Top-Bottom, L-R: Ryan Paevey, Candace Cameron Bure, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Jonathan Bennett, Bethany Joy Lenz and Ben Savage.
(Photos courtesy of Crown Media)

The wait is over, Hallmark has released their highly-anticipated 2020 Christmas movie lineup!

There was a time this year where I wasn’t sure if we would get any Christmas movies, but I’m thrilled to announce that Crown Media has unveiled their list of 40 new festive films that will premiere during Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas all-day-and-all-night continuous holiday programming, which runs from October 23rd through January 2020. Are you as excited as I am?!

Get ready to see all-new heartwarming stories starring Candace Cameron Bure, Ryan Paevey, Lacey Chabert, Andrew Walker, Jonathan Bennett, Bethany Joy Lenz, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Laura Osnes, Brennan Elliott, Niall Matter, Holly Robinson Peete, Danica McKellar, Jill Wagner, Sam Page and many more fan-favorites.

Aaron Tveit, Krystal Joy Brown, Robert Buckley, Sarah Drew, Wynonna Judd, Sara Evans, Rochelle Aytes, Jeremy Jordan, Janel Parrish, Marisol Nichols and Lucia Micarelli are among the actors making their Hallmark Christmas movie debuts!  Twilight star Ashley Greene, who starred in her first film for the network last December, will return in a new feature. Hallmark premiered two Hanukkah-themed movies last year for an extra helping of cheer, and they’re doing it again with Love, Lights, Hanukkah! starring Mia Kirshner, Ben Savage and Marilu Henner.

Check out the full lineup for both networks below, and keep checking back for additional movie news, photos and more as we get closer to the kick off!

(Updated 10/04/20): There is a big switcharoo of air-dates for both networks, so please make sure you download updated guides – links at the bottom of the page! I’ve also updated the name changes for A Christmas Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Christmas Homecoming as well as new information for the November 23rd movie premiere on Hallmark Channel.

(Updated 10/18/20): The air-times for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries premieres have been changed, and the titles for A Bright and Merry Christmas and The Key to Christmas have been changed.

(Updated 10/21/20): Added the information for the November 23rd movie premiere, Heart of the Holidays, on Hallmark Channel!

(Updated 11/04/20): Finally added cast information for the two Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movies, Swept Up by Christmas and Project Christmas Wish.

(Updated 11/20/20): Air-dates have been switched for Cross County Christmas and Love, Lights, Hanukkah!.

(Updated 12/02/20): Air-dates have been switched for A Little Christmas Charm and Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas.

Please find all updated information marked in green.  

HALLMARK CHANNEL | Premieres air at 8pm ET / 7c on Saturdays & Sundays

Jingle Bell Bride  — October 24
Starring: Julie Gonzalo and Ronnie Rowe Jr.

Wedding planner Jessica Perez (Gonzalo) travels to a remote town in Alaska to find a rare flower for a celebrity client and is charmed by the small town during Christmas, as well as the handsome local (Rowe Jr.) helping her

Chateau Christmas — October 25
Starring: Merritt Patterson and Luke Macfarlane

Margot (Patterson), a world-renowned pianist, returns to Chateau Newhaus to spend the holidays with her family and is reunited with an ex (Macfarlane) who helps her rediscover her passion for music.

One Royal Holiday — October 31
Starring: Laura Osnes, Aaron Tveit, Krystal Joy Brown, Victoria Clark and Tom McGowan

When Anna (Osnes) offers a stranded mother (Clark) and son (Tveit) shelter in a blizzard, she learns that they are the Royal Family of Galwick. Anna shows the Prince how they do Christmas in her hometown, encouraging him to open his heart and be true to himself.

On the 12th Date of Christmas — November 1
Starring: Mallory Jansen and Tyler Hynes

Two seemingly incompatible game designers team up to create a romantic, city-wide scavenger hunt themed for the “12 Days of Christmas.”

Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater — November 7
Starring: Ashley Williams and Niall Matter

Single mom Maggie (Williams) is facing Christmas alone until Lucas (Matter) crashes into her life and becomes an unexpected house guest. Together they overcome Christmas while finding comfort in their growing bond.

Christmas with the Darlings — November 8
Starring: Katrina Law and Carlo Marks

Just before the holidays Jessica Lew (Law)is ending her tenure as the assistant to her wealthy boss to use her recently earned law degree within his company, but offers to help his charming, younger brother (Marks) as he looks after his orphaned nieces and nephew over Christmas.

