Hallmark channel Christmas movies. Why are they all set in a snow-covered town?

[Roland99]

Why is *every* Hallmark Christmas movie set in a snow-covered town?

Where is

A Cactus Christmas
Yuletide in Yuma
Holiday in Hollywood
A Naples Nativity

[Sneederbunk]

1. When people think Christmas they don't think cactus.

Thank you Bing Crosby.

[Roland99]

3. one of the coolest things I've ever seen was the Ethel M Cactus Christmas display in Las Vegas

that was so fun

[Brother Buzz]

20. Tell that to Spike, Snoopy's brother

[LakeArenal]

2. Because.... snow.

Way more romantic thanks sand

[Faux pas]

4. I

hate that those channels have xmas movies for over two months. It effs with the mysteries I watch to get relief from all the hump news. One of the few things I enjoy anymore...Poof

[Rhiannon12866]

22. Same here!

It starts before Halloween and continues through the New Year! If I wanted "romance" movies, I'd watch Hallmark, but I watch the mystery channel for exactly the same reason, to take a break from news.

[Faux pas]

23. ...

It stinks bigly for sure.

Lol I guess if we lived thru the hump years(eons?), we can get thru this, it just messes with my chi.

[underpants]

5. Because it's all "Christmassy"

It’s not like they celebrate Christmas (which is under attack) anywhere white people dont live. Like that one time in 1985 when they celebrated Christmas in Africa, we’re not even sure they KNEW it was Christmas.

[Roland99]

7. well-played

[txwhitedove]

6. Vaguely remember one in Texas. I knew the flu was bad last year when all I could do was drink hot

tea while watching and actually crying over those damn Hallmark Christmas movies. 💞🎄❤️❤️❤️🌵

[ffr]

8. And never any coverage of what Xmas looks like at the beginning of Summer in the southern

hemisphere.

[moose65]

19. There have been a few set in the South

There's one that is set in Something Falls, North Carolina, and of course the ground was covered with deep snow for the entire movie. I kept wondering, "WHERE in NC do they have snow covering the ground for a whole month?" Even here in the mountains of NC it's been in the 70's lately and we rarely get more than a dusting of snow in December.

There was also that one set at Dollywood, with the same snow covering the ground for the entire movie. I don't think Pigeon Forge gets ANY snow much. I've been over there at Thanksgiving when it was 75 degrees outside!

It's all a fantasy, I guess!

[icwlmuscyia]

9. The song "White Christmas" forever tied snow and Christmas together

even though people move out of the cold climates in huge chunks every year, our nostalgia demands we dream of Christmas with snow.

edit to add the song:

[Wolf Frankula]

29. I think most people don't know that Irving Berlin

wrote 'White Christmas' in 1937 when he was on vacation in Havana. He avoided cold weather if he could. So did Bing Crosby.

Wolf

[icwlmuscyia]

30. nor do many know that the actual first lines of 'White Christmas" are

"The sun is shining, the grass is green
The orange and palm trees sway
There's never been such a day
In Beverly Hills, L.A
But it's December the twenty-fourth
And I am longing to be up North"

Nobody ever sings that anymore - few ever did

[efhmc]

31. I love that rendition. Where can I download it, please?

[gibraltar72]

10. I have used Hallmark Movies to lighten my load in some of

the dark days I can report not all but most are in snow covered areas. I do remember one where the family came back to San Diego for Christmas and learned mom and dad were gonna sell the home. The real question should be what was the actual cause of death of all those spouses who died 3 years ago.

[Clearly fogged in]

11. Not sure about the Naples Nativity, but Victoria Park

This neighborhood community in Napled goes all out for xmas - take a look ->

https://m.

This isn't the do all end all, but traffic backs up waiting to drive through their streets

[PoliticAverse]

12. Because...

[Harker]

15. That's my favorite performance.

What verve!

[Harker]

13. I used to sing "Brown Christmas" regularly.

Tosca the Husky loves the stuff.

[dem4decades]

14. Without cold and snow they couldn't have snow angels, snow fights and hot cocoa.

Three needed scenes in every Hallmark movie.

[Beakybird]

16. A Christmas in Hell.

[procon]

17. Never snows where I live so I really like those

snow covered holiday movies. The pine trees, mountains, frozen lakes, snow covered roof tops and snowmen in front yards, none of which is anywhere near me.

I even like seeing the cast dressed in layers of warm winter clothes with snow sprinkled on their hair. Puffs of frosty breath, the sound of boots crunching across the snow. Big mugs of steaming hot chocolate sipped in front of a cozy fire with a beautifully decorated tree framed in a window that shows a snow covered meadow. I love that stuff because I don't have it to enjoy and those formulaic movies fill in the gap.

[dchill]

18. How would Santa's sleigh get off the roof...

... without snow?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

21. Because Santa Claus wears a heavy red coat and boots

and mittens, which would all be too uncomfortably hot for weather where it wasn't snowing, and he rides in a sleigh pulled by reindeer, which are native to arctic regions. And a sleigh can't go on grass or sand. So if Christmas was intended to take place anywhere but a snowy climate, Santa would be wearing a Hawaiian shirt and flip-flops and he'd be riding in a wagon pulled by oxen or zebras or wildebeest.

Of course.

[lagomorph777]

24. They shoot 'em all at once, from the same script.

Interchangeable casts of pretty white girls and hunky white men.

The savings are huge.

[LeftInTX]

25. Hallmark Plot

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I read they film their movies in Canada.

We were in Estes Park last Christmas. My daughter in law says, "Wow, this is like a Hallmark Movie".

[Roland99]

26. "That's it! That's the connection!"

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[TexasBushwhacker]

28. My boss's wife LOVES Hallmark movies

He watches them with her sometimes to humor her. He said the male characters are like no one on this planet 🤣

[kairos12]

27. Because climate change has not happened at Hallmark.