To All a Good Night (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries - 2023)

[00:00:01] Hi, I'm Brian and I love Hallmark Christmas Movies. I'm Brian. I like Hallmark Christmas movies I'm Dan and I despise Hallmark Christmas movies and this is the Deck The Hallmark Podcast Well, hello all you beautiful people out in podcast land I don't know

[00:00:37] I'm just gonna look at that huh? I just thought I would try it and after I say it I feel like it's a very good podcast land They are I mean they are beautiful people They are in podcast land or in Philo land.

[00:00:48] There gotta be some uggoes out there too No Everybody's beautiful I am beautiful In every single way I'm in podcast land Oh Don't let Dan bring me down today He shouldn't be able to I know he called you a ghost but I don't think you're a ghost

[00:01:13] I don't think so Brian, how was your weekend buddy? We had fun this weekend? A little bit of fun We finally did the Santa con We did Santa con which is different than Christmas con Despite being held on the same weekend Manhattan, a ton of Santas

[00:01:32] The busiest I've ever seen Manhattan It was so busy It was with that many people in the world It's a lot of people Although we heard otherwise It does sleep around 4.35 in the morning There's nothing open Which my thing is just like at that point Just stay open

[00:01:49] Roll over That's just how I that's just my thoughts But yeah it was an inter I don't know if I would classify Santa con as a fun time It was a confusing time It was an interesting time A hectic time

[00:02:04] If you're 22 years old and you're trying to wear a Santa outfit while getting obliterated before noon Then I think it is your scene That's never been my life I've never done that So I wasn't going to start then And I also don't really like beer

[00:02:20] So it was not like That was tough for you But I did like seeing all the Santas I would say we went into one bar We saw the inside of a couple more through windows They're all so festive

[00:02:36] I will say that's one thing that did really work for me Was just how fast We have a vlog coming out soon I'm sure Danny Vlog is working on it But it was a beautifully decorated establishment So kind of as to all of the

[00:02:52] Specifically the one that we made it into Which is called Jack Doyle The Pickle Doyles not Dorals Doyles There was a pickle on the street who was yelling into a bull horn Pickle told us where to go There was no line there and so that's where we went

[00:03:06] Pickle told us where to go Shoulder to shoulder in there Inside was packed No line but it was packed It was packed We saw some tears We saw some Well, we saw some kissing big ones We saw the tree We did go see the tree

[00:03:25] A good looking tree We saw that tree And then we stopped at What was the name of that restaurant Brasserie Brasserie I believe So we ate really well We did really good stuff But the highlight of the day of course Was the double-decker dinner

[00:03:41] It was so much fun As to why we're here And it was great to see everybody That was out there That lives in that area Or was that Christmas con or whatever They all came over to Edison Putes Or across the pond Or across the pond

[00:03:54] It was so great to see everybody So thank you so much for coming out If you came out and if you didn't come out That's okay We're not judging you Or anything like that Right Just come back here Where it hurts Yeah, feelings are hurt

[00:04:08] If you're watching philo.tv.cth You can see brands holding back tears But Where it hurts Feelings are hurt So come on out next year Definitely do that again But just thinking about philo Actually cheered me up I love philo So much Christmas content on the philo

[00:04:23] You kidding me? It's the best place Because here's the thing If you're trying to watch all Like a ton of Christmas classics While also watching the hallmark Or the lifetimes or whatever Then there's really no better option Because you'll be searching your heart out

[00:04:37] Trying to find all your favorite Christmas movies And then you'll be renting them Or buying them or whatever What if they were just all in one nice place Like a hub A ton Of holiday classics Plus the made for TV movies All for one low price One low

[00:04:51] I meant to say one low low But I said one low price I'm not Eleven low prices A one low price Call one low price That's exactly right A movie you could have seen on philo Is To All A Good Night It's a movie we're going to be

[00:05:05] Reviewing right now It originally out of December 7th, 2023 And you didn't even see it It went a little something I asked C.C. is a photographer Who is helping some kids take pictures Of some rocks After class She calls her friend Penny And is like

