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The holidays are a cheerful time of the year, so it’s only fitting that you seek out that same joy in the Christmas movies you watch during ‘the most wonderful time of the year’. UPtv is known for their uplifting entertainment 365 days a year, and this holiday season will be no different!

UPtv’s A Christmas Movie Christmas event kicks off on Sunday, October 27th with 60 days of cheery and fun holiday programming — including 10 original movie premieres.

Scott Patterson will also return to host the annual GilMORE the Merrier binge-a-thon of all seven seasons of “Gilmore Girls” for the week of Thanksgiving.

Check out the full lineup of original movies premiering below!

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The 24hr holiday programming for Lifetime’s It’s A Wonderful Lifetime event won’t officially kick off until October 25 but, it looks like the network will be playing a few holiday movies long before that.

According to TV Guide, three encore Christmas movie presentations will air and then repeat into the wee morning hours of October 1st. That’s as far as the listing goes but, tomorrow we’ll know if more movies continue to air early on in October.

THE CHRISTMAS CONTRACT (left), ROAD TO CHRISTMAS (right) | Photos: Lifetime/Crown Media

If you loved the It’s a Wonderful Lifetime movie lineup last year, you’ll be thrilled to learn that two of the films will be part of a DVD collection, set to be released in November!

Lifetime’s Down Home Christmas 5 Movie Collection will include “The Christmas Contract” (2019) — starring former “One Tree Hill” stars Hilarie Burton, Robert Buckley, Antwon Tanner and Danneel Ackles and “Hometown Christmas” (2019) — starring another OTH alum Stephen Colletti as well as “7th Heaven” star Beverley Mitchell.

Additionally, the set will include another Burton film 2013’s “Christmas on the Bayou” in which she stars opposite another OTHer Tyler Hilton, “Wish Upon A Christmas” (2015) — starring Larisa Oleynik, Aaron Ashmore, and Alan Thicke, and “Christmas in Mississippi” (2017) featuring yet another OTH alum Jana Kramer alongside Wes Brown.

CHRISTMAS EVERLASTING (left), CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY MANOR (right) | Photos: Crown Media

Hallmark is the gift that keeps giving every holiday season, and now you can literally give the gift of Hallmark this year — or treat yourself — with the arrival of several new DVDs of beloved Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries original movies.

There are several 2018 movies set to be released, including: “Christmas at Pemberley Manor”, “A Godwink Christmas”, “A Gingerbread Romance”, and “Christmas Everlasting” — as well as other favorites from years past, including: “Miss Christmas” and “Rocky Mountain Christmas”.

Check out the list below with release dates and links to pre-order.

Sampson (left) and Dunne (right) | Photos: IMDb

Well, this is a nice surprise!

While checking out the updated information for another Christmas movie that Erica Deutschman filmed earlier this year, I noticed on her IMDb page that she recently wrapped another holiday film!

The former “Shadowhunters” actress joins Cindy Sampson (“Private Eyes”), Robin Dunne (“On the Twelfth Day of Christmas”, “Sound of Christmas”), and Chris Violette (“Star Trek: Discovery”) in a supporting role for “A Christmas Crush”. While there isn’t a synopsis available yet for the film, Marita Grabiak serves as director with a script written by John Burd.

Grabiak has previously directed several holiday films, including: “Sleigh Bells Ring”, “With Love, Christmas”, “The Christmas Pact”, and the upcoming Hallmark film “A Christmas Scavenger Hunt”.

Currently “A Christmas Crush” is scheduled to premiere on ION TV but, as I’m sure you’re use to now, there’s a possibility of schedule/network changes. I’ll keep you posted.

FYI: Dunne will also star in “The Christmas Chalet” and “New Year’s Kiss” this year!

Stay merry!

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The holidays are getting closer and closer! Yesterday, Candace Cameron Bure posted behind the scenes footage of her filming the 2019 Miracles of Christmas Preview Special for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries; she looked super festive and fabulous against an elegant Christmas display (Psst: Get the scoop on her outfits here!) that was the perfect setting for getting into the seasonal spirit.

As it turns out, Bure is hosting not one, but two specials for one super festive weekend in October to help kick off Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ block of holiday programming!

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With the announcement of Hallmark’s 2019 original Christmas movie lineup today, it’s only fitting that some of the movie posters have started emerging online. The first four include Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas films: Write Before Christmas starring Torrey DeVitto and Chad Michael Murray and A Christmas Duet starring Chaley Rose and Rome Flynn as well as Two Turtle Doves starring Nikki Deloach and Michael Rady and Holiday For Heroes starring Melissa Claire Egan and Marc Blucas for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas event.

