Rueben's Ramblings

On November 11, the Hallmark Channel movie In Merry Measure will debut at 8 PM.

When pop star Darcy returns home to spend Christmas with her sister and niece, she unexpectedly finds herself coaching the high school choir with her onetime rival, Adam.

The film stars Patti Murin, Brendan Penny and Jennifer Robertson.

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The holiday movie A Gingerbread Christmas will also debut online on Discovery+ on November 11.

After a devastating workplace development throws Hazel Stanley’s (Tiya Sircar) job prospects as a full-time architect into question, she leaves New York City to spend the holidays with her father, Ted (Sugith Varughese), in her suburban Chicago hometown. While there, she discovers that the family bakery is even worse off than she imagined, having been on the decline since the passing of her mother. And to add insult to injury, her former best friend Shelby (Kyana Teresa) has opened a trendy new bakeshop across the street.

When all seems to be lost, she gets the idea to enter a gingerbread house competition led by homegrown food celebrity Mark Clemmons (Duff Goldman) offering a $100,000 prize — enough to get the ailing bakery back on track. While working on her magnificent cookie edifice, a romance begins to bloom with a local contractor James Meadows (Marc Bendavid) who — along with his daughter — has been helping her father out by lending his baking prowess to the place while trying to fix it up in his spare time. A series of frustrations and misunderstandings threaten to tear them apart, but will the magic of the holiday lead everyone to have a merry Christmas?

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On November 11, the UPtv holiday movie The Christmas Retreat will debut at 7 PM.

When Kim’s (Rhiannon Fish) boyfriend breaks up with her instead of proposing, her mom whisks her away to a Christmas retreat where she meets the owner’s unemployed brother, Mark (Clayton James). But will they be able to see past the mistakes neither one wants to admit to and let the magic of the season connect them?

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On November 11, Another Discovery+ holiday movie Designing Christmas will debut online.

For the past six years, interior designer Stella (Jessica Szohr) and contractor Pablo (Marco Grazzini) have charmed homeowners and viewers alike as cohosts of the renovation show House Sweet Home by relying on their expertise and palpable onscreen chemistry despite not being an actual couple. After the owners of the home slated for their upcoming holiday episode pull out, Pablo and the HSH team convince Stella to be their next client in hopes of saving the episode and the show itself.

This has a trepidatious Stella not only agreeing to renovate her family’s Victorian home with Pablo (a.k.a. the Sledgehammer), but also moving her impending nuptials to fiancé Jack (Mykee Selkin) up several months in a bid to make this their biggest and best episode yet. As Stella and Pablo labor together more closely than ever before to bring her family’s beloved home back from a state of disrepair in time for the Christmas Eve ceremony, Stella confides in her mentor Freddy (Hilary Farr) about the complicated and unexplored feelings that could jeopardize everything.

Here is a trailer for Designing Christmas.

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On November 11, the Discovery+ holiday movie A Christmas Open House will debut online.

Melissa Norwood (Katie Stevens) is an ambitious Atlanta property stager who teams with her old high school crush, David Phelps (Victor Rasuk), to sell her newly married mom’s home in their small Georgia hometown. The place is cozy but hasn’t been updated in decades, so the two join up to renovate the place before a couple of wealthy potential buyers are due to see the house on Christmas Eve.

Melissa would love to spend a portion of her budget on a few custom projects created by a unique couple, Henry and Sarah Wright (Ben and Erin Napier), who are gifted at small-town home restoration and appreciate the legacy of a family home. Henry is a master woodworker and custom furniture builder, and Sarah is an artist with an expertise in color and transformative design choices. As Christmas approaches and the tensions grow, so does a romantic relationship between Melissa and David, but the fact that Melissa intends to return to Atlanta and start her own business with the cash she will get from the property sale, while David has no intention of leaving his hometown, could be a deal breaker for their new relationship.

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The holiday movie One Delicious Christmas will debut online on Discovery+ on November 11.

The future of Vermont culinary destination Haven Restaurant and Inn rests squarely on the shoulders of Abby Richmond (Vanessa Marano), who inherited the property from her parents. Unfortunately, managing both the restaurant and the inn is a 24/7 commitment, leaving no time for Abby to have a personal life. Her best hope is to secure an investment from restaurant mogul Alexandra Grantham (Kathy Maloney),who would provide much-needed resources and guidance.

But to do so, she’ll have to navigate rough waters after top food critic Tom Kingsley (chef Bobby Flay) visits Haven and gives Alexandra his menu feedback. Hot-shot chef Preston Weaver (Alex Mallari, Jr.) is brought in by Alexandra to shake up the holiday menu after Abby unexpectedly loses her longtime chef. Unbeknownst to Preston, the menu was curated by Abby’s late father, and she’s having a tough time letting go of it. Despite their undeniable chemistry, will they be able to put aside their differences in time for Alexandra and Tom’s Christmas Eve dinner visit, which will determine whether she invests in Haven or not?

Here is a trailer for One Delicious Christmas:

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The Lifetime movie The Dog Days of Christmas will debut on November 11 at 8 PM.

While visiting her family during Christmastime, Annie Blake (Georgia Flood) decides to help three stray dogs get adopted before heading back into her career working for a global non-profit. But when she runs into local veterinarian Dylan Hawkes (Ezekiel Simat), her old high school debate partner, they team up to save an animal rescue. Ultimately, Annie discovers that finding love, and making a difference in the world, can happen right at home.

Here is a trailer for The Dog Days of Christmas.

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The BET+ holiday movie The First Noelle will debut online on November 10.

After 20 years of friendship, Terrance and Noelle finally decide to date each other but ultimately break up when Terrance moves to London for work. Now that Terrance is back in Atlanta for Christmas with his new girl, also named Noelle, our lead is determined to get him back and say goodbye to being friend-zoned forever.

The film stars Novi Brown, LaLa Milan and Todd Anthony.

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On November 10, the Netflix feature film Falling for Christmas will debut online.

A newly engaged, spoiled hotel heiress (Lindsay Lohan) gets into a skiing accident, suffers from total amnesia, and finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner (Chord Overstreet) and his precocious daughter in the days leading up to Christmas.

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The holiday movie Christmas on Mistletoe Lake will debut on November 10 at 8 PM on Lifetime.

Every Christmas, Reilly Shore (Genelle Williams) picks a random spot on the map to take an adventurous trip. This year, that destination is the quaint hamlet of Mistletoe Lake. As she arrives, Reilly discovers that the town’s lone bed and breakfast is full due to the town’s annual Christmas Harbor Festival.

When 12-year-old Emma (Hattie Kragten) invites Reilly to stay on her dad’s boat, she learns that Emma’s dad, Raymond Mitchell (Corey Sevier), is selling his boat and can’t participate in the festival. Saddened, Emma enlists Reilly’s help to convince Raymond to enter into the festival so they can have one last perfect Christmas on Mistletoe Lake.

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