This week's Hallmark Bracket movies bring us quaint European towns awash with trolls, woolen stockings, long-lost-family, long-lost-Counts, and LIES! My Norwegian Holiday goes up against A Not So Royal Christmas in this season's second to last match-up - and the ladies of All The Feels are once again divided. Also included are deep thoughts on fate, Christmas body switching, and Brandy in a solar-powered hot air balloon.

Ooooohhh, talk about a match-up! We've got Holiday Road vs Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up. With tons of characters between these two movies, did we love them all or was it overwhelming? Plus, you know what they say about sequels - was Lacey's second installment on Evergreen Lane a hit or a miss? We also reminisce about slumber parties and share a slight case of having OCD while christmas tree decorating!

Match-up number five puts A Merry Scottish Christmas up against Catch Me If You Claus. There's a lot of love for the beauty of Scotland, but the ladies ain't mad at a steamy make-out session either! Plus, we talk turkey, thanksgiving favorite foods, and get a second appearance from Mel's Dad!

It’s hard to believe, but we’re already halfway through this year’s bracket! Mystery on Mistletoe Lane and Christmas Island compete in our fourth matchup of the year, and it’s safe to say that Andrew Walker had us all swooning. But was his charisma enough to help Christmas Island win the weekend? As usual, this episode has lots of movie talk and lots of tangents. Plus, we get a brief appearance by Mel’s dad!

The third bracket match up brings us two movies about friendship, and causes a heated debate for the ages between the ladies of All The Feels. Never Been Chris'd goes up against The Santa Summit - in one we stand united, in the other - divided. Where will you stand when the Christmas dust settles?

It’s our 100th episode! In true All the Feels fashion, we didn’t realize this momentous occasion was upon us, so we had to commemorate it on the fly. Then, Hallmark takes us from an aquarium in Connecticut to a Christmas market in France as Mystic Christmas takes on Joyeux Noel in our second matchup of the season. Thank you for sticking with us for 100 episodes. We would never have made it this far without your support.

The 2023 Hallmark Holiday Movie bracket kicks off with a black & white Christmas-less universe vs. a lot of angst and party planning involving the actual universe. Where Are You, Christmas? goes up against Under the Christmas Sky in a not-so-heated premiere weekend match up - plus, Cher has a new Christmas album! And it's not even Halloween yet! Enjoy your trick-or-treating, and we'll see you back here next week in the full swing of Christmas!

*Open - Angels In The Snow (Cher)

*Close - Drop To Sleigh Ride (Cher with Tyga)

It's Christmas-time in Hallmark Land which means bring on the bracket! Erika, Dory, and Mel reconvene to examine (scrutinize) this season's crop of Countdown to Christmas offerings, carefully selecting the contenders that will face off in the 2023 All The Feels Holiday Movie Bracket. We've got astronauts and fish friends and trolls and royals and so, so, sooo many road trips. Let the merry shenanigans ensue!

The All The Feels 2023 Holiday Bracket is coming soon! Until then, please enjoy this Christmas in July episode, where Dory, Mel, and Erika chat about A Royal Christmas Crush and Take Me Back for Christmas. This eclectic episode also includes discussions about high school reunions, Barbie, the Hallmark cruise, Taylor Swift, and our favorite comfort show, Sweet Magnolias.

It's a special Summertime Session of All The Feels where Erika, Dory, and Mel gather to touch on their off-season Hallmark viewing, (mainly Mahogany and Mysteries) and how the writer's strike may affect our beloved holiday hallmark season. They also discuss what else they've been enjoying - including a long and passionate deliberation on their latest and greatest off-network obsession - Bravo's Vanderpump Rules (18 min until 40 min mark for those who wish to skip. Thank you for your time and patience.)

Recommendations mentioned in episode:

Ted Lasso (Apple TV)

Never Have I Ever (Netflix)

Summer House: Martha's Vineyard (Bravo)

A League of Their Own Series (Amazon)

Jack Ryan (Amazon)

The Diplomat (Netflix)

Reacher (Amazon)

Tour de France: Unchained (Netflix)

Somebody Somewhere (HBO Max)

Anita Kelly Books:

Love & Other Disasters

Something Wild & Wonderful

And of course VANDERPUMP RULES! (Bravo & Peacock)