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It’s become a tradition for Candace Cameron Bure to host Thanksgiving Week at Hallmark as new movies premiere during the Countdown to Christmas lineup, but this year, she brought a friend!

The star of “The Christmas Contest” will be joined by her co-star John Brotherton as the two host Merry Thanksgiving Weekend to ring in 7 all-new holiday premieres! It all kicks off on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, November 25 with the premiere of “The Nine Kittens of Christmas”!

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40 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!

What have you completed on your Christmas To-Do List, so far? Did you finish your shopping early? Have you decorated? We haven’t done much in our household yet because we’ve been cleaning and prepping for the decor, but it’s all coming out this week!

Stay Merry,

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Nickelodeon is preparing to launch the lineup for their annual “Nickmas” programming slate later this month, and there’s a lot of jolly fun to be had with holiday-themed episodes of original shows and the premiere of the original live-action holiday movie based on the Emmy Award-winning animated series, The Loud House!  Starting Friday, November 20th, viewers will be able to get festive with some of their favorite series, including: Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan, Blue’s Clues and You!, PAW Patrol, Rugrats, That Girl Lay Lay, and many more!

The “Nickmas” holiday offering will also feature fan-favorite titles and original holiday movies from Nickelodeon’s library of holiday classics, including the iconic perennial Rugrats, “A Rugrats Chanukah,” SpongeBob SquarePants “It’s A SpongeBob Christmas!” and PAW Patrol “Pups Save Christmas,” and Nickelodeon original holiday movies A Fairly Odd Christmas, Merry Christmas Drake & Josh, Santa Hunters, and Tiny Christmas.

Check out the lineup below, but keep in mind times and dates are subject to change!

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We finally have more information on Lindsay Lohan‘s upcoming Christmas movie for Netflix, which also marks her long-awaited return to acting!  The streaming service dropped the first production still of the untitled film, set to debut during the 2022 holiday season, and it co-stars former Glee actor Chord Overstreet.

In the holiday rom-com, a newly engaged, spoiled hotel heiress (Lohan) gets into a skiing accident, suffers from total amnesia and finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner (Overstreet) and his precocious daughter in the days leading up to Christmas.

The movie also stars George Young, Jack Wagner and Olivia Perez.

Janeen Damian directed and co-wrote it alongside Jeff Bonnett, Ron Oliver and Michael Damian. Executive Producers are Amanda Phillips, Eric Jarboe and David Wulf with Producers Brad Krevoy (MPCA) and Michael Damian (Riviera Films).

Stay tuned for even more information as the project develops!

Stay Merry!

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It’s going to be the BEST CHRISTMAS EVER all month long on AMC and AMC+ this season as the network gears up for around the clock holiday programming featuring some of your most beloved classic films — and a few new movies!

AMC’s “Best Christmas Ever” annual event begins on November 29 — December 25 with National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation star Beverly D’Angelo hosting this year’s film lineup. The slate will include over 55 titles and more than 575 hours of holiday programming as we count down the days until Christmas. AMC is the exclusive broadcast cable home in December to holiday favorites such as National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, The Polar Express, Four Christmases and Fred Claus.

You can also look forward to themed evenings (see more information below); original programming will be available on the streaming service AMC+ — including Kiera Knightley‘s Silent Night (also starring Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis, Annabelle Wallis, Lily-Rose Depp, Ṣọpé Dìrísù, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Lucy Punch, Rufus Jones and Trudie Styler) as well as Cape Cod Christmas and Christmas with Felicity.

Check out the full lineup below!

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The full lineup for all of the programming coming to NBC and the network’s streaming service, Peacock, this holiday season is here! From classic favorites and traditional events to brand-new specials, there’s something to enjoy from November until the new year!

Among NBC’s offerings is the iconic “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” and “Christmas at Rockefeller Center” specials, and the network presentation of “Annie LIVE!” starring Harry Connick Jr., Nicole Scherzinger, Tituss Burgess, Jane Krakowski, Taraji P. Henson, and Celina Smith as Annie. You can also look forward to holiday episodes from comedies like “Young Rock”, “KENAN” and “Mr. Mayor”.

