Christmas with the Singhs (2024)

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Keywords

Christmas, Hallmark, family, cultural representation, engagement, movie review

Summary

In this episode, Nick and Leslie review the Hallmark movie 'Christmas with the Sings,' discussing its characters, plot, cultural representation, and family dynamics. They explore the engagement expectations and the conflicts that arise between families, ultimately providing their ratings and final thoughts on the film.

Nick And Leslie (00:01.302)
It's time for Christmas with the Sings! How are we spelling it these days? Okay, let's reenact a scene before we get to the trailer. This is us last week. Yes. This is All-Star. Picture me sitting on the couch watching a Hallmark movie and it's time for a commercial. And a commercial shows up. The sneak peeks. Yep. Commercial shows up for today's movie.

Nick And Leslie (00:27.998)
Christmas with the signs? I think it's Sings, but it's it's spelled different than what we've seen. Is that how you spell Sings? Interesting. I guess that's how they're spelling it. Smash cut to this week. it is spelled S-I-N-G-H. They had a promo with the typo. With the typo. Yep. Yes.

Alright, let's play Maybe we're trying to switch around trailers and themes of movies and we just forget things. Roll that. They are probably in a hurry. To get with Christmas in the Sings. Although. we're not rolling trailer. Sorry. Related to that, a quick shout out to another Hallmark podcast I was listening to yesterday. I forgot its name. So it's for a shout out. Anyways, she.

pointed out that the casting director of Five Year Christmas Party is the same woman who was let go from Hallmark and sued them for age discrimination. that she was let go in April. So that means it was probably filmed before April. So they had probably a long time to fix But as we talked about age discrimination, it's the older ones are being discriminated against.

Are you saying that was an older writer and we were incorrect? She wasn't a writer, it was the casting director. my bad. Okay, okay. still, my glasses are so crooked. Okay, okay. Okay. So now that we're here, let's move to the trailer. Trailer.

Alright, we are back. So, Christmas with the Sings. This stars, I don't know their names, the characters are Jake, Asha, who her family calls Maglou, which I thought was adorable. And her parents, Samuel and Nidmela. And there's a Molly involved. that's Jake's mom. Yeah, yes. I did not get Jake's dad's name either. Before, his dad's name was also Jake.

Nick And Leslie (02:27.406)
They're both Jake O'Brien. I don't know where I was. When he first meets Asha, he's like, please call me Jake. And she's like, that's going to get very confusing. I'm going to call you Mr. O'Brien.

So, before we get into the details and go like note by note, yay or no?

towards the yay, towards the yay. There's a lot of nay in it. It's, it's only because, so we were separate this weekend, Nick was in Jacksonville. So we were watching these on our own. and so apologies for the delay in getting these. Yeah. And the delay in getting them to you. But, like I thought this was like, okay. But there was one that definitely did better. like, you know, Hallmark, I'm going to say yes. Watch it. Watch it.

Yes. Okay. So let's start at the top. sorry for me. I think you can skip it. It's got some cute moments, but it's not worth the time. Okay. Yeah. Wait, real quick, real quick. Let's do a trigger warning. Okay. This did have a trigger warning. I'm going to say I did have to pause it and collect myself because it was too much. If you are wanting a calm, cool, collected Christmas, which is the Christmas that we have created for ourself called cool kids Christmas, where we are slowed down.

We do what we want. We hang out. We ignore our families. We hang out with the people that we want to be around. And so that is, is our Christmas. But when you are meeting someone new and you are getting to know them and then you further on your relationship, when you go to meet the parents in the, in the family, and then you're doing it on a holiday, no less in your hometown, it is just riddled with to-do lists. And I was like, so yes, yes. Sugar warning.

Nick And Leslie (04:20.878)
Don't see if that's going to be too much for you, because it got to be too much for me. I had to pause it and go take some hits of some notes. I forgot about that. That was stressful. Yeah, it was stressful. But for me, my trigger warning is this is the most Christian Hallmark movie we've seen yet. And it was. so let's, I mean, I'm just talking vaguely. Keep the Christ out of Christmas, in my opinion. Yeah, know, bring the happy holidays back to America. Yeah.