Christmas in Vienna — November 14
Starring: Sarah Drew and Brennan Elliott

Jess (Drew), a concert violinist whose heart just isn’t in it anymore, goes to Vienna for a performance. While there, she finds the inspiration she has been missing, and a new love.

A Timeless Christmas — November 15
Starring: Ryan Paevey and Erin Cahill

Charles Whitley (Paevey) travels from 1903 to 2020 where he meets Megan Turner (Cahill), a tour guide at his historic mansion, and experiences a 21st Century Christmas.

A Nashville Christmas Carol — November 21
Starring: Jessy Schram, Wes Brown, Wynonna Judd, Sara Evans, RaeLynn, Kix Brooks and Kimberly Williams-Paisley

Vivienne Wake (Schram), a workaholic television producer in charge of a country music Christmas special showcasing newcomer Alexis (Raelynn), never lets personal feelings get in the way of business. On the verge of accepting a job in LA, and with the return of Gavin Chase (Brown), her childhood sweetheart and manager to the special’s headliner, Belinda (Evans), she receives a visit from the ghost of her recently deceased mentor, Marilyn (Judd). Her mentor warns her current path leads to a dark future and has recruited both the Spirit of Christmas Past (Brooks) and the Spirit of Christmas Present (Williams-Paisley) to help her get back on track. The Spirits’ time-jumping adventures force Vivienne to take hold of her life.

The Christmas House — November 22
Starring: Robert Buckley, Jonathan Bennett, Ana Ayora, Treat Williams, Sharon Lawrence and Brad Harder

Working through some difficult decisions, Mitchell family matriarch Phylis (Lawrence) and patriarch Bill (Williams), have summoned their two grown sons – TV star, Mike Mitchell (Buckley) and Brandon Mitchell (Bennett) – home for the holidays. It is their hope that bringing the family together to recreate the Christmas house, will help them find resolution and make a memorable holiday for the entire family and community. As Brandon and his husband Jake (Harder) make the trip home, they are anxiously awaiting a call about the adoption of their first child. Meanwhile, Mike reconnects with Andi (Ayora), his high school sweetheart.

Heart of the Holidays — November 23
Starring: Vanessa Lengies, Corey Sevier, Jayne Eastwood and Paul Sun-Hyung Lee

Career-driven Sam (Lengies) returns to her hometown for the holidays where she comes face-to-face with her high school boyfriend, Noah (Sevier). Together they rediscover what matters most in life.

Note: This movie was previously titled Love & Gingerbread.

A Christmas Tree Grows in Colorado — November 24
Starring: Rochelle Aytes and Mark Taylor

Erin (Aytes) is planning the town’s Christmas celebration and must win over firefighter Kevin (Taylor) in order to obtain the beautiful spruce tree from his property for the celebration.

Note: This movie was previously titled A Christmas Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

Good Morning Christmas! — November 25
Starring: Alison Sweeney and Marc Blucas

Two competing TV hosts (Sweeney and Blucas) are sent to a festive small town over Christmas. While pretending to get along for the sake of appearances, they discover that there’s more to each other than they thought.

Note: This movie was previously titled A Bright and Merry Christmas.

Christmas by Starlight — November 26
Starring: Kimberley Sustad and Paul Campbell

Annie (Sustad), a lawyer, must help her loved ones this holiday season. Her family’s restaurant, The Starlight Café, is slated for demolition. The heir to the development firm responsible, William (Campbell), makes her an unlikely proposition: he’ll spare the café if Annie spends the week “appearing” as the legal counsel his father is demanding he hire in the wake of some costly mistakes.

Note: Sustad and Campbell co-wrote this movie. This also marks the third movie the two have made together; they starred in 2018’s A Godwink Christmas (Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) and 2020’s Wedding Every Weekend (Hallmark Channel).

Five Star Christmas (working title) — November 27
Starring: Bethany Joy Lenz and Victor Webster

After moving back to her hometown, Lisa (Lenz) plots with her siblings and grandparents to help her father’s new bed and breakfast get a five-star review from an incognito travel critic
(Webster), but ends up falling for him, not knowing he is the real critic.

Christmas Waltz — November 28
Starring: Lacey Chabert, Will Kemp and JT Church

After Avery’s (Chabert) storybook Christmas wedding is canceled unexpectedly, dance instructor Roman (Kemp) helps her rebuild her dreams.

