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In what has become a holiday tradition for The Ed Asner Family Center, there will be another star-studded live reading of the beloved holiday tale, It’s A Wonderful Life this month.

On Sunday, December 11th at 8pm ET/5pm PT, join Brendan Fraser, Christina Applegate, Seth Rogen, Fred Armisen, JK Simmons, Jean Smart, Ken Jeong, Jim Beaver, Brent Spiner, Phil Lamarr, Ben Mankiewicz, James Cromwell, Sue Ann Pien and host Tom Bergeron alongside honorees Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann for a reading of the classic 1946 holiday film.

Fraser will taken on the iconic role of George Bailey, originated by James Stewart, while Applegate will star as Mary Bailey, Rogen as Clarence, and Smart as Ma Bailey.

Social director of TEAFC, Chelsea Darnell will play a narrator alongside autistic actors Dwayne Cox, Max Gadson, Spencer Harte, Lucas Salusky and Hannah Schindler.

Victor Nelli (Superstore, Brooklyn Nine Nine) returns for a third year as director.

Proceeds will benefit The Ed Asner Family Center, dedicated to promoting mental health and enrichment programs to special needs children and their families.

Tickets are currently available at edasnerfamilycenter.org.

Stay Merry,

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From director Ron Oliver comes the holiday romantic comedy Hotel for the Holidays, which is led by Riverdale star Madelaine Petsch and Aladdin‘s Mena Massoud. The movie tells the story of Georgia (Petsch), a young woman who is also the manager of a high-end hotel that attracts from all walks of life—including a European prince (Max Lloyd-Jones), a pop star (Kayleigh Shikanai), and those who are back on the dating scene. This hotel is their staycation sanctuary to beat the winter blues.

When Georgia’s hotel management life becomes entangled with her personal life, things get a little hectic this holiday season. Will she choose to spend this Christmas, and beyond, with the handsome hotel chef, Luke (Massoud), or the sophisticated ex-prince (Lloyd-Jones)?

Hotel for the Holidays is now streaming on the premium free streaming service, Amazon Freevee.

A CHRISTMAS STORY CHRISTMAS | Photo: HBO MAX

The Holiday Wonderland Collection is back on the HBO Max streaming service this season, and we could not be more excited to pour over all of the festive titles. The curated collection allows viewers to stay in, get cozy, and enjoy their favorite Christmas movies and holiday episodes of their go-to shows, such as Friends, Magnolia Table With Joanna Gaines, Full House, The Big Bang Theory and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.  The Calcifer Yule Log and Rick and Morty Yule Log are also back.

In November, the subscription service began streaming A Christmas Story Christmas, the highly-anticipated sequel to the classic Christmas movie—and not only did Peter Billingsley return in the iconic role of Ralphie Parker, but he also co-wrote the story. In this new holiday tale, the now-adult Ralphie returns to the house on Cleveland Street to give his kids a magical Christmas like the one he had as a child, reconnecting with childhood friends, and reconciling the passing of his Old Man.

HOLIDAY HARMONY | Photo: HBO MAX

There are even more Max Originals streaming this season, including the Annelise Cepero, Jeremy Sumpter and Brooke Shields-led Holiday Harmony, which tells the story of a singer-songwriter traveling cross country in hopes of making it big and ends up taking on a group of misfit kids hoping to perform in a Christmas Eve gala.

In A Christmas Mystery, starring Violet McGraw and Santino Barnard, a group of intrepid kids trying to solve the case of why Santa’s magical jingle bells disappeared.

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Brittany Snow (“Pitch Perfect”) will be starring in a brand new Christmas movie on the AMC+ streaming service this season called “Christmas with the Campbells”!

Vince Vaughn (“Fred Claus”) and Peter Billingsley (“A Christmas Story”) teamed up with Barbara Kymlicka (“Poinsettias for Christmas”) and Dan Lagana (“American Vandal”) to write and produce a new spin on a classic holiday romcom! When Snow’s character, Jesse, gets dumped right before Christmas by her boyfriend Shawn (Alex Moffat, “Saturday Night Live”)—and his parents convince her to spend the holidays with them… and his handsome cousin (Justin Long, “Alvin and the Chipmunks”).

Joanna Garcia Swisher (“Reba,” “Sweet Magnolias”), Julia Duffy (“Newhart,” “Designing Women”) and George Wendt (“Cheers”) also star.

“Christmas with the Campbells” will be available in theaters and to stream on AMC+ this Friday, December 2nd. Check out the official trailer below!

WATCH THE TRAILER
Note: You should be advised that the language and content for this movie is not PG at all, so we recommend it for the older members of your family.

