I blame it on the turkey.
People eat way too much of it on Thanksgiving, and — I theorize –the tryptophan-laden beast leaves them in a haze that makes really bad made-for-TV holiday films seem not only palatable but, gosh darn it, great!
I’ve already started watching them, and I’m can’t get enough!
ABC Family’s ’25 Days of Christmas’ began the day before Thanksgiving — the promos way before that — and somehow the combination of B-movie stars and done-to-death Santa scenarios is totally charming. I’ve found a tear in my cynical eye more than once, believe you me.
How can you miss with classics named…
“Sons of Mistletoe”
“The Dog Who Saved Christmas”
“Naughty or Nice”
“Cranberry Christmas”
“Holiday in Handcuffs”
“Santa Baby 2″ (After they saw the first one, they did a sequel? Amazing!)
And just to make sure a few of their offerings are actually quality — remember, some people don’t eat turkey — ABC Family landed all the “Harry Potter” films, several Pixar animations, and true classics from my childhood like “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.”
So, if you like turkey — and even if you don’t — cable television is ready to serve it up on a big ol’ holiday platter.
White or dark meat?
I just happened to stumble onto your web page. Reading your comments brings back memories. Some good, some not so memoriable. As time goes by, hopefully we forget the bad ones and keep the good ones. We are all cynical, but I think we all have some hope that we can be wrong.