Hallmark Christmas in July 🎄 comfort & joy ❤️

[PollyannaMom]

I finally watched The Christmas Ornament. It was touching but I enjoyed it much more the first time around last year. I did love the kind lady at the end who offers to be a source of funding for Kathy's new cookie business. I'd enjoy trying her sugar cookies I just Googled the cast. Kathy was played by Kellie Martin who was Becca on Life Goes On. Chad Lowe's character Jesse on that show truly always touched my heart plus he was so handsome! Back to this movie. I loved the kindness of Scott, Kathy's late husband in his card to his wife that was delivered to her with the butterfly ornament. Good message. Now onto more movies!

I used to watch that with my Mom!

Kellie also played Christy in this series that I think you'd like. It's based on the novel by Catherine Marshall, which is in turn based on her mother's real life as a young missionary/teacher in rural Appalachia in 1912.

 

[Imzadi]

I used to watch that with my Mom!

Kellie also played Christy in this series that I think you'd like. It's based on the novel by Catherine Marshall, which is in turn based on her mother's real life as a young missionary/teacher in rural Appalachia in 1912.

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I agree. I read Christy. I think flyingdumbo127 will like it.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Lifetime: Dancing Through the Snow

BTW: that massive list of movies you posted (created by some nice person on FB) has this listed as GAC.

 

[Imzadi]

BTW: that massive list of movies you posted (created by some nice person on FB) has this listed as GAC.

It's correct in the schedule I posted last night. (Also below.) I remember I had to double check something and correct it. That must have been it.

The weekly schedules are time consuming to create. I thought I could just do a few copy & pastes, done. But when I decided to add the cast and descriptions, I found every network has their own articles by different writers and they are all formatted differently. And every time I think I've come across a "complete list," I find out there is something missing. Or a date or movie got changed since they posted, or is just incorrect.

Thanks for helping to keep the schedule correct. That goes for anyone else too, who notices something's not correct.

New Christmas Movies premiering this week:
9 new TV movies this weekend.

In addition to the usual Hallmark & GAC movies:​

The Lifetime Channel adds an extra new movie Sunday night.​

(Lifetime re-airs the movie 4 hours later.)​

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ION Channel begins their Sunday Christmas movies, premiering the first of their four new Christmas movies. Since ION only shows Christmas movies on Sundays, these may be the only times to record the new movies: premiere at 8pm ET, re-airing 10pm ET and 12am Mon ET.​

Otherwise, in the past, they only re-aired the new movies during a marathon the weekend before Christmas.​

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For Netflixers: Netflix is premiering 4 movies or specials.​

FRIDAY, 8pm ET / 7CT
Hallmark Channel: Nantucket Noel
starring Trevor Donovan and Sarah Power.
Description: During the Seaside Noel celebrations, Christin learns of a developer who is planning to tear down the wharf that is home to her toy store. Tensions rise as she falls for the developer’s son, Andy.

Lifetime: Dancing Through the Snow
starring AnnaLynne McCord & Colin Lawrence.
Description: Michael is a firefighter and devoted single father to 8- year-old Lily, an aspiring ballerina. After a video goes viral of Michael and Lily doing an adorable ballet routine, Michael becomes the most eligible bachelor, as women everywhere want to date this adorable Dad. However, the only woman Michael has eyes for is Lily’s ballet teacher, Olivia (McCord).
(8pm ET / 7pm CT and re-airs 4 hours later.)


SATURDAY, 8pm ET / 7CT
Hallmark Channel: Hallmark A Christmas Together with You
starring Laura Vandervoort, Niall Matter & Harry Lennix.
Description: During the Christmas season, Megan and her father-figure, Frank, head out on a road trip to find his long-lost love. Along the way, Megan finds the love of her own life.

Lifetime: You Make it Feel Like Christmas
starring Mary Antonini, Michael Xavier, Stephanie Sy, Alex Poch-Goldin.
Description: A talented designer (Antonini) finds herself too busy to return home for the holidays after her work catches the eye of design guru. When her ex-boyfriend and childhood best friend Aaron (Xavier) returns home after active military duty, he makes it his mission to get her home to celebrate her Christmas traditions with her dad.

GAC Family: A Kindhearted Christmas
Starring Jennie Garth and Cameron Mathison.
Description: Jennie owns a sightseeing company in a small town. During the holiday, she decides to adopt her late husband’s habit of making gestures that make people happy during the holidays. Watching TV, she learns about a high school’s fundraising effort and makes a big anonymous donation. Her town catches the giving sprint, and the TV station’s anchorman (Cameron) drops in to report on the Secret Santa, meeting Jennie.

SATURDAY, 10pm ET/ 9CT
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries: Five More Minutes
starring Nikki Deloach and David Haydn-Jones.
Description: Inspired by Scotty McCreery’s song, “Five More Minutes,” a woman’s Christmas wish is answered in unexpected ways when her late grandfather’s journal turns up and reveals an untold romance.

GAC Family re-airs: A Kindhearted Christmas
Starring Jennie Garth and Cameron Mathison.


SUNDAY, 8pm ET / 7CT
Hallmark Channel: A Kiss Before Christmas
starring James Denton & Teri Hatcher in kind of a Desperate Housewives reunion. Also starring Marilu Henner.
Description: When nice-guy Ethan casually wishes his life had taken a different course, he wakes up the next day to find nothing is the same – he’s not married to his wife Joyce, he doesn’t have two teenaged kids and he’s CEO of his company. If he wants to reclaim his original life and the family he loves, he must convince Joyce he’s telling the truth and win her over…and he only has until Christmas Day.

Lifetime: Baking Spirits Bright
starring Rekha Sharma, Dion Johnstone.
Description: Mira (Sharma) takes pride in her family's business of making fruitcakes, despite the decline in its popularity of once being America's most-gifted holiday confection. When Mira's parents decide to hire Brady Phillips (Johnstone) and his high-powered marketing company to boost sales for the holidays, Mira must fight to hold on to the heart of the company she loves so much.

ION Channel: Christmas Down Under (8pm ET, re-airs: 10pm ET, 12am Mon ET)
starring Justine Kacir & Paul O’Brien.
After a fight with her husband, (Paul O’Brien,) wife (Justine Kacir,) follows him to his hometown of Sydney, Australia, in hopes of saving their marriage. Tracking him down proves complicated. So, she must rely on an Aboriginal tour guide and a social media influencer ride-share driver to help, all just days before Christmas.


Netflix:
Christmas Flow - premiered Wed, Nov 17
Starring Tayc and Shirine Boutella
Description: In this French Netflix original series, a famous rapper (Tayc) and a journalist (Boutella) form an unlikely romance.

The Princess Switch 3 - premieres Thurs, Nov 18
Starring Vanessa Hudens, with Vanessa Hudgens, and Vanessa Hudgens
Description: Vanessa Hudgens stars three times over in this lighthearted third Princess Switchmovie, which follows Queen Margaret (Hudgens) and Princess Stacy (also Hudgens) as they try to track down a stolen, precious family artifact. They team up with Margaret’s cousin, Fiona (Hudgens once again) who enlists the help of a new, mysterious man.

Blown Away: Christmas - premieres Fri, Nov 19
Hosted by Bobby Berk with resident evaluator Katherine Gray
Description: Five fan favorites from Netflix’s Blown Away glass-blowing competition show are returning to the hot shop for this holiday special. They’ll be competing to wow the judges with Christmas-themed creations, and the stakes are even higher this time: winners will receive not only a $10,000 cash prize, but also another $10,000 to give to charity.

