Lifestyle of a Fashionista

11/29/24 Volume 3 Issue 48

Five on Friday

November 29, 2024

“As consumers, we have so much power to change the world by just being careful in what we buy.”
— Emma Watson

One: Shop Small

Small Business Saturday is November 30, 2024. Champion small businesses nationwide and #ShopSmall on Saturday.

When shopping for the holidays, ordering from a large retail company is convenient. But there are advantages to shopping at a small business. The gifts are well-made and unique, and you are supporting a person’s livelihood.

Saturday Nov. 30th is dedicated to shopping small, but you should choose to shop small all year long.

Read: https://lifestyleofafashionista.com/2024/11/29/shop-small-2/

Two: What to Watch

Fall Release Dates:

See the full list: https://lifestyleofafashionista.com/2024/09/13/2024-fall-tv/

Several Christmas movies premiere this week, including Our Little Secret on Netflix. New Christmas movies will have a tree 🎄next to the title. Read more: 2024 Holiday Movies – Lifestyle of a Fashionista

Netflix:

Read: November new releases from Tulum and from Vulture.

The Madness — Netflix Thriller Series, After a media pundit stumbles upon a dead body deep in the Poconos woods, he finds himself framed for the murder of a notorious white supremacist.

🎄Our Little Secret — Netflix Film. Starring Lindsay Lohan, Kristin Chenoweth, Ian Harding. After discovering their significant others are siblings, two resentful exes must spend Christmas under one roof — while hiding their romantic history.

Senna — Netflix Series, Fascinated by cars since childhood, Brazilian racer Ayrton Senna became a sports legend — until tragedy struck, changing Formula 1 forever.

Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey — Netflix Documentary, Police missteps and a media circus derailed the JonBenét Ramsey murder case. This definitive docuseries chronicles the decades-long quest for justice.

Max (HBO):

November 2024 from Vulture

Sweetharts (2024 romcom), Two college freshmen make a pact to break-up with their high school sweethearts over Thanksgiving break, leading them on a chaotic night out in their hometown that puts their co-dependent friendship to the test.

Get Millie Black (drama series), An ex-Scotland Yard detective returns to Kingston to work in missing persons and finds herself on a quest to solve a case that will blow her world apart.

Music Box: Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary (HBO Original)

Hulu:

New on Hulu: November 2024 from Vulture.

🎄Nutcrackers, starring Ben Stiller, Linda Cardellini, Edi Patterson, Tim Heidecker, A strait-laced man finds his life suddenly upended when he becomes the caregiver for his rambunctious, orphaned nephews.

Family Guy, exclusive holiday special (Only on Hulu)

Elf
Four Christmases
Fred Claus
Jack Frost
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
The Polar Express

Disney+:

New on Disney+: November 2024 from Vulture.

Mary Poppins Special

Oz the Great and Powerful

Beatles ‘64, premiere

Amazon Prime:

New on Amazon Prime Video: November 2024 from Vulture.

Peacock:

New on Peacock: November 2024 from Vulture.

🎄Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle, starring Rachel Boston, Pascal Lamothe-Kipnes, Tanner Novlan, Matthew James Dowden and Max Lloyd-Jones, Mrs. Miracle uses Christmas magic to reunite three siblings who must decide who will inherit the family’s real estate empire, following their grandmother’s passing.

🎄A ‘90s Christmas, starring Eva Bourne, Chandler Massey and Katherine Barrell, A workaholic lawyer destined to spend Christmas alone is transported back to 1999 after an unexpected run in with a particularly wise ride-share driver.

🎄Deck the Walls, starring Ashley Greene, Wes Brown and Danny Pellegrino, Interior designer, Rose DeMonte, uses her skills back in her hometown to renovate a Christmas Charity Home for her brother Sal and his contractor Brysen’s home flipping company.

Saturday:

🎄Believe in Christmas (at 6 pm), starring Meghan Ory and John Reardon, With no other plans for Christmas, best friends Bea and Emilia travel to Christmasland, a magical place filled with hope, holiday miracles and romance.

🎄Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story (at 8 PM), starring Hunter King, Tyler Hynes and Ed Begley Jr., Chiefs superfan Alana tries to win the Fan of the Year Award as a Christmas gift for her family, falling in love with someone in the Chiefs front office along the way.

Sunday:

🎄The Finnish Line (at 6 pm), starring Kim Matula, Beau Mirchoff and Nichole Sakura, Inspired by her father’s acclaimed legacy in dog sled racing, Anya decides to follow in his footsteps. After his passing, she heads to Finland to participate in the 40th annual Joulurauha race, her father’s final race where he fell short of the victory.

🎄The Christmas Quest (at 8 pm), starring Lacey Chabert and Kristoffer Polaha, An archaeologist, her ex-husband who is a Norse language expert, search for legendary treasure in Iceland during Christmas. Others join the hunt, leading to a thrilling race to secure the treasure before the wrong people obtain it.

Lifetime (Holiday movies)

🎄BeBe Winans’ We Three Kings | BeBe Winans, Deborah Joy Winans, Bethany Brown, Lisa Berry, Faith Wright, Romeo Miller. A retired musician hatches a plan to bring his three daughters home for Christmas for the first time since their mother’s death. Holiday songs and old memories soon make the estranged siblings realize that life is better when they’re all together.

Sunday:

🎄Make or Bake Christmas, starring Vivica A. Fox, Jackée Harry, Jasmine Aivaliotis, Landon Moss and Corin Nemec. Lifestyle mogul Leslie aims to acquire charming Sugar Bakers bakery before year’s end. She dispatches employee Emma undercover as temp worker to persuade owners, but Emma finds herself enamored with its festive charm and baker David.

Apple TV+:

New on Apple TV from Digital Trends

Paramount+:

New On Paramount+

In Theaters:

Moana 2 (PG 2024 ‧ Family/Adventure), Moana journeys to the far seas of Oceania after receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors.

Bonhoeffer (PG-13 2024 ‧ War/Drama), When a pacifist is called to a political act that could change the course of history, a man of honour responds. This is the true story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a man who preached love while plotting the assassination of an evil tyrant.

Three: What to Wear

Loungewear:

From Refinery 29: 9 Sustainable Loungewear Brands For Conscious, Cozy Comfort

Four: What to Try

Donate or volunteer:

Giving Tuesday is December 3, 2024

The Greater Boston Food Bank: https://www.gbfb.org/ $50 donation provides 4 meals.

The Pine Street Inn: https://www.pinestreetinn.org/. Pine Street’s programs include permanent housing, emergency shelter, street outreach and workforce development. Our goal is to end homelessness by making the safety and stability of permanent housing a reality for all.

Volunteer in Boston (from BSide),Giving back. This fab calendar by Boston Cares makes it easy to find places and events to volunteer around the city.

Five: What to Do

In Boston (BSide):

The Boston Common Frog Pond — arguably the most iconic skating spot — just dropped its opening date for ice skating season: Friday, Nov. 30 at 10 a.m. Admission is $10, and you can rent skates for $15. 

Shop Local Markets: We’ll shout-out the SoWa Winter Fest market, starting Nov. 29, and Merriest Month at Bow Market, starting Nov. 30; but find a more complete list of holiday markets here.