Podcast in a Pear Tree: Christmas Movie Reviews
Podcast in a Pear Tree: Christmas Movie Reviews
Aaron Lee Harvey, Danielle Espino, Samantha Gifford
Join L.A. transplants Aaron Lee, Danielle and Samantha as they share their honest (both sarcastic and appreciative) reviews of the latest Christmas movie offerings from Hallmark, Lifetime, and Netflix. Warning, massive spoilers ahead: discussing major plotlines and loveable details are the whole reason we're doing this!
For the 2023 season, Christmas is alive and well in October
We're back for season 3 and as expected, Hallmark is ahead of the game with six premieres before Halloween! That's just crazy. We breakdown our thoughts on hits, misses, and meh options so far.
Nov 23, 2023
23 min
Christmas in July comes with A Royal Christmas Crush (Hallmark) and guess we're fine with it
We're back for some "Christmas in July" debut films, starting with a familiar storyline of an ordinary person falling in love with a royal in a make-believe country. That's pretty much what it is, nothing more and nothing less.
Jul 31, 2023
23 min
Queen of Christmas Movie mega review: CCB, Part One
We're doing a deep dive with the works of a well known "Queen of Christmas" movie maven, Candace Cameron Bure. There was so much to discuss, we had to divide this episode into two parts! Part one covers her early beginnings prior to her rise to fame with Hallmark.
Mar 1, 2023
18 min
2022 Christmas movie season in review
We share a little of our holiday travels, including visits to Hallmark's Enchant, and review some of our top and not so great films from the 2022 Christmas movie season.
Feb 1, 2023
29 min
A Christmas to Treasure (Lifetime) left us searching
A film about six friends reuniting for a Christmas treasure hunt? We really wanted to like it, but we got lost in... everything.
Dec 25, 2022
18 min
Battle of the Bubbes steal the show in Hanukkah on Rye (Hallmark)
Our hearts were warmed in this "You've Got Mail" style take on a matchmaking story during Hanukkah in New York City. While we wish Lisa Loeb was more than a cameo, the multi-generational interactions will keep you laughing.
Dec 25, 2022
20 min
You don't have to choose with Your Christmas or Mine (Amazon)
Hilarious chaos abounds in this home for Christmas switch in the UK which we found heartwarming and cute. We talk gilets, fit Steve and doggie antics.
Dec 25, 2022
16 min
Sorry, this was definitely not The Most Colorful Time of the Year (Hallmark)
The title and premise are promising until you watch and realize its going in a direction that includes borderline stalking and possible HIPAA violations (not an exaggeration).
Dec 22, 2022
17 min
Merry Textmas (Lifetime) has us dreaming of a colorful Christmas
A refreshing storyline in a new locale? Count us in. Believability, family and strong women grounded this film in warm Christmas spirit, and we didn't need to have snow! PS: Find out about Samantha's hidden talent and our thoughts on the Austin (Texas) airport.
Dec 19, 2022
19 min
Christmas on Candy Cane Lane (GAC) reminds us that putting up Christmas lights is dangerous
We dutifully support Full House alum Andrea Barber in her Christmas film debut by doing our best to make something of this movie, except we're not quite sure what that was supposed to be.
Dec 15, 2022
17 min
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