Waffles + Mochi’s Holiday Feast - premieres Tues, Nov 23
Starring Michelle Zamora, Piotr Michael, Russ Walko
Description: Waffles and Mochi invent a holiday, Freezie Day, and decide to whip up an impromptu feast to celebrate. After plenty of adventures in the MagiCart, as well as trips to Norway and Hawaii, they learn that the holidays are not really about food, but about spending time with loved ones. Michelle Obama executive produces Waffles + Mochi as part of her ongoing effort to encourage kids to eat better and stay active.

 

[Imzadi]

SATURDAY, 10pm ET/ 9CT
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries: Five More Minutes
starring Nikki Deloach and David Haydn-Jones.

mandy200587 (who's at work right now & couldn't properly post this,) sent me this blurb about Five More Minutes that's on tonight:

https://musicrow.com/2021/11/scotty-mccreerys-five-more-minutes-inspires-new-hallmark-movie/

Scotty McCreery’s heartwarming hit single “Five More Minutes” is the inspiration behind a brand new TV movie of the same name from Hallmark that will air Nov. 20 as part of their Miracles of Christmas celebration.

Written by Nikki Deloach and Megan McNulty, Five More Minutes stars Deloach and David Haydn-Jones as a woman’s Christmas wish is answered in unexpected ways when her late grandfather’s journal turns up and reveals an untold romance. McCreery serves as an Executive Producer on the new film, which airs at 9 p.m. CT on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel.

Released as the first song from his Gold-certified album, Seasons Change, the 2x Platinum “Five More Minutes” reached No. 2 on the iTunes country singles chart and No. 9 on the iTunes all-genre singles chart when it was released in 2017, and debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard Country Digital Sales Chart. The chart-topping track was penned with Frank Rogers and Monty Criswell.

“It was a special day writing this one” recalls McCreery. “We all sat down, and at first, I was just talking about my granddaddy. I always believed in it and thought it was a story that everyone could relate to—I feel like everyone has these things that they go back to and wish they had more time. We worked on this song for three or four different days, and a lot changed, and it took a while, but I wanted it to be perfect.”
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[Imzadi]

Here's a quick interview with James Denton & Teri Hatcher who are starring in A Kiss Before Christmas tomorrow night. James is also an executive producer on the film. You can tell they have a great friendship and affection for each other from all the years working on Desperate Housewives together.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I just watched The Santa Squad (from last year). Hadn't seen it before. I liked it. The characters seemed quite real and at ease with each other.

 

[AustinTink]

Watching Nantucket Noel again. The lead actor looks like McSteamy from Grey's Anatomy and I'm here for it.

 

[sasywtch]

I just finished watching 5 more Minutes. Very good movie

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I just finished watching 5 more Minutes. Very good movie

I agree.

 

[Imzadi]

Add me to the list of those who liked Next Stop, Christmas.
It had more layers than the usual time travel movies. It kept me engaged to the end.

Another trend in these movies, some older folks are featured and lives have real problems that either are overcome or must be dealt with to the end.

Yes, I liked that added element was in this movie too.

 

[Imzadi]

Lifetime: Dancing Through the Snow
starring AnnaLynne McCord & Colin Lawrence.
Description: Michael is a firefighter and devoted single father to 8- year-old Lily, an aspiring ballerina. After a video goes viral of Michael and Lily doing an adorable ballet routine, Michael becomes the most eligible bachelor,

I watched Dancing Through the Snow. I liked it. The male lead is a tall, broad shoulder, beefcake firefighter. So, a plus, right there. He had the emotional lightness to play a single dad who would do a cute, sweet dance routine with his little daughter that ends up going viral, yet not take the sudden fame seriously.

 

[Imzadi]

Ugh! Hard pass on the ION Channel's Christmas Down Under. I lasted about 5 minutes.

The ION Channel only made 4 Christmas movies this year. WHY they picked this one and WHY they decided to show this one first is beyond me.

It's acted and directed by a Australian, who I guess, doesn't get to watch Hallmark or Lifetime movies down under. So, he has a weird concept of American Christmas movies being some highly overacted, over-exaggerated, stylized movies, instead of subtle, real-life acting with decent scripts.