Excuse me for wearing red today, but I do enjoy this Disney shirt. The thing is, it is about incorporating traditions. In our opinion, traditions are meant to go with the people that set them when they do pass away. We don't need to carry them on. We don't, not at all. I guess that is a symbol of Jake senior and Jake junior, know, right there.

I do, I am happy whenever I see people come together, but like for those reasons and then, you know, I get Hallmark were dramatic. I completely understand, but I am very happy for the representations of having Indian families. We'll have other cultures provided they're Christian. Provided they're Christian. And we understand the demographics that do watch these shows, but that's why we're here to give you our unsolicited opinion, but you're here. So you want our opinion, right? Yes. So we're also.

totally getting early into the. I think that's enough. can. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

Yeah, right there. Okay. warning for that. All right. So let's start at the top. My first note is Usher works in the calmest ER in the world. Like I have okay. I have been in one very, very calm emergency room in Meese Dunedin hospital and but that was a very calm. It was like, hey, how you doing? And everyone cheers at a full game. I'm like, is she a doctor? I know. I'm like, okay, this Indian person's a doctor there. That's racist writing.

Nick And Leslie (06:37.194)
Yes, but she's a nurse practitioner. So they made that very clear and she's been Dodging the Christmas shift for seven years to which I judge her. You you dodged Christmas shift I was the person that had to work Christmas all the friggin time and health care anyway Don't dodge work your shifts if you're if you choose to do that field anyway So one thing I started doing with my notes is I started putting a dash in between each commercial break. okay

That way I know more or less when we're kind of on the same timeline of our notes. I see. OK. Well, I started putting in dashes or making sure I hit these certain emphasis as well as bullet points in specific areas. So my next note is Jake's mom is a crazy lady who has money for x-rays.

Wait, no, that's two different notes. Jake's mom is crazy and who has money for x-rays? Okay. So someone jumped up ahead, but yeah. Sorry. So we meet Jake, who's the reporter for the Outlook. And he is reporting on the Titans basketball game. And there's like a big thing in the ER as well as various people watching throughout the characters overlaying and showing that, they're excited that Titans won. And then Jake goes up to some.

Hopefully we're not supposed to recognize who this person is. We are not sports person, but he goes up to someone and is like, so how did you feel about that winning goal? Sports. Sports. It's not even a goal. Anyway, said goal. No, I said goal. Anyway, so clearly he's a reporter and he enjoys sports. So.

And then he's on the phone with his mom because it's Christmas Eve and like, so sorry, we can't be home. And he's like, it's okay. She just looks insane. She looks like they found her on the street, put her on the set, her a wig in like four seconds. Quick throw that off. tossed it on for me. I was like, did someone put Paula Dean on a motorcycle and just let her hair get whipped for like a hundred miles an hour? Totally fake hair. was, but I get

Nick And Leslie (08:47.5)
the energy also that they were probably going for. so while Jake was on the phone, he decides to help some woman who is completely carrying Christmas packages that are nicely wrapped, well, not having a single issue in the world. Here comes this white man trying to help. This is kind of a trope of Hallmark movies where as soon as they introduce a male character, and if we want them to be like, he's the lead, if they want the audience to know that he's the lead, they're going to have them help a stranger carry something.

Yeah, or you know, do a nice deed to show this is the good guy in this right off the bat. And to me, and I'm like, you just, he wasn't helpful at all. And I guess we were trying to show something about him being clumsy, which did not lead through to anything to show that. So I wasn't really sure what they were going for is, but or else I'm so sorry for that woman whose packages got broken. I will say like mother, like son, I think Jake is also wearing a wig throughout this entire movie. He has a hwaf.

His hairline is like cut with a razor. It is so straight. Yeah. that's right. And his hair is so black. He slips on ice. That's how he drops all the packages and he's like, I got to go to the emergency room. Who has that insurance? What's his deductible? I get you work for the newspaper. They got money for good insurance. money for that. You're telling me you are on that $50 ER visit that's going to allow just for a simple x-ray. Honey, that is a walk-in clinic, urgent care.