[00:05:23] He's on the move They meet up at her house And they're frantically following the tracker They're driving around town And they finally track down This thief that they've been trying to find It's a dog thief He's a good boy He's getting a little mischief

[00:05:41] But he's a good boy We then meet a fellow named Sam Who is a fancy boy with fancy job He is supposed to be taking over His dad's fancy company But I don't know Something tells me There's something in the water there I don't know But he might

[00:05:59] Might have higher Higher hopes Higher Asperish That's really good He receives a letter With an elephant stamp And promptly runs to his motorcycle He gets a seasill elephant And says I gotta get out of here Cece's dad apparently hosted an event

[00:06:18] Every year called to All a Good Night That's the name of the flick as well In the woods of the town It was like Burning Man but Christmas He passed away and Cece doesn't think No? That's how it was pitched to me I don't know

[00:06:37] Should we do Burning Man To find out Burning Man but Christmas He passed away That is kind of what Santa caught From my understanding He passed away And Cece doesn't think That she can do the event this year So she cancels it But people are still like

[00:06:52] We're giving money for the charities and stuff It's what your dad would want Blah blah blah She's out of the woods Out in the woods She's not out of the woods She's not Taylor Swift'ing it at all She is out in the woods

[00:07:05] And sees a motorcycle speeding by And then she hears a crash She goes to check on the guy And he says his name is Sam He has his helmet on And she says whatever you do Don't take your helmet off Until the paramedics come

[00:07:20] Because that's the one thing I know He notices her elephant necklace And he is like Whoa, an elephant He asks her to marry him If he lives And she's like Yeah sure And the couple get married on Christmas Blah blah blah Fun times The next day

[00:07:40] She goes to take him a burger Because she talked about how great the burger is It's Sally's? Sally's Yeah And she goes into his room He's not there currently She does see his phone And a text message pops up About land acquisition So she assumes

[00:07:58] That this fancy boy is here To try to purchase my woods And I'm not a habitant He is excited to see the burger And the elephant's balloons But bummed that she didn't stick around You know Because they're supposed to get married We then see

[00:08:13] He's looking at Cici's dad obituary On his phone Just kind of like looking at it Cici's dad obituary? Yeah Just let me talk Trying Penny and Cici Just rest your voice pal This is supposed to be a good day for me Penny and Cici decide to interview him

[00:08:30] For the paper But she takes off her necklace So that he won't recognize Because remember he was like Whoa elephant He asked their help In finding the woman who saved his life He's got to marry this woman Marry that girl elephant He's not going to marry

[00:08:48] A girl out Cici agrees and naturally Cici's dad obituary Cici agrees And naturally that leads to them Hanging out a ton Eventually she does have to put on The necklace because the kid is asking about it And he's like I knew it was you the whole time

[00:09:05] He encourages her to do the To all a good night event After seeing how much it means to the town He's like I think it would actually help you If you do it He tells her that he has no interest In buying her wood

[00:09:17] He does have a plan for development But nothing to do with your woods Your woods They're safe Then her stepmother shows up And it's like Hey I know I own Half of the land I'm going to sell it to you One dollar One dollar Bob

[00:09:35] And it's going to belong to her Then dog brings Cici a letter That the dog found It is a letter to Sam from Cici dad Turns out they served In the military together He says that her dad They did not serve in the military together

[00:09:51] No they did not serve in the military together They both did serve at several times He meets him after he leaves the military Army knows army Army and recognizer Respect Okay Which one? Which one? Anyway Both served in the military

[00:10:07] Turns out he was in a tough go of it And his dad really helped him out I assumed that he was like a doctor In the military He just found a hospital There were some dots you did not connect That weren't there What's that?

