Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a re-watch.2020 saw peddlers of Christmas romance–Hulu, Lifetime, Paramount+, etc.–racing to get into the queer inclusion game.
That included the Hallmark Channel, the network arguably responsible for making the holiday fairytale genre into a cottage industry.
For their bid at an LGBTQ Christmas film, Hallmark provided The Christmas House, starring openly gay actor and Hallmark movie alum, Jonathan Bennett.The movie centers on longtime married couple Bill (Treat Williams) and Phylis (Sharon Lawrence) as they prep to welcome their sons Mike (Robert Buckley) and Brandon (Bennett) home for the holidays.