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Here’s a roundup of 10 movies the man in your life will actually enjoy at Christmas time. 
By Stephanie Harper Dupont
Convincing your boyfriend, husband, or partner to watch Hallmark Christmas movies with you doesn’t have to be totally miserable. It’s easy enough to find a handful of excellent Hallmark Christmas flicks that he’ll actually enjoy. And the good news? We also know exactly where you can go to stream awesome new Hallmark Christmas movies as well, including Peacock. When it comes to men, a few things tend to catch their attention. Anything relating to sports, heroes, or sci-fi is probably your best bet. Fortunately, Christmas movies on Hallmark don’t always just focus on lovey-dovey couples falling for each other during the holiday season. They also include plots that can captivate attention from you and your male partner for the coziest date nights ever.
Tons of attention has been aimed at the Kansas City Chiefs NFL team thanks to the relationship between Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift, and some movie lovers are convinced Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story is a Hallmark Channel Christmas movie that was released in honor of the power couple. If your partner is a football fan, then this is easily a movie they would enjoy. It focuses on a woman named Alana with a family who cheers for the Kansas City Chiefs as their favorite football team. Along the way, Alana falls in love with the Director of Fan Engagement, a gent named Derrick. This movie blends light-hearted romance with endless nods to football (including some surprise cameos).
Another sports-themed pick, hockey fans on the other hand will likely gravitate toward watching Jingle Bell Run. This Hallmark Christmas movie focuses on a school teacher named Avery who’s far from adventurous. She doesn’t like putting herself out there, but when she’s thrust into a position to leave her comfort zone, she develops feelings for a former hockey player named Wes.
Avery and Wes pair up together to dominate in a Christmas-themed competition show that gives them a chance to take home an incredible grand prize. Her wittiness, intelligence, and mental brilliance meshes well with his physical strength and capabilities. Although Wes doesn’t play tons of hockey in this movie, his hockey skills certainly come into play during the competition.
If your boyfriend or husband totally respects individuals who dedicate their lives to the military, then you’re in luck with Christmas Homecoming. This Hallmark Christmas movie tells the story of a military widow who rents out an apartment space to an army captain who’s in the process of recovering from an injury he sustained in battle. Although she’s working on healing and mourning the loss of her spouse, she realizes it’s possible to find love again as she grows closer to the army captain. They link up to work on a Christmas fundraising event together and develop deeper romantic feelings for each other with each passing day.
Soccer is one of the most beloved sports globally, so the idea of attracting your boyfriend or husband to a Hallmark Christmas movie focused on soccer is a brilliant idea. After all, there’s a reason so many fans were impressed when Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney invested in Mexico, soccer club, Necaxa, which they did after investing in Wrexham’s team.
Christmas in Notting Hill tells the story of a former soccer star named Graham who refuses to make time for his love life. Since he’s focused on perfecting his craft as a soccer star, dating has always been on the back burner for him. When he goes home to Notting Hill for Christmas, he crosses paths with a women he’s attracted to named Georgia. Slowly but surely, she changes his mind about making time for romance.
Sci-fi lovers will find exactly what they’re looking for when watching Journey Back to Christmas. Do sci-fi movies like Time Cut about time travel and other mind-bending topics catch your boyfriend or husband’s attention? If so, then Journey Back to Christmas will certainly do the same.
Journey Back to Christmas focuses on a World War II-era nurse who magically transports through time to 2016. While trying to navigate through the modern world, she bumps into a man who teaches her what true love is for the first time in her life. Time travel movies like this one tend to be perfect for deep and philosophical thinkers.
Love on the Slopes is a wonderful movie to watch with your boyfriend or husband if they happen to be an extreme sports enthusiast. This movie focuses on an extreme sport enthusiast named Cole who finds love with a New York City-based journalist named Alex. She travels to Ridgeline Resort to write an article about his competition, and at first, he doesn’t feel like she belongs in such a competitive environment. As time progresses, they grow closer and realize they have far more in common than they would have guessed based on their initial introduction. This movie hones in on the fears she experiences as she witnesses the man she loves participating in extreme sports that could leave him injured.
Holiday for Heroes is an ideal movie for folks who have unwavering admiration and respect for war heroes and veterans. This Hallmark Channel Christmas movie tells the story of a woman named Audrey and a soldier named Matt who have been writing love letters back-and-forth to each other for years. Although they’ve never actually met in real life, they know for a fact that their feelings for each other are deep, true, and genuine. Eventually, they stumble upon the opportunity to meet each other face-to-face. From there, they figure out if the love they share in written words actually translates into a human connection.
