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Marsha Mason, Malört shots, and the best hair we’ve ever seen in a Hallmark movie. We review Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story and land in different places on whether the story underneath holds up.

Hallmark’s third NFL Christmas movie came out swinging on opening weekend, and we have a lot to say about it. Lyndsy Fonseca and Robert Buckley are a terrific pairing with comedy built in rather than bolted on. Marsha Mason is the heart of the whole thing. And Megan would like someone to tell her where to buy those green glasses.

But we both wanted more comedy than this script was willing to give Robert Buckley, and Wendy makes the case that if you strip away the Bears, the Chicago of it all and the football traditions, what’s left is a very familiar Hallmark shape. Megan doesn’t mind the formula when the extra layers earn their keep. We do not resolve this.

Plus: an Italian beef that was far too dry, a thermostat reading 75 degrees in a Chicago winter, the Always product placement that refused to be discreet, and the movie marquee Easter egg that Mackie has now caught twice in three films.

We also hear from Tamera Mowry-Housley about how her cameo happened, from Shannon in Australia about the jumbotron tribute, and from Kea, a Chicagoan who settles the Malört question, confirms cornhole is real, and has strong feelings about a boat tour on a frozen river.

Ratings, the franchise scoreboard, and which NFL team we want next.

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Listen to our review. We kick off Countdown to Christmas 2026 with ’Tis the Season for Setups and end up talking about parenting regrets, the forehead kiss that almost happened, and the most pointless secret relationship of the season. Plus, one of us wants a “Queen of No Fun” t-shirt, and we argue about whether a Christmas escape room even counts.

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Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story brought Hallmark Channel and the NFL back together for a second football-themed Christmas romance in 2025. Following the success of 2024’s Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, the second movie in the Hallmark and NFL partnership headed to Buffalo Bills country, starring Holland Roden and Matthew Daddario as longtime neighbors Morgan and Gabe. Set against the traditions and passionate fandom of Bills Mafia, the story follows the pair as they search for the mysterious Christmas benefactor who once helped Morgan’s family - and discover that their own relationship may be turning into something more.

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Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story kicked off a new era of football-themed Christmas movies for Hallmark Channel when it premiered in 2024. Starring Hunter King and Tyler Hynes, the movie was the first collaboration between Hallmark and the NFL and brought together holiday romance, Kansas City Chiefs fandom, and plenty of familiar faces from Chiefs Kingdom. Set in Kansas City and centered around one family’s bid to become the team’s “Fan of the Year,” Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story launched what has since become an annual Hallmark football tradition, with the Buffalo Bills getting their turn in 2025 and the Chicago Bears joining the lineup in 2026.

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We have never done this episode before, which is a little hard to believe after all these years. So here it is: our five favorite Hallmark movies of 2026, picked separately, compared on the podcast, and argued about a bit. Every Hallmark movie that aired in 2026 was eligible except the Countdown to Christmas lineup, which has its own conversation coming in January. There's overlap on our lists, there's one shared honorable mention, and at the bottom there's a surprise about which episode you all actually listened to most this year.

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