That's Canada. was like, think it's okay, but we should get x-rays to be sure. Why is that the Who's got money for x-rays? Right. That should have been, my gosh. Anywhole she Yeah, thanks. But this is filmed probably in Canada. So don't they have universal health care? Wait, I think this took place in Chicago. Because it was a Chicago newspaper, Chicago baseball team.

or basketball team, but maybe I'm thinking of the next movie, which is Chicago. being funny because aren't they mostly filmed in Canada? I see what you're saying. Right. He's not too much into that, but I understand what you're saying. There was a Chicago theme to this weekend, I feel like. Yeah. Yeah. And so they're in the emergency room and that is their meet cute is Asha is taking care of Jake and she, they, or I know who recognized each other first, but they recognized each other. I think it might've been her because she is like in a

Nick And Leslie (11:08.33)
I don't want to a frenzy when she meets anyone from high school being like the nerd of like and like praising them like you were the king and queen of of high school how could I forget you I don't even know who mine was I don't give a darn tootly-hoo at all anyway this is that sad. went to an art school so that explains Our graduating class was like 90 people.

490 and they kicked out the bottom 15 % that did not do well in the F cat the year prior. Anyway. So, Asha mentions that she aced her MCATS, which I didn't know you could, I don't know anything about the MCATS, but you get an, you can ace them. I think she just, yeah. I don't know if it's also based on like, you know, how we had SAT and ACT and, I didn't have to take the GR not GRE, GMAT. remember whatever I have for my masters. had a high enough GPA.

Some of I think are also based on scoreage. Humble brag. Like 1200, 1500 points. Like I still think it's for you have to get certain. But no, I don't know for the comments. How to MCAT work. We can Google, but that's why we need you to interact. And then so Jake says, they're talking about like how their family celebrate Christmas and he says, how does your family celebrate Christmas? And Asha is like, well, we are Indian, but we have been Christian for generations. And then goes into this whole.

Christian diatribe. like, thank you for the white people out there that don't know these things that most Indians, know, are Hindu. And there are ones that are Christian to celebrate Christmas, but there are other cultural practices that do occur. Anyway, it was, it was funny, but you know, good for you Hallmark, I guess. But anyway, we're still happy for the representation. I do want to shout out. she gets off at eight and then they have a beautiful dinner.

He asks her out. Yeah, he asks her out and the dress she wears looks horrible when she's sitting down. Because when she's sitting down, I'm like, is she just wearing like a polo shirt? Like she's at a tennis competition. But then later on, they're walking around and I see it's a dress and I'm like, that was weird. I missed it. But there were a couple of things she was wearing like later on whenever they meet the parents. I'm like, what tunic wrap top is she wearing? That's like

Nick And Leslie (13:29.71)
bulging her out. Was she pregnant for part of this? Yeah, it was weird. It was weird. do not lay well. But yet during the, so they get together and they date for your year. It says one year later and we get a lovely montage. Before the montage, I do also want to shout out how beautiful all the Christmas decor looked in the city. Balsam Hill. I liked, it was the old like, the old shitty cheesy colorful Christmas it's all during the montage that you're seeing this.

The montage is throughout the year. There's not Christmas lights up all year round. my bad. OK. The montage begins and ends in Christmas. OK, well anyway, yeah, so we're starting at the montage. Yeah, anyway, I wasn't backtracking. I'm just saying I liked the Christmas decor in the city way better than the Christmas decor back in their hometown. I still liked both. I mean, would I decorate our house like it? Would we decorate our house like that? No. But it was still there. Balsam Hill was showing its fur. Loved it.

They had some good decoration, but the whole point is we're getting to families that celebrate Christmas hardcore when it comes to decorating, not really for the reason of the season that they say these days. also want to say this is a rare Hallmark proposal. Maybe I was just lucky in how I was proposed to, which is by the way, tomorrow's our proposal anniversary. But thank you for not proposing to me at a restaurant.

I don't want to yack anyone's. Yack anyone's yum? Yeah, yack anyone's yum. I always want to say yack anyone's yick anyway. But if that's, know, if you have a specific restaurant you want to be proposed to at, okay, but. It's basic. It's so basic. But I mean, it was their one year anniversary and it was the same restaurant where they had their first date. I know. which I had down as.

