Photos L-R: The Holiday (Columbia Pictures), Elf (New Line Cinema), Love Actually (Universal)

Hey UK Christmas lovers, are you ready for some non-stop festive programming this holiday season to amplify your yuletide joy? The Sony Movie Christmas channel is returning to the UK beginning on September 10, 2019 and will run Christmas movies 24/7 through January 2020!

Yes, you read that correctly. Over 3 months of Christmas movies… non-stop.

Formerly known as True Christmas, the station will include classics as well as modern favorites, such as: “Elf”, “The Holiday”, “Home Alone”, “Love Actually”, “Christmas with the Kranks”, “Holiday Road Trip”, “Defending Santa”, and “The Polar Express.”

There will even be some films that have previously been shown on Hallmark, such as “Moonlight & Mistletoe” (2008) starring Candace Cameron Bure and Tom Arnold.

If that wasn’t enough to fuel your cheer, you can also look forward to themed weekends with slates of films fit for Bah Humbug, Christmas Animals, Christmas Comedy, and Santa Sunday.

The Sony Movie Channel is available on Freeview 50, Sky 319, Virgin 424 and Freesat 303.

Stay merry!

It’s August 25, and you know what that’s means…

🎄🎄🎄 THERE ARE 4 MONTHS UNTIL CHRISTMAS! 🎄🎄🎄

Are you as excited as I am??

Stay merry!

Photo: Crown Media

There’s been a lot of development in recent months regarding Hallmark Drama’s first original series, “Christmas Cookie Matchup”, a holiday reality competition — and earlier today, SouthernLiving.com exclusively announced the two judges that will join the show.

In “Christmas Cookie Matchup”, Jack Wagner will host as amateur baker contestants team up with cast members from Hallmark Channel’s “When Calls the Heart” to create tasty holiday treats with their eye on a $25,000 winning prize!  Hearties will be excited to know that stars Erin Krakow, Pascale Hutton, Chris McNally, Paul Greene, Kavan Smith, Kevin McGarry, and Andrea Brooks will all take part of the competition.

As for the judges, food and lifestyle expert Chadwick Boyd will be joined by self-taught baking expert, Emily Hutchinson. Boyd is known for traveling nationally with chef Carla Hall for their “Biscuit Time” class while Hutchinson has been sharing creative tips with fellow bakers through her popular blog The Hutch Oven. Hutchinson’s new book, Creative Cookie Decorating: Buttercream Frosting Designs and Tips for Every Occasion, doesn’t release until October 15th — but it’s already a best seller in Amazon pre-sales.

A premiere date for “Christmas Cookie Matchup” is not yet set, but I’ll keep you posted!

Stay merry!

It was an exciting day at Disney’s annual D23 Expo! Along with the official trailer for “Noelle”, the House of Mouse also premiered the trailer for the upcoming live-action version of the beloved 1955 animated feature, “Lady and the Tramp”, about a pampered house dog and a tough but lovable stray who embark on an unexpected adventure and, despite their differences, grow closer and come to understand the value of home.

“Lady and the Tramp” will premiere on the upcoming streaming service Disney+ on November 12th.

Photo Credit: Disney+

I’m so excited about today’s Christmas movie news because, it’s a film I’ve been waiting on news for since 2017! Disney’s holiday comedy “Noelle” starring Anna Kendrick was originally slated for a theatrical release but switched gears to debut on the upcoming online streaming service, Disney+.

Official Synopsis: In “Noelle”, Kendrick stars as Kris Kringle’s daughter who is full of Christmas spirit and holiday fun, but wishes she could do something “important” like her beloved brother Nick (Bill Hader), who will take over from their father this Christmas. When Nick is about to crumble like a gingerbread cookie from all the pressure, Noelle suggests he take a break and get away…but when he doesn’t return, Noelle must find her brother and bring him back in time to save Christmas.

Shirley MacLaine, Michael Gross and Billy Eichner also star.

