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25 Days of Hallmark Movies, Day 17: "Christmas On Honeysuckle Lane" Starring Alicia Witt

Having starred in a number of Hallmark Christmas movies (The Mistletoe Inn, Christmas List, A Snow Globe Christmas, A Very Merry Mix-Up, Christmas at Cartwright's, and I'm Not Ready For Christmas), Alicia Witt is one of the reigning actresses of the holiday cheese log genre. "Christmas On Honeysuckle Lane" is her latest entry in the scoreboard, which is probably the kindest thing I can say about it. This one was brutal– halfway through, I was hoping it was the end.

Romance Factor: 4 out of 10

Christmas Cheer: 6 out of 10

Overall Rating: 5 out of 10

Time Until First Kiss: 01:21:18

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Gainfully Employed

Spotted in the local Metro, good news for Alice Gainer- she got a full-time anchoring gig on a CBS affiliate!

No more homewrecking the perfect chemistry between Maurice DuBois (it means "of wood") and Kristine Johnson! Enjoy your new home, AG!

Strike Out, Joel.

Things that Joel has learned over the course of the Writer's Strike:

Day one: Not working is kind of fun!

Day two: My toes are kind of webbed if you look at them in the right light.

Day three: Nikki and Victor are an eternally doomed couple on The Young and the Restless

Day four: Unrefrigerated Vong's Thai Kitchen leftovers don't keep or taste too good.

Day five: Writer's agents don't call as often when writers are striking.

Day six: Loneliness is disorienting and Silvia Plath poems make more sense.

Day seven: My testicles smell worse when you use Pine Sol.

Day eight: Wow. Silvia Plath totally gets it all.

Day nine: Being broke isn't as heroic and honorable as those Okie Dust Bowl people say.

Day ten: Dick still tastes awesome. A comfort in these times.

(pictured above, the new trend in album cover art– just putting someone's big fat face on the cover)