'Tis the season for Mihlali N’s Christmas Movie Facebeat

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Yup, Christmas is just around the corner and with it comes bright lights, Christmas carols and fab Facebeats. And even if the COVID-19 lockdown scuppers your festive plans, Mihlali N is making sure you look fab regardless of whether you’re celebrating from your couch or the family home.  

Once again, Mihlali takes us through her Facebeat routine with a simple, perfect-for-Christmas look that will make everyone do a second take. And while your face is on fleek, Lifetime (DStv 131) is ensuring you have only the best Christmas content to complement your festive look. Here’s what Mihlali is looking forward to in this jolly month on Lifetime.  

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Merry Liddle Christmas

It’s the Lifetime Movie of the Month and we can see why. Starring Kelly Rowland from Destiny’s Child fame as the leading lady, this romantic Christmas movie tells the story of a woman who’s desperate to have the perfect family gathering. There’s only one problem: she’s a control freak and her family… well, not so much. Mihlali says she can relate, making this to the top of her festive list of must-watch movies. Watch Merry Liddle Christmas on Saturday, 19 December, on Lifetime (DStv 131) at 19:20  

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A Family Christmas Gift

Miss Patti LaBelle! Need we say more? Mihlali can’t get enough of Miss Patti’s Christmas music, and there’s lots of that in this light-hearted movie. LaBelle plays the nosey but nice Aunt Dora who just wants to see her niece, Amber, finally settle down with a man. Naturally, the Christmas holiday season serves as the perfect setting for Aunt Dora to set up Amber with a hunk of note. While Amber tries to deal with her aunt’s incessant matchmaking attempts, we also get treated to a few unforgettable LaBelle Christmas carols.    Watch A Family Christmas Gift on Sunday, 20 December, on Lifetime (DStv 131) at 19:20 

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The Christmas Pact

Who doesn’t love giving gifts? If you’re anything like Mihlali, bringing a smile to your loved ones’ faces means everything. So it makes complete sense why Mihlali has added The Christmas Pact to her list of Lifetime goodies. It tells the endearing story of two childhood friends who, over the years, have met up each Christmas at their own special Christmas tree to exchange gifts. However, this year’s reunion brings something more when the two suddenly realise their friendship is becoming something more magical.  Watch The Christmas Pact on Saturday, 5 December, on Lifetime (DStv 131) at 19:20 

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Christmas weekend celebrations

While those are Mihlali’s top inspirations for her glamorous Festive Facebeat, there’s so much more to see on Lifetime this December. Here are some of our picks: 

Wrapped Up In Christmas

Tasked with the impossible job of having to literally close down shops in the local mall, mall manager Heather is having a particularly bleak Christmas. However, business and pleasure soon mix together in an awkward fling when she falls head-over-heels in love with one of the doomed store owners. Will she be able to go through with the retail culling or will she melt like the winter snowfall the moment her new crush gives her a kiss? Watch Wrapped Up In Christmas on Friday, 25 December, on Lifetime (DStv 131) at 18:35 

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Christmas Unwrapped

A hottie reporter meets a hunky rich guy and soon we have a full-on festive fling. Charity is a determined journalist who’s lost her Christmas cheer over the years, seeing little reason to celebrate the holiday month. But that soon changes when she’s given a story on a mysterious but oh-so-handsome philanthropist who not only re-awakens in her the joy of Christmas but also makes her believe in love again. Talk about a scoop!   Watch Christmas Unwrapped on Saturday, 26 December, on Lifetime (DStv 131) at 19:20 

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Christmas Hotel

Erin Roberts has everything going for her: she’s a successful hotel manager and is on the verge of making it big in Rome. Unfortunately, her boss has a different plan for her and it involves shipping her off to her small hometown where the locals are a bit looney for Christmas. To add to her despair, she’s tasked with opening a brand-new, high-end hotel which the locals are not keen on. And to complicate matters, her lifelong crush is leading the group determined to shut down her hotel plans. Watch Christmas Hotel on Saturday, 26 December, on Lifetime (DStv 131) at 20:50

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Extra presents

Can’t get enough of the Lifetime goodness? Say no more. From Saturday, 19 December, at 12:00, Lifetime is bringing you the most binge-worthy festive movie marathons. 

Saturday, 19 December

12:00 Once Upon A Holiday 
13:25 A Christmas In Tennessee 
14:55 A Gift Wrapped Christmas 
16:25 Jingle Belle 
17:50 Love For Christmas 
19:20 Merry Liddle Christmas 
20:50 Feliz Navidad 

Thursday, 24 December 

12:35 Radio Christmas 
14:05 Reunited At Christmas 
15:35 Christmas In Mississippi 
17:05 The Christmas Gift 
18:35 Christmas With The Andersons 
20:05 Once Upon A Main Street 
21:35 Merry Liddle Christmas 
23:05 Hometown Christmas 

Friday, 25 December 

12:35 Girlfriends of Christmas Past 
14:05 My Christmas Love 
15:35 Priceless Christmas 
17:05 Random Acts of Christmas 
18:35 Wrapped Up In Christmas 

Tune in to watch all this and more from Mihlali’s Facebeat. You can catch all her looks and makeovers on DStv’s YouTube. Just search for #FacebeatWithMihlali.

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