Next Stop, Christmas is another sci-fi-style Hallmark Christmas movie with a plot focused on time travel. If time travel subject matter in a movie like Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is something that would captivate attention from your boyfriend or husband, then rest assured that they’ll also be interested in Next Stop, Christmas.
In this film, a woman named Angie does everything in her power to make it home to celebrate Christmas in 2021. For some strange reason, she gets dropped off by public transit in her hometown instead –– and the year rewinds back to 2011. She has to figure out how to celebrate the holidays in a time and place she hasn’t seen for a decade.
Checkin’ It Twice is a sports-centered Hallmark Christmas movie focused on a professional athlete. A hockey player named Scott catches feelings for a real estate agent named Ashley. He’s in the midst of a career crisis after learning that his team has traded him to a small town that doesn’t exactly pique his interest.
Fortunately for him, after meeting Ashley, he realizes that living in a small town might not be so bad. Ashley lives in a cozy cottage near her super-loving family members. They all make Scott feel welcome and accepted. The burn of losing out on a lavish city lifestyle slowly starts to heal as he spends more time in Ashley’s presence.
Basketball is a popular sport to watch, which is why Catch a Christmas Star is worth adding to your watchlist. The Hallmark Christmas movie tells the story of a pop star named Nikki who falls head over heels in love with a high school basketball coach named Chris.
Chris is a widower, suffering the loss of his wife, but he still remembers his high school romance with Nikki from when they were still teenagers. When Chris and Nikki reconnect years later in their adulthood, they must decide if reconciling forever is the right move or not. Chris’s basketball coach coaching career is highlighted in this movie, along with his budding love story with Nikki.
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Los Angeles Lakers guard Bronny James catches a rebound during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Trail Blazers, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Los Angeles Lakers guard Bronny James, left, dribbles past Portland Trail Blazers’ forward Jabari Walker during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Los Angeles Lakers guard Bronny James, left, intercepts Portland Trail Blazers’ forward Kris Murray, center, as he tries to score, next to Los Angeles Lakers center Christian Koloko during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Los Angeles Lakers guard Bronny James catches a rebound during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Trail Blazers, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Los Angeles Lakers guard Bronny James catches a rebound during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Trail Blazers, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Los Angeles Lakers guard Bronny James, left, dribbles past Portland Trail Blazers’ forward Jabari Walker during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Los Angeles Lakers guard Bronny James, left, dribbles past Portland Trail Blazers’ forward Jabari Walker during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Los Angeles Lakers guard Bronny James, left, intercepts Portland Trail Blazers’ forward Kris Murray, center, as he tries to score, next to Los Angeles Lakers center Christian Koloko during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Los Angeles Lakers guard Bronny James, left, intercepts Portland Trail Blazers’ forward Kris Murray, center, as he tries to score, next to Los Angeles Lakers center Christian Koloko during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The final buzzer sounded Saturday, the South Bay Lakers had won a game and Bronny James seemed completely at ease.
Big smile. Handshakes with everyone. Even did a little dance step as he got to the bench.
LeBron James’ oldest son made his peace long ago with the realization that he’s going to be judged differently because of who his father is. Bronny James insists that doesn’t bother him, saying Saturday at the G League Winter Showcase that he looks at the game differently — and still with some challenges — after suffering cardiac arrest on July 24, 2023.
“I’ve become resilient over these past couple of years fighting through injuries, mental illness, stuff like that,” James said. “Just, you know, coming in and working every day and staying the course.”
The mental challenge, he said, stems largely from the scare of that day 17 months ago.
“Trying to get past that,” James said. “It’s difficult, but I’m trying to work at it every day.”
He suffered cardiac arrest during a practice session at the University of Southern California and needed a procedure to fix what eventually was diagnosed as a congenital heart defect, then missed several months of basketball while recovering. The NBA cleared him to participate fully in the league back in May, and the Los Angeles Lakers — his father’s team — drafted him with the 55th overall pick in June, eventually signing him to a four-year, $7.9 million contract.
Bronny James has appeared in seven games with the NBA’s Lakers, making history by being part of the first on-court father-son duo in league history, and has spent time in the G League as well to continue his development. The Lakers have made no secret that James is a work in progress, and the 20-year-old doesn’t hide from that reality either.

