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Hallmark Christmas Movie Drinking Game

Unless you have been living under a rock, you have heard of the Hallmark Christmas Movie Drinking Game.  We chose to play the version created by People magazine.

The movie:

Christmas at Dollywood starring Danica McKellar (Winnie Cooper from the Wonder Years!)and Niall Matter.

The plot:
A New York City event planner travels home to Tennessee for the holidays and ends up working on the thirtieth anniversary Christmas event at Dollywood alongside the theme park's Director of Operations.

The drink:
Coquito, which is a Puerto Rican version of eggnogg.  


Unlike the Food Network recipe, ours was more boozy and called for 1-1/2 cups of white rum.

Even the dogs wanted to play along!






Here is why we had to drink.  A sip each time one of the following happened:
  • The camera panned over New York City
  • The main character worked as a corporate business woman.
  • The leading lady is heading to a small town on assignment during the holidays.  Two more sips because Pigeon Forge is also her home town.  Another because she's up for a promotion.
  • The character Eva has a dead parent.
  • The protagonist is reminded several times how much she used to love the holidays.
  • Several times because everyone was drinking hot chocolate.  Another time when a Christmas carol was sung.
  • A few times when the leading lady would squabble with the man she was clearly going to fall for in the end.
  • The couple slow danced during the song First Noel (only after a rousing session of line dancing).
  • Several times during the couple's almost first kiss.
  • Finished our drinks when they finally kissed.
How many drinks consumed:
3 each.

The end result:

This movie was not as much of a bacchanal as some of the other Hallmark movies have potential to be.  No blackouts or anything like that, yet also would not pass a breathalyzer test  

That said, Coquito is not going to be the drink of choice next time we play this.  Smooth at first, it became a sugary headache by the end. It was more than the pups could handle.  I'm not sure they will be allowed to play next  time since they are lightweights.















*no dogs were harmed in the making of this blog

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Location: Central New York

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  1. UnknownDecember 14, 2020 at 3:03 PM

    too funny, and of course so so so predictable!!. ( The movie) Not something I could bring to my lips, noooo, way way toooo sweet. Yikes. Rather drink straight rum. and I hate it!!. Dogs are as adorable as always.
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