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It's another throwback to a heartwarming 90s Christmas classic thanks to Ry-Guy!

ABOUT SANTA AND PETE

It's the first Christmas without Grandma and a difficult time for the family, until Grandpa (James Earl Jones) decides to share a story with his ten-year-old grandson Terence.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR SANTA AND PETE

December 5, 1999 | CBS

CAST & CREW OF SANTA AND PETE

Director: Duwayne Dunham

Writers: Greg Taylor, Christopher Moore, Pamela Johnson

Cast:

James Earl Jones as Grandpa Nicholas

Hume Cronyn as Saint Nick

Flex Alexander as Pete

BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS

The movie kicks off with Santa doing Santa stuff. Checking that list twice. Looking at a globe to see if anything's changed. You know the stuff.

We meet Grandpa Nicolas decorating his house for the first Christmas since his wife passed away. His daughter Cassie shows up with her husband James and son Terence and they all start to decorate the tree. Little Terence pulls out a Santa ornament. Grandpa insists there's one more ornament in there that goes with Santa. Sure enough, there is one more ornament of some random dude. Terence is like who is this? Grandpa Nicolas is like well have I got a story for you.

Before Santa was Santa, he was Saint Nicolas, a Christian Bishop and Patron Saint of Children who would travel around, giving presents to children. One day he is arrested by the Spanish government who suspect he is actually a spy and their concerns only grow when they discover that he carries around a book called The Book of Life that has a ton of names in it and stuff about each of those people. Gotta be honest...sounds like a spy.

While in jail, he meets a guy named Peter who is shocked when this old dude knows his name and knows that he wants to travel the world. When Pete finds out that he's St. Nicolas, they spend the night talking, and Pete decides to bust St. Nick out.

They become partners and years later they decide to head to the New World. Before they leave they are approached by a dude who wants them to find someone named Elizabeth Van Olden to give her an engagement ring and a promise to join her as soon as he can.

Santa and Pete are shocked to find out that the New World is not the perfect paradise they had heard about. People are too busy to celebrate Christmas and there's hostility between the settlers and the Native Americans.

There's no open lodging for the famous Santa and Pete, so they're forced to sleep in a barn for the night where they find a little girl named Marlene. She tells them that she lost her parents while they were building a cabin in the woods. Santa promises that they'll find her parents and Pete is like whoa that's a big promise.

Santa and Pete meet with the governor to ask for help finding Marlene's parents. He tells them that the Native Americans took them and he's planning an attack. So that's not great.

On Christmas Eve, they travel by carriage and reindeer to go visit the Dangola family, including Janet who Pete thinks is FINEEEEE.

On the way back, they are stopped by the Native Americans. They say they've been waiting for the man with the white beard to fulfill the prophecy. Santa requests they return Marlene's parents and they give Santa a bright red coat.

Santa and Pete begin delivering presents and find that the village boot boy has made Nick some black leather boots.

Arriving at the governor's house they realize there are no traditional wooden clogs to put gifts in and end up going down the chimney and leaving gifts in stockings instead. They also meet the governor's maid, who turns out to be Elizabeth Van Olden, and after giving her the engagement ring she gives Nick a bright red hat.

Returning to the Dangola house, the Native Americans appear with Marlene's parents. The snow starts to come down super heavy and they're now unable to navigate the snow in their carriage. Maria's husband, Big Manuel, replaces the wheels with runners, transforming it into a sleigh, now with 6 reindeer. As Santa and Pete leave, the sleigh suddenly lifts into the sky and they fly away into the night.

Back in the present, Terence wakes up in the middle of the night and finds that the Book of Life is in the living room. He finds his name inside and finds out that he is related to Pete. But when he tries to tell Grandpa Nicolas, the book disappears and he cannot remember anything he read. Classic Santa.

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Festive Friday returns with a holiday baking challenge!

ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS MIXER

When a laid-off TV host and her cameraman launch a live stream holiday baking challenge, they whip up viral success, community spirit, and an unexpected romance.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR THE CHRISTMAS MIXER

December 1, 2025 | LUV TV

CAST & CREW OF THE CHRISTMAS MIXER

Director: Marco Deufemia

Writer: Paula Tiberius

Cast:

Jonathan Stoddard as Sam Bailey

Leah White as Daria Wallace

BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS

Daria works at a local news channel with her cameraman Sam, until they don't. The station has to do some cuts and Daria and Sam get the ax. They're real sad but what can ya do. She takes a bunch of interviews with anything she can think of - podcasting, influencer liaison, things she's not passionate about. It's not going great. Sam calls her and he's experiencing the same thing. She invites him over to her parents' house for dinner and to just hang. He tries some cookies and is blown away. Apparently they have a family recipe box that gets passed down from generation to generation with all of the family recipes. He has an idea - an online channel where Daria makes her way through all of the holiday recipes in the box.

So they go live for the first day and make cookies and IT'S A HIT! For day 2, Sam comes out from behind the camera and the crowd goes wild. They love the chemistry between Daria and Sam. As they go on, all anyone really cares about is shipping Sam and Daria.

But then Sam gets an offer to be head camera operator. He tells Daria and she's like you have to do this. Sam is like but there's still 7 recipes left. Daria says she wants him to go and then shakes his hand.

Everyone is mad that he's gone and the BBQ guy is like WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL HIM TO STAY?!?! HE LOVES YOUUUUU.

For the final live stream bake, she gets all up in her feels thinking about Sam. To cheer herself up, she takes the show on the road to do the final bake at her mom's house. Sam shows up and shoots his shot LIVE ON AIR and they kiss and the crowd is pumped.

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It's a Lifetime Uncorked throwback to a 90s classic with a magical twist!

ABOUT IF YOU BELIEVE

A jaded book editor has nearly given up on happiness, until she bumps her head and gets a visit from her spunky younger self (Hayden Panettiere). Now, the cheerful, carefree seven-year old helps adult Susan rediscover her inner child.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR IF YOU BELIEVE

December 6, 1999 | Lifetime Channel

CAST & CREW OF IF YOU BELIEVE

Director: Alan Metzger

Writers: Anthea Sylbert, Richard Romanus

Cast:

Ally Walker as Susan Stone

Tom Amandes as Tom Weller

Hayden Panettiere as Suzie

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BATS! 

About this episode: The passengers aboard the Hallmark Cruise are ecstatic when they come face to face with all of their favorite Hallmark stars, who offer advice and support on their journeys.

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Another new Hallmark Christmas in July movie?! Why not!

ABOUT O LITTLE CHRISTMAS MARKET

A gifted miniature artist and a talented yet unfulfilled architect clash on opposite sides of a deal threatening a beloved community holiday market tradition.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR O LITTLE CHRISTMAS MARKET

July 11, 2026 | Hallmark

CAST & CREW OF O LITTLE CHRISTMAS MARKET

Director: Mars Horodyski

Writers: Nastasha Baron, Ryan Peckinpaugh

Cast:

Katherine Barrell as Olivia

Stephen Huszar as Grayson

BRAN'S MOVIE SYNOPSIS

Olivia loves herself some miniatures. She makes these really neat custom mini Christmas villages. But it's just a hobby. She also helps run the family inn. She just made a miniature to honor her dad's famous Christmas market in town.

We then meet Greyson. An architect who is not allowed to show his flair and is feeling a bit frustrated at work.

Olivia and Greyson both find themselves at the train station where every train is delayed. They bump into each other and start talking and naturally end up decorating a tree in the train station. They take quite the liking to each other but she ends up having to run to catch her train while he's on a phone call. So she leaves her scarf on his briefcase but he doesn't see it and it falls to the ground.

The next day, she finds out that the owner of the land that the market is on is planning to sell. When she goes to talk to the owner about this, guess who shows up - it's Greyson to talk about his plans for the land. When she hears this, she really turns on him. He insists that he's not trying to ruin anything, he's just doing his job. She shows him what all would be lost if they can't do the market anymore and they insist he buys something from all the booths to help out.

It doesn't take long for him to realize just how special the village is. So they work together to come up with a design that'll work for everyone and save the market. When his dad finds out about this, he's not pleased. Just do your daggum job!

They rework the plan to make the building a co-working space with the market outside which will save them money due to tax breaks and stuff like that. He ends up resigning from the business and she pitches the plan and his dad goes for it. Everyone also encourages her to open a miniatures art space and follow her passions. He tells her that Greyson has a layover at the train station in Philly where they met. So she rushes to catch him and they end up kisssingggggg.

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