Rueben's Ramblings

The Lifetime holiday movie A Christmas to Treasure will debut on December 16 at 8 PM.

The passing of beloved Ms. Marley reunites six estranged friends for one final hometown holiday treasure hunt. As the search unfolds and fond childhood memories are relived, sparks fly between Austin Craig (Taylor Frey) and his former best friend Everett Matthews (Kyle Dean Massey).

The gang find the hidden treasure before the city has the chance to turn the Marley house into a holiday resort but the blossoming holiday romance between Austin and Everett may turn out to be the greatest Christmastime treasure of all.

Here is a trailer for A Christmas to Treasure.

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On December 16, the Hallmark Channel movie Holiday Heritage will debut at 8 PM

Ella returns to her hometown to mend fences with her fractured family. With the help of Griffin, her ex-boyfriend, she encourages her family to celebrate Christmas and Kwanzaa and to heal their past wounds before it’s too late.

The movie stars Holly Robinson Peete, Lyndie Greenwood and Brooks Darnell.

Here is a trailer for Holiday Heritage.

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On December 16, the Nickelodeon musical reimaging of the beloved comedy classic Snow Day will debut at 7 PM.

A musical reimagining of the beloved comedy classic film, Snow Day follows a group of kids who are determined to achieve their dreams when their school closes for a snow day. Siblings Hal and Natalie Brandston discover that anything is possible on a snow day when a surprise winter whiteout offers them the chance to break routines and take giant risks.

Inspired to pursue his crush, Claire, Hal enlists the help of his best friend, Lane to help him express his feelings, and Natalie decides she must challenge the town’s cranky snowplow man if she wants to pull off the task of creating a second snow day.

Jerry Trainor (iCarly) assumes the iconic role of the Snowplowman.

Here is a trailer for Snow Day:

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On December 15, the Lifetime movie Record Breaking Christmas will debut at 8 PM.

Leah Hoffman (Michelle Argyis), an adjudicator for The World Record Bureau, draws the short straw and is forced to travel to a small town just before Christmas to investigate its plans to break multiple holiday world records. As she falls for the town’s doctor, Devan Bancroft (Andrew Bushell), she discovers that the whole town is in cahoots, and she just may be the person who can help them reach their true Christmas goal.

Here is a trailer for Record Breaking Christmas.

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On December 15, the BET+ holiday movie Blackjack Christmas will debut online.

A story of two sisters – one who migrated to and built a nice life in the US, while the other stayed behind in their native Jamaica. When addiction threatens to tear the family apart, the sisters find their way back to one another and rebuild their bond.

The cast includes Dawnn Lewis, Charmin Lee and Adam Lazarre-White.

Here is a trailer for Blackjack Christmas:

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On December 14, the Netflix movie I Believe In Santa will debut online.

After five happy months dating Tom, Lisa’s horrified to learn he’s obsessed with her least favorite holiday. Is it time to give Christmas another chance?

The film stars Christina Moore, John Ducey and Violet McGraw.

Check out the a trailer for I Believe In Santa [make sure to go down the page to find the video].

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On December 14, the VH1 holiday movie A New Diva’s Christmas Carol will debut at 8 PM.

Aphrodite was made famous back in the day for performing THE timeless love song of the era. The song that everyone plays at their weddings, in every sappy commercial for diamonds or rings or puppies or soldiers coming home. It made her a ton of money, but Aphrodite HATES this song. She’s now the meanest judge on Pop The Question but her life changes when Brianna, becomes the breakthrough contestant, exuding love and purity.

When Aphrodite reluctantly becomes her mentor, she does everything possible to steer her away from love and love anthems and so is visited by three spirits who take Aphrodite on a journey through love (and Christmas) past, present and future to try and shake her out of her funk and let love back in.

The cast includes Ashanti, Eva Marcille, Mckenzie Small, Mel B, Robin Givens and Vivica A. Fox.

Unfortunately there isn’t a trailer for A New Diva’s Christmas Carol.

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