Here you will find a comprehensive list of all the holiday movies and specials that will be airing on US television during the Christmas season. Air dates are listed where possible, but if you see TBA (To Be Announced) then keep checking back to see when an air-date and time become available.

Please Note: This list will continue to be updated throughout the season, so please keep checking back!  Some networks (i.e. Hallmark & UPtv) will air their own original Christmas movies 24-hours a day with air-times that can change sporadically so, for those networks, I will include a link to their daily programming schedule to avoid making this post 3 miles long!

There has been a lot of recent news surrounding all of the holiday movies coming out this Christmas, naturally. I mean, we’re halfway through the year, the Upfronts have recently ended and this is the time when a lot of the movies are being filmed and/or cast, so it’s not surprising that the entertainment news would be heavily holiday-centered despite the impending summer.

What do we know so far? There will be new Hallmark movies from Candace Cameron Bure, Lacey Chabert, Danica McKeller and Kellie Martin coming that are currently TBD while Danielle Panabaker stars in “Christmas Joy”, Kellie Pickler heads to “Christmas at Graceland”, Erin Krakow and Niall Matter return for “Marrying Father Christmas” and LeAnn Rimes leads “It’s Christmas, Eve”.  A third installment from Richard Paul Evans‘ holiday anthology series titled “The Mistletoe Secret” will also premiere.

Christmas in July is coming to Hallmark in just a few weeks, and it’s already shaping up to be quite the busy month for holiday movie lovers! While “Gold Crown Christmas Week” takes over the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries network for 17 days on June 29th (see the schedule here), Hallmark Channel will celebrate “Christmas Keepsake Week”, a 2-week block of festive programming, from July 13th-28th. Basically, get ready to binge on Christmas movies!

During the line-up, Hallmark is also continuing the tradition of giving a sneak peek of what’s to come for Countdown To Christmas 2018 by airing “Christmas: A First Look Preview Special” on Saturday, July 21st at 10:00 pm/9:00 central, which will be co-hosted by Lacey Chabert and, network pet ambassador, Happy the Dog!

We normally get one original world premiere of a new Christmas movie during Keepsake Week but, due to the 34 movies premiering on the networks later this year, I think they wanted to build on the anticipation. In the meantime, enjoy seeing many favorites from years past plus all of the newer movies that premiered in 2017 during Countdown To Christmas.

Check out the full line-up below!
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Are you looking to get a head start on holiday shopping this year? Look no further than QVC‘s 31st annual Christmas in July offerings! On July 1st, the iconic shopping network will dedicate their programming to getting you an early start into the most wonderful (and busy) time of the year before the hustle and bustle really sets off in a few months. You’ll be able to purchase decor, lights, toys, food, jewelry, more!

While most would deem buying Christmas decorations in the summer ‘way too early’ — and they’d rather be out by the pool or doing some other seasonal activity, when you think about parties, gift shopping, decorating, cooking, and other traditions while you’re in the midst of work and school in November and December, you might rest easy to know that you already got some of your shopping out of the way months prior. Get a sneak peek of what to expect here!

Check out the schedule of what’s to come on QVC this July!

It feels like just yesterday I was taking down my Christmas tree and now here we are in June and I’m already posting about Christmas movie schedules, and you know why–right? Because, Christmas in July is coming back to Hallmark!

Before “Christmas Keepsake Week” takes over Hallmark Channel the festive programming will first begin on the sister network, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries with the annual “Gold Crown Christmas Week”. Get ready for a 17-day block of holiday movies that will definitely put you in the fa-la-la-la-la spirit this summer! The schedule is already out, so you can see what movies to expect to see–or which ones to plan your day around if you have a busy summer to-do list.

Check out the full schedule below!

There is going to be a lot of holiday programming to choose from this year!