There was also a continuous soundtrack, much like the awful soundtrack I mentioned in another bad movie, recently. I guess the a soundtrack company had a sale so people could put bad soundtracks into Christmas movies.

Possibly, the only thing worse than one bad movie on ION, is that the screenwriter, of this movie is having a second movie premiering on ION in two weeks. Did he have a two-fer sale on bad scripts? ION can't do better than this, when they only put out FOUR Christmas movies?

 

[Imzadi]

Remember set your DVR for tomorrow night now. You don't want to be fighting for the remote control tomorrow.

Thanksgiving night, the Hallmark Channel will have a double feature:

The Nine Lives of Christmas at 6pm ET / 5CT
This is an oldie that is a favorite of many people. ♥
It stars Kimberley Sustad, Brandon Routh and Gregory Harrison. After a cat adopts a firefighter (Brandon,) he meets Kimberley, who also has a cat. After she gets kicked out of her apartment for having her cat, she winds up staying at Brandon's house while looking for a place to live.

⬇ AND right after ⬇

The

sequel:
Nine Kittens of Christmas at 8pm ET / 7CT
(The IMDb.com says it may also be re-titled as: Nine Lives of Holidays. Record it no matter which title you see.)

 

[Imzadi]

Today, Netflix premieres: A Boy Called Christmas
starring Henry Lawfull, Toby Jones, Sally Hawkins, Kristen Wiig, Michiel Huisman, Zoe Colletti, Stephen Merchant (voice), Joel Fry, Rune Temte with Jim Broadbent and Maggie Smith.

An ordinary young boy called Nikolas sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves, Elfhelm. Taking with him a headstrong reindeer called Blitzen and a loyal pet mouse, Nikolas soon meets his destiny in this magical, comic and endearing story that proves nothing is impossible. Adapted from the bestselling book by Matt Haig.

 

[Imzadi]

New Christmas movies premiering Thanksgiving weekend 11/26 - 11/28:

● The Hallmark Channel has Double Features this Friday, Saturday & Sunday. NOTE the early start time for the first movie: 6pm ET. The second movie is at the usual start time.
● The Lifetime Channel will now premiere one new Christmas movie every night starting Friday through Christmas, 8pm ET / 7C.
● GAC Family has movies this Friday, Saturday & Sunday.
● Netflix has a couple premieres. (See separate post for Netflix.)


FRIDAY, 6pm ET / 5CT
Hallmark Channel Double Feature:
Christmas CEO
starring Marisol Nichols and Paul Greene.
Description: A small toy company CEO gets a once in a lifetime offer to merge with a mega toy company but will need her estranged ex-business partner’s signature to seal the deal. What he helps her rediscover will change both of their lives.

⬇ AND right after ⬇

An Unexpected Christmas at 8pm ET / 7CT
starring Bethany Joy Lenz and Tyler Hynes.
Description: A writer convinces his ex-girlfriend to pose as a couple for Christmas.


Lifetime: Reba McEntire's Christmas in Tune at 8pm ET / 7CT (and re-airs 4 hours later)
starring Reba McEntire and John Schneider.
Description: Years after their personal and professional breakup, the singing duo of Georgia (Reba McEntire) and Joe Winter (John Schneider) agree to reunite after their daughter, Belle (Candice King), asks them to participate in a Christmas Charity concert, only to find themselves getting back in tune on stage and off.

GAC Family: Angel Falls Christmas at 8pm ET / 7CT (re-airs at 10pm ET)
starring Jessica Lowndes and Chad Michael Murray.
Description: Jessicа Lowndes’ chаrаcter, Ally, is а workаholic doctor who breаks up with her boyfriend just before Christmаs. However, а chаnce encounter with a handsome barista (Chаd Michаel Murrаy) mаy be just whаt she needs to shаke her holidаy blues.