Kelly Clarkson and Michael Bublé are also set to embrace the sounds of the season with musical specials while Jimmy Fallon‘s bestselling children’s book, “5 More Sleeps ‘Til Christmas”, gets turned into a primetime animated special.

Original programming is also coming to the Peacock streaming service, including the premieres of the original movie “The Housewives of the North Pole” starring Betsy Brandt and Kyle Richards, and the holiday competition series “Baking It” from executive producer Amy Poehler.

Check out the full festive lineup below!

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The Bounce television network is premiering a holiday movie this year, and while there may only be one on their roster, it looks like quite the film!

Inspired by the work of Pamela Slaton, a famed investigative genealogist, Paige Audrey-Marie Hurd (Power Book II: Ghost, Hawaii Five-O) stars in “Who is Christmas Eve?”, where she plays a 30-year-old woman who was abandoned as an infant on the steps of a church on Christmas Eve.

Years later, and struggling to move forward with her life, she embarks on a journey to uncover the mystery of her birth.  Romeo Miller (Romeo!, Empire) stars as her boyfriend while Juliana Harkavy (Arrow) portrays Slaton. Alex Wong also stars.

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Hallmark Movies Now has revealed all of the festive content coming this holiday season for the annual “Movies & Mistletoe” event, and I’m so excited to share the massive list of movies with all of you!  This year we will also be treated to two brand-new Christmas movies with exclusive world premieres on the fast-growing subscription streaming service.

There’s a 7-day free trial available for HMNow.com and if you want to subscribe, it’s $4.99 a month with the annual plan.  Check out the highlights for November and December below:

Every Time A Bell Rings — Available to stream: November 18 | World Premiere
Stars: Erin Cahill, Wes Brown, Brittany Ishibashi, Ali Liebert

Three sisters reunite in their hometown of Natchez, Mississippi at Christmas after a long time apart. They’re surprised to discover their late father had planned one last scavenger hunt for them to find the family’s wooden wishing bell, a beloved, annual holiday tradition when they were young. As they search for clues in the days leading up to Christmas, the trio visits local childhood haunts around Natchez that hold special meaning for them. In the process, their sisterly bond is rekindled and each learns an important lesson about what they want in life and in love.

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Dashing Through the Snow — Available to stream: November 1
Stars: Meghan Ory, Andrew Walker

After a snafu at the airport, Ashley is forced to rent a car in order to make it home to Seattle by Christmas. She ends up sharing the last rental car on the lot with Dash, a handsome stranger, also on his way to Seattle. As sparks fly between the two, we learn that Ashley’s airport “snafu” was actually because she is on the FBI’s ‘no-fly list,’ and Dash has a secret of his own that may halt their blossoming romantic road trip in its tracks.

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Christmas may still be several weeks away, but the holiday season is officially here, and CBS is ready for it with a glowing schedule of joyful programming.

The network has prepared a plethora of specials, including the musical events “Adele One Night Only”, “One Last Time: An Evening With Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga”, “A Home for the Holidays at The Grove featuring performances from Justin Bieber, Alessia Cara, Kane Brown and Darren Criss; traditional favorites like “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”, “Frosty the Snowman”, the Kennedy Center Honors, the CBS Thanksgiving Day Parade, holiday-themed episodes of CBS original shows, and two brand new movies: “A Christmas Proposal” and “Christmas Takes Flight”.

There’s something for everyone to enjoy this year, and you can find the full lineup below to make sure you don’t miss a moment of the fun!

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The magic of the holiday season comes to the ABC network with returning Christmas specials, seasonal-themed episodes of your favorite shows, family films, merry musical events, and lots more, all leading up to the beloved “Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Celebration” and the iconic “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest”!

Check out the full schedule below to get the scoop on everything you won’t want to miss!