Business Christmas: A Hallmark Christmas movie podcast
A high-powered executive finds herself in a small town over the holidays. What will it take for her to learn that Christmas is more important than business? Join us to find out as we discuss our favorite Hallmark, Lifetime, and Freeform holiday movies with a business twist.About us: Kat and Nicole are two MBAs who love business, Christmas movies, and the intersection of the two.
Episodes
23 episodes
Episode 22: Christmas with the Campbells
We're back after a nearly three-year hiatus (oops), with a little something different this time. For this episode, we watched Christmas with the Campbells, a parody of our usual beloved Hallmark fare. Here's the description: "When Jesse is dump...
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Episode 22
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1:01:23
Episode 21: Christmas Cookies
Big-city businesswoman Hannah is sent to the small town of Cookie Jar (yup) over the holidays to acquire the town's beloved cookie company. Sparks fly as she repeatedly butts heads with the company's CEO, Jake. Will Hannah learn that Christmas ...
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Episode 21
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1:02:35
Episode 20: Christmas Town
A Boston teacher decides to relocate for a new job, but finds herself sidetracked in a small town over the holidays. There, she meets the town handyman and his foster son, and begins to learn the true meaning of both Christmas and family.
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Episode 20
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1:22:47
Episode 19: Christmas in Rome
We're back after a lengthy hiatus! This time, we're talking about Christmas in Rome, starring Lacey Chabert and Sam Page.It's the usual Business Christmas tropes, but gender swapped! Angela's a tour guide in Rome who meets busy, cultura...
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Episode 19
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1:28:23
Episode 4: A Christmas Kiss
In the days leading up to and including Christmas 2019, we're resharing some of our favorite past episodes of Business Christmas! First up is Episode 4: A Christmas Kiss.After a spontaneous kiss in a stalled elevator, aspiring designer ...
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1:16:51
Episode 18: A Gingerbread Romance
This week we're talking with our friend Brian about the Tia Mowry vehicle A Gingerbread Romance. An ambitious architect pairs up with a handsome baker for a gingerbread house contest. Will they win? (You'll find out.) Will they fall in love? (O...
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Episode 18
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1:05:08
Episode 17: The Mistletoe Inn
Reeling from a breakup, aspiring romance writer Kim heads to a conference in Vermont to pursue her dream of working with author H.T. Cowell. There, she meets Zeke, the man of my (Kat’s) dreams, who is unfortunately a fictional character. Tensio...
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Episode 17
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1:07:40
Episode 16: A Shoe Addict's Christmas
Business Christmas fave Candace Cameron Bure is back as Noelle, an HR manager at a department store who dreams of being a professional photographer. Enter Jean Smart as a high-key weirdo who tells Noelle her life is trash and takes her on a jou...
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Episode 16
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1:13:54
Episode 15: Miss Christmas
Holly, the tree finder for Chicago's Radcliffe Tree Lighting, must find a new tree ASAP following a mishap with a crane. Holly heads to a small town to find a replacement tree--and possibly true love.
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Episode 15
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59:35
Episode 14: Christmas Joy
Market researcher Joy (played by the adorable Danielle Panabaker) heads home over the holidays after her beloved aunt is injured in a fall. She ends up taking over her aunt's annual Christmas Cookie Crawl -- and is reunited with a handsome man ...
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Episode 14
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51:13
Episode 13: A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding
On this episode, Kat and Nicole discuss Netflix atrocity A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding. In the days leading up to Amber and Richard's wedding, Aldovia is rocked by missing funds, union protests, and horrific sartorial crimes. This is th...
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Episode 13
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1:21:41
Episode 12: Northpole: Open for Christmas
We invited our friend Jorn to join us to discuss this weird movie where Lori Loughlin inherits a Vermont inn with a Christmas secret. Will she sell it, or give in to holiday magic? Dermot Mulroney, still extremely hot, is also in this movie, be...
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Episode 12
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1:09:13
Episode 11: Switched at Christmas
Estranged identical twins Kate and Chris disagree on who has it worse: working single mom Chris or high-powered, single businesswoman Kate. At their annual pre-Christmas lunch, they decide to swap lives and find out how the other half lives.
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Episode 11
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1:04:31
Episode 10: The Princess Switch
Netflix’s latest offering in the Business Christmas genre features Vanessa Hudgens — and Vanessa Hudgens with an accent. Join us as we discuss The Princess Switch, which is a weird title for a movie that's actually about a duchess. The two Vane...
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Episode 10
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1:26:51
Episode 9: A Christmas Inheritance
We discuss Netflix Original Christmas movie A Christmas Prince! New York City heiress Ellen has to deliver a special Christmas card to her dad's business partner and ends up learning the true meaning of Christmas. The plot doesn't make a ton of...
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Episode 9
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57:12
Episode 8: A Christmas Melody
In the backdoor pilot for our new podcast-within-a-podcast, The Chabert Report, a single mother (Lacey Chabert) moves back to her hometown with her young daughter. The daughter teams up with her music teacher to write a song for the upcoming Chris...
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Episode 8
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1:10:22
Episode 7: Christmas Festival of Ice
Newly minted lawyer Emma is juggling her new role at her mom's law firm with an attempt to save her town's beloved ice sculpting contest. Will she also find love? (Yes, because this is the Hallmark Channel.)
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Episode 7
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57:17
Episode 6: A Christmas Prince
Aspiring journalist Amber goes undercover as a tutor to get the inside scoop on the prince of Aldovia, but ends up learning more than she bargained for.
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Episode 6
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1:33:56
Episode 5: Wish Upon a Christmas
This week, our friend Amanda joins us to discuss Wish Upon a Christmas, starring Larisa Oleynik as an actuary who returns to her hometown to shut down a factory owned by her high school sweetheart, who believes she's there to save his business.
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Episode 5
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1:21:59
Episode 4: A Christmas Kiss
After a spontaneous kiss in a stalled elevator, aspiring designer Wendy finds herself falling for her demanding boss's boyfriend. The only problem? He doesn't recognize her. Now, they have to work together to decorate his home for a holiday party.
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Episode 4
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1:16:51
Episode 3: Window Wonderland
This week, we watched Window Wonderland, starring Grey’s Anatomy’s Chyler Leigh as Sloan, an aspiring lead window dresser at McGuire’s department store in NYC. Also competing for the role is her colleague Jake (Paul Campbell). As they battle it ou...
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Episode 3
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1:11:05