I feel like that was the same restaurant from Christmas charade. The way it was backlit with the trees back there. And I'm like, this looks exactly like the Christmas charade where she was meeting with the wrong man. And before they ran to the bathroom and he was like, just go along with this, your covers. I believe it's the same set. Okay. I believe it. And so I was like, it's funny. But yeah, same thing. Montage was cute with their, their outfits. It was great on that part.

Nick And Leslie (15:51.148)
Wow, people get engaged so then we get to the main thrust of the movie where Osh is like, wow, I can't believe you were able to get my dad's permission. And he's like, what? Right. So that's problematic. For them. Thank you for not asking. I don't need your dad's permission. That's gross. You don't need your dad's Right. I know. Like maybe if you were given a dowry, but what were we given?

Nick And Leslie (16:19.944)
Thanks mom for paying for the pie. didn't get a dowry. Right? Where's-

All right, so then they rent a car and the only thing available is a smart car. Why does Jake have so much luggage? And another thing that bothered me too, have you been in a smart car? no. So I have. No, there's a lot of trunk space. I thought so too, because I remember like one of my old bosses had to drive it for a few weeks because of like his his dad had to mention they just stole him taking the car from him. And this man was

6'2", 6'3", your height, and yeah, he crammed into it, but I remember there being like back space, trunk space. So they were just being dramatic, putting their luggage on the roof. A bit dramatic. Yeah. Who gave them the rope? It would have fit in the That was also a question. And like, I don't know the weight of a smart car, but thinking of three suitcases, the height you are now making said car, the wind. unsafe. Unsafe. You're going to be, I don't know if you can like, not.

What is that call when you like take your tail flying flapping? Fishtail? Fishtailing. Thank you. I like your tail flapping. yeah. So in that car, they review their itinerary. This is where paws one started for me. Yeah. We're having to spend time with this people. They're double hooked. It's so sorry. A truck is driving by. Reggie, do you want to get it? Yeah. You have a package coming? Yeah.

I think it is a trash truck. Reggie likes trucks and Twiggy's deaf so she thinks Reggie is barking because of the importance someone at the door. And the truck's just sitting at the intersection. Well we could just ASMR it and I think we'll be okay. stuff. Puppies!

Nick And Leslie (18:22.958)
Jake finally gets to meet Asha's dad and he is a dick. He is a dick. He's a problem. There's nothing charming... There's nothing charming about being the type of cartoonish aggressive dad that you think the world wants you to be. Just saying. Yes. You will lose your family. Yes. hi princess.

Then they go to but we do get to meet Nidmala the mother. She's really sweet. She's so nice. The silent aunt who I'm like, they couldn't pay her for speaking role, but she does have a line at the end. does have a line. I did make and she was so sweet, but she always made loving gestures, very kind and definitely was a good gesture. I liked when they go to

Osh's old room so she could drop off her luggage. She's got a poster on the wall for a fake boy band called Next Wave. That's cute. And then they find that they have to be in separate rooms and they're acting all like shocked by it. Also kudos to her parents. Granted they have a large room. I mean a large house, large beautiful home that they never touch her room. They never turn it into like a workout room and they don't hoard things in it.

And they kept it clean.

for her to actually enjoy and not be crowded with items.

Nick And Leslie (19:58.862)
I feel like if I had a kid who left home, I would instantly change their room. Cause I'm like, thank goodness that's over. That as well. Please let me, I will make a hobby room, but if you're wanting your kids to come visit and they still need a place to stay, make it a livable space. If you're wanting for them to be back and keep some other stuff, you have to keep some of their stuff, but make it a.

a comfortable bed or a trundle bed or a futon, but you don't need to crowd them and please clean the room so it's not dusty and we're having to take allergy pills to be in there. Or you haven't checked the AC and you're just sweating it out. I remember that experience at your mom's house. We're already 20 minutes in. We gotta start moving on. and apparently they did not have the conversation about if they want kids or not. yeah, that was weird. doesn't? I mean, we might know some people who are still on the fence about having children and things.

