Thanks for stopping by my 12 stories of Christmas challenge. I wanted to experiment with different formats, and this seemed like a perfect way to poke a little fun at the formulaic Hallmark Christmas Movies, which I watch religiously every year.
Hallmark Movie Recipe
Ingredients:
One Grumpy Character (GC)
One Perky Christmas Lover (PCL)
Child with a single parent
Puppy
Small Town
Combination of at least three winter/holiday customs: (examples: skating, baking, skiing, sledding, building snowmen, decorating, cutting down tree, ice sculptures, drinking, ugly sweaters, hot chocolate)
Directions:
- Preheat the oven at 200 for a low heat romance
- While the oven heats, prep the characters, by creating a scenario where the GC returns to their small town from a big city
- Create a meet-cute dough for the GC and the PCL characters will hate each other
- Mix in puppy and child to your taste
- Roll out dough and divide into scenes where GC and PCL discover they have similarities
- Add to heated oven fueled by a disaster which threatens to ruin Christmas celebrations. GC and PCL will need to work together to overcome the heat and save Christmas. Movie is ready when the GC has discovered the meaning of Christmas
- Top with a love declaration between GC and PCL which results in GC moving out of the city to the small town
Suggested optional toppings:
An ex or boss who shows up to convince the GC to return to the big city
Kindly old man with a white beard who is secretive about his job
Royalty from a fictional country
Christmas themed competition
Parent who can no longer run the family business and needs GCs help
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