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Christmas Double Feature: Happiest Season and Holidate

I'm not even going to pretend that I don't prefer a good horror flick to a romcom. The former will almost always trump the latter for me. That being said, I'm not so narrow-minded as to completely avoid a potentially cheese-tastic pile of love goo, even if it is packaged for Christmas. Don't get me wrong, I love Home Alone . Love Actually was pretty good. Klaus ? I dig it. Holidate ? Not so much. To be fair, Holidate knows it's bad. The premise is what chaps my ass more than anything: people can't possibly be okay without a date on the holidays. Whaaaat? Look, I get it, Christmas and all that can make lonely folks feel even lonelier, but the idea that it's sad or pathetic to be dateless is just...yuck. Love yourself, you know? Anyway, Emma Roberts plays Sloane, an abrasive twenty-something who is still reeling from a short-lived relationship that ended several months previously. Her mother likes to remind her of this, and constantly tries to set her up. H