[00:10:22] There were some dots you connected That weren't there How did he come across them then? Go ahead Aaron When the dad went on the cruise He was in Italy Sam was in Italy hiding from Facing the reality of his life Dad came up to him at a cafe

[00:10:41] Got to talking Talked about their experiences in army And said Hey you have so much to live for Amen I love that story That's great And so The one we learned in the movie In the movie So they served in the military together And he was his doctor

[00:10:58] And Was like Hey your dad saved my life And all that good stuff And then he's like We love the troops And then he's like Hey Your dad sent me a letter It was like You need to find My daughter Because she's awesome And maybe

[00:11:15] She'd be good for you Sure And you can like marry each other You're like Hey find my daughter Marry her And then your life will be good My land is yours What Dan? He sends him the letter saying Like She's like I'm about to die

[00:11:30] She's gonna need somebody to help her heal Yes You're that person Correct and then he says Marrier He's her doctor And the husband And they That's great Anyway Sam tells his dad Oh and they do kiss Sam tells his dad That he doesn't want to run the company

[00:11:50] And wants to stay here And doesn't really His dad's like I guess if that's what you want to do He doesn't really get it Until he sees the event When the life's turned on He's like It's all tracks I might move here myself I don't know

[00:12:04] It's Christmas morning And they go to A special spot And he's like Are we supposed to get married It's Christmas day And she's like I didn't say what Christmas They kiss and take a picture And that my friends was To all a good night Good night

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[00:16:05] Your subscription for zero folks Earth breeze.com Slash DTH Sup Sup everybody Sup It's casual Tuesday Sup It would just say sup Sup Casual Tuesday Come at me bro I know it's casual Tuesday I shouldn't look at my calendar Isn't it? Yeah I should know

[00:16:27] This guy is on there It's so casual it's not even on the calendar It's so casual You just kinda You get it You know it You get it if you get it That's right You know it You can't Something you can't know Casual Tuesday

[00:16:39] But when you feel it You know it Yeah you do know it Can't know it but you will You can't Cannot But you will To all a good night Is the movie we're talking about today Is the hot take The hot take segment Is where we share

[00:16:51] Exactly how we felt about this movie We do not hold back And I'll start with you Brian Sure What do you think about to all a good night Thanks pran Ah yeah This The beginning of this Was a mess for me I felt like I had no clue

[00:17:05] What was going on And then when We go to the point Where he Sort of acknowledges His cousin That he thinks He knows she's A girl who save his Life and is Going to marry him He kinda clicked I was like, I like that a lot.

[00:17:19] Like this could be really fun. And so I ended up kind of like this movie, A Decent Bit. I had a pretty good time. I thought they were gonna do something they didn't do and I wish they did do it. Which was, yeah, hey, go, Brad.

[00:17:32] I thought there was gonna be this whole thing of him putting a call out in the newspaper for, hey, somebody rescued me and I'm trying to find her. Can I get some help? And the people who read the paper recognize him

[00:17:46] as like a big time land developer rich boy. And so people start trying to present themselves as the person who saved him. And I thought we were gonna get some funnies that way. We're like... It's homework movies and mysteries. I'm gonna get the funnies.

[00:17:58] You can dare to dream. You can dare to dream. So if they had done that, because I think I sat up at attention, I was like, if they do that bit, that's gonna be, I'm all in on this. That's gonna be a blast.

[00:18:08] They didn't do that at all. Complete just straight down the middle of the road. Down the dirt road on a motorcycle, if you will. But I still ended up liking it. It got kind of boring at times. And I was kind of like,

[00:18:19] I thought we were gonna have a bigger reveal in the woods, like a little bit more. Seeing decorated lights and trees and whatnot. And it was sort of like, okay, I guess that looks nice. And then you get to undo it all,

[00:18:30] like take everything out of the woods. Oh my gosh, stop. A lot of work for it. Real Scrooge over here. I thought we should've seen it a little longer on screen. But overall, yeah, not... Then you gotta unplug it all. Yeah, all those extension cords.

[00:18:42] Not if you're stealing brand stuff, you just cut it. Yeah, that maybe they do that every year. They cut your cords. They cut the cord to Rudolph to take it. Then you can't use it. Didn't have time to unplug those. I don't know.