But it's interesting that you are engaged and you still haven't made your mind up about children, especially when, yeah, one of them really wants children. It's, it's interesting. Yeah. Yes. So then they have some very spicy food for cheap laughs. I thought that was lazy writing. I thought it was too. Yeah. And then, let's see, depressing dad. Okay. Then we get to meet Jake senior.

This guy's the most depressing character. Thank you. I was like, wow, we're really holding in on the divorce dad thing where it's all takeout. And it's like when you don't have the warmth of a woman in your life, you are just this sad, lonely person and you can't even cook a meal for yourself or enjoy things in life. Someone else has to do it for you. A female. His house also seemed gigantic for a single guy. Yeah. Yeah. It's like

But we never saw the mom's house, did we? I don't believe so because we, she was, because she was always busy doing things of festivals and not sitting down. Yeah. And it was, it was annoying to me. Like at this point I'm like, okay, obviously they're going to start dating again by the end of the movie, which means they've learned no lessons. Yeah. And then I don't remember where they were at. They were doing some stroll or they were at a party or something. And then we ran into

Nick And Leslie (22:15.298)
the king and queen of the high school and that were friends with Jake and Asha's like starstruck because she hasn't seen them and you know was again a nerd back in school and so didn't know people apparently that were popular according to her. again I just she's how old she's doing great in life and we still have to hear that she's starstruck by high school people. This girl has got to be

27 31 between that like you're saying she's still

I don't like it either. I haven't seen you in 18 years. Did I imagine that number? Anyways. I don't know that... mean like 36? Anywho, doesn't matter. But yeah, so it an instant. Maybe I missed it, yeah. And then, Jake falls off the ladder because Samuel makes him get up there and fix some lights. I don't think we needed that scene. No. No. Yeah.

And then I kind of liked the joke about not everyone is on IST, Indian Standard Time, in regards to Jake's family arriving on time. And they explained that it's 30 minutes late. I don't know if you know this, but the time zone for India is not at an hour mark, it's at a 30 minute mark. okay. I believe it is plus 530. okay. From GMT. No, more than that. 1130. Anyways, it's a 30 minute mark. I that was right. Okay. I mean,

And then they do some caroling to some traditional Indian music. Wait, so have you already gotten to the Christmas market? Where the families meet each other?

Nick And Leslie (24:01.462)
I don't know. Cause that's what I'm like, I'm not sure. no, cause they're all caroling. Yeah. So the caroling is that is at the house. So maybe not. Yeah. So anyway, they go to the Christmas market and I can't remember if this is the market or the festival that his mom was planning, but she was also planning another pageant. is way later. I'm sorry. Yeah. They first met at the house.

at Asha's family's Thank you. Okay. All right. Yes. Yes. Yes. So one of the traditions they do there is caroling, which I thought was funny that they all had a sheet of lyrics. yes. They are all looking at their lyrics as they're singing Silent Night. Well, you know, I get it. I mean. And then so the dad, Samuel, he plays the I think it was a sitar and it's the most fake sitar playing. yes. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. But you know, it was

The music was still pretty. It was still pretty, but you it's a shame. don't expect every Indian male to play a sitar, but they also did not call it a sitar.

They know, but, I'm pretty, I think it was, I'm not an expert on Indian traditional. understand. that I do believe also it's called a sitar again. Please let us know. Correct us. We love to be corrected. but I thought they said something else because whenever they said it and I'm like, what is that? And I'm like, that's that. So I believe you are right. Anyway.

And this is at the time when Molly and Samuel realized they both had been in the same gingerbread house decorating competition in years past. That's where the eight. Okay. It was the house decorating. Thank you. Thank you. That was the 18 years ago, I thought. Okay. So yeah, so the house decorating. that's how they know each other. And he goes, Samuel goes, you're Margaret O'Brien who has always been winning. And so.

Nick And Leslie (26:04.886)
a little bit of competition and she's like, yeah, but you know, I've moved on. I've started putting that effort towards this Christmas market pageant thing. I still don't know if it's two or one thing I can't quite remember. And so it is after this caroling party that Jake and Asha finally do the good thing and schedule time to be alone, just the two of them. Before that though, at the actual Christmas market, the families together, all the families are together.

