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How a Skeptical Critic Came to Love Bad Christmas Movies

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December 24, 2024

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Hallmark Christmas movies are corny, predictable and just what our critic needed to embrace the holiday spirit.

The story of how a big-city culture critic, Amanda Hess, found love where she least expected it — in the monotony of Hallmark’s Christmas movies.

GuestAmanda Hess () , a critic at large for the Culture section of The New York Times

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• One December morning, a millennial critic awoke to discover that she had been begrudgingly charmed by an onslaught of Hallmark and Netflix holiday films. ()

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