[00:18:54] I don't know what it almost felt like. I don't even know what the comparison is. Like when you come across a dead body and... I don't think that's the comparison. Let him finish. Okay, but the body is not, that's just a leg. I don't know.

[00:19:09] I gotta think it through a little bit more. There is something there where they did. It seems like the worst way to do that. So I ended up liking this an okay amount. I also like this an okay amount. Sus Dad, great to see her. She's wonderful.

[00:19:24] I really like the main guy in this movie. He did this thing on a regular basis through this movie where he just kind of laughs. Like he just kind of laughs to himself on a regular basis. Specifically in the scene where his cousin is taught

[00:19:39] they're having a conversation with the dad about the business. And he's just laughing. He's just high, he thinks. I don't know, but I liked it. It's just kind of like when you think a situation is funny to yourself and you just laugh.

[00:19:49] Like it felt very real to me. Like it's something that maybe you do with your family where it's just like you just laugh when something's here. You can't take it. It's just like, come on, this is classic dad. You just laugh.

[00:20:02] I really like the two of them together. I thought it was really nice. The dog was adorable. And yeah, I will say the one thing to... The mystery element of it when it just kind of is like, hey, the elephant necklace. And then he's like, I knew it.

[00:20:24] I knew it. And it just was like, it all kind of felt like it all led to a little bit of nothing there. But the two of these folks together was enough to pull this movie along. Dano? Yeah, I am probably higher on this movie

[00:20:38] than the two of you. Look at you. It's not amazing, but it's not bad. It's gonna be in my top 10. I do think Mark Ganymay is fantastic in this movie. I think Kimberly Sussett is fantastic in this movie. And I appreciated how they did that bit

[00:20:57] because if they do this thing where the whole town is like, we're not telling you, then it's a horror movie. And if we do this thing where he knows for sure, then it's like, how long is he gonna lie?

[00:21:07] But instead, the first time he sees her in the hospital, he talks to his cousin and he's like, I think that's her, but I'm not sure. So it's actually the most realistic way to do that version of that story where he's looking for this person

[00:21:19] but he thinks he's actually founder. I thought their chemistry was great. I thought there were some really solid scenes. It does drag in spots. Like it does get a little boring for 10 or 12 minute stretches, but better than most this year,

[00:21:32] I think I had it right at nine or 10 when I looked last. So yeah, I wouldn't man it. It's good. It's time for all the fields where we talk about what does he mean as go, man that feels good. Right? Yeah, the letter that he recited

[00:21:45] that he knew by memory was just a nice touch. That whole explanation and that backstory like really worked for me. I didn't, that came out of nowhere for me. I did not see that coming at all. I thought we were just kind of going through the motions here.

[00:21:56] He ended up not, like the whole thing of him not coming to develop the land. It was an anti-homework. Yeah, like what are they doing? They're not gonna see this through and they did, like it really, like they just didn't go that way with the story.

[00:22:08] And that was no crisis with him and his dad over him wanting to do it. Like it was just, they never, it was the anti-homework movement and I really appreciated that. Yeah, so that worked really, really well for me. I should come as a surprise

[00:22:21] when they did turn on the lights. It did work for me. I was actually while it was leading up to it, I was like, so this event is just people coming, they go in the woods and they decorate a tree. Like that's the thing. They decorate the trees.

[00:22:35] That's the thing, they go out there is to trees in the woods and they decorate them and then they turn it on. So they're donating money, they're not getting a, I was under like... Aren't they donating to people in need? Yeah. So they take all the money in

[00:22:47] and they give people trees that need them, right? I thought they got the money. No, I think they give them the money. They give them the money? It's even better. Yeah, they just go out and they just go and they decorate the woods basically

[00:22:57] and like it's like this entrance fee kind of thing. The wood was set by a tree. Yeah, okay. Got it. So the $250 you spent buying the tree. But then when I saw it all together, I was like, yeah, I liked it a lot.

[00:23:10] I'm not entirely sure how they're getting the power out there and all that good stuff, but it doesn't matter because it works. So I'm there for that. Dano? Yeah, I love the idea of this community all giving what they can and doing what they need to.

