Hallmark Christmas Movies [rewind]

American Hysteria

W!ZARD Studios

Society & Culture

4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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This is a rerelease of last year's holiday special! Find our new merch at americanhysteria.com/merch They usually go something like this: A cranky career woman from the big city who has lost the true meaning of Christmas arrives in a small town where she falls in love with a handsome handyman or baker or Christmas tree farmer and together they vanquish whatever big business force threatens the idyllic community. The Christmas spirit leads her to let go of her own ambitions and embrace a more traditional lifestyle and of course, someone's dad is always Santa. Sound familiar? We will explore the history of Hallmark, the formula that makes these cheesy productions so successful, the Christmas Movie Wars of the last few years, as well as the controversies over diversity and "family-friendly" entertainment. Become a Patron to support our show and get early ad-free episodes and bonus content American Hysteria is written, produced, and hosted by Chelsey Weber-Smith Co-produced and co-edited by Miranda Zickler Co-researched and co-edited by Riley Smith Sound design by Clear Commo Studios Voice acting by Will Rogers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Dung dung dung
0:02.0	dung as we've long covered on American hysteria
0:06.0	a folk devil is a person or a group of people
0:09.0	unfairly blamed for society's problems
0:12.0	the focus of those pesky moral panics.
0:16.7	It's safe to say that most of you, dear listeners, know what it's like to be deemed a cartoonish, salacious, and satanic villain for no reason at all.
0:27.3	So we've created our merch series, Folk Devils United,
0:31.9	with the motto, Skate scapegoats against scapegoating.
0:36.3	The image shows three radical doubles from different periods of American history,
0:42.1	joining hands the way our show hopes we all can, united in rag tag solidarity.
0:49.0	We got t-shirts, baseball teas, tote bags, all available now at American hysteria.com slash
0:55.8	merch, shipping out in early January. We have limited stocks so make sure you head
1:01.2	to American hysteria.com slash merge today.
1:06.0	On this podcast we explore fantastical thinking, moral panics, conspiracy theories, and urban
1:19.5	legends, examine the forces that shape our culture and tell the stories that create the realities
1:27.0	we share and sometimes the realities we don't.
1:31.8	I'm your host, Chelsea Weber Smith, and this is American Histaria.
1:38.0	Will she take over the town's cookie factory before he steals her heart in a Hallmark channel original movie.
1:45.0	They will keep traditional marriage at the core.
1:47.8	I do Christmas almost all year round.
1:50.1	Just sharing the Christmas message.
1:51.7	There's gonna be more Christmas after Christmas, more Christmas.
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