{"id":1805763,"date":"2021-12-27T18:38:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T23:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1805763"},"modified":"2021-12-27T18:53:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T23:53:09","slug":"maps-and-mistletoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/12\/maps-and-mistletoe\/","title":{"rendered":"Maps and Mistletoe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1805764\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/12\/maps-and-mistletoe\/maps-and-mistletoe\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/maps-and-mistletoe.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"maps-and-mistletoe\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/maps-and-mistletoe-200x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/maps-and-mistletoe.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1805764 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/maps-and-mistletoe-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Movie cover image: Maps and Mistletoe\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/maps-and-mistletoe-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/maps-and-mistletoe-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/maps-and-mistletoe-267x400.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/maps-and-mistletoe.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Before we\u2019re completely out of the holiday season, I should mention that one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/list\/ls576477352\/\"><em>34<\/em> Christmas movies<\/a> premiering on the Lifetime network <em>just this year<\/em> is relevant to our interests: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mylifetime.com\/movies\/maps-and-mistletoe\"><em>Maps and Mistletoe<\/em><\/a><\/strong>,<span id='easy-footnote-1-1805763' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/12\/maps-and-mistletoe\/#easy-footnote-bottom-1-1805763' title='There\u2019s a good chance you will be redirected away from this link if you are outside the U.S. See the &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt15197106\/&quot;&gt;IMBD listing&lt;\/a&gt; at least.'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> which premiered on the channel on 13 December. \u201cEmilia Martin (Humberly Gonz\u00e1lez), a cartographer of school maps, has plans for a cozy Christmas at home until her boss has a last-minute project for her, designing a novelty treasure map of the North Pole. Emilia decides to seek out the expertise of North Pole explorer Drew Campbell (Ronnie Rowe), who reluctantly agrees to help her. As the two work closely, they discover more than either of them ever expected.\u201d Not going to yuck what might be someone else\u2019s yum. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/MAPSL\/posts\/5314083605273064\/\">MAPS-L<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before we\u2019re completely out of the holiday season, I should mention that one of the 34 Christmas movies premiering on the Lifetime network just this year is relevant to our interests: Maps and Mistletoe, which&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/12\/maps-and-mistletoe\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[619],"tags":[1104],"class_list":["post-1805763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-movies-and-television","tag-christmas","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1785166,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/03\/callum-ogdens-fantasy-map-of-north-america\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805763,"position":0},"title":"Callum Ogden&#8217;s Fantasy Map of North America","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"22 March 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Last year Callum Ogden started making real-world maps in the style of fantasy maps; his most recent is this map of North America, which is very much in the post-Lord of the Rings-movies style of things.\u00a0In this Medium post he talks about the process of making it.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Maps and Literature&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Maps and Literature","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/maps-and-literature\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/callum-ogden-north-america.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/callum-ogden-north-america.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/callum-ogden-north-america.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/callum-ogden-north-america.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/callum-ogden-north-america.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6000,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2015\/08\/plotted-a-literary-atlas-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1805763,"position":1},"title":"Plotted: A Literary Atlas","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"28 August 2015","format":"link","excerpt":"Coming in October from Zest Books: Andrew DeGraff's Plotted: A Literary Atlas, a collection of the artist's maps of fictional worlds. 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