[00:23:23] It's just not what happens in real life a lot of times and that's unfortunate. But the idea that everybody gives an envelope and if they can't give anything, they give an empty envelope is fantastic because half of the problem with helping people in need

[00:23:35] is some people are too prideful to take that and some people are too stingy and selfish to give. And this really puts the onus on you to go, how much can I really give and support people in my community?

[00:23:47] And those are the people you should be helping first. And I was, I really loved how they did that and how important it was and why this community, like if a community was going to lie about someone's identity,

[00:24:00] it would be the community that all as at some point or another received money and given money. And that's what this community felt like. So I really liked that a lot. It's time to take one more quick break. We'll come back with the way one,

[00:24:12] the what the hallmark and a fighting chance with Vic Webster. I'm there was a motorcycle accident, but I don't know like it could be close here on deck the hallmark. Deck the hallmark. Oh, don't mind me, Dan. I just got to turn on some Christmas music.

[00:24:28] Yeah, it's the Tyler Shaw. It's Tyler Shaw. The Tyler Shaw. Stop. Got you. It's the Prince of Christmas. Yeah, it is. The Prince of Christmas, Tyler Shaw. That's exactly right. He's sung for presidents and princes. He certainly has. Can he sing for you each and every day?

[00:24:45] He certainly can. Well, how can he do that? Because right now, not only does he have a new Christmas single, Christmas in your eyes. You can find his full Christmas album of Tyler Shaw Christmas. This guy's won awards. He's sung across the country, soothing voice,

[00:24:57] Christmas classics and originals. Tyler Shaw is changing the game. And here's the thing. You know all the classics, but sometimes it's nice to find a song like this, Christmas in your eyes sung by someone whose voice is just perfect for the holidays.

[00:25:09] And you put that on with a cup of hot chocolate and you've got yourself a wonderful Christmas night. And I gotta tell you, Dan, I can't wait to save this entire album to my Spotify playlist. It's just too good, Dan. He's the Prince of Christmas. He's Tyler Shaw.

[00:25:23] You need to check him out for your Christmas music right now. Welcome back, lords and... Leaping? It is your boy, Brian. Here with Brian. Cash Tuesday. It's a cash Tuesday. Cash Tuesday. The boy, Brian here on Cash Tuesday. Let's get to the way what.

[00:25:49] So we're talking about whether it's gonna be just go, wait, what? It's cash. It's all cash here. It's just something that made us go, I'm really mad. Weird. Brian. Yeah, I don't have much at all. The one thing that stood out to me

[00:26:02] was the medical attention he was receiving for banging up his shoulder and a concussion was a lot. Like he was in the hospital for a while. It didn't feel like he should have been in a bed that long. Like it just felt like he was there too long

[00:26:16] for that kind of injury. It feels like they try to play it both ways because they're like, if you had not found him for another day, it could have been like deadly serious. Why? Right, because he just would have been, anybody laying, it was in the blood?

[00:26:28] Like what was it? Maybe it would have been the injuries and then just being real cold. Maybe your body would have been more easy to give into like hypothermia. Yeah, possibly. So I just thought he was... I mean, I am not a doctor. You're not a doctor?

[00:26:42] But did you get the honorary doctor from somewhere? Nothing yet? Nothing's coming? Well, it's still time. The only other thing, it's sort of a wait-what, but it's something that hit me funny. And it's when, it was a serious scene.

[00:26:55] It's when she opened up about being sad about her dad and missing him at the holidays at Christmas and he was like, I can relate, I've lost people too. And he's like, and the way he said this just made me kind of like, think it was funny.

[00:27:07] He's like, yeah, you think Christmas is bad. Wait till like the first birthday or wait till... Wait till what else do you say? Proceed to say things like, you think Christmas is hard, wait for the birthday without them, wait for the first full day,

[00:27:20] you don't even think of them. And just the list of things like for her to not look forward to was just like, man, I don't know. Like maybe it was dumb. I hadn't even thought about that. Definitely a piling on there of like,

[00:27:32] well, wait till you get to this, where these moments come in your life. And like, here's a list I have if you want to read over them now to get super depressed. Right, yeah. Like just to get her, she's not quite crying hard enough yet.

