What happens when the NFL decides it wants Hallmark’s audience and Hallmark decides it wants football money? You get Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story, a G-rated Christmas movie stuffed with snow, Bills Mafia, stadium lore, and enough exposition to qualify as cardio.

Nikki and Meg are joined by Buffalo native and Bills superfan Sara Frandina to break down Hallmark’s second NFL crossover, unpack why Buffalo was the obvious choice, and ask the real questions.

Like:

* Why is this doctor never at work?

* Why does every mystery require a receipt from 50 years ago?

* The “he falls first” trope being wasted on an oblivious heroine

* East Aurora standing in for “small-town Buffalo” (lol)

* Joe Pantoliano quietly acting circles around everyone

* Why this movie could have been 45 minutes shorter and lost nothing

If you came for holiday cheer, you’ll stay for the Bills culture, Hallmark logic, and a surprisingly deep dive into fandom economics.

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