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Mele Kalikimaka! Lea Michele stars in “Same Time, Next Christmas”, a holiday romantic story that takes place far away from a winter wonderland! In this tale, Michele plays a woman who celebrates the holidays on her family’s annual Christmas visit to Hawaii where feelings reignite for her childhood sweetheart when they reunite at the same resort where they met years earlier.  But, wait, there’s more…she kinda-sorta-definitely already has a boyfriend back home. Who will she choose?

For the official key art, Michele wears the orange Parker ‘Monroe’ Dress with a floral pattern and asymmetrical hemline. This dress is on sale at Revolve.com, Nordstrom.com, and 6pm.com!

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ABC has officially announced the lineup for the annual music event, “CMA Country Christmas”!

This year, Country superstar Trisha Yearwood will host the 10th annual holiday event, which is set to air on the ABC network with performances from Kristin Chenoweth, for KING & COUNTRY, Chris Janson, Tori Kelly, Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts, Runaway June, CeCe Winans, Brett Young and Chris Young.

In addition to her hosting duties, Yearwood will also perform on the Christmas special, taking the stage for a night filled with Christmas classics and festive one-of-a-kind collaborations.

“Music, memories and enjoying the season with loved ones are what make Christmastime so special,” says Yearwood. “Hosting ‘CMA Country Christmas’ is an opportunity to share joy and celebrate the holidays with friends and family everywhere.”

“CMA Country Christmas” will be taped on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at Belmont University’s Curb Event Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Tickets went on sale last Friday, September 6th, and they’re still available at CMAChristmas.com/tickets.

Stay merry!

(left) Davis, (right) Greenberg. | Photos: Courtesy/ABC

I saw a tweet the other day from Bryan Greenberg (“The Mindy Project”, “One Tree Hill”) about filming in Oahu, Hawaii for a month, and it didn’t take long to find out what project it is that he’s working on… it’s a Christmas movie!

Deadline announced yesterday that both Greenberg and Charles Michael Davis (“Younger”, “For the People”, “The Originals”) will join Lea Michele in the upcoming ABC holiday movie, “Same Time, Next Christmas” — which is currently filming in Hawaii.

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Fans of Freeform’s “The Fosters” spin-off series, “Good Trouble” are in for a ‘good’ holiday season as PEOPLE announced today that the hit show would have a two-hour holiday special airing this season, entitled: “Christmas at the Coterie”. The series follows adoptive sisters Callie (Maia Mitchell) and Mariana (Cierra Ramierz) as they move to Los Angeles to start their first jobs post-college.

“We haven’t done a holiday episode yet and the idea of Christmas at the Coterie not only rolls off the tongue — but what’s a communal Christmas look like?” executive producer and co-creator Joanna Johnson told PEOPLE. “With everyone celebrating the holidays with their own traditions? Do they collide or commingle?”

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This holiday season is shaping up to be quite the busy one for Lea Michele as she’ll already be spreading joy with an upcoming Christmas album, but today it was announced that Michele is set to star in the upcoming Freeform Studios film, “Same Time, Next Christmas”, which will premiere on the ABC Network later this year.

Michele has starred on Broadway, had a breakout role on FOX’s “Glee”, co-lead the short-lived comedy “The Mayor” for ABC and had a part in the 2011 festive film “New Year’s Eve”, but this will be her first Christmas-centered movie.

She will play the lead role of Olivia Henderson, a young woman who met her childhood sweetheart during her family’s annual Christmas visit to Hawaii. After being separated by distance and years, the two reunite at the same Hawaii resort years later and the old chemistry between them flares up anew – but circumstances conspire to keep them apart.

“This holiday season holds special importance to me as I get to celebrate both my role in this film and my first-ever holiday album,” said Lea Michele. “I’m honored to return to ABC with this movie event, and I am excited to share the holidays with everyone.”

Here’s hoping some of that music will serve as a merry backdrop to a few scenes!

“Same Time, Next Christmas” is executive produced by EveryWhere Studios’ Tom Mazza and David Calvert Jones, while Stephen Herek (“Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors,” “Mr. Holland’s Opus” and “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure”) is set to direct. There’s no current air date set yet, but keep in mind that ABC programming can also be viewed on ABC.com, the ABC app and Hulu.

Stay merry!

According to Deadline, Freeform has announced an upcoming Christmas competition series “Wrap Battle”, which will be added to their 2019 holiday programming, 25 Days of Christmas.

In a holiday series showdown like no other, which is executive produced by Michael Levitt, the most gifted DIY-ers will be put to the test. In the elimination gift-wrapping competition, contestants battle it out to deliver amazing results in different challenges in every episode, