by Mary Carver | Jan 1, 2021 | Books, Movies & TV, Hooked on Holiday Movies
I heard a rumor that 2020 gave us 115 brand-new, made-for-TV holiday movies. I don’t know. Could that possibly be true? It feels…like a LOT. But then again, 2020 was a LOT. So I guess that makes sense. At last count, I had about 98 or 99 movies on the...
by Mary Carver | Dec 24, 2020 | Hooked on Holiday Movies podcast episodes, The Couch Podcast
Today I’m joined by my very good friend, friend of the show, and Hooked on Holiday Movies partner, Anna Rendell. As you know, if you’ve been listening to The Couch for a while, Anna and I love holiday movies but we also look at them with a bit of a critical eye,...
by Mary Carver | Dec 22, 2020 | Books, Movies & TV, Movie Moments
This holiday season has already been an incredibly difficult one, and the remaining days of 2020 will likely be the same. So many of us are missing loved ones—separated, isolated, disappointed, and even depressed. It’s hard to be alone or to be away from the...
by Mary Carver | Dec 17, 2020 | Hooked on Holiday Movies podcast episodes, The Couch Podcast
Welcome back to The Christmas Couch! In these weekly bonus episodes, a friend and I recap and review the new holiday movies we watched the weekend before. We tell you if we’re giving it a thumbs up or down, how diverse the movie was, what made us groan,...
by Mary Carver | Dec 10, 2020 | Faith Life
I stood shivering in my church’s parking lot, chatting with a couple friends (six feet apart). I was there to pick up my daughter after her small group, and they were there to clean out the children’s ministry bins that had been sitting unused for eight months. We...
