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Some weeks seem to fly by and some days feel like they drag on this year, but in just 6 MONTHS it will be CHRISTMAS DAY!  That’s right, it’s National Leon Day!  Celebrate ‘Halfmas’ all day with jingle jams, summery holiday treats and maybe a Christmas movie–or two…or three!

Hallmark has released their schedule for their annual Christmas in July holiday programming event, which kicks off on Monday, June 29th. Check out all of the details here!

Stay merry!

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In addition to Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries airing a nearly month-long slate of holiday film favorites from Christmases past, Hallmark Movies Now will also give subscribers all-new content to celebrate Christmas in July! The streaming service is adding ten additional movies to join seventy other festive films for it’s ‘Jingle in July’ event.

Check out the full list below—including the movies debuting throughout July.

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Hallmark is ‘bringing the yuletide poolside this July!’

It’s the ‘second’ most wonderful time of the year, and a cheerful pick-me-up might be needed now more than ever. Hallmark is here to lift our spirits with their annual Christmas in July programming event that spans two of their networks, Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries!

‘Gold Crown Christmas’ on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries begins Monday, June 29 at 5pm ET/PT where three festive favorites will air each night, and you can look forward to Double Feature Fridays with pairings of original movies from a franchise; “Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas” (2018) and “Time for You to Come Home for Christmas” (2019) on July 3rd and “Christmas in Angels Falls” (2017) and “Angel Falls: A Novel Holiday” (2019) on July 10th. Our country’s service men and women will be honored on Saturday, July 4th with a marathon of military-themed Christmas movies.

Hallmark Channel will join in on the joy when they present ‘Keepsake Christmas’, 17 days of original movies from Christmases past that begins on Friday, July 10th at Noon ET/PT. The holiday slate kicks off with “Christmas at Dollywood” (2019) starring Danica McKellar, Niall Matter and Dolly Parton.

Note: As for the annual Christmas: A First Look Preview Special that airs every July, Hallmark’s production schedule was halted due to the pandemic. I imagine the network will most likely wait until a later date, maybe September, for the first reveal. I’ll keep you posted.

Watch the promo and check out the full Christmas in July schedules below!

Silver Screens Events

IMPORTANT UPDATE (8/27/20): There was a post on the Fall Into Christmas Instagram page a few weeks ago considering postponing the event until 2021 due to current events, but that post has since disappeared — as well as the official Facebook page. The event holders announced today that the convention has officially been postponed until 2021 and has been renamed Spring Into Christmas!

Read their statement by clicking here.

We began seeing posts on social media late last fall regarding an upcoming Christmas in July convention that would happen during the summer of 2020—fast forward a few months and there’s a lineup of great celebrity guests as well as a major date change!

The Christmas in July convention is now Silver Screens Events’ Fall Into Christmas Convention, which will take place from October 2nd-4th* at the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. The event organizers made an announcement this week that due to feedback and the current global COVID-19 health crisis, they felt it to be a wise decision to move the event to the fall.

There’s a lot to look forward to—from professional photo-ops with your favorite Christmas movie stars to contests, celebrity Q&A sessions, parties, games, and a special evening Christmas banquet!

Here’s hoping things are looking much more positive around the world come October.

Check out the list of celebrity guests scheduled to appear below!

(left) Silverman, (right) Rogen | Photos: Courtesy

With film production being halted due to the COVID-19 global crisis, we certainly aren’t getting as much Christmas movie news as we usually would be during this time of year, which is why it was surprising to hear that Seth Rogen and Sarah Silverman are working on a holiday series project for HBO Max called “Santa, Inc.”. Then again, it is animated—but, don’t let that fool you into thinking it’s a family-friendly watch, because it’s been labeled ‘a Christmas-themed adult animated comedy series’.

The eight-episode half-hour series, written by showrunner Alexandra Rushfield, tells the story of ‘Candy Smalls (Silverman), the highest-ranking female elf in the North Pole. When the successor to Santa Claus (Rogen) is poached by Amazon on Christmas Eve, Candy goes for her ultimate dream — to become the first female Santa Claus in the history of Christmas.’

Read more information about the project at Deadline.com.

Does this sound like a Christmas project you’re interested in?

Stay merry!

