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Hallmarked Up!

We rewrite the Countdown to Christmas Hallmark movies for today"s modern woman. Because, love them or hate them, we can all agree that the storylines defy probability the way the gingerbread houses defy physics. Enjoy weekly reviews of what they got right and what they got wrong, and see how Mary and Sarah change the plot entirely in the name of real life 2019 and beyond. Or, you know. Just fun. NOT affiliated with Hallmark Media.

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01:01:14

Season 6, Episode 10 - Happy Howlidays & Recap

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2025/01/24

Sarah and Bettina both agree that Happy Howlidays was not worth watching. Have a listen as to why it sucked, why Finding Mr Christmas did not, (they just picked the wrong Mr Christmas) and what the best & worst movies of 2024 were, according to your ladies on Hallmarked Up!We will be back on our #MorePolaha posts along with our new quest for #MeetPolaha2025 soon!!!

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00:34:24

Season 6, Episode 9 - HallmarkedUp Goes to ChristmasCon!

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2024/12/20

Sarah, Mary and Bettina all headed to ChristmasCon! Armed with our #MorePolaha gear, we recap our time in New Jersey. Thanks for supporting us this year. We will see if we do one last episode to review #FindingMrChristmas' movie. Happy Holidays from all of us at Hallmarked Up!

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01:01:23

Season 6, Episode 8 - Holiday Touchdown & The...

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2024/12/08

Thanksgiving Continued. Sarah is back with faithful watcher, Bettina who helps us get updated on all of the Thanksgiving movies. We do a decent recap of Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Lovestory. Sarah has a controversial opinion of it. Bettina tells us which movie is the worst one ever. Full review of the one we were waiting for, The Christmas Quest with #MorePolaha. Alana Higman is sure that her family’s lifelong history as Kansas City Chiefs superfans makes them a frontrunner to win the team’s

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00:55:10

Season 6, Episode 7 - A 90s Christmas

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2024/12/04

Mary is back leading on this one over our long coverage of Thanksgiving weekend with guests and 90s enthusiasts Matt & Michelle. See what they get up to with the red pen rewrite of this one that brings in #MorePolaha in a classic way.Workaholic lawyer Lucy Miller is celebrating her promotion alone on Christmas Eve when a mysterious rideshare experience transports her back to 1999. Reliving the holiday with her mom, sister and best friend – not to mention her high school crush – Lucy gets a

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00:56:22

Season 6, Episode 6 - Three Wiser Men & A Boy

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2024/11/26

Mary is on a travel break for Thanksgiving. But not to fear, Bettina and Missy join Sarah again to rewrite this sequel (previously suggested by us back in Season 4 wink wink). What will our favorite trio+1 get up to in our hopefully predicted addition to this trilogy? Find out in our #morepolaha version of THREE WISER MEN & A BOY.The story begins five years later with the Brenner brothers preparing for another memorable Christmas. In a crazy turn of events, possibly brought on accidentally by

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01:05:02

Season 6, Episode 5 - Confessions of A Christmas Letter

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2024/11/20

Mary and Sarah are back for this week's episode appropriately guest hosted by Sarah's brother, Jonny, and his wife, Chris. Mary is convinced this movie kind of works as it is steers outside the regular Hallmark realm. Find out how we bring in #morepolaha, what happens when people where the same Christmas Onesie for too many days in a row and if quirky families can be in Hallmark movies in CONFESSIONS OF A CHRISTMAS LETTER. Settie Rose, a quirky family matriarch, enters her town’s annual holiday

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00:52:22

Season 6, Episode 4 - Trivia at St Nick's

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2024/11/15

Mary and Sarah review the latest installment with trivia and football buff guest, Jonah. Have a listen to how they incorporate #morepolaha and how the #redpenrewindrewrite turns out. When students all flee an elite university in Vermont for winter break, the locals and faculty hunker down for their favorite time of year - the annual Christmas Bar Trivia Tournament! For Celeste (Sursok), a Type-A astronomy professor, this event combines the magic of Christmas with her greatest comfort in life:

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00:46:58

Season 6, Episode 3 - A Carol For Two

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2024/11/03

Mary and Sarah return to discuss this week's movie about Broadway, A CAROL FOR TWO. Have a listen to how they incorporate #morepolaha, add in our new fav leading lady, Rhonda and how the #redpenrewindrewrite turns out. After moving to New York to make it on Broadway, Violette Wagner gets a job at Fiore’s, a legendary theater district diner, famous for its singing wait staff, who bide their time there, while awaiting that big break. Luck seems to be on her side when she gets a coveted slot, singing

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00:50:39

Season 6, Episode 2 - Operation Nutcracker

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2024/10/29

For our second episode that happened before Halloween, Mary and Sarah invite Tedd, the book coach, to join them in this special #redpenrewindrewrite of OPERATION NUTCRACKER. See how they all bring it back to #morepolaha with the balletic precision of a prima ballerina.When an antique nutcracker set to be auctioned at the Warby family Christmas charity goes missing, a demanding event planner and the heir to the Warby dynasty try to track it down. Starring Ashley Newbrough and Christopher