“He’s got a lot of attention on him,” South Bay teammate Devonte’ Graham — a veteran of more than 300 NBA games — told ESPN in a televised postgame interview. “He knows how to deal with it. I think he’s been playing good.”
James’ final numbers Saturday: six points, seven assists, four rebounds and a steal on 3-for-7 shooting in 25 minutes in South Bay’s 120-104 victory over the Osceola Magic. The athleticism was on full display at times — he twice went into traffic for rebounds, simply going over the maze of people to emerge with the ball.
“I’m just showing up every day, trying to get better every day, trying to learn every day and playing my game every day,” James said. “And I feel like that’s what is getting me to have fun and enjoy this sport that I love every day.”
He wondered in the immediate aftermath of the heart episode if he would be able to play the game, and there were plenty of doubters — and naysayers — when he was drafted after averaging 4.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists in his only college season.
The noise from the outside, he said, “flies in one ear and out the other.” He is just happy to be playing, whether it’s on a makeshift court inside an Orlando convention center on a Saturday afternoon or on the bright lights of the NBA stage.
“My family, my parents, they are extremely thankful that I’m not only able to play basketball but also just walk around and speak to other people,” James said. “It’s a blessing to be able to play this sport that I love. There’s a chance I wasn’t going to be able to. So, I wake up and I’m thankful for that every day.”
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Total of 96 Grants Given Out This Year for Things Like Project Supplies, Instructional Tools, and Field Trips
Casey Cleland’s classroom just got a brand-new 3D printer. 
The Santa Barbara Community Academy teacher was able to buy this expensive gadget thanks to the Santa Barbara Education Foundation (SBEF), which distributed $203,000 for innovative teacher projects across the Santa Barbara Unified School District this year. 
“Our annual grants ease the burden on teachers who often spend personal funds on classroom essential supplies and implement creative teaching that would otherwise be financially out of reach,” the foundation said in a statement.
Cleland’s was one of 96 grants given out this year for things like project supplies, instructional tools, and field trips, out of a total of 121 applications from 21 schools. Her classroom’s new 3D printer will allow 208 students in transitional kindergarten through 6th grade to bring their ideas to life.
“During our recent stop-motion animation unit, students requested different props than what I had on hand. One of the suggestions was to print some alligators,” Cleland said. “The students were ecstatic when they saw the alligators the following week. Our 3D printer didn’t just create props for student-created animations — it unleashed a wave of creativity, turning our classroom into an academy of animators with our school mascot as the star!”
Other grants are supporting teachers like Carlos Estrada at Alta Vista Alternative High School, who is creating a garden with his students to support their mental health while centering native ecosystems. Or like Ann Galbraith at Monroe Elementary, who is creating and caring for a school butterfly sanctuary with Monroe’s students. Or like Mika Burkett at Harding University Partnership School, who is buying a giant chess set for the school’s chess club.
The foundation was also able to establish the new, $2,500 Margie Yahyavi Grant for Excellence in Music Education, named after SBEF’s former executive director who passed away in January. Carissa Corrigan, a teacher at Harding, is using the grant to buy hand chimes for her students to make “music as a team.”
The Teacher Grants program is supported by private donors, including local foundations, businesses, and individual donors. This year, it even received a $50,000 donation from Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm. 
“We are truly grateful for the tremendous community support for our teachers,” said Pedro Paz, SBEF executive director. “Their support is critical to the success of this high-impact program. These grants will go a long way in providing educators with the tools they need to inspire a love of learning and directly impact Santa Barbara Unified students.”
Overall, since creating the program in 2018, SBEF has awarded 483 grants, distributing more than $888,000 to local educators. For more information, visit santabarbaraeducation.org.
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State Sen. Joe Gruters wants to be Florida’s next Chief Financial Officer, a Cabinet position that will soon be open. He’s backed by President-elect Donald Trump, incumbent CFO Jimmy Patronis and a host of influential Trump backers.
The only problem? Gruters, a Sarasota Republican, has long had a contentious relationship with Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has the power to name Patronis’ replacement.
Still, Gruters says he’s spoken with DeSantis’ staff about the position, wants to be appointed soon and is hopeful of getting it.
“I don’t know where the Governor’s going to go with the CFO seat, although I’m pushing hard and I’d like to have it now because I think it’d be better for Florida,” Gruters told reporters Tuesday after casting an Electoral College vote for Trump as one of Florida’s 30 electors.
