(L-R) Jill Wagner, Rukiya Bernard, Chad Michael Murray | Photos: Crown Media

As you know, this is a year-round Christmas site and while I love watching all of the festive movies that premiere on Hallmark throughout the year, my focus are the Christmas season films. That being said, after January 6th’s ‘Little Christmas’ celebration, my holiday mood does not diminish and, for me, there’s no better way to beat the post-holiday blues than to watch some wintry love stories during Hallmark Channel’s Winterfest programming event!

For some reason, despite the lack of holiday focus, these movies still keep me so festive — the power of a winter wonderland — and that’s why I want to share the lineup US Weekly debuted today to showcase all of the wintry bliss coming to the network in January 2020.

A lot of your network favorites will be returning, including: Jill Wagner, Rukiya Bernard, Tyler Hynes, Chad Michael Murray and Victor Webster. Holiday For Heroes star Patti Murin will also join her real-life husband Colin Donnell in Love on Iceland!

Additionally, I saw on their website that Hallmark Channel will air a Winterfest Preview Special just before the year is out, which is set to be posted by Lacey Chabert and Ryan Paevey!

Check out the list of movies you’ll be snuggling up to watch with a cozy blanket and a cup of cocoa!

Photos: Disney Parks

You know the holiday season is fast-approaching when the Walt Disney team starts releasing the schedule for Christmas festivities. If you’re planning for a festive trip to the ‘Happiest Place on Earth”, at least I can tell you when to expect Disney to celebrate the season at the Disneyland Parks located in Anaheim, California.

According to the Disney Parks Blog, Disneyland and California Adventure will begin decking the halls from November 8, 2019 and continue on through January 6, 2020.

Merry Christmas …again!

Today is Little Christmas, also known as the Feast of the Epiphany! I hope the last 12 days of your season have been joyful, and I wish you and your loved ones a blessed holiday celebrating the journey to honor the birth of our Savior. 🌟

Stay merry!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I wanted to send you all a wish for a happy 2017 before you head out (or stay in) for tonight’s festivities — whether you’re in Times Square, attending a party or watching the ball drop at home, I hope you have a great and safe night.

Cheers to new beginnings, good health, lots of love and much success in the coming year! We’ll only be 10 months away from the start of the Christmas season (and even less until Christmas in July!), so remember to #STAYMERRY!

As I mentioned in my post ” Christmas in January“, I have finally put up my winter tree.   As I was putting away ornaments from the family tree, the foyer tree, the tree in my son’s room (yes we have ten trees), I collected some of the blue, silver, white pieces along with a few embellishments, including blue snowflakes to make the winter tree.  This tree is only 3 ft; if I had decorated a larger tree (which I may do next year) I would add some snowmen and perhaps decorate the base with artificial snow, or even flock the tree with snow.  Does anyone else have a winter tree up?  Are you putting one up?

In keeping the Christmas spirit we also mark the 25th of each month on the calendar and celebrate by watching a movie, do some holiday planning and listen to Christmas music.  I listen to Christmas music all year.  How do you keep the Christmas spirit throughout the year?  Please share your thoughts, ideas and photos of your tree(s).

Stay merry!

HAPPY NEW YEAR FRIENDS!

It’s Monday, just after a bittersweet weekend.   It was the last weekend of blasting my exterior house lights and we just completed celebration of “Little Christmas”, the Epiphany.  This is the final day of Christmas if you’re counting the Twelve Days of Christmas, the festive days beginning Christmas Day (December 25th).   This period is also known as Christmastide and Twelvetide.  The Twelfth Night of Christmas is always on the evening of 5 January, but the Twelfth Day can either precede or follow the Twelfth Night according to which Christian tradition is followed.  Twelfth Night is followed by the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6th.  For most people this ends the Christmas season and they will begin packing away their decorations.  Last weekend, a Twitter friend said “There is nothing more depressing than the dying Christmas trees lining the streets of Soho” – THAT is the truth.  I am so saddened that the most wonderful time of the year is on “pause”, but instead of falling into depression I intend to keep the spirit alive all year!