[00:27:41] Let's really get her going. So I was just like, that's, it's funny to me. I get the conversation, but I don't know, it just made me chuckle a little bit. I only have a few as well. One, at the beginning of this, maybe they're tracking down that dog

[00:27:54] and they're in the car and they're doing the same. It's like, it's going over there. And then they're like, no, you gotta pull a Huey. You gotta go back over this way. And before they even finished that sentence, they have Huey.

[00:28:06] And it is faster than Dan does a Huey and Dan's a fast Huey guy. He's a fast Huey guy. It was lightning fast. We got to go, we're there. We're going this way now. I understand that this bongo, Santa is supposed to be terrifying. Let's get in.

[00:28:22] What are those red eyes about? That seems like a very interesting manufacturing choice to go bongo, Santa, what if, hear me out red eyes. Why does it exist? Who approved that? Dan, did you have something else to add to bongo, Santa? The bongo Santa's not playing the bongos.

[00:28:42] That's true. He's not. What are we doing? Why is it called bongo Santa if he's playing a full set of drums, not a set of bongos? I can't believe the drummer didn't pick that out immediately. I didn't mention it. I mean, that was just a freebie there.

[00:28:55] I thought for sure you'd take that. Bongo Santa. I love that idea though for a toy. I was thinking like- Bongo Santa, but he would have like a Hawaiian shirt on. Yeah. And just a couple of bongos. Just change the script to be like drummer Santa. Who cares?

[00:29:07] Yeah. It's still creepy. And then another thing similar to your last, wait what, that just caught me funny in the midst of a really serious conversation is when she's crying and he is reciting the letter or whatever and she just goes,

[00:29:22] he was always telling me to marry people. Which is just so funny. Just like, it's like just the way that it was all presented. Like it's a very serious moment. She's like, he was always telling me to marry people.

[00:29:35] And then she says after that, it was our joke. It was our joke. He was always telling me to marry people. It was our joke. Wow. What a joke. What a hole. What a joke. Dan? Yeah. So this is not Kimberly Susten's fault, but once again,

[00:29:50] we have someone who's a photographer and some of these pictures that they show us, the photo of the elderly couple at the beginning that they used for their Christmas card, one of the, that couldn't have been the best picture. It's terrible. I wouldn't pay for it. I wouldn't,

[00:30:09] it was bad. It was really, really bad. And you know, classic hallmark in photography. This dude within an hour finds a full size Rudolph outfit for a party in a small town. And I don't know how he did it. He wasn't planning on going to this costume thing.

[00:30:26] He didn't have anything. It's a small town and all of a sudden, he's got Rudolph. That's impressive. I don't know, he borrowed it from, you know. Or stole it from. Maybe beat somebody up for it. Maybe he could have beat somebody up. Yeah.

[00:30:38] I think we'll hear about that. Yeah, we sure will. Fighting chance for sure. When he finally pitches his idea for why he's in town, it's basically just a neighborhood, right? More or less, yes. It's a place where you can build a big house,

[00:30:53] a small house and accessible all houses should be accessible and accessible house. That's what he says. Yeah. That's what? What? Yeah. Cool, bro. A neighborhood. You feel like a cul-de-sac? Yeah. I want to build one of those. Yeah. It's a neighborhood with no zoning restrictions. Yeah.

[00:31:12] It's just like whatever you want. It's just like whatever you want. Any structure. Yeah. Just come on in. Build what you want. There's a lot of them. You're not doing anything weird here. That is not a big secret. The people want to be neighbors.

[00:31:23] I think it was the big difference. Like these people want to be like congregate and be near each other. Yeah, okay. Whatever. It was not sold to me as anything other than neighbors. Maybe he wants to build a cult. Maybe that's what he's looking for. All right.

