Rueben's Ramblings

November 12, the holiday movie A Very Country Christmas will debut at 7 PM on UP TV.

Jeanette Williams (Bea Santos from Murdoch Mysteries) is a busy single parent, trying to make the best life for her and her daughter. With no time to follow current celebrity gossip, Jeanette is unaware of when a country superstar returns to their small town to escape the intrusive paparazzi and the chaos of fame. A chance meeting between the two have them both letting their guards down and opening their hearts to the possibility of romance.

The cast includes Greyston Holt (Bitten) and Greg Vaughn (Days of Our Lives).

Here is a trailer for A Very Country Christmas:

The Hallmark Channel movie Enchanted Christmas will debut on November 12 at 8 PM.

Weeks before Christmas, interior designer Laura (Alexa PenaVega) is sent to her hometown to remodel a landmark hotel. As Laura is kept busy with the renovations, her eight-year-old daughter Nicole is introduced to the art of dancing at a local dance studio. Laura is surprised to find that the studio’s owner is Ricardo (Carlos PenaVega), her old high school sweetheart and former dance partner. When Laura and Ricardo reconnect, sparks fly on and off the dance floor. Christmas traditions become the backdrop for spirited dancing and unexpected romance.

Here is a trailer for Enchanted Christmas.

On November 12, Engaging Father Christmas is the new Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie that will debut at 9 PM.

It’s Christmas and Miranda (Erin Krakow from When Calls the Heart) leaves Seattle with a suitcase full of presents to join her long lost family in Carlton Heath, where she will experience the joyful traditions she missed as a child. Last Christmas, Miranda fell in love with Ian (Niall Matter from Eureka), a local man who helped her as she searched for her father, James Whitcomb, a famous theatre actor she believed had a connection to the town.

At his widow Margaret’s (Wendie Malick) request, Miranda agrees to keep it a secret to protect the family from scandal. This Christmas, she fears the warm welcome she received from the Whitcomb family will soon turn cold when Miranda receives an anonymous text from someone who threatens to expose her identity.

Here is a trailer for Engaging Father Christmas.

The holiday movie The Sweetest Christmas will debut on November 11 at 8 PM on the Hallmark Channel.

When struggling pastry chef Kylie Watson (Lacey Chabert) learns she’s made it to the finals of the American Gingerbread Competition, she thinks her competitive spirit has finally paid off and hopes the publicity will help her jumpstart her new café. There’s just one problem – the oven she’s supposed to use breaks down right before the contest.

Determined to enter, she reaches out to Nick Mazannti (Lea Coco from Queen Sugar), her old boyfriend from culinary school who gave up his dream of being a pastry chef to take over his family’s pizzeria. Nick allows her to use his industrial pizza oven at night to craft her ambitious gingerbread confections. As the two reminisce about the dreams of their youth, their romance is rekindled.

But just as Kylie is on the cusp of taking the grand prize – and embracing true love – things get complicated when her ex-boyfriend takes drastic steps to win her back. Kylie realizes she must embrace the Christmas Spirit or risk losing both the contest and her new love.

The film also stars Jonathan Adams (Last Man Standing).

Here is a trailer for The Sweetest Christmas.