I recently posted about Hallmark increasing their amount of Christmas movie premieres and Freeform expanding on their festive cheer from October through December, and now Lifetime has doubled their amount of their original Yuletide movies for their “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” programming. Last year they introduced the line-up as “It’s a Really, Really Cozy Christmas”, but it seems that they’re returning to a former title familiar to viewers from years past.

Last year we saw six movies and a few mini films, and now we’ll be getting FOURTEEN brand-new originals–including one starring Toni Braxton! I really enjoyed their block of films last year (“Snowed-Inn Christmas”, “My Christmas Prince”, “Wrapped Up in Christmas”, “A Very Merry Toy Store”, “Four Christmases and a Wedding” & “Christmas in Mississippi”), so I’m excited to see what’s in store this time around.

Stay merry!

Photo: Freeform

Freeform is upping their holiday game this year! The network, formerly known as ABC Family, announced at their Upfront 2018 Presentation in NYC this morning that it has expanded their ‘holiday dominance with over 1000 hours of themed programming’.

In addition to increasing their annual “13 Nights of Halloween” to a full-month of spooky favorites with “31 Nights of Halloween”, they have also changed the “Countdown To The ’25 Days Of Christmas'” block of movies to November’s “Kick Off to Christmas.“

All of this leads to the iconic “25 Days of Christmas”, which returns to the entire Disney|ABC Television on December 1st, making it the only major media network to offer a unified holiday programming initiative. Two Freeform original holiday films, “Life Size 2” and “Sleeping Together,” will also be part of the holiday lineup. Check out the synopsis’s below!

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Spring has officially begun, but my mind is already on Christmas — and, naturally, so is Hallmark’s! According to Entertainment Weekly, both the Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries will unveil 34 new original movies this holiday season, which is a new record for the pair of networks as last year they debuted a combined 33 films.

For the Hallmark Channel, we’ll see 22 of the films debut during the “Countdown to Christmas” holiday programming starting October 27th while the remaining 12 will air for the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries “Most Wonderful Movies of Christmas” slate beginning November 4th.

Following 2016’s “The Mistletoe Promise” and 2017’s “The Mistletoe Inn”, word on the street is that the third part of Richard Paul Evans’ holiday anthology series, “The Mistletoe Secret”, will be adapted for the network this year.  Leading lady favorites Danica McKellar, Candace Cameron Bure and Lacey Chabert are rumored to head up new films while Kellie Martin leads one for HMM titled “Vet”, described as “an emotional story of heroism and homecoming.”

Photo: Jamie Nelson/NBC

Gwen Stefani has found a home at NBC as a coach on “The Voice”, and now she’s getting ready to celebrate ‘the most wonderful time of the year’ with the network with “Gwen Stefani’s You Make It Feel Like Christmas”, an hour-long special featuring music from her new album, “You Make it Feel Like Christmas”, and several holiday classics, including “Santa Baby”, “Jingle Bells” and “Silent Night”.

“Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year,” Stefani said. “I am excited to share my new holiday album with everyone and the joy of this holiday season. I look forward to giving audiences a peek into our family’s favorite Christmas traditions and enjoying some of the music, old and new, that makes the holiday so special.”

The Christmas special will air on December 12th at 9:00 PM ET/PT with special guest appearances, including: Blake Shelton along with Chelsea Handler, Ken Jeong, Seth MacFarlane and Ne-Yo.

 
Stay merry!

It’s officially July, and you know what that means — it’s time for “Christmas in July” festivities and that means we’re gearing up for the week-long block of holiday original movies on Hallmark Channel for their annual Christmas Keepsake Holiday Preview Week airing from July 14th – July 23rd, which will coincide with the 2017 Ornament Preview at Hallmark stores.

I know some people like to wait until after Thanksgiving to binge Christmas movies, but I seriously count down to this event on Hallmark Channel every year. Sometimes I just need to quench my Christmas spirit while I give my holiday movie DVDs a break.

If you’re like me and can’t wait to watch Hallmark’s holiday line-up, then I’m sure you’ll enjoy checking out the full movie air-time schedule below!