(L-R) Ryan Paevey, Holly Robinson Peete & Ashley Greene. | Photos: Crown Media/Shutterstock

Grab a hot cup of cocoa, sit back and get cozy because… IT’S HERE!!

I’ve been waiting for this announcement for weeks, and it has finally arrived — the full movie lineup coming to Hallmark this holiday season — and it’s even bigger and more festive than ever before! This year, Hallmark Channel will celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Countdown to Christmas with 24 original movies — including two with Hanukkah themes; Hallmark Movies & Mysteries will air 16 for Miracles of Christmas and Hallmark Drama will premiere two festive reality shows.

Many of your favorite stars are returning like Jill Wagner, Andrew Walker, Lacey Chabert, Candace Cameron Bure, Paul Greene, Kristoffer Polaha, Wes Brown, Kellie Pickler, Chad Michael Murray, Danica McKellar, Ryan Paevey, Nikki Deloach, Niall Matter, Holly Robinson Peete, Eric Mabius, Jesse Metcalfe and Alicia Witt — just to name a few.

There are also lots of amazing new faces: Dolly Parton, Kristin Chenoweth, Carly Pope, Matt Cohen, Scott Wolf, Elizabeth Mitchell, Chaley Rose, Rome Flynn and Twilight’s Ashley Greene!

The continuous Countdown to Christmas and Miracles of Christmas all-day-and-night holiday programming officially begins October 25th and will run until January 2020. (Update: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and Hallmark Drama began their programming early on October 18.)

Okay, enough of my festive babbling — check out the lineup below!

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Olivia Holt (“Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger”) has been announced as the lead for the upcoming Freeform movie, “Turkey Drop”, a Thanksgiving film slated for the network’s Kickoff to Christmas event.

In the Jerry Ciccoritti-directed film, when college freshman Lucy Jacobs (Holt) returns home for Thanksgiving break, she suspects she’s about to get turkey dropped—dumped by her high school sweetheart—during their holiday visit. To avoid a Turkey Day travesty, Lucy gets out of her comfort zone, proving she’s not the same play-it-safe girl she was with her high school boyfriend. As she takes control of her own life and makes choices that put herself first, she learns to let go of what’s been holding her back, helping achieve what she truly wants out of life.

The movie is set to premiere the Saturday before Thanksgiving, November 23rd at 9pm/8c during Freeform’s Kickoff to Christmas holiday programming event.

“Turkey Drop” is written by Tiffany Paulsen and produced by Jonas Prupas and Shane Boucher with executive producers Joel S. Rice and Lydia Storie of Muse Entertainment and Heroes and Villains Entertainment‘s Henry Huang.

Update 09/12/19: Cheryl Hines (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”), Ben Levin (“Legacies”) and Tyler Perez (“LA’s Finest”) have all joined the cast!  Hines will play Lucy’s vivacious, fun and outspoken mother, Nancy Jacobs while Levin will star as Dean, a longtime family friend crashing the Jacobs family Thanksgiving, and Perez will portray Jordan, Lucy’s high school sweetheart.

Stay merry!

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It was really nice to kick back and enjoy a marathon of Hallmark summertime movies only to end my evening with a taste of Christmas! Network favorites Jill Wagner and Andrew Walker took over hosting duties for this year’s “Christmas: A Second Look” Preview Special, where they gave us an inside look at some of the movies and specials coming to Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and Hallmark Drama this holiday season with movie clips and behind the scenes footage.

The two stars also briefly discussed their upcoming Christmas movies, which we got a sneak peek at over the summer during the “Christmas: A First Look” special; Wagner will star in “Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses” alongside Matthew Davis, while Walker will co-lead “Merry and Bright” with Jodie Sweetin.

Hallmark plans to premiere 40 original movies this year; 24 on the Hallmark Channel network for the 10th Anniversary of Countdown to Christmas (premieres are every Saturday and Sunday at 8pm/7c) and 16 for Miracles of Christmas on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (every Thursday and Friday at 9pm/8c). Hallmark Drama will also air two new original reality programs, “Christmas Cookie Matchup” and “Project Christmas Joy”, which were previewed during the special.

“Home & Family” pet rescue expert Larissa Wohl made a guest appearance to talk about Hallmark Channel’s pet rescue initiative, “Adoption Ever After”, which I encourage you to learn more about.

Check out the lineup of movies and specials that were spotlighted during the special below!