And that's when they have a cute, like the montages of them playing Christmas games, which was cute. And the dads being competitive because Jake senior is into baseball when Samuel's into cricket. so they're batting heads about, you know, which one is better. So it was annoying, but everyone was equally winning something. Yeah. The gingerbread mascot.

yeah. I one of those costumes. wrote down hot chocolate kiss and put a smile. Do you remember the context of that? Because I don't know why I wrote that. It's a nice kiss they had over some hot chocolate. I think that was when they finally both decided to schedule time for one with each other. that might have been it. I believe so. And but during all this, we also discovered that her family.

which is a very large family is planning an engagement party at her sister, her brother's restaurant. Rebus. and his parent, R I V A. Was that what it was? It doesn't. can't remember. Anyway, so the brother's restaurant and the, Jake's family is like kind of put off by it because they feel like they can't make any decisions. And I just want to be like, are you paying for it? good question.

If you're paying for it, go forth on your own. But you know, they want Jake to have some type of It must be nice to be in a situation where both sets of parents want to pay for stuff. And again, it's not even the want to pay for stuff. It's the wanting to help in what you want done, not, we're doing this because we want it done the way we want to. So that's, there's still a difference. So they do go,

Nick And Leslie (28:26.886)
Ashiko's clothing shopping for the engagement party. She tries on some some very beautiful beautiful Sorry's I'm always gonna say it wrong. Sorry's sorry's Beautiful and she picks out something for Jake. Yeah at which point we find out that Jake already had a vest that his dad wanted him to wear that no one said anything with it's also this late in the movie that we find out the dad was born in Ireland yeah, and so like it's a

tartan, tartan. You know, vest that he wants him to wear. And it's like, well, maybe you should have said things of this beforehand whenever you were planning things. And so what's funny too is like this whole time in the movie, I'm like, they're just an American white couple. What kind of traditions do they have? And then I think at this point, like when they're writing the script, they're like, fuck, we need to make one of these people somewhat ethnic. What can we get away with? Sorry, I almost spilled the coffee.

Good catch. Because I was like, exactly. Orange bird wants to fly. let's not make, why not better make it Irish? Yeah. So, yeah. So we make him Irish out of nowhere and he's like, this, this is the vest that my father wore when he was engaged. There was no accent, but yeah, it's from his Jake's grandfather or great grandfather.

So clearly some tradition. so didn't that well. also, wouldn't Jake know about this beforehand? Like, son, I can't wait for you to meet that man or woman that you wanna marry and I can't wait for you to wear this tartan thing. Also, you're saying you've never worn it anywhere outside of that one time at your engagement party? Right. Which we didn't even have an engagement party. Like, my goodness. I did expect at some point that the dad would be like,

I'm sorry, I lied. I just wanted to get some I just wanted to be a white man and shove my way into it when I don't celebrate anything. Bless you. He was around a lot of people that own cats this weekend and it just triggers some allergies.

Nick And Leslie (30:43.502)
He's gonna mute it. Or it could be this vest that I pulled out of storage. I mean, this sweater that I haven't worn in a while. Looks like you're rubbing your nose too. Is my sweater getting you? No, I bathe and brush the dogs and so there's a lot of hair everywhere too. That'll do it too. What you said, you've also been doing that for four days. anyway, so now we start to see some rift in the families.

And I feel like an Oscar gave this is always the point in the movies where someone gets unnecessarily mad about unnecessary mad. And remember all the events that they had and they were realizing they were almost going to be double booked. They're like, no, we can make it to dad's 25 years of reading the Christmas story at five minutes. It's like a five minute thing for the kids.

You must be there, Asha. But also she wasn't there the year before. So it's not like she goes every year. Right. Exactly. So I'm like, what? Because what happens is they go to the Ashford Winter Festival, which is Molly's pageant, and that they were going to be watching the Nativity scene or whatever it was. you know, again, one's performing and one's reading and performing of the Christmas story. But someone...

apparently hooting at Mr. and Mrs. Claus.

