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Candace Cameron Bure, once again, filled our evening with holiday spirit as she hosted the 2019 Miracles of Christmas Preview Special on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries!  The network star stood before gorgeous Christmas decor, courtesy of Balsam Hill, and took us on a journey of Christmas magic with sneak peek of several original heart-warming movies that will be premiering this season.

Home & Family’s animal expert Larissa Wohl also stopped by with three pups (named Dasher, Prancer and Vixen!) as she explained Hallmark’s Adopt-a-Pet initiative, Adoption Ever After.

Check out which movies were previewed below!

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There’s nothing like new Christmas movie news to kick off your week, am I right? Do you enjoy renting, buying or watching movies through Vudu? If so, you’ll be happy to hear about “Christmas on the Range” starring Erin Cahill (“Last Vermont Christmas”), Nicholas Gonzalez (“The Good Doctor”), A Martinez (“Days of Our Lives”) and Lindsay Wagner (“The Bionic Woman”)!

Synopsis: After three years of hard work, Kendall Riley (Cahill) is finally about to succeed in turning her family ranch into a farm producing organic beef. But Kendall is opposed every step of the way by her neighboring rancher Brick McCree (Martinez), who deeply resents Kendall for reasons no one understands. When Brick’s estranged son Clint (Gonzalez) returns for the holidays, he and Kendall hit it off…which only enrages Brick more. What is the secret behind Brick’s hatred? And with the holidays approaching, is there a chance Clint and Kendall can get him to see the error of his ways?

A CHRISTMAS IN TENNESSEE (left) / WRAPPED UP IN CHRISTMAS (right) | Photos: Lifetime

Christmas in October is here!  It appears that Lifetime hasn’t been able to wait until their kick off date for It’s A Wonderful Lifetime holiday programming either. While it’s still the plan for the network to air 24-hour Christmas movies beginning on October 25, there have definitely been a lot of Christmas movies on nearly every day since the end of September.

Now, don’t get me wrong, it hasn’t been continuous festive programming but, it has been significant.

The lineup for Monday, October 21st has “A Snow Globe Christmas”, “All I Want for Christmas”, “A Very Nutty Christmas”, “A Nanny for Christmas”, “Snowed Inn Christmas”, and “Christmas Lost and Found” airing — they begin airing at 12pm/11c, by the way.

It might seem early–especially if you celebrate Halloween and are the type that likes Lifetime’s usual suspense thrillers in the month of October but, if you’re game to feel a little yuletide cheer then make sure you check out the schedule for festive programming across the board at Lolly’s 2019 Holiday TV Guide to see what’s playing and where you can see it–including Lifetime’s slate.

Stay merry!

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Hallmark Channel aired the 10th Anniversary of Countdown to Christmas Preview Special last night, and it didn’t hold back on the holiday cheer! Candace Cameron Bure took on hosting duties to give us all an epic sneak peek at nearly every single movie coming to the network for the iconic holiday programming event — and she even threw in another look at Hallmark Drama‘s two special original premieres, Christmas Cookie Matchup and Project Christmas Joy.

I really enjoyed the ambiance filled with Christmas decor from Balsam Hill, which further helped me get into the spirit–not that I needed an actual boost. Home & Family‘s animal expert Larissa Wohl, once again, made an appearance to talk about Hallmark’s Adopt-a-Pet initiative, Adoption Ever After.

Check out the details of the movies that were shared throughout the special below. You can also watch the full show — details at the bottom of the post!

A BRAMBLE HOUSE CHRISTMAS (left) / CHRISTMAS COOKIE MATCHUP (right) | Photos: Crown Media

It looks like Hallmark is decking the halls even earlier than originally planned!

The official Twitter pages for the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and Hallmark Drama networks made a surprise announcement yesterday that holiday programming would be kicking off a week early, which means—Christmas movies begin TODAY!

You’ll be able to tune in at 7pm/6c on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries to begin watching the Miracles of Christmas 2019 slate. At 9pm/8c, HM&M will air an encore presentation of the 2017 film, “A Bramble House Christmas” starring Autumn Reeser and David Haydn-Jones.

The first premiere of the season will still be next week with “A Merry Christmas Match” starring Ashley Newbrough and Kyle Dean Massey, which debuts on Friday, October 25th at 9pm/8c.

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With Hallmark giving us a heavy dose of holiday cheer across three networks, you shouldn’t be surprised to learn that subscribers can look forward to a jam-packed lineup for the 2019 Hallmark Movies Now: “Movies & Mistletoe” Event!

