If you are anything like me you are about to get in your favorite pair of comfy pajamas and slippers with a cup of hot chocolate and hunker down to have some rest and relaxation binging a whole line up of Hallmark movies!
Did you know that Winnipeg is featured in several of these movies; moreover Fort Rouge-East Fort Garry has been featured in many of these movies? Winnipeg is a very popular destination in both summer and winter to film these movies!
Here are just a few to mention that have been filmed in Winnipeg lately!
"12 Days to Love" made use of the Fort Garry Hotel — renamed the Devonshire Hotel for the movie. They also filmed in the Exchange District back in July.
"Mission: Christmas" was shot on Stafford St. and throughout Crescentwood in August, where actors bundled up in winter clothing despite days reaching plus 37 degrees with the humidex, the Free Press reported.
"Christmas by Starlight" — which began airing on November 26th is about a lawyer who must save her family’s restaurant, The Starlight Café.
"Project Christmas Wish" shot in Winnipeg and Carman between Oct. 19 and Nov. 6 and is slated to air on Dec. 20.
Two movies that began shooting on November 23rd, according to The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists, are "Love in the Alps" (Winnipeg sure can double as anywhere) and "Snow Kissed".
As Declan Schroeder suggests “It turns out watching made-for-TV Christmas movies can serve a purpose during a pandemic (other than providing mindless entertainment.) They can help you take a Christmas tour of our city — or at least make for an engaging game of "I Spy" (insert Winnipeg landmark here) — during a time we’ve been asked to leave our homes for essential trips only.”
As part of a #WinnipegWellness initiative I just may take that suggestion for a fun evening picking out Winnipeg locations we love!