Rueben's Ramblings

The ION holiday film 12 Pups of Christmas will debut on December 21 at 7 PM.

Recently single and starting a new job in a different city, Erin (Charlotte Sullivan from Rookie Blue), a canine therapist, is getting a fresh start. But just when she thought her new life would be the reset she needed, her self-centered boss, Martin (Danny Boaz from Six), tasks Erin with finding homes for 12 puppies who were left behind after a photo shoot for his struggling GPS locator company – and all before Christmas.

As they work together, Erin realizes Martin may not be so bad after all, and her take-charge attitude not only helps Martin save his company, but also reveals a calmer, better self that opens them both up to the idea of love.

Here is a trailer for 12 Pups of Christmas.

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On December 21, the Lifetime movie The Christmas Hotel will debut at 8 PM.

Go getter, Erin Roberts (Tatyana Ali from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and Christmas Everlasting), works at the high-end Windsor Hotel in New York City hoping to soon be promoted to manager of the luxury chain’s upcoming hotel in Rome. But things take an unexpected turn when her boss instead puts her in charge of opening up a brand new Windsor Hotel in Erin’s hometown of Garland Grove, a small mountain town that loves all things Christmas, all year round.

The cast includes Sean Patrick Thomas (Save the Last Dance and The District and veteran actresses Sheryl Lee Ralph (Moesha and Sister Act 2) and Telma Hopkins (Family Matters).

Here is a trailer for Christmas Hotel.

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On December 21, the holiday movie Christmas Love Letter will debut on Lifetime at 6 PM.

When relationship advice columnist Amalie Hess (Ashley Newbrough from A Merry Christmas Match) receives an unsigned love letter in a Christmas card, she returns to her hometown to solve the mystery of who sent it and maybe find true love.

The cast includes Tilky Jones (Nashville).

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On December 20, the Lifetime movie The Christmas Temp will debut at 8 PM.

An out of work artist (Sara Canning from The Vampire Diaries) discovers a special Christmas temp agency that matches her with a handful of festive jobs, but falls into a creative rut while juggling holiday preparations and feelings for the agency’s HR manager (Robin Dunne from Sanctuary).

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On December 15, the Hallmark Channel movie A Cheerful Christmas will debut at 8 PM.

Lauren (Erica Deutschman from Shadowhunters) and her best friend Colleen (Tianna Nori from Northern Lights of Christmas) think they have landed their dream job – giving people the best and most magical Christmas ever as their personal ‘Christmas Coaches.’ This holiday season promises to be their biggest ever when they land a royal client, the Anderson family, who has moved from England.

When Lauren meets James (Chad Connell from Good Sam), the eldest son, he wants nothing to do with planning Christmas as he’s busy negotiating a big acquisition for his father’s company. But Lauren won’t be thwarted in helping this royal family embrace the true spirit of Christmas. The more she prods James about their family holiday traditions the more he opens up.

Sparks start to fly but she faces competition in the form of an old childhood friend and business colleague of James. Now Lauren must win his heart while giving the Andersons their best Christmas ever.

Here is a trailer for A Cheerful Christmas:

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On December 15, the Lifetime holiday movie Rediscovering Christmas will debut at 8 PM.

When Mia (Jessica Lowndes), a talented Boston department store window designer, travels to her family’s Connecticut town to help her sister design the decor for its annual Snowflake Festival Christmas Eve dance, she finds herself at odds with–and later attracted to–the stubborn but kindly Adam (B.J. Britt from Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), whose grandparents founded the beloved festival 60 years ago. The film also stars Jessica Walter and David Naughton.

Here is a trailer for Rediscovering Christmas:

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The UP TV movie Snowbound for Christmas will debut on December 15 at 7 PM.

A marketing executive (Zarrin Darnell-Martin from Christmas in Grand Valley) is invited by her charming and handsome boss (Henderson Wade from Extant) to pitch a major project to prospective clients at a posh resort and the two get snowed in together before any of the other guests can arrive. Now, with the hotel to themselves, a fairytale snowscape outside and sparks flying inside they find that being alone together is all the Christmas magic they need

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On December 15, the ION holiday movie A Beauty and the Beast Christmas will debut at 7 PM.

Ginger Holiday (Leah Pipes from The Originals), a peppy Christmas influencer, is convinced by her agent to fake a holiday romance with viral bad boy Beau Bradley (Ryan Kelley from Teen Wolf) to gain more followers. Ginger and Beau initially can’t stand each other, but as they spend more time together they realize the feelings they had to fake at first might just be turning into something heartfelt.

Here is a trailer for A Beauty and the Beast Christmas.

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