Gruters is a former Republican Party of Florida chair who has also served in the state House and Senate. In June he announced a run for the CFO position in 2026 and has already raised $188,000 in his main campaign account and has $155,000 in another political committee.
He’s also a longtime ally of Trump’s, having given him the “Statesman of the Year” award when Gruters was Sarasota County Republican Party Chair in 2012. Gruters was also chair of Trump’s campaign in Florida during his 2016 run for President, well before he surged in the polls. Trump also backed Gruters’ unsuccessful run for treasurer for the Republican National Committee.
The CFO seat is soon to be open now that Patronis has resigned effective March 31 to run for an open U.S. House seat. The position oversees payments to vendors, heads the Department of Financial Services, and is the State Fire Marshal. The duties include oversight of the Office of Insurance Regulation, giving the position a prominent role in managing the property insurance market, which has seen large rate increases in recent years.
It’s unclear when DeSantis might name someone to the CFO seat. A spokesman for DeSantis didn’t return an email seeking comment Thursday.
Patronis suggested it won’t come until after DeSantis appoints someone to the U.S. Senate, a seat that will also soon be open because Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Miami, was tapped by Trump to be the next Secretary of State.
“There’s definitely going to be a little more urgency (with the Senate seat) simply because there’s going to be a vacancy, there’s going to be tight margins in the United States Senate,” Patronis said. “If I’m Governor DeSantis, I’m focusing first on how I’m filling that seat moreso than Jimmy Patronis’ CFO seat.”
Republicans will hold a 53-47 advantage over Democrats in the U.S. Senate when the next Congress organizes in January.
Whenever he decides, DeSantis might not be inclined to do any favors for Gruters.
The two have had a frosty relationship that sometimes resulted in public antagonism between the Republican colleagues.
When DeSantis first took office in January 2019, he was lukewarm on Gruters, who was elected RPOF Chair one week after DeSantis was sworn in. In October of that year, an annual RPOF fundraiser set for November was canceled by Gruters, who was struggling to get President Trump to attend. The next day DeSantis – without alerting Gruters – announced Trump was coming and the event was still on, effectively shunting Gruters’ sway in the party aside.
DeSantis also tried to cut Gruters’ pay as Chair, according to Politico. Yet he never found a challenger when Gruters came up for reelection as party leader in 2021, leaving Gruters in place during DeSantis’ reelection campaign in 2022.
The bad blood simmered below the surface but then reemerged as DeSantis ran for President against Trump. Gruters was one of a handful of GOP state lawmakers who endorsed Trump, while the vast majority of Republicans backed DeSantis.
“The more he is met by people, the more they are not going to like him,” Gruters said about DeSantis, as quoted by the Washington Post in August 2023 as DeSantis struggled to gain ground on Trump in the polls.
Gruters and DeSantis also clashed this year on Amendment 3, which would have legalized marijuana for recreational use. DeSantis was opposed but also pushed state agencies to run public service announcements and ads slamming the ballot measure, a tactic Gruters called a misuse of taxpayer dollars.
In August, James Uthmeier, DeSantis’ chief of staff, suggested on X that Gruters was backing the amendment as a favor to political donors.
Gruters argued appointing another Republican that would run as an incumbent against him in 2026 would be expensive and bad for the party.
“The one thing about a competitive race and in Florida – we have 23 million people,” Gruters said. “I may have to spend $10 million if we have a competitive primary and the other candidate may spend $10 million. And the result of that is Florida loses because $10 million is a lot of money to raise. And that’s a lot of relationships, a lot of baggage you carry on and I would greatly appreciate the support now, but no matter what we’re going to win.”
Gray Rohrer is a reporter with the USA TODAY Network-Florida Capital Bureau. He can be reached at grohrer@gannett.com. Follow him on X: @GrayRohrer.

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Public concern over bird flu ratcheted up this week as the H5N1 virus continued its sweep through the nation’s dairy and poultry farms and the first American was hospitalized with a severe infection.
Federal officials reported Wednesday that an older person in Louisiana was “severely” ill after being infected by poultry from a backyard flock. The person, who was not identified by name, is one of 61 people identified infected in the U.S. so far this year.
In other countries, bird flu has killed about half of those known to be infected, but here in the United States there have been no deaths and only mild illnesses until this week.