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00:40:34

Season 6, Episode 1 - Twas the Date Before Christmas

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2024/10/20

Mary and Sarah are back rewriting Hallmark's beloved Countdown To Christmas movies and creating the posters to go with them. Get ready for Season 6! #MorePolaha #RedPenRewindRewrite To prevent her family from canceling the “Chamberlain Family Christmas Olympics,” Jessie (Groening) lies and says she’s inviting a date to the long-standing holiday tradition. She meets Bryan (Buckley) on a dating app, and he agrees to spend the holiday with her and her family. As Jessie and Bryan engage in eccentric

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00:58:10

Season 5, Episode 4 - A Merry Scottish Christmas

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2023/12/15

Guest Host Bettina joins Mary and Sarah to see what Scotland is like at the holidays and create a rewrite that will surely have bagpipes in the soundtrack.When estranged siblings, Lindsay and Brad Morgan travel to Scotland at Christmas to reunite with their mother Jo, a big family secret is revealed. Starring Lacey Chabert and Scott Wolf.

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00:37:59

Season 5, Episode 6 - Round and Round

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2023/12/15

Mary and Sarah join in the Hanukkah fun this week with ROUND AND ROUND. Marlin joins for some Jewish insights to see what happens when you combine Groundhog Day, 50 First Dates, About Time and The Hanukkah Song by Adam Sandler all into one film. Find out what happens this week! Rachel’s stuck in a time loop, reliving the night of her parents’ Hanukkah party. Can Zach, the “nice boy” Grandma’s trying to set her up with, help her make it to tomorrow? Starring Vic Michaelis, Bryan Greenberg and Rick

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00:55:35

Season 5, Episode 5 - A Biltmore Christmas

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2023/12/03

It's finally here! The Thanksgiving long weekend AND of course, A Biltmore Christmas. Mary and Sarah sit down to chat through the most anticipated Hallmark Christmas movie ever. Did it live up to expectations? What's the story of Biltmore anyway? How should we #redpenrewrite it? Have a listen....but as a preview #morepolaha !! Bring on the movie within a movie!! Lucy Hardgrove (Joy Lenz) is a screenwriter who lands the job of a lifetime when she’s hired to pen the script for a remake of

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00:39:27

Season 5, Episode 3 Christmas Island

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2023/11/16

Sarah is back to rejoin Mary while they discuss CHRISTMAS ISLAND. When a snowstorm diverts Kate’s first private flight en route to Switzerland to Christmas Island, she must team up with an air traffic controller to secure her dream job as the family’s pilot. Starring Rachel Skarsten and Andrew Walker.

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01:01:44

Season 5, Ep 2 - Flipping For Christmas

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2023/11/06

While Sarah is away, Mary hosts an episode with some very special guests on this pseudo-crossover HGTV/Hallmark, sure to be an instant classic....or maybe not! It’s almost Christmas when busy realtor Abigail agrees to help her sister with the “simple flip” of a recently inherited home. Unfortunately, co-beneficiary Bo has other plans in mind. Starring Ashley Newbrough and Marcus Rosner.

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00:40:23

Season 5, Ep 1 - Where Are You Christmas?

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2023/10/29

Mary and Sarah are back with guest Connor to open the season with Where Are You Christmas? Find out what happens on this Christmas take on Pleasantville, Hallmark cleaned up, of course! When Addy (Fonseca) wishes for a year without Christmas, she wakes up in a world of black and white. She must work together with the town mechanic (Rady) to restore Christmas. Starring Lyndsy Fonseca, Michael Rady, Jim O'Heir and Julie Warner.

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00:55:12

Episode 11, The Wedding Veil Revisited: A New Hope

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2023/02/19

Bettina steps in to chat with Sarah about the new trilogy of WEDDING VEIL movies. Will there be a trilogy of a trilogy? Does Hallmark have a movie series to keep going forever? Let's find out what Bettina and Sarah think in this recap, just in time for the Marathon of all 6 re-airing on Monday, Feb 20 on The Hallmark Channel. Avery, Emma and Tracey return for The Wedding Veil Expectations, The Wedding Veil Inspiration and The Wedding Veil Journey. Starring Alison Sweeney, Victor Webster, Lacey

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00:45:11

Episode 10 - Season 4 Christmas Recap

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2023/01/02

Mary and Sarah are back to go over season 4, their fav moments and what they are looking forward to next season. Sarah is going to attempt to watch all 6 of the Wedding Veil movies in the new year and get Bettina back to review. But for now, another Christmas has come and gone. We already can't wait for Polaha at Biltmore!

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00:41:04

Episode 9 - HANUKKAH ON RYE

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2022/12/27

Sarah is off for a week, but Mary gets together with Ben to discuss this week's non-Christmas themed movie, HANUKKAH ON RYE! A matchmaker connects Molly and Jacob, but their new romance is put to the test when they realize that they are competing deli owners. Will a Hanukkah miracle keep them together? StarringYael Grobglas,Jeremy JordanandLisa Loeb.

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01:06:46

Episode 8 - THE HOLIDAY SITTER

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2022/12/14

A GAY HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIE?!?!?! Could it be real? How exciting!!!! Mary and Sarah are joined by LGBTQ+ friends Matt and Jonathan (a couple) and Chris (single!) on this Hallmark first. Such a lovely movie. #hallmarkpride When Sam, a workaholic bachelor, babysits his niece and nephew before the holidays, he recruits help from their handsome neighbor Jason and finds himself in an unexpected romance. Starring Jonathan Bennett and George Krissa.

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