SATURDAY, 6pm ET / 7CT
Hallmark Channel Double Feature:
Making Spirits Bright (not to be confused with last week's Baking Spirits Bright on Lifetime.)
Starring Taylor Cole and Carlo Marks.
Description: The son and daughter of rival holiday decorating families help mend their fathers’ decades-old feud, finding romance along the way as they compete in the town’s holiday decorating contest.

⬇AND right after ⬇

Christmas at Castle Hart at 8pm ET / 7CT
starring Lacey Chabert and Stuart Townsend.
Description: Brooke Bennett goes to Ireland for Christmas to search for her Irish roots. While there, she meets Aiden Hart, Earl of Glaslough. Mistaken for an elite event planner, she’s hired to host his castle’s epic Christmas party.


Lifetime: Merry Liddle Christmas Baby at 8pm ET / 7CT (and re-airs 4 hours later)
starring Kelly Rowland, Thomas Cadrot, Latonya Williams, Jaime M. Callica, Bresha Webb.
Description: (Continuation of a very popular Lifetime Christmas movie series.) This holiday, the Liddles have much to be merry about! Jacquie Liddle (Kelly Rowland) and her husband Tyler (Thomas Cadrot) are preparing for the arrival of their first baby. With Jacquie’s family expanding in ways she could never have expected, the Liddles are headed for a crazy Christmas filled with merry mayhem and lots of love and laughter.

GAC Family: Royally Wrapped for Christmas at 8pm ET / 7CT (re-airs at 10pm ET)
starring Jen Lilley, Brendan Fehr, Meher Pavri, Rachel VanDuzer.
Description: While interviewing for a job with the royal family of Veronia, Lindsay falls in love with a prince.


SATURDAY, 10pm ET/ 9CT
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries: Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas
starring Jessy Schram and Brendan Penny.
Description: During the holidays, a woman with amnesia catches a ride with her handsome nurse to investigate the only clue to her identity: a newspaper clipping for a Christmas Festival with a cryptic invitation. Executive producer Blake Shelton.


SUNDAY, 6pm ET / 7CT
Hallmark Channel Double Feature:
Christmas in Tahoe
starring Laura Osnes, Kyle Selig, Pat Monahan and George Lopez.
Description: To save her family hotel’s Christmas show, talent booker Claire must ask for help from her ex- boyfriend Ryan, the lead guitarist of a now-famous band that fired her as their manager years ago.

⬇AND right after ⬇

The Christmas Contest at 8pm ET / 7CT
starring Candace Cameron Bure, John Brotherton and Barbara Niven.
Description: Exes Lara and Ben compete in a Christmas contest to win money for the charity of their choosing. The city watches them battle and choose what is more important, victory or love.


Lifetime: Miracle in Motor City at 8pm ET / 7CT (and re-airs 4 hours later)
starring Tia Mowry, Mark Taylor, and Smokey Robinson
Description: Amber Dupont (Tia Mowry) bites off more than she can chew when she takes charge of her church’s annual Christmas pageant and inadvertently promises to deliver a special performance by Motown Legend Smokey Robinson. Amber is paired with former flame Eddie (Mark Taylor) in a quest to convince Smokey appear.

GAC Family: Christmas is You at 8pm ET / 7CT (re-airs at 10pm ET)
starring Becca Tobin, Matthew MacCaul.
Description: Emma Bloom's record label boss gives her an ultimatum: convince her ex-boyfriend and recording star Tyler Thorn to leave his label and join theirs, or find another job.

ION Channel: A Christmas Witness (8pm ET, re-airs: 10pm ET, 12am Mon ET)
starring Arielle Kebbel and Colin Egglesfield.
Description: A no-nonsense federal marshal is tasked with protecting a low-level, charming mobster until he testifies against his mafia boss two days after Christmas.

