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It’s time to celebrate Christmas in the sand because Christmas in July is returning to Hallmark Channel!  For the 12th year, the beloved summer programming event is set to bring you a little festive mid-year pick-me-up all month long!

The network is giving you even more merry this summer with 2 all-new holiday movies—Falling Like Snowflakes starring Rebecca Dalton and Marcus Rosner (premiering June 29) and A Very Vermont Christmas starring Katie Leclerc and Ryan McPartlin (premiering July 20) ; television premieres of their streaming service hits Rescuing Christmas and An Ice Palace Christmas and an extended cut of the fan-favorite Three Wise Men and a Baby starring Paul Campbell, Tyler Hynes, and Andrew Walker.  Get more information about the all-new movies below!

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It’s Christmas in July!!! Our holiday in the sun has been filled with heavy rain, lots of thunder and many puddles, but that won’t diminish our Christmas cheer that we’re filled with all year!

From our family to yours, we hope you’re having a very festive day… and now we’re off to watch some Christmas movies on the Hallmark Channel!

The countdown is on until the most wonderful time of the year, so be sure to keep on visiting LollyChristmas.com in the coming weeks/months as we share details about upcoming Christmas movies and more!

Stay Merry,

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We need a little Christmas, and Lacey Chabert and Wes Brown are back to haul out the holly to get us ready for the season with a sequel to last year’s hit movie, Haul Out the Holly, which premiered during Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas lineup.

In honor of Christmas in July, Hallmark Channel shared a first look clip from Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up that is set to premiere during this year’s festive programming slate. In the clip, we see Emily (Chabert) and Jared (Brown) surrounded by their neighbors, played by Ellen Travolta, Stephen Tobolowsky, Melissa Peterman and Laura Wardle, as they react to a neighbor moving out during their annual Christmas festivities.

L-R: King and Hollingsworth (Photos: Hallmark Media)

Hunter King, who led her first Hallmark Channel Christmas movie with last year’s “A Royal Christmas Corgi,” is returning this season with an all-new film called The Santa Summit!

King is co-starring alongside Benjamin Hollingsworth (“A Godwink Christmas”) in the movie, which tells the story of their characters returning back to their small town and reconnecting with friends to celebrate their town’s annual holiday festivities.

Filming, which took place in Winnipeg, Canada, wrapped back in April. We can look forward to it being part of Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas event later this year!

Stay Merry,

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Hallmark wants you to set sail with Christmas next year by launching a first-of-its-kind opportunity for some of the most devoted fans of the network who want to spend the holiday season …at sea!

Dubbed a “floating winter wonderland,” guests can indulge in a 4-day vacation on the Hallmark Channel Christmas Cruise! The partnership between the network and Sixthman, the leader in fully immersive festivals at sea for more than two decades, will bring viewers closer to the spirit of the season as they enjoy holiday festivities on the shop, see top network stars and surround themselves with yuletide cheer.

The Hallmark Channel Christmas Cruise is expected to set sail on November 5th-9th, 2024 from Miami, FL to Nassau, Bahamas on the beautiful Norwegian Gem.

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Baby, it’s hot outside — but it’s a winter wonderland on Hallmark Channel this summer for the annual Christmas in July programming event, which will have viewers unwrapping two all-new movie premieres this year!

Following the Merry Movie Week marathon on the sister network Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, the Christmas in July celebration will kick off on Hallmark Channel on July 1st and will run throughout the month featuring fan favorite marathon events [see the the schedule here]!

As for the brand new holiday movies coming to the celebration, Katie Cassidy and Stephen Huszar (Undercover Holiday, A Homecoming for the Holidays, Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas, Return to Christmas Creek) will lead A Royal Christmas Crush (premiering July 8) while Heart of the Holidays former co-stars Vanessa Lengies and Corey Sevier will reunite on screen for Take Me Back for Christmas (premiering July 15).

Get more information about the all-new movies below!

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This is, perhaps, our most exciting post to make this Christmas in July… the Backstreet Boys are finally releasing a Christmas album!

That’s right, after dreaming of one for so long, the long-awaited holiday album from the iconic group is ringing in the holiday season this fall. BSB made the announcement on Instagram earlier this month that A VERY BACKSTREET CHRISTMAS will be released on October 14, 2022, and you can already pre-order the CD and vinyl now (including a limited edition red-vinyl)!

“We’ve been wanting to do a Christmas album for nearly 30 years now and we’re beyond excited that it’s finally happening,” Howie Dorough shared, “We had such a fun experience putting our BSB twist on some of our favorite Christmas classics and can’t wait to be part of our fans’ holiday season.”

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It feels like time really flies these days, doesn’t it?  We still have a week left, but how have you been celebrating Christmas in July this month?  In our household, we’ve been listening to a lot of carols, making décor plans for the holiday season, and watching Christmas movies on Hallmark Channel — including the three original premieres that recently premiered.  Did you have a favorite?

As always, we wish you and your loved ones a happy holiday in the sun!

Stay Merry,

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We’re reaching the halfway mark of the summer season, which means we’re getting closer to 24/7 holiday programming from our favorite networks.  Hallmark Channel is ready for their iconic slate of festive movies with the Countdown to Christmas event, which returning this October!

Hallmark promises that it’s going to be ‘sweater than ever’, and we can’t wait!

Check out the first look promo video below.

Photo via Marisol Nichol’s Official Instagram

To celebrate the Christmas in July event on Hallmark Channel, the network has been doing things a little differently this year and giving us a more in-depth peek at the original holiday movies coming to the Countdown to Christmas lineup later this year! We don’t usually get a first look at the movies while they’re in production, so this is exciting.

On their official YouTube channel, Hallmark went on set of “A Christmas Disconnect” with its stars Marisol Nichols and Kristoffer Polaha as they shared a bit about the storyline behind their film.

Directed by Paul Ziller from a screenplay by Nicole Baxter, “A Christmas Disconnect” tells the story of a married couple (Nichols, Polaha) having a hard time connecting, so they check into a cozy inn a small town called Gracious, Vermont during the holiday season to try and reconnect.