all-of-that-done-in-just-a-few-days scenario, the rest was actually believable.

’Twas the Date Before Christmas—I loved this very different one, with two attractive and believable leads.

Oy to the World—This one got an A on just the clever title alone! The story, obvi, includes a synagogue and a church. Of course. Very cute. Being Jewish myself, the girl’s family kept cracking me up. And the guy, Jake Epstein, is a Broadway musical star, so his few tunes here are particularly good.

Christmas on My Mind—This is yet another silly amnesia tale, but it’s still cute. And I liked that the two significant others of the leads are attractive themselves, and not the usual buffoons.

My Southern Family Christmas—I liked it more than Mr. X did, most likely because it’s very different from the norm. It stars a very plump young woman, and has just a hint of romance, which is actually a sort-of believable one. And it’s a story of finding her bio dad, which I’ve never seen in a Hallmark movie before. So, I give it credit for all of that.

There is one that I gave a “D” to. I actually wanted to give up on it early on, but Mr. X found it moderately entertaining, so we finished it. It’s The Mistletoe Inn, and not only is the story the stupidest, with the ending being easily figured-out in the first few minutes, but the lead actress, Alicia Witt, is just awful. She’s completely devoid of charm, and has zero chemistry with the cute guy lead, David Alpay. We should have seen her falling for him all along, not just when she realizes who he is. And she speaks in such a weird baby-ish manner; her voice is like the proverbial nails on a chalkboard to me. So I suggest you avoid that one at all costs.

But I have to stop that not-kind-for-the-holiday talk now, and tell you that I believe that Hallmark, and some of the other channels, like UP and even the CW, will run the movies until the new year begins. So you still have your chance to catch-up with us a bit. I suggest putting your PJs on right now, and staying in bed or on the couch, watching these movies, for the rest of the holiday! (If only, right?)

Even though Mr. X and I don’t exchange presents anymore, nor do I with my pals because of my Christmas loss sadness, (although a few very kind friends still gave me some fabulous ones this year,) there is one easy gift I always ask of you guys, my readers. And you don’t even have to leave the very device you’re reading this on to do it!

So, have you guessed what it is? It’s that I’m hoping that if you don’t already follow me on my social platforms, that you’ll do so now. I hope that will also be somewhat of a gift for you because then you won’t have to go looking for my new columns every day—they’ll all come right to you! How’s that for a win-win, which we can all use right about now?

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Thank you so much for doing any of that! I guess that will be “Happy Holidays to me!”

And, of course, I wish all of you a super Merry Christmas! And please stay safe.