Rueben's Ramblings

On December 12, the Paramount Network holiday movie A Nashville Country Christmas will debut at 8 PM.

Overwhelmed by her high-powered agent, a bombastic Hollywood director, and a totally tricked-out, off-base holiday spectacular, a country music superstar bolts from her outrageous lifestyle, seeking a haven at her grandma’s Tennessee farm.

Rather than refuge, she finds romance when she reconnects with her handsome ex, a return to her musical roots, and an unexpected family when she discovers three clever kids who’ve outsmarted the foster system are living at the family homestead at Christmas.

The film stars country legend Tanya Tucker, Keith Carradine, Ana Ortiz, Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Olivia Sanabia.

Here is a trailer for A Nashville Country Christmas:

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The Lifetime movie Single and Ready to Jingle will debut at 8 PM on December 11.

Emma Warner (Natasha Wilson) feels like she lives Christmas year-round. As the SVP of a successful toy company in Chicago, she spends 12 months a year focusing on Christmas, leaving no time for dating…or much of anything else.

By the time the actual holiday rolls around, she has had enough. She asks her assistant and friend Lucy to find a tropical singles resort – somewhere she can find a guy and not think of Christmas. But due to a booking mix-up, Emma ends up in her worst nightmare – a town devoted to everything Christmas.

Will Emma be able to find her joy?

Here is a trailer for Single and Ready to Jingle (when it was called Destination Christmas):

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On December 11, the ION holiday movie A Prince and Pauper Christmas will debut at 8 PM.

When her down-on-his luck confidential informant in a criminal investigation suddenly goes missing, a desperate young federal agent, Sydney (Brittany Underwood), recruits his doppelgänger to play his role. But her job gets even harder when she falls for the criminal’s stand-in, who just happens to be a European prince visiting the states for Christmas.

Tom Arnold makes a guest appearance.

Here is a trailer for A Prince and Pauper Christmas:

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The UPtv holiday movie Santa’s Got Style will debut on December 11 at 7 PM.

When department store executive Madison (Kathryn Davis) is charged with coming up with a fresh idea for the holiday season, she decides that instead of a classic Santa, this year they would hire a young Santa with lots of fashionable style.

But when she has a difficult time finding the perfect model, her long-time best friend Ethan (Franco Lo Presti) [who has been in love with her for years] throws on a beard and disguises himself as the Santa of her dreams.

Here is a trailer for Santa’s Got Style:

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On December 11, the holiday movie The Holiday Sitter will debut on the Hallmark Channel at 8 PM.

Sam is a workaholic bachelor who babysits his niece and nephew before the holidays when his sister and her husband have to go out of town. Completely out of his element, he recruits help from their handsome neighbor Jason and finds himself in an unexpected romance.

The cast includes Jonathan Bennett, Chelsea Hobbs and George Krissa.

Here is a trailer for The Holiday Sitter:

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The CBS movie Must Love Christmas will debut on December 11 at 9 PM.

A renowned romance novelist (Liza Lapira) famous for her Christmas-themed books finds herself snowbound in the charming town of Cranberry Falls. There, she unexpectedly becomes involved in a love triangle with her childhood crush (Nathan Witte) and a reporter (Neal Bledsoe) determined to interview her to save his dying magazine.

Here is a trailer for Must Love Christmas:

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On December 11, the FOX Nation holiday movie Christmas in Rockwell will debut online.

A famous Hollywood actress (Trish Stratus) returns to her hometown where she is enlisted to participate in a Christmas play which threatens her small peaceful village with the chaos of Hollywood.

Stephen Huszar and Sheila McCarthy co-star.

Here is a trailer for Christmas in Rockwell:

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The holiday movie A Christmas Fumble will debut on OWN on December 10 at 9 PM.

The “queen of crisis management,” Nicole Barnes (Eva Marcille) gets the toughest assignment of her career when she’s asked to handle a breaking scandal for former pro footballer turned TV commentator Jordan Davies (Devale Ellis), whose network contract isn’t going to be renewed because of a violation going back to his college days.

However, Nicole fails to disclose that she and Jordan were once boyfriend and girlfriend — a conflict of interest that could end her own hopes of being made partner at her firm. To make matters worse, Nicole’s efforts to rehabilitate Jordan’s image are constantly undermined by Jordan’s shallow entertainment reporter fiancée.

Here is a trailer for A Christmas Fumble:

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On December 10, the Lifetime movie Kirk Franklin’s The Night Before Christmas will debut at 8 PM.

Caught in a blizzard on Christmas Eve, estranged mother and daughter Journee (Naturi Naughton) and Nia (Lorea Turner) are forced to take refuge inside a church where a handful of also-trapped parishioners are reeling from the cancellation of their annual holiday concert.

The spirit of the season takes hold as Journee and Nia weather the wintry storm together with the other churchgoers, including handsome youth pastor Adam (Luke James) and a heavenly music teacher (Kirk Franklin), who motivate the mother and daughter to reconcile their differences through music, faith, and love.

With the help from this unlikely yet spirited group of strangers, Journee and Nia band together to help the church salvage not only their holiday traditions, but also their show-stopping Christmas day performance, despite the raging storm outside.

Here is a trailer for Kirk Franklin’s The Night Before Christmas:

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The UPtv movie A Royal Christmas Match will debut on December 10 at 7 PM.

Princess Camille (Jordana Largy) travels to America to create a cross-cultural college exchange program and falls for Professor Rhett (Matthew MacCaull). But when she discovers he was hired by her father to escort her, aka babysit her, she wonders if he cares more about her or his career.

Here is a trailer for A Royal Christmas Match.

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