Predictably Unexpected
Welcome to Predictably Unexpected — the holiday Hallmark romcom podcast you didn’t know you needed! Your hosts, Holly & Scottie, are obsessed with predictably heartwarming Christmas movies. Think big-city careers, small-town charm, last-minute snowstorms, and just maybe... a kiss under the mistletoe.
Using their official Predictability Scorecard — a totally serious, highly scientific game where they rate each holiday film on classic Hallmark-style tropes. From city vs. small-town settings to surprise character backstories, they’ll predict the plot before they even hit play. If they guess the movie right, they earn points — and yes, there’s a prize (or at least bragging rights) on the line.
What to Expect This Season:
• Weekly episodes all through the holiday season (hopefully)
• Predictions, recaps, and hilarious real-time reactions
• A rotating lineup of festive films, friendly competition, and a lot of hot takes (and hot cocoa)
So grab your coziest blanket, pour yourself something peppermint-flavored, and get ready to celebrate the most predictably unexpected time of the year!
Predictably Unexpected
Making, Breaking, and Baby-Making: Hallmark’s A Make or Break Holiday & The Christmas Baby!
This week, we’re holding ourselves accountable — briefly — before confidently predicting the future all over again. We kick things off by reviewing last week’s Hallmark offerings, A Suite Holiday Romance and Oy to the World!, and putting our Predictability Scorecard to the test. Which tropes showed up right on cue? Which emotional beats hit exactly when we said they would? And did Hallmark surprise us even a little… or absolutely not at all?
After checking the receipts, we turn our attention to the upcoming Hallmark movies: A Make or Break Holiday and The Christmas Baby! Armed with nothing but the titles, years of Hallmark-viewing experience, and a deeply trusted formula, we predict plots, character arcs, conflicts, and Christmas miracles before a single ornament is hung on screen.
Will careers be on the line? Will family secrets surface at the worst possible festive moment? Will a baby fundamentally change everything just in time for Christmas? Using our Predictability Scorecard, we place our bets, embrace the tropes, and prepare to be proven right (again).
Whether you’re a devoted Hallmark fan, a loving skeptic, or just here for the cozy chaos, this episode is your guide to Christmas movie déjà vu — with spreadsheets.
Rate, review, and subscribe — or risk being handed a Christmas baby that teaches you the true meaning of the holidays whether you’re emotionally prepared or not.
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