 

[Imzadi]

Netflix holiday premieres this week, 11/24 - 11/30:

November 24
A Boy Called Christmas (movie, already posted above)
starring Henry Lawfull, Toby Jones, Sally Hawkins, Kristen Wiig, Michiel Huisman, Zoe Colletti, Stephen Merchant (voice), Joel Fry, Rune Temte with Jim Broadbent and Maggie Smith.

An ordinary young boy called Nikolas sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves, Elfhelm. Taking with him a headstrong reindeer called Blitzen and a loyal pet mouse, Nikolas soon meets his destiny in this magical, comic and endearing story that proves nothing is impossible. Adapted from the bestselling book by Matt Haig.

Robin Robin (family friendly)
A stop-motion holiday musical features a voice cast that includes Gillian Anderson, Richard E. Grant, Bronte Carmichael, and Adeel Akhtar, among others.

November 26
A Castle for Christmas (movie)
starring Brooke Shields and Cary Elwes.
Sophie Brown (Brooke Shields) an author who travels to Scotland to purchase a castle of her own, but owner Duke Myles (Cary Elwes) is reluctant to sell to a foreigner. As they work to find a compromise, will they find something they didn’t expect in each other?

School of Chocolate (series)
Pastry and chocolate professionals head to the School of Chocolate to test their skills in this series that presents participants with a potentially career-changing prize.

November 28
Elves (series)
A family of four attempts to reconnect by traveling to a Danish archipelago that turns out to be the home of elves.

November 30
Charlie’s Coloforms City: Snowy Stories (family friendly)
New winter-themed episodes introduce Charlie’s friend Yetilda D. Yeti, who joins him for some stompy snowy adventures.

 

[Imzadi]

Hallmark Christmas Movie

BINGO CARDS!​

Someone in another group posted a PDF file for Hallmark Christmas Movie BINGO CARDS to print out. There are 32 different cards, so many people can play and everyone has a different card. Whomever fills out their card first in a straight line wins. (Of course, you can keep playing just to fill out the whole card during one movie. )

Examples of the different cards: (click on it to enlarge)

Bingo winning patterns:

To download the Hallmark Christmas Movie Bingo cards file: click on the attachment file link at the bottom of this post. If it asks what to do with the file, SAVE the file, and remember what folder you saved it.

(The file has already been scanned by McAfee antivirus to be virus free.)

Later, to print out only specific Bingo card pages, your printer has a setting where you can print out only pages 3-5 for example. Then next time, print out only pages 6-10. You do not have to print out all 32 pages at once.

 

[Imzadi]

One December Night? Yes, I saw it. It's pretty good. Not a typical Hallmark movie.

Finally saw One December Night. I had been putting it off as I thought it was a heavy, tear-jerker. It's not a tear-jerker. It is a bit different than typical Hallmark movies. I liked it.

 

[Imzadi]

Making Spirits Bright (not to be confused with last week's Baking Spirits Bright on Lifetime.)
Starring Taylor Cole and Carlo Marks.
Description: The son and daughter of rival holiday decorating families help mend their fathers’ decades-old feud, finding romance along the way as they compete in the town’s holiday decorating contest.

I liked Making Spirits Bright. It's a similar story to Check Inn to Christmas, from a couple years ago, which I liked better. (Definitely recommending the second movie, if you haven't watched it yet.) I like when they involve the two families into the stories. Adds more dimensions.

The movie with the similar name: Baking Spirits Bright on Lifetime, didn't do as well. This movie might have been good, but, in my opinion, the lead actress was mis-cast. She was too old for the role. Add to that a deep voice and a strong attitude, and she seemed too hard, narrow-minded and inflexible. Every time the male lead had an idea, (he was there to help her family,) she shot it down. There was no chemistry between them because of her attitude. This movie needed someone soft and open, like Rachel Boston in the role.

Speaking of Rachel Boston, there is an older Lifetime movie I watched again, with her in, called Christmas in Tennessee. I recommend that movie instead.