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We’re getting so close to Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ annual Gold Crown Christmas Week event, so they’ve released a poster and trailer for the upcoming holiday movie “Christmas Camp”, which will premiere next month during their holiday programming slate.

In the movie, Lily Anne Harrison stars as an advertising executive who’s not into Christmas, so she attends Christmas Camp to up her holiday mojo to pitch a toy company as a new client. Immersed the holiday, she learns to slow down, appreciate life’s sweetest moments and opens her heart to the possibility of love. Bobby Campo also stars.

The premiere date was previously July 7th, but it appears that Hallmark has changed the air-date to Thursday, July 11th at 9pm/8c. Check out the preview below!

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Thanks to the recently released schedule for Hallmark Channel’s Christmas Keepsake Week, we know that we’ll be getting another “First Look Holiday Preview Special” that will premiere next month and, according to Hallmark’s website, it seems that it will, once again, be hosted by Lacey Chabert!

Chabert will give us a sneak peek at a few of the original movies that are set to premiere later this year during Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas holiday events. “Home & Family” pet rescue expert Larissa Wohl is also expected to make a special guest appearance on the show.

Make sure you tune into the “First Look Holiday Preview Special” on Saturday, July 13th at 10pm/9c.

Watch a preview of the special below!

Stay merry!

It’s that time of year again … it’s 6 months to Christmas Day, so MERRY HALFMAS! This halfway mark is also known as National Leon Day — ‘Leon’ is ‘Noel’ spelled backwards.

I can’t wait until Hallmark Movies & Mysteries kicks off their Gold Crown Christmas holiday programming this Friday, June 28th.  Will you be watching? Let’s #StayMerry all summer! 🎄☀️

Stay merry!

I recently shared the full schedule for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Gold Crown Christmas Week, and now I have the lineup for Hallmark Channel‘s annual Christmas Keepsake Week. If you’re unfamiliar with these programming slates, each year Hallmark celebrates Christmas in July by airing their beloved holiday movies for a couple of weeks spanning both networks to coincide with their in-store ornament preview.

During this mid-year celebration, Hallmark Channel will also air a “First Look” special to give you a sneak peek of the movies they’ll premiere later in the year during their iconic Countdown to Christmas and Miracles of Christmas programming. This year, not only will we get a special, but Hallmark has plans to premiere TWO new holiday movies!

Christmas Keepsake Week starts on Friday, July 12th and runs through Sunday, July 28th this year — so, it’s more like two weeks and some festive change.

Check out the full line-up below!*
For more information, visit: www.hallmarkchannel.com.

Photos: Instagram / Monique Lhuillier

I recently posted the news about Lea Michele‘s upcoming holiday album, but I couldn’t stop thinking about her beautiful red gown from the album cover shoot that I had to do a post to spotlight it!

Michele may be sitting on snow sprinkled steps, but they didn’t take away from the magic that is her red Monique Lhuillier Strapless Silk Organza Embroidered Tiered Ball Gown, from the designer’s Fall/Winter 2018 Ready-To-Wear Collection.

Photo: Lea Michele’s Official Instagram

If there’s any news I love as much as holiday movie announcements – it’s new Christmas music!

Lea Michele, best known for her roles in Broadway’s “Spring Awakening” and on FOX’s “Glee”, posted a photo on Instagram of her sitting on a snowy stoop dressed in a red ball gown while announcing her upcoming holiday album.

“So happy to finally tell you guys what I’ve been working on so hard behind the scenes. The album I’ve always dreamed of making. Coming this Christmas❤️🎄,” Michele captioned.

Summer is kicking off, but I’m always in a Christmas state of mind — and, clearly, so is Hallmark!

It’s that time of year again when Hallmark begins to preview their upcoming ornaments in store locations while they celebrate on their television networks with month-long holiday programming for Christmas in July. First up? Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Gold Crown Christmas Week lineup, which actually begins on June 28th and continues into July before it switches over to Hallmark Channel.

What makes this year a little extra-special is that the network will be premiering a new movie, “Christmas Camp”, starring Lily Anne Harrison and Bobby Campo on July 11th at 9/8c!

Synopsis: An advertising exec (Harrison) must bring in a new account — a traditional toy company. To learn more about the holiday and its traditions, she attends a ‘Christmas Camp,’ where she crosses paths with the camp owner’s son (Campo), who teaches her about other stuff, too, like love.

Check out the full line-up below!

(left-right) Chaley Rose, Rome Flynn and Teryl Rothery | Photos: Courtesy

Hallmark has announced yet another upcoming Christmas movie slated for their holiday programming later this year. “Christmas Duet” will star Chaley Rose (“Nashville”), “How to Get Away with Murder” star Rome Flynn, and network fan-favorite Teryl Rothery.

In ‘Duet’, well-loved music duo Averie (Rose) and Jesse (Flynn), famous for their duet “Wouldn’t be Christmas,” haven’t played together since they went their separate ways years ago. Averie gave up music and opened a beautiful lodge in a snowy Vermont town – while Jesse still tours, struggling to find the same kind of success they had as a duo.

When fate brings them together over the holidays at Averie’s lodge just in time for the annual Yuletide Festival, can the magic of Christmas help reunite them once again?

Rothery will play a travel magazine writer who visits the lodge to consider it for “Top Winter Lodge,” and earn Averie a much-needed cash prize.  Rothery was previously seen in the Hallmark holiday films “Road to Christmas” (2018), “A Bramble House Christmas” (2017), and “The Wishing Tree” (2012).

Look out for “Christmas Duet” to premiere during the 10th anniversary of Countdown to Christmas!

Stay merry!

(left) Nikki DeLoach, (right) Michael Rady | Photos: Crown Media

In the need of something to keep those Monday Blues away?

ET reports Nikki DeLoach and Michael Rady are both starring in their fourth Hallmark holiday movie this Christmas! The two will co-lead Hallmark Channel‘s “Two Turtle Doves”, but this isn’t the first time they’ve worked together; they recently starred in the network’s “Love to the Rescue”.

In this new holiday feature, DeLoach will play Dr. Sharon Hayes as she searches for a beloved family heirloom in a small Christmas town. When she unexpectedly discovers an adorable little girl and her disheartened father (Rady), she realizes that Christmas miracles really do happen.

Can you believe there are only 200 days until Christmas!?!

You know what that means – Christmas in July is less than a month away! I can’t wait to check out the Hallmark Keepsake Ornament preview in stores …and enjoy the holiday programming at home!

There’s no time like the 🎁 present 🎁 to #StayMerry! 🎄

Stay merry!