If I Only Had Christmas — November 29
Starring: Candace Cameron Bure and Warren Christie

Kansas City publicist Darcy (Bure) ventures to the Emerald Educational Trust for the job of a lifetime, helping VP Glen Goodman (Christie) and his team find the know how, courage, and heart to help a charity in need for Christmas. Darcy and Glen begin to realize they have everything in common. However, Glen’s surprise revelation at the big Christmas gala just may put an end to their promising romance before it has really gotten started.

Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing — December 5
Starring: Holly Robinson Peete, Colin Lawrence, Rukiya Bernard, Antonio Cayonne and Barbara Niven

As Michelle’s (Peete) wedding approaches, Hannah (Bernard) steps up to help finish the launch of the new Evergreen museum while questioning her relationship and future with Elliot (Cayonne).

Christmas She Wrote — December 6
Starring: Danica McKellar, Dylan Neal and Dan Payne

When Kayleigh (McKellar), a romance writer, has her column cancelled right before Christmas, she heads home to reconnect with her family. Kayleigh gets an unexpected visit from the man (Neal) who cancelled her column who fights not only to bring her back to the publisher but also for her heart.

Love, Lights, Hanukkah! — December 12
Starring: Mia Kirshner, Ben Savage and Marilu Henner

As Christina (Kirshner) prepares her restaurant for its busiest time of year, she gets back a DNA test revealing that she’s Jewish. The discovery leads her to a new family and an unlikely romance over eight nights.

Christmas Comes Twice — December 13
Starring: Tamera Mowry-Housley, Michael Xavier and Sheryl Lee Ralph

Emily (Mowry-Housley) is a top newscaster who has achieved her career dreams but still has regrets about the guy (Xavier) who got away five years earlier. When the Christmas carnival comes to town, a ride around the carousel takes her magically back in time to the carnival five years before…giving her a second chance at love before she must return to Christmas present.

A Christmas Carousel — December 19
Starring: Rachel Boston and Neal Bledsoe

When Lila (Boston) is hired by the Royal Family of Marcadia to repair a carousel, she must work with the Prince (Bledsoe) to complete it by Christmas.

Cross Country Christmas — December 20
Starring: Rachael Leigh Cook and Greyston Holt

Former classmates Lina (Cook) and Max (Holt) are traveling home for the holidays, until a storm hits and they have to work together to make it home in time, no matter the mode of transportation.

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HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES | Premieres air at 10pm ET / 9c on Saturdays & Sundays

Christmas Tree Lane — October 24
Starring: Alicia Witt, Andrew Walker, Drake Hogestyn and Briana Price

Music store owner Meg (Witt) spearheads the community effort to save the Christmas Tree Lane shopping district from demolition. As she finds herself falling for Nate (Walker), a recent acquaintance, she’s thrown when she learns his surprising tie to the developer.

Deliver by Christmas — October 25
Starring: Alvina August and Eion Bailey

Bakery owner Molly (August) meets Josh (Bailey), a widower who recently moved to town with his young son, but she is also charmed by a mysterious client whom she’s never met in person and she doesn’t realize that they’re the same man.

Cranberry Christmas — October 31
Starring: Nikki DeLoach and Benjamin Ayres

A separated couple (DeLoach and Ayres) feign marital bliss on national television to help their town’s Christmas festival – and their business. But what will the future hold for them when rekindled love is complicated by new opportunities?

Holly & Ivy — November 1
Starring: Janel Parrish, Jeremey Jordan and Marisol Nichols

When Melody’s (Parrish) neighbor, Nina (Nichols), learns that her illness has returned, Melody promises to keep Nina’s kids, Holly & Ivy, together. To adopt the children, she must renovate her new fixer-upper, which she does with the help of contractor, Adam (Jordan).

The Christmas Ring — November 7
Starring: Nazneen Contractor and David Alpay

A reporter (Contractor) searches for the love story behind an antique engagement ring. With the help of the ring’s owner’s grandson (Alpay), they learn the legacy his grandparent’s left behind.

The Christmas Bow — November 8
Starring: Lucia Micarelli and Michael Rady

When an accident puts her music dreams on hold, a gifted violinist (Micarelli) reconnects with an old family friend (Rady), who helps her heal and find love during the holidays.

