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Tressie McMillan Cottom

25 Oct, 8 tweets, 2 min read

For those new to the Hallmark Christmas Movie Universe (HCMU, as it were), don’t fall for the early start. They dump all the duds early in the season with a few exceptions to tease you. It’s starts getting good next week.

One notable HCMU event:

Christmas in Harmony has to be the first time the romantic leads are two dark-skinned Black actors

You will also notice Luke James, which is way out of the HCMU comfort zone. You also get Loretta Devine and Michelle Williams. Totally out of HCMU league

@ReadInColour

Another HCMU tidbit: a generous schedule of all Black holiday content from
@ReadInColour

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Run. Me. My. Coins.

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I’m so serious. I keep trying to tell this idea to someone lol

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All day.

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Someone accused me of falling for the white supremacy of the Hallmark scheduling and I need everyone to take a street drug and stop using big words for tiny feelings.

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