Amanda Hess

And it turned out that by the time I sat down to do that, I was in this place in November where someone very close to me had a health scare. And they ended up being completely fine. But there was like a week where I was waiting for test results to come back. Mm-hmm.

And it turned out that by the time I sat down to do that, I was in this place in November where someone very close to me had a health scare. And they ended up being completely fine. But there was like a week where I was waiting for test results to come back. Mm-hmm.

Yeah. I was so frozen as a person. And I really needed to find something to watch that was really uncomplicated and easy. And I found that there was nothing easier than watching these Christmas movies. And I came out of the experience really starting to like them.

Yeah. I was so frozen as a person. And I really needed to find something to watch that was really uncomplicated and easy. And I found that there was nothing easier than watching these Christmas movies. And I came out of the experience really starting to like them.

Well, so they do have this very recognizable formula, and there are some variations. But in the classic one, there's a big city woman who's in her 30s, which in these movies is like she's getting a little long in the tooth. Like, you know, she needs to find love fast. But she has her career that she loves.

Well, so they do have this very recognizable formula, and there are some variations. But in the classic one, there's a big city woman who's in her 30s, which in these movies is like she's getting a little long in the tooth. Like, you know, she needs to find love fast. But she has her career that she loves.

For some bizarre reason, she needs to go back to her hometown.

For some bizarre reason, she needs to go back to her hometown.

Like she's a pilot and she's forced to do an emergency landing on Christmas Island.

Like she's a pilot and she's forced to do an emergency landing on Christmas Island.

Or she is forced to go to Scotland for Christmas because her mother has unexpectedly inherited a castle there. 30,000, this place is 30,000 acres.

Or she is forced to go to Scotland for Christmas because her mother has unexpectedly inherited a castle there. 30,000, this place is 30,000 acres.

You know, whatever it is.

You know, whatever it is.

Yep, I'm home.

Yep, I'm home.

She goes to this small town, and they all look eerily similar. There's this quaint town square.

She goes to this small town, and they all look eerily similar. There's this quaint town square.

That's always very festively decorated for Christmas.

That's always very festively decorated for Christmas.