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Predictably Unexpected

Predictably Unexpected

By: Scottie & Holly
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Welcome to Predictably Unexpected — the holiday Hallmark romcom podcast you didn’t know you needed! Your hosts, Holly & Scottie, are obsessed with predictably heartwarming Christmas movies. Think big-city careers, small-town charm, last-minute snowstorms, and just maybe... a kiss under the mistletoe.


Using their official Predictability Scorecard — a totally serious, highly scientific game where they rate each holiday film on classic Hallmark-style tropes. From city vs. small-town settings to surprise character backstories, they’ll predict the plot before they even hit play. If they guess the movie right, they earn points — and yes, there’s a prize (or at least bragging rights) on the line.


What to Expect This Season:

• Weekly episodes all through the holiday season (hopefully)

• Predictions, recaps, and hilarious real-time reactions

• A rotating lineup of festive films, friendly competition, and a lot of hot takes (and hot cocoa)


So grab your coziest blanket, pour yourself something peppermint-flavored, and get ready to celebrate the most predictably unexpected time of the year!

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  • Making, Breaking, and Baby-Making: Hallmark’s A Make or Break Holiday & The Christmas Baby!
    Dec 21 2025

    This week, we’re holding ourselves accountable — briefly — before confidently predicting the future all over again. We kick things off by reviewing last week’s Hallmark offerings, A Suite Holiday Romance and Oy to the World!, and putting our Predictability Scorecard to the test. Which tropes showed up right on cue? Which emotional beats hit exactly when we said they would? And did Hallmark surprise us even a little… or absolutely not at all?

    After checking the receipts, we turn our attention to the upcoming Hallmark movies: A Make or Break Holiday and The Christmas Baby! Armed with nothing but the titles, years of Hallmark-viewing experience, and a deeply trusted formula, we predict plots, character arcs, conflicts, and Christmas miracles before a single ornament is hung on screen.

    Will careers be on the line? Will family secrets surface at the worst possible festive moment? Will a baby fundamentally change everything just in time for Christmas? Using our Predictability Scorecard, we place our bets, embrace the tropes, and prepare to be proven right (again).

    Whether you’re a devoted Hallmark fan, a loving skeptic, or just here for the cozy chaos, this episode is your guide to Christmas movie déjà vu — with spreadsheets.

    Rate, review, and subscribe — or risk being handed a Christmas baby that teaches you the true meaning of the holidays whether you’re emotionally prepared or not.


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    58 mins
  • A Very Suite Predictable Oy-fair: Hallmark’s A Suite Holiday Romance & Oy to the World!
    Dec 12 2025

    In this week’s episode, we savor the festive flavors of Hallmark’s latest entries in the holiday movie canon. We start with a results recap from last week—She’s Making a List and Single on the 25th—where we compare what we predicted based solely on the titles to what actually unfolded on screen. Were we holiday-prophets? Were we misled by the promise of yuletide puns? Or did the movies deliver classic Hallmark charm exactly where we expected it?


    After crunching the numbers and awarding this week’s bragging rights, we look ahead to two brand-new titles: A Suite Holiday Romance and Oy to the World!. With no trailers, synopses, or clues—just the names—we construct our best guesses about the plots, the character journeys, the romantic beats, and the inevitable holiday life lessons. Whether it’s a meet-cute in a hotel lobby or a multicultural holiday mash-up filled with comedy and heart, we break it down, build it up, and score the predictability at every turn. Expect spirited conversation, a dash of skepticism, generous helpings of cozy holiday cheer, and plenty of laughter as we continue our mission to predict Hallmark movies with absurd confidence. If you love Hallmark, love to lovingly tease Hallmark, or just enjoy listening to people confidently guess things they can’t possibly know, this episode is a gift wrapped in twinkle lights.


    Rate, review, and subscribe — or you might end up caught between a Suite Holiday Romance meet-cute and an Oy to the World! meltdown, forced to resolve emotional baggage in a festively decorated lobby while a precocious child insists you believe in miracles.


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    50 mins
  • List Mode Activated, Relationship Status Deactivated: Hallmark’s She’s Making a List & Single on the 25th
    Dec 6 2025

    Welcome back to another tinsel-covered episode of our Hallmark holiday deep dive, where we take festive movie titles far too seriously and use our Predictability Scorecard like it’s a scientifically validated diagnostic tool. (Maybe one day.)

    We kick things off by revisiting last week’s trifecta of holiday cheer: We Met in December, The Snow Must Go On, and An Alpine Holiday. Did our predictions melt under the pressure, or did we snowball a perfect score? We break down the meet-cutes, the misunderstandings, the mountains, and the mandatory small-town charm to see just how accurate our festive forecasting really was. Spoiler: someone’s prediction ego might grow three sizes this episode.

    Then we shift our gaze to the upcoming week’s Hallmark gems: She’s Making a List and Single on the 25th. One sounds like a woman with a spreadsheet and a dream; the other sounds like the world’s most specific relationship status update. Naturally, we dissect both titles with extreme confidence and absolutely no inside information. What kind of list is she making? Who’s single on the 25th? And more importantly, will any of this stop us from wildly guessing the plot? Absolutely not.

    So grab your cocoa, your candy canes, and your willingness to suspend disbelief. It's time to analyze, predict, revisit, and mildly roast Hallmark’s latest seasonal offerings—because if we don’t, who will?


    Rate, review, and subscribe—or you might wake up on the 25th single, with a list of life lessons longer than your Christmas shopping list.


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    https://predictablyunexpected.buzzsprout.com


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