The Christmas programming event kicks off on October 25th with 20 NEW holiday network premieres rolling out in doubles each Monday, beginning October 28th, with the exception of the week of Thanksgiving where there will be 3 NEW festive network premieres.

Check out the lineup of what you can expect below–you might see a few familiar films that you love!

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The end of October is two weeks away, which means yuletide fun is just around the corner — and that includes a lot of Christmas programming. Netflix revealed their end of the year lineup of movies, series and documentaries, which includes a serious slate of yuletide cheer.

“Holiday in the Wild” starring Rob Lowe and Kristin Davis is amongst their lineup of festive features, a project that was announced in May of 2018 under the working title “Christmas in the Wild”. The Netflix original film will kick off the seasonal programs when it begins streaming on November 1st.

You can also look forward to more exclusive film premieres, including the Vanessa Hudgens lead “A Knight to Remember” as well as “The Holiday Rush” starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Darlene Love and La La Anthony. “A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby”, the third followup to their beloved royal saga, will debut in December.

Fans of the series “Nailed It!”, “Family Reunion”, “Alexa & Katie” and “The Great British Baking Show” can expect holiday episodes. Netflix will also premiere the new series, “Merry Happy Whatever” starring a mega cast, which includes: Dennis Quaid, Bridgit Mendler, Ashley Tisdale, and Garcelle Beauvais.

The streaming service has an addition lineup of acquired films, including: “A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish” with Laura Marano and Gregg Sulkin, “Christmas in the Heartland” starring Bo Derek, Shelley Long, Tiffany Fallon, Paula Trickey and Rascal Flatts’ Joe Don Rooney, and “Christmas Crush” with Rachel Boston and Jonathan Bennett, which was originally known as “Holiday High School Reunion”.  Check out the full lineup below!

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Are you ready to spend Christmas with the Hough family this year?!

Deadline announced late last month that Emmy-award winning choreographer siblings Julianne Hough and Derek Hough will host their own holiday special this year, “Holidays with the Houghs”!

In traditional Christmas special fashion, the Houghs will put on musical and dance performances to their own renditions of holiday classic carols. They will also be joined by celebrity entertainer friends for comedy sketches and performances.

After launching their television careers on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” with subsequent journeys into music and film, the professional ballroom dancers currently serve as judges on two NBC reality talent competition series; Julianne recently completed her first season on “America’s Got Talent” while Derek is a judge for “World of Dance”.

The guest list nor an air-date has been announced yet but, I will keep you posted.

Stay merry!

The launch of the Disney+ is drawing near, and to celebrate, the @DisneyPlus Twitter revealed the massive library of movies, shows and specials that will be available on the streaming service — and it’s IMPRESSIVE!  The long list includes brand-new original features, several MCU movies, almost every Disney Channel original series that ever aired, and movies spanning 80 years!

Your whole family will undoubtedly be bitten by the magical nostalgia bug.

You can view the tweet thread here but, if you’re interested in the available Christmas content, then I have that listed below.  There is a lot to choose from—including all three movies in Tim Allen’s “The Santa Clause” saga, “The Muppet Christmas Carol” and “The Mistle-Tones” starring Tia Mowry-Hardrict and Tori Spelling, which originally aired on ABC Family.

Harry in CAROLE’S CHRISTMAS (left); La Dare, Williams and Fox in ONE FINE CHRISTMAS. (right)| All Photos: OWN

Break out the cocoa and find your warmest festive sweater for a cozy night of Christmas movie-watching because, Oprah Winfrey‘s network is making their OWN holiday celebration this year!

It was announced this week that the OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will make its first foray into made-for-television movies with three original holiday films, which are slated to premiere on OWN this November starring fan-favorites, including: Jackée Harry, Kimberley Elise, Marla Gibbs, Vanessa Williams and Tim Reid, as well as network stars Cayden K. Williams (“David Makes Man”) and Yohance Myles (“Ambitions”)!

“We are excited to bring holiday movies to OWN,” said Tina Perry, president, OWN. “This special time of year is about spending time with the ones you love, and we think our viewers are going to enjoy watching these movies together throughout the season.”

It will be particularly exciting to see Rick Fox star alongside his daughter Sasha Fox in the heart-warming “One Fine Christmas”, which will be the first to premiere on November 15th.

“General Hospital” star Anthony Montgomery will join Harry and Elise in “Carole’s Christmas”–airing November 22nd, while Reid teams up with Aloma Wright, Khalilah Joi, Leigh-Ann Rose and Arnell Powell in “Baking Christmas”–airing November 29th.

Get the scoop on all three films below!