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Oh, I’m super excited about the merry movies news today!

Crown Media Family Networks have announced the very first original movie adaptation from Hallmark Publishing! That’s right, Hallmark Channel will welcome “The Christmas Company”, based off the story by first-time novelist Alys Murray.

“The Christmas Company”, Hallmark’s bestselling novel to-date, tells the story of the annual Dickensian Christmas festival in the small town of Miller’s Point, which is threatened by Clark Woodward, a miserly, big-city businessman. Kate Buckner steps up to save her hometown, their traditions, and her favorite holiday. But, along the way, she realizes that the man she’s trying to protect her town from might need some rescuing of his own.

As the tagline reads: “She’s out to save her town from a real-life Scrooge…”

Casting information hasn’t been released yet, but we can expect to see the premiere during the 10th anniversary of the network’s epic holiday programming, Countdown to Christmas, later this year!

If you’d like to read “The Christmas Company” beforehand, you can find it currently at Hallmark.com, Amazon.com, Target.com, iTunes, BarnesandNoble.com and everywhere else books are sold.

Stay merry!