Nick And Leslie (32:14.398)
Mary and Mary I got distracted by how good I look in this sweater. Right. So Mary and Joseph apparently both drank bad eggnog and are not able to perform. So the mom says, could you both, and Jake, can you please help me? And they're like, okay, yeah, sure. And so they step in and help the mom. Granted it was under pressure, I understand. And it's like, well, no, they helped. To which made them.

five seconds late for the reading of the father's Christmas story of, know, Bethlehem and all that. But they still made it. Yeah. And that was like, you missed it. I can't do that. Yeah, you don't do that. Yeah, exactly. You like you missed it. And they were there for the entire thing. You could have even had them walk up and be there and like Mary and Joseph. They were dressed up still in their they were dressed up still in their costume. And so like just

Overreaction. And then I also thought Asha overreacted when she found out that- mother, mean like father, like daughter. I think she overreacted when she found out that Jake had a vest he wanted to wear to represent his family's traditions. Well, no, no, no. It wasn't that because she said maybe there's a way we can incorporate both and have everything together. But it was when Jake snapped at her like, why can't we have our culture stuff too?

and was defending his parents. And she's like, I didn't say no. I must have misinterpreted that. Yeah, no, they were working together and then Jason. Because my next note was way to go Jake, Asher sucks.

And then I wrote Jake seniors from Ireland question mark. Right. Samuel's change of heart question mark. Okay. That came out of nowhere. And then, so by the way, the entire time here in the, in the video or the film that, Jake dad is like, I don't know if they're meant for each other. You know, they just, because they're in a hustle and bustle of going to everyone's traditions, you know, I don't think they're going to anti marriage. yeah. He was divorced clearly and he, know, my gosh, it's, it's annoying. So.

Nick And Leslie (34:22.84)
But then like he, the Samuel also says it too. And he goes, if the family doesn't fit, the marriage won't BS. I am not married to you for your family whatsoever. It's not a corporate merger. It is not a corporate merger. Again, there's no dowry to be bought in a merger. Someone's making money hopefully, but like, ew, that's disgusting. Do not let your family define you.

Unless you're the mom and you want to go that way. And then my final note, spiced eggnog lassi. I want to find this recipe and make it. Yes, I was like, my. We are about to do a batch of I know we gotta go shopping. And then the two dads talk it out, you know, make their differences after the fight and make up and appreciate one another. And then we cut to everyone celebrating at the.

the Brothers Restaurant for the engagement party. And we see Santa in an Indian print suit. How did I miss that? It was gorgeous. I, beautiful. I loved it. And then just Balsam Hill galore. Balsam Hill decorated hardcore for this week's.

Yes. Yeah, I'll make you put in the links for transcript because it's not easy. And then the aunt spoke that was silent the entire time that we thought she's not going to get paid at all for all of her roles. So my final scores for this movie is writing. I give it a three out of ten. I thought some of the dialogue was dumb. Acting four out of ten. The mom was the best, in my opinion. mean, Nirmala. Nirmala.

Yeah, I thought, she was good. Samuel was a pretty good actor. thought our leads were charming, but not believable with the dialogue. And then I thought Jake's parents were left a bit to be desired in the acting front. Like they didn't envision and create full characters that apparently they were like getting back potentially in the end again because the dad misses the warmth. It's bullshit. Yeah. Directing five. I feel like

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Whoever did this probably is very efficient and props for that. I know. And it's like, we need to, you know, not make a white Christmas and we need to get out. So that's why I'm like, you should see it or the representation to make sure that everyone's equally seen. chemistry, meter. I gave it a seven. I thought they made a wonderful. Really? And it was that hot chocolate kiss made me really enjoy it, even though I don't remember it now.

but I put a smiley face on my notes, so that means it was good. Yeah, it was a good kiss. I do know you're referencing, Final thoughts for you? I mean, again, you should see it. It was good, but there are better ones to see, but you should watch it this year. All right, well, that concludes Christmas with the Sings. We're going to sing our way out of here. No, we're not. All right, we'll see you in the next one. Have a sweet treat.