(L-R) White, Hart, Lopez and Rowland | Photos Courtesy of Lifetime

It’s been a very anxious and uncertain time lately, which makes the news of Betty White starring in an upcoming Christmas movie even more exciting!

Lifetime announced that the iconic actress, known for her roles in “Golden Girls”, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Hot in Cleveland”, will lead an upcoming film — currently untitled — for their annual It’s a Wonderful Lifetime holiday programming. The network says the eight-time Emmy winner will play a character that ‘helps whip would-be Santas into shape, spreading the true meaning of Christmas and leading everyone to wonder: Is she secretly Mrs. Claus?’

That’s 4 Entertainment

IMPORTANT UPDATE (7/14/20): That’s 4 Entertainment announced on Twitter on 7/11/20 that they have officially postponed the Christmas Con California event to next year due to the pandemic. The new dates are June 25th-27th of 2021. Refunds are available if you can not make the event next summer, but if you can, hold onto your tickets as they will be valid for the new dates!

NEW UPDATE ALERT (04/05/21):  With June 2021 being too soon for large gatherings in California, That’s 4 Entertainment announced that they will have to once again push Christmas Con back another year.  The company posted today on Instagram that Christmas Con: California will now take place August, 5th-7th of 2022!

If you weren’t able to attend That’s 4 Entertainment’s first Christmas Con in New Jersey last year, and wanted to attend but you lived on the West Coast, you’ll be excited to know that Christmas Con is coming to California! The event was originally scheduled to be a fun-in-the-sun Christmas in July convention, but due to the current COVID-19 global crisis, they had to push the event to a later date.

Join your favorite actors from beloved Christmas movies (including a whole slew of Hallmark Channel stars!) for a jolly weekend of professional photo ops, special Q&As, and many more surprises, at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California on August, 5, 6 & 7 of 2022*!

“Christmas Made to Order” star and “Cake Wars” host, Jonathan Bennett, will return as the official host, and his former “Mean Girls” co-star (and Hallmark Christmas movie princess), Lacey Chabert, will be the official headliner. Many of the actors that attended the 2019 event will also take part in the California event, so if you missed out on seeing them last year, here’s another chance!

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The 4th Annual Hallmark Channel Merry Madness Christmas Bracket has officially come to a close, and the winning movie has been announced… click ‘Continue Reading’ to find out who took the top spot this year!

(Top L-R:) Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa / A Christmas Duet (Bottom L-R:) A Christmas Miracle / Christmas On My Mind
Photos: Crown Media

Who’s ready for more Christmas? Hallmark is spreading holiday cheer again this weekend to put us in a jolly mood while we all isolate in our homes in the hopes of slowing the spread of COVID-19.

This time around, the Hallmark Channel‘s ‘We Need a Little Christmas’ special marathon will run from Friday, March 27th at 12pm/11c through Monday, March 30th at 3:30 a.m. ET/PT.* You can expect to see many holiday favorites, including: “Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa”, “A Christmas Duet”, “It’s Christmas, Eve” and “Jingle Around the Clock”.

Unlike last weekend, this festive marathon will extend to the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries network as well with the ‘Miracles of Christmas Movie Marathon’, which will also begin on Friday, March 27th through Sunday, March 29th and will featured the films: “Holiday Hearts”, “A Christmas Miracle”, “Two Turtle Doves” and “Holiday for Heroes”, among many more.

*This marathon will not interfere with the Spring Fever premiere of “Just My Type”, starring Bethany Joy Lenz and Brett Dalton, that is still set to premiere on Saturday, March 28th at 9pm/8c.

Check out the full marathon lineups, for both networks, below!

(Top L-R:) Write Before Christmas / A Shoe Addict’s Christmas (Bottom L-R:) A Christmas Love Story / Christmas at the Plaza
Photos: Crown Media

We need a little Christmas right this very minute!

It’s no secret that we are feeling really anxious and uncertain as we’re all quarantined due to the Coronavirus pandemic that has swept the world.  While we stay home, and hopefully succeed in doing our part to #flattenthecurve, it would be really wonderful to have something to uplift our spirits — and Hallmark Channel is here to help deliver that to us! Many viewers have expressed their need for ‘a little Christmas’, so the network is giving viewers what they asked for with the We Need a Little Christmas Movie Marathon that will air throughout the weekend.

The festive favorites will run from Friday, March 20th at 12pm/11c through Sunday, March 22nd.