[00:31:35] We got some tips for you. What? Lastly, you can have a dog that can sit still for 30 seconds without you looking at him or you can have a dog that steals stuff. You cannot have both. You cannot have both of those things. My dogs are wonderful

[00:31:51] and they will all sit and wait on me on command. But if I walk away from them, they don't stay seated. They take off. This dog sits still in a rock in the background for minutes at a time. That dog is not getting into any trouble.

[00:32:06] He's a very good boy. And how dare you shame his name like that? That's right. It's time for what the hallmarks for you. Wonder what could have been. Maybe I pick up some clear questions just to laugh. Brian? Yeah. Mine is more of like a technical thing.

[00:32:18] There was a scene where they were walking on a beach when it was supposed to be nighttime. It was after the summit event at the school. And it was supposed to be dark, obviously. But it looked like it was filmed during the day

[00:32:29] and they made it dark afterwards. Because you can see, you see clouds in the sky. You clearly see sky, like blue sky behind the clouds. You see sun on his shoulders. Like, I don't know. I don't even know my question. Is like, am I right?

[00:32:42] Like, was that filmed at day? Can you do that easily? Like, filmed during the day? Just make it nighttime? I know we got like, there's new great tools like you can make. All kinds of stuff. Do crazy stuff. I can't imagine they're using crazy tools.

[00:32:53] But I don't know. Like, just wondering, is that what happened? And why do it at the beach? Do it somewhere else? Do it inside? Like, why are you? It just looked really funny to me. And I don't know why you had to do that. Yeah.

[00:33:06] I had one at the beginning of the movie. She is out on the rocks with those kids and they're taking pictures for Christmas cards and stuff. And it's just like, in a town that size, that size with the amount of Christmas that it has, why there for that?

[00:33:25] Like, why the rocks by the water for Christmas cards? It just seemed like a very interesting location for such a lesson. But that was just my only one really. Dana? This dad does something where he finds soldiers that are clearly struggling with the transition back into everyday life.

[00:33:44] And he befriends them and mentors him. Army knows army. And Army knows army. And he sends them letters regularly. And then he uses that as a tool. And this is actually where the movie falls short because this is such a great idea.

[00:33:57] This could have been like the centerpiece of this movie. He uses that as a tool to encourage his daughter after he's gone. I would love to hear the stories of those other soldiers. Like, I'd love to see a movie that isn't centered around Susted's dad.

[00:34:13] But just like they keep getting these letters and they open them up and they're like, oh, this is encouraging at this time of my life. I think that'd be really cool. Almost like, what if we called it the Christmas card? Ooh, no. No, no. That couldn't be taken.

[00:34:27] We could. What if you call it the Christmas cards too? Christmas cards. The Christmas cards. There would be no confusion. And it bands in a series. People would not record on their DVR by accident ever. We're ask one that's airing. Man, it's a great idea.

[00:34:41] There's a hospital visit. There's arguments. Are there any fights? There's only one man I would trust to inform me of that. It's time for A Fighting Chance with Vic Webster. A Fighting Chance with Vic Webster. A Fighting Chance with Vic Webster. With the fighting in the movie.

[00:34:59] With someone you've heard. It's a Fighting Chance with Vic Webster. A Fighting Chance with Vic Webster. This movie had a serious lack of action. A Fighting Chance with Vic Webster. I don't think it's a fan on appealing to any of this stuff.

[00:35:24] We're at Tomorrow Magic and Missile Toe Wednesday. Magic to play in tomorrow. What? Oh, the magic aren't playing the mistletoe tomorrow. No. It's different. Okay. No, I can see how you got there. That is, I think, I think that's Friday. Friday. Friday's match. Got it.

[00:35:41] Until then, we're the first to wish you a Merry Christmas. Deck the Hallmark is a Brable Jam podcast is produced by Aaron Shea. What? For more information on Deck the Hallmark, you can go to deckthehallmark.com. For more information on the Deck the Hallmark family,

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[00:36:19] It's really up to you at this point. Is that the end of the show? I mean, you're listening to me. Hi. But here they come. I promise they're coming. Yep. Here they are. Happy day.