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Last night, Hallmark Channel aired a sneak peek of the movies making their way to our television screens this holiday season with the “Christmas: A First Look” preview special hosted by Lacey Chabert alongside Hallmark Channel pet ambassador, Happy the Dog.

On the special, Lacey–clad in a fabulous red dress by The Kooples, talked about some of the new movies that will be premiering on Hallmark Channel’s “Countdown to Christmas” and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ “Miracles of Christmas” holiday programming.

Check out what festive stories you can expect to see later this year–the countdown is on!

Left: Chad Michael Murray, Right: Jessy Schram / Photos: Crown Media/IMDb

In addition to Hilarie Burton, Danneel Harris, Robert Buckley, Tyler Hilton and Antwon Tanner heading to Lifetime with “The Christmas Contract”, and Bethany Joy Lenz  starring in “Poinsettias for Christmas” with Sharon Lawrence, it seems that yet another “One Tree Hill” alum will be headlining a new television movie this holiday season — Chad Michael Murray!

The former OTH star, who made his Hallmark Channel debut this past spring in “The Beach House”, will be returning to the network for the Countdown to Christmas 2018 line-up in “The Wise Men”, alongside Jessy Schram who starred in 2017’s “Royal New Year’s Eve”.

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Nick Lachey took over co-hosting duties this week on Hallmark’s Home & Family–and he brought along his wife, Vanessa Lachey for a holiday cooking segment! Vanessa got into the Christmas mood in her black sweater adorned with several pixelated Santa Claus faces; she wore the Divided H&M Ugly Christmas Graphic Sweater (Sold Out).

Left: Jessica Lowndes, Right: Michael Rady / Photos: Crown Media

Another festive day of Christmas in July has brought more joyous movie news for all my fellow fans of Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas, according to EW!

Jessica Lowndes, star of 2015’s “Merry Matrimony”, 2016’s “A December Bride” and last year’s “Magical Christmas Ornaments” is returning to the network this holiday season alongside Hallmark alum Michael Rady (2016’s “Christmas in Homestead”, 2017’s “A Joyous Christmas”) to star in “Night Before Christmas”.

Here you will find a comprehensive list of all the holiday movies and specials that will be airing on US television during the Christmas season. Air dates are listed where possible, but if you see TBA (To Be Announced) then keep checking back to see when an air-date and time become available.

Please Note: This list will continue to be updated throughout the season, so please keep checking back!  Some networks (i.e. Hallmark & UPtv) will air their own original Christmas movies 24-hours a day with air-times that can change sporadically so, for those networks, I will include a link to their daily programming schedule to avoid making this post 3 miles long!

Happy Fourth of July!

I hope my fellow Americans are enjoying their Independence Day. I don’t know how you celebrate, but today I honor the brave soldiers that have fought for our freedom, but I also say prayers for all of those who are struggling in the country. I don’t just wish for peace at Christmas, but all year long; I wish for families to be with their loved ones, the sick to find healing, the scared to be comforted, the oppressed to have justice, and for all to find love and joy. Independence Day is about freedom, and I want you to feel free to enjoy to life!

Wishing you many blessings today and always!

Stay merry!

Happy Canada Day!

Today we celebrate the 151st birthday of Canada so, to all of my Canadian fellow Christmas lovers, I hope you have a wonderful day filled with family, friends, and happy celebrating!

Stay merry!

Hello, July. It sure is good to see you again.

It’s the first day of July, which basically means it’s the first day of Christmas…in July! Ah, the second ‘most wonderful time of the year’, why? Because this is the time of the year that we get to planning for the holiday season, when Hallmark stores across the nation have their annual Keepsake Ornament Preview celebration where we can check out the new Christmas ornaments for the next week, the Hallmark television networks air holiday movies, QVC puts out early decor and gift sales, and much more!

It’s one thing to have the Christmas spirit in your heart year ’round, but it’s even more exciting when you know that you’re not alone in your celebrating and you don’t have to rely on your own trusty DVD and music collection to enjoy some festive programming.

I have a lot planned for this month–from testing out new holiday recipes to enjoying some holiday favorite movies (including the Hallmark ones currently airing), picking up some new ornaments and getting a head-start on the actual holiday season later this year. How do you celebrate?

Stay merry!

Right: Candace Cameron Bure, Left: Lacey Chabert / Photo: Crown Media

It was pretty inevitable that Lacey Chabert would be returning to her holiday stopping grounds this Christmas season, considering she’s hosting the Hallmark Channel “Christmas: A First Look Preview Special” next month during Christmas Keepsake Week, but it’s officially confirmed that she will star in a new movie for the Countdown to Christmas line-up!

Chabert will star in “Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe”, which is an adaptation of Melissa de la Cruz’s book of the same name and a gender-swapping update of Jane Austen’s classic novel, as Darcy Fitzwilliam, a successful and brilliant woman who has a lot going for her — especially her dating life, but she has never fallen in love. She also has a habit of avoiding Christmas back home in her small town, but when her mother falls ill, she can’t help but return to spend the season with her family. Little does she know that this could be the holiday season could bring her love and new beginnings.

“Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe” will mark Chabert’s seventh Hallmark holiday movie, and she’s not alone in that milestone. Candace Cameron Bure will also be back for her seventh run this Christmas while simultaneously celebrating her tenth anniversary of making yuletide magic with the network!

Photo: Marissa Jaret Winkour’s Official Instagram

Marissa Jaret Winkour has been hard at work filming her new holiday movie, “A Very Nutty Christmas”, and she took us behind the scenes a bit via her official Instagram by posting this set photo of her and co-star Rizwan Manji in their Christmas jammies!

The two will rock around the Christmas tree in the film wearing these adorable jolly green Footed Pajamas Tis The Season Adult Fleece Onesies featuring an all-over festive pattern of ornaments, snowflakes, trees, reindeer, Santa faces, stockings, sleighs, presents, candy canes and gingerbread cookies.

You can purchase the onesies online now at FootedPajamas.com on sale for $39.95.

Don’t miss “A Very Nutty Christmas” when it premieres on the Lifetime network later this year!

Stay merry!