During Disney’s annual D23 Expo, which was held today in Anaheim, California, the official poster and trailer was released. Check it out below!

Andrew Walker and Jill Wagner | Photo: Crown Media

If you tuned into the Christmas in July event on Hallmark this summer, you may have caught Lacey Chabert giving us a sneak peek at some of the movies coming to the network this holiday season. It was so nice to see what’s ahead, but Hallmark has over 40 movies planned so one sneak peek just isn’t enough — and that’s why Andrew Walker and Jill Wagner are set to host Hallmark Channel’s “Christmas: A Second Look” Preview Special next month!

In the special, Walker and Wagner will give us a first look at more of the new, original holiday movies premiering during Hallmark Channel’s upcoming Countdown to Christmas and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas programming events.

L-R: Kyla Pratt, Katie Leclerc, Ryan Cooper, Jesse Hutch & Tia Mowry-Hardrict. | Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lifetime

I guess it’s Christmas in August because, the full line-up for Lifetime’s holiday programming event, It’s A Wonderful Lifetime, has officially been released!   The network is kicking off Christmas earlier than ever before by giving us all-day holiday programming every day starting on October 25 and running through December 25 -aka- Christmas Day.

Not only can you look forward to continuous festive programming, but Lifetime will also premiere 30 original movies and a brand new holiday special, “Battle of the Christmas Movie Stars”!   Some of your favorite stars are returning for Christmas films, including: Melissa Joan Hart, Kyla Pratt, Hilarie Burton, Tatyana Ali, Tia Mowry-Hardict, Sarah Drew, Megan Hilty, Kelly Rowland, Loretta Devine, Jesse Hutch, Tyler Hilton, Patrick Duffy and Marcus Rosner.

Much like last year, Burton and Hilton will reunite with more of their “One Tree Hill” costars for “A Christmas Wish” while other former OTH-ers, Jana Kramer and Moira Kelly, will star in “Christmas in Louisiana”.   I guess these are the gifts that keep giving for all the OTH fans out there!

Get the scoop on each film and find out when they premiere below and in the featured slideshow!

Photo: Kayla Schoen/CMA

Martina McBride has turned her The Joy of Christmas Tour into a holiday tradition — she’s bringing the show back on the road for its ninth season this fall with 14 stops across the country!

“This show is so much fun to do,” McBride said in the official press release. “We have everything from classic hymns like ‘O Holy Night’ to fun, big band swing classics like ‘Winter Wonderland’ and ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town.’  It’s all a very visual, the songs are well-loved, and you leave with a warm feeling. I love to think of entire families, from grandparents to grandchildren, enjoying The Joy Of Christmas. It’s really a show for the whole family.”

Photo: Rhino

Legendary rock band, Chicago, are gearing up for the holiday season by planning the release of their upcoming album, CHICAGO CHRISTMAS!

The Christmas album will be the band’s 37th album — and the fourth in their holiday collection. You can find a tracklist below, which will include classics like “Sleigh Ride” (previously heard on 2011’s Chicago XXXIII: O Christmas Thee) and “Here We Come A Caroling” as well as original songs: “All Over the World”, “(Because) It’s Christmastime”, and “I’m Your Santa Claus”. The album also features R&B and ballad versions of “Merry Christmas, I Love You,” a song that founding member Lee Loughnane wrote with John Durrill of The Ventures.

Photos: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

For the fifth installment in the “A Cinderella Story” movie series, we’re heading into the holiday season for a modern retelling of the classic fairytale with an enchanting festive twist, “A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish”!

Laura Marano (Disney’s “Austin and Ally”, “The Perfect Date”) stars as Kat Decker, an aspiring singer-songwriter with big dreams of a successful career, but her goals are stalled by her stepmother and two stepsisters. While Kat works a seasonal job as a singing elf at a Christmas fair, she finds herself falling for the handsome Dominic ‘Nick’ Wintergarden (Gregg Sulkin, “Marvel’s Runaways”, “Faking It”) — who takes on the job of Santa Claus at the local Christmas tree lot.