Fascinating exercise in a whole different world: Christmas Under Wraps.

My troubles with getting TIMMY AND THE BAD PLACE out the door stems from a single source: I don’t know enough about Hallmark Christmas movies. I mean, I could fake it, and to a certain extent I have gotten about a thousand words out by getting some of the plot elements down, but I need to actually watch this stuff. Because the goal isn’t actually to make fun of Hallmark Christmas movies, believe it or not.

So I started out today by watching Christmas Under Wraps. It’s considered one of the best Hallmark Christmas flicks, and it’s… actually not bad. But it’s one of those movies that is one ominous soundtrack and just a slightly flatter/creepier mass affect away from being a horror flick. It’s like watching a story about a woman being infected by a parasitical hive mind, only the hive mind isn’t actually horrible and won’t lock her in her room when she tries to leave.

…Which isn’t a bad idea for a story, come to think of it. I imagine a hive mind must be desperate to have other people, after a while. If only because that way it could get a cribbage game in.

Anyway: I’m mildly curious to see how many of these flicks I can watch before I crack.

Moe Lane

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