• Find more holiday programming by checking out the full schedules on AMC+ (click here), ACORN TV (click here) and Shudder (click here)!

Stay Merry,

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Get ready for some snow-slinging musical fun this holiday season with Nickelodeon and Paramount+’s all-new original movie, “Snow Day“!

As the official synopsis explains, “Snow Day” is a musical reimagining of the beloved 2000 comedy classic film; it follows a group of kids who are determined to achieve their dreams when their school closes for a snow day. Siblings Hal (Ky Baldwin, “Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door”) and Natalie Brandston (Michaela Russell, “WandaVision”) discover that anything is possible on a snow day when a surprise winter whiteout offers them the chance to break routines and take giant risks.

Inspired to pursue his crush, Claire (Shelby Simmons, “Bunk’d”), Hal enlists the help of his best friend, Lane (Fabi Aguirre, “Les Misérables” on Broadway), to help him express his feelings, and Natalie decides she must challenge the town’s cranky snowplow man if she wants to pull off the task of creating a second snow day.

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The OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will premiere two all-new original Christmas movies this December for the annual OWN for the Holidays programming event.

First up: “The Great Holiday Bake War” starring original Destiny’s Child member LeToya Luckett and former “Saturday Night Live” star Finesse Mitchell, which is set to premiere on Saturday, December 3rd. The second new film on the festive slate is “A Christmas Fumble” starring “America’s Next Top Model” winner Eva Marcille and Devale Ellis (“Tyler Perry’s Sistas”).

Learn more about the movies below, including preview trailers—and when you can watch them!

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Since you’ll be ‘streaming all the way’ this holiday season, you’ll want to add Hulu as one of your go-to Christmas destinations—because the lineup is jam-packed with comfort and joy.  Hulu has been adding holiday films to their platform all month long, in addition to the existing titles that include original films like “Happiest Season” starring Kristen Stewart and Dan Levy.

There are many more merry movies on the way, including “A Christmas Winter Song” starring Ashanti and Stan Shaw that originally premiered on Lifetime in 2019, and upcoming Hulu Originals like “Merry Kiss Cam” starring Katie Lowes and Jesse Bradford.  You can also enjoy the live broadcast of “Tracking Santa” on Christmas Eve, December 24th, as Santa sightings across America are monitored and that’s sure to be exciting for the little ones in your family.

Check out some of the features included below!

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There’s a lot of yuletide fun to be had at VH1, Comedy Central and Paramount Network this year, and the festivities include an overload of music, comedy, and holiday cheer!

VH1 will release four all-new original titles every Wednesday beginning the week after Thanksgiving through the week of Christmas for their Naughty or Nice lineup. Comedy Central will premiere a holiday movie starring the original Reno 911 cast and Paramount Network will debut A Nashville Country Christmas, starring and executive produced by Tanya Tucker.

Learn more about each movie—and how you can watch—below!

Deutch and Sampson in SOMETHING FROM TIFFANY’S | Photo: Amazon Prime

The official trailer for the upcoming film, “Something from Tiffany’s” is here! The new movie, based off the novel by Melissa Hill, stars Zoey Deutch (“The Politician”, “Not Okay”), Shay Mitchell (“Pretty Little Liars”, “YOU”), Kendrick Sampson (“Insecure”) and Ray Nicholson (“Panic”, “Licorice Pizza”) and is set to premiere on Amazon Prime on Friday, December 9th.

Rachel and Gary (Deutch, Nicholson) are solid but not set on taking that next big step in their relationship, but Ethan and Vanessa (Sampson, Mitchell) are ready to embark on their next chapter as a couple. While shopping at Tiffany’s in New York City on Christmas Eve, Gary and Ethan find their purchases mixed up—a charm bracelet and an engagement ring—which causes the lives of these four people to become intertwined. When Rachel gets an engagement ring meant for someone else, a series of twists and turns leads her to the person she’s meant to be with.

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You can finally find more Hallmark Christmas movies on DVD!  Nearly all of your favorites from last year’s Hallmark Channel: Countdown to Christmas and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries: Miracles of Christmas lineups are now available to own as well as some others from recent years, and we’ve compiled a list of them to make it easier to find if your sought after title is among them.

There are many single movie DVDs, but there are a few double-feature and triple-feature collections—the more the merrier, we say!

Sure, a lot of these movies are now airing in rotation given the fact that we’re in the midst of the holiday season, but it’s always nice to be able to pop on your favorite festive tale whenever the spirit of the season grabs you! Which movies are you most excited about?!