Table of Contents Introduction: Why Holiday Romance? Liz W. Faber I. What Christmas Means to Me Writing the Rule on Holiday Romance Rachel B. Wickenheiser Holiday Romance Films as Mediated Rituals: The Case of Single All the Way (2021) Molly Frizzell and Rodrigo Muñoz-González Pure Camp in Hallmark's Cinematic Holiday Universes Georgia Fagan "A holiday that could be whatever anyone wanted it to be": The Indian American Holiday Season in Sonya Lalli's A Holly Jolly Diwali Sreepurna Datta II. Have a Holly Jolly Hollywood The World War II Christmas: Gender and Class in Christmas in Connecticut (1945) and It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) Kimberly Divonne Smith Love, Marriage, and a ­Snow-Covered Carriage: Foundations of the Romantic Christmas Genre in Post-HUAC Hollywood, 1949-1954 Vaughn Joy It's That Time of Year: The Holiday Season and Cyclical Temporality in Hollywood Romantic Comedy Harriet Idle "Let's go get the shit kicked out of us by love": Neoliberal Masculinities in Love Actually Marc A. Ouellette III. A Very Special Christmas It's a ­So-Called Wonderful Life: A Close Reading of My ­So-Called Life's Unanticipated, "Very Spiritual" Christmas Episode S.A.

Wilder Christmas Cookies and Family Drama: Revisiting Austen's Characters on Stage Suzanne Delle A Wallflower for Christmas: A Holiday Offering in a Neatly Wrapped Colleen Etman "I burn for you": Bridgerton, Healthy Dissociation, and a Covid Holiday Julie Thompson IV. I'll Be Home for Christmas Aspirational Commensality in Romantic Winter Holiday Movies (2018-2022) Laura Kitchings Multiplying the Magic: Exploring Families in Holiday Movies Erin K. Burrell Romanticizing the Small Town: The Staging of Big City and Small Town in Hallmark Christmas Movies as a Restoration of the American Dream Lena Koseck V. I'm Dreaming of a Diverse and Inclusive Winter Holiday Season Race, Relationships, and Representation: How Hallmark Depicts The Christmas Town Kathleen Stanley Under the Menorah: Hallmark's Honorary Hanukkah Movies Melanie J. Fishbane Can We Please Make the Yuletide Gayer? A Queer Reading of Happiest Season Olivia Vogt From Gideon Holiday to Blake Sunday: A Deeper Queering of Holiday Romance Jennie McStotts VI. Holiday Slay Ride Crime at Christmas: Why Do So Many Beloved Holiday Films Involve Crime? Shelly Clevenger Naughty or Nice: Representations of Santa Claus in U.S. Horror vs.

Romance Liz W. Faber A Corpse for Christmas: How Love and Death Collide in the Christmas Short Mystery Genre Rebecca Gibson About the Contributors Index.