Woman tries to find love like everyone does in Hallmark Christmas movies and fails miserably

[Woman tries to find love like everyone does in Hallmark Christmas movies and fails miserably]( Hallmark Channel Christmas movies are proudly predictable, full of cliches, and bland as virgin eggnog. But people love 'em. I mean they really love them. According to Crown Media, the parent of Hallmark and its sister network Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, an average of 3.5 million people tuned in to Hallmark's "Countdown to Christmas" during its nine-week run in 2018. Laugh all you want at the sappy films, but Hallmark doesn't care. In 2018, it brought in $600 million in advertising revenue. Comedian Elizabeth Kemp had some fun with Hallmark Christmas movie cliches by creating a hilarious video where she plays the typical "big city girl who comes to a small town for Christmas" character. [Read the Story]( [Beloved University of Mississippi professor who called out 'racist donors' has been fired]( Up until last week, Dr. Garrett Felber was on track to become a tenured history professor at the University of Mississippi. Dr. Felber studies race and incarceration in the U.S. and is a dedicated advocate for people who are imprisoned. He's also a published author, having written "Those Who Know Don't Say: The Nation of Islam, the Black Freedom Movement and the Carceral State" and co-written "The Portable Malcolm X Reader" with Pulitzer Prize-winning Malcolm X biographer Manning Marable. In August, Felber was awarded a one-year fellowship at Harvard University's Hutchins Center for African and African American Research and is working there during the 2020-2021 school year. Dr. Noell Wilson, University of Mississippi's history department chair, praised Felber for the award at the time. [Read the Story]( In Partnership with FabFitFun Together We Can Stand Up To Cancer We've teamed up with our friends at FabFitFun to help give back to [Stand Up to Cancer]( this holiday season. Today alone, 4,949 people in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer. Stand Up To Cancer funds and develops the newest and most promising cancer treatments to help patients. SU2C innovations lead to better cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, which means that we can help save lives now. Use the code [UPWORTHY]( at check out and FabFitFun will donate $10 from each box to Stand Up to Cancer! [Shop for good]( [The 5 most festive drive-thru holiday light shows for 2020]( The pandemic has robbed us of the better part of a year. Not being able to have holiday celebrations has made it feel as if the holidays didn't even happen. Those little rituals of cutting turkey with your family on Thanksgiving or going to a BBQ on Labor Day are what makes the holiday feel more like a holiday than just getting the day off. Technically, the only reason why we had a Fourth of July this year is because July 4th is a date on the calendar. COVID hasn't entirely cancelled Christmas. Festive Holiday light shows mean you can experience that Christmas-y feel from the safety of your own car. Or better yet, you can skip getting in your car and watch them on You Tube. These people have been working hard, despite the pandemic, to make sure that some of that Holiday magic enters our lives. [Read the Story]( [The 'glitter bomber' is back with a brilliant new trap for porch thieves who never learn]( Back in 2018, engineer Mark Rober instilled fear in the hearts of package thieves, or Porch Pirates as he calls them, by developing the ultimate glitter bomb. Rober had a package stolen from his porch and the police refused to do anything. "So I used my engineering skills to go full 'Home Alone' on these punks," Rober says. The thieves clearly messed with the wrong guy because Rober is a genius engineer who worked on NASA's Curiosity rover and later spent four years at Apple as a product designer in its Special Projects Group. [Read the Story]( Find us on the World Wide Web: [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Website]( Copyright © 2020 GOOD | Upworthy, All rights reserved. 1370 N St Andrews Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90028 You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.