St Mary’s Butts, Reading, England Superthread

[LemonMelon]

This will be the running diary that finally kills this superthread. I'm not prepared with any funny location names for the new one.

 

[bono_212]

Oh this is already starting good. Business partners in home decorating, where ooone is a dominating fake witch and the other is a huge pushover. What could go wrong?

 

[LemonMelon]

Did they CGI a cardstock poster onto the screen? They couldn't make a real one?

 

[bono_212]

The 30-something interior designer is being accused of being too 90s...

The 60-something Christmas decorator is also being accused of being out of touch with the times...

I see where this is going.

 

[LemonMelon]

Wow, they hung up a couple oversized bows. Worth every penny, if you're a rich white family in...a Hallmark movie town.

 

[LemonMelon]

Oh no...a small boy with a receding hairline. There is a more interesting story in this film that they're not pushing.

 

[bono_212]

Until we moved to a bogie neighborhood, I didn't know Christmas decorator was an actual job, but this movie is basically ripped from the local headlines for me at this point.

 

[bono_212]

Wait, lmao, the guy is out of touch, but Christmas light shows are modern?

 

[LemonMelon]

Evidently, the competition for this family hooks their customer up with rave lights, molly and complimentary copies of Yeezus.

 

[LemonMelon]

Wait, lmao, the guy is out of touch, but Christmas light shows are modern?

GODDAMN TECHNOLOGY

Classic Hallmark.

 

[bono_212]

By winning the local Christmas light show contest, business will be booming?

How?

Aren't the winners of those named like right before Christmas? Who is waiting until Christmas decorating competitions are over to decide who to hire to decorate their home for... Christmas?

 

[LemonMelon]

The bald kid has a secret talent

Spoiler

 

[LemonMelon]

This guy's son is acting like he has a gun to his head and whatever reaction comes out on the first take is what they go with

 

[LemonMelon]

Oh of course the glowscapes guy is a redditor

 

[LemonMelon]

This scene of two old men bickering about their differing taste in Christmas lights has been going for a solid minute and half

 

[bono_212]

Glowscapes by Wade

 

[bono_212]

This guy's son is acting like he has a gun to his head and whatever reaction comes out on the first take is what they go with

Nephew! I think...

 

[LemonMelon]

"Dad, I can't work for your crappy Christmas lights company tonight because I need to wash my hair"

"That's OK, we don't have any customers anyway."

 

[LemonMelon]

"They're just wreaths."

 

[bono_212]

"They're just wreaths."

From the wife of the man that runs a CHRISTMAS DECORATING COMPANY

 

[LemonMelon]

These two bartenders creeping on the female lead got me feeling a type of way

 

[bono_212]

Even if someone was my best friend and saved my life in the war, I would not hire my friend as a bartender if he can't make anything more than a vodka soda...

 

[bono_212]

Even if someone was my best friend and saved my life in the war, I would not hire my friend as a bartender if he can't make anything more than a vodka soda...

And just like that, the friend tells the main character that the man not tending bar saves them money. Yeowch

 

[LemonMelon]

There's a fourth team?!

 

[LemonMelon]

Glowscapes guy, our neurodivergent king

 

[LemonMelon]

"I haven't had hot chocolate in an hour; my body is going through withdrawals."

Confirms what I've long suspected: hot cocoa is the cocaine of Hallmark Christmas movies.

 

[LemonMelon]

From the wife of the man that runs a CHRISTMAS DECORATING COMPANY

She's tired of hearing about this bullshit after 30 years

 

[bono_212]

Glowscapes guy, our neurodivergent king

Wade is easily making this my favorite Hallmark Christmas movie.

 

[LemonMelon]

Wow, this bar has a dozen taps of the same beer. Keeping things simple for their three customers.

 

[bono_212]

Oh dear, I do have to agree, some of these designs are very dated.