The Louisiana patient was the first American confirmed to be sickened by a backyard flock. The strain of H5N1 bird flu that infected that patient is different from the one that has infected cattle, poultry and farmworkers for most of this year, CDC said, though it is similar to one found in wild birds and in a person infected in Washington State and a teen in British Columbia.
Here’s what you need to know as the CDC and other federal and state agencies work to contain the virus:
People in close contact with infected animals, such as dairy or poultry workers, are at increased risk of infection with bird flu.
People with backyard flocks or who hunt fowl should take precautions handling birds, CDC said.
Pasteurized milk and milk products are safe, repeated testing has shown. Public health officials warn against drinking raw milk, which in some cases has been found to contain enough virus to cause disease, though no one has yet been known to be infected via milk.
Most people infected with bird flu in the U.S. have had mild symptoms.
Symptoms of H5N1 birth flu infection in humans may include pink eye, fever, fatigue, cough, muscle aches, sore throat, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, stuffy or runny nose and shortness of breath, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
While data is limited, experts from the College of American Pathologists said the farmworkers might have had different symptoms than others infected either because of different strains of the virus, or because they were infected in different ways.
The farmworkers, for instance, may have rubbed their eyes after touching a cow that was contaminated with the virus, and then developed red eyes ‒ the most common of their symptoms. By contrast, someone who came into contact with a backyard chicken or wild bird, might have inhaled the virus and therefore become sicker.
The patient in Louisiana, who was exposed by a backyard flock, is experiencing severe respiratory symptoms and is in critical condition, according to Emma Herrock, communications director for the Louisiana Department of Health.
The patient is also reported to have underlying medical conditions and is over the age of 65, putting them at extra risk for complications from the flu, Herrock said via email.
Health officials have yet to call for the use of vaccines against bird flu given that there is no evidence of spread between people, relatively few people have been infected and most infections have been mild.
During winter respiratory virus season, officials have worked to get the country’s 200,000 livestock workers vaccinated against the seasonal flu. While regular flu vaccines don’t provide protection against H5N1, officials are concerned that if someone caught both versions of the flu at once, the virus strains could combine, leading to a more severe or infectious form of bird flu.
At the same time, federal officials have prepared about 10 million doses of H5N8 vaccine that they think will be effective against H5N1 bird flu, in case the virus becomes more dangerous.
Worried about an outbreak in its mink industry that might spread to workers, Finland distributed similar vaccines to its livestock workers this summer.
The U.S. has also poured funding to research vaccine candidates against bird flu. A study of Moderna’s mRNA vaccine published Wednesday showed promise, producing immune responses against the virus in ferrets, an animal commonly used to test flu vaccines. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a different experimental mRNA vaccine, which prevented severe illness and death among infected ferrets.
Scientists have also been trying to develop vaccines to protect animals, especially valuable dairy cows. As of Thursday, the virus had infected 875 herds across 16 states, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.
USDA has approved seven vaccine field safety trials in cattle, Dr. Eric Deeble, a high-ranking agency official, told reporters on Wednesday, though it’s still early in the vaccine development process.
When SARS-CoV-2 was first identified, there were no tests for it. By contrast, there is already a test that can readily identify H5N1, said Dr. Ben Bradley, assistant professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine’s pathology department.
“What we’re facing with H5N1 is a very different landscape than COVID-19,” Bradley said in a College of American Pathologists (CAP) briefing on Friday.
However, Bradley said he’s paying attention to any red flags that could indicate the potential for a bigger outbreak.
The first would be any cases likely transmitted from person to person.
Bradley is also concerned that some people may have been infected without knowing it. Tests have shown some dairy workers had antibodies for H5N1, which could suggest the virus may be spreading faster − and more discreetly − than previously thought.
Although the CDC reported 61 confirmed cases of bird flu in the U.S., multiple experts told USA TODAY the real figure is likely higher.
“Not quite knowing the full picture of things right now is concerning,” said Bradley, also medical director of virology at ARUP, a national testing laboratory.
If the virus continues to infect more people and animals, it will have more opportunities to mutate, potentially becoming more contagious or dangerous.
“We’re in a situation where we need to be alert to the possible threat of this,” Bradley said.
It’s impossible to guess whether bird flu will eventually become a more significant threat, said Dr. Donald Karcher, CAP president and professor at George Washington University Medical Center.
“This is a random process that viruses undergo and it’s really hard to predict when that event is going to happen,” he said.
Adrianna Rodriguez can be reached at adrodriguez@usatoday.com.

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