Meet Me at Christmas (working title) — November 14
Starring: Catherine Bell and Mark Deklin

When Joan’s (Bell) son’s wedding planner unexpectedly quits, she must coordinate his Christmas Eve wedding with the help of Beau (Deklin), the bride’s uncle. As they work alongside each other they discover their fates and pasts are intertwined.

The Christmas Doctor — November 15
Starring: Holly Robinson Peete and Adrian Holmes

A week before Christmas, Dr. Alicia Wright (Peete) is offered an assignment away from home. A mysterious man (Holmes) from her past journeys to find her before Christmas and brings with him a revelation that could change Alicia’s life forever.

The Angel Tree — November 21
Starring: Jill Wagner and Lucas Bryant

A writer (Wagner) seeks the identity of the person who helps grant wishes that are placed upon the angel tree, and in the process, reconnects with her childhood friend (Bryant).

A Godwink Christmas: Second Chance, First Love — November 22
Starring: Brooke D’Orsay and Sam Page

After 15 years, Pat (Page) moves home from Hawaii with his two sons and through a series of coincidences, or Godwinks, ends up stuck in traffic next to his high school sweetheart, Margie (D’Orsay), at Christmas.

Note: This movie was previously titled A Godwink Christmas: First Loves, Second Chances.

USS Christmas — November 28
Starring: Jen Lilley, Trevor Donovan and Barbara Niven

Maddie (Lilley), a reporter for a Norfolk newspaper, embarks on a Tiger Cruise during Christmastime where she meets a handsome naval officer (Donovan) and stumbles upon a mystery in the ship’s archive room.

Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas — December 5
Executive Producer: Blake Shelton
Starring: Lacey Chabert and Stephen Huszar

Five guests are mysteriously invited to an inn to celebrate Christmas. With the help of the owner Ben (Huszar), Sarah (Chabert) discovers that an event from the past may connect them and change their lives forever.

A Little Christmas Charm — December 6
Starring: Ashley Greene and Brendan Penny

Holly (Greene), a jewelry designer finds a lost charm bracelet and teams up with investigative reporter Greg (Penny) in hopes of finding the owner and returning it by Christmas Eve.

A Glenbrooke Christmas — December 12
Starring: Autumn Reeser and Antonio Cupo

As Christmas nears, heiress Jessica Morgan (Reeser) seizes what seems like her last chance to experience a relaxed Christmas and heads off to the small town of Glenbrooke, where she meets a handsome fireman (Cupo).

FYI: This movie reunites Reeser and Cupo, who previously co-starred in Hallmark’s 2012 holiday film Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Unlocking Christmas — December 13
Starring: Taylor Cole and Steve Lund

When a mysterious key and a holiday riddle arrive on their doorsteps, Kate (Cole) and Kevin (Lund) embark on a Christmas romance adventure they’ll never forget.

Note: Previously titled Christmas Homecoming and The Key to Christmas. This movie reunites Cole and Lund, who previously co-starred in Hallmark’s 2017 film The Art of Us.

Swept Up by Christmas (working title) — December 19
Starring: Lindy Booth and Justin Bruening

An antique seller and a cleaner clash over how to downsize a magnificent estate right before Christmas. As the two uncover the house’s treasures, they find a way to reconnect the reclusive owner with his own Christmases past.

Project Christmas Wish — December 20
Starring: Amanda Schull and Travis Van Winkle

For years Lucy has played Santa to her small town’s community by making their holiday wishes come true. But when Lucy grants a little girl’s wish for a Christmas like she used to have with her Mom, she unexpectedly finds her own wishes coming true in life and love.

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We’ve yet to hear more about the movie, Too Close for Christmas, that Chad Michael Murray and Jessica Lowndes filmed over the summer!  Keep checking back HERE for details on when it will air.

I would love for us to finally be able to see A New Year’s Resolution, starring Aimee Teegarden and Michael Rady; it was filmed and announced last year, but never aired.

The annual When Calls the Heart Christmas movie will not air this year, despite being announced earlier in the year, but Hallmark will still bring us some extra-cheer on Christmas Day.

Note: Keep in mind that the schedule is likely to change a few times during the season, so please keep checking back to LollyChristmas.com for updates.

 

Click the links to DOWNLOAD the current Hallmark Channel Countdown to Christmas Schedule and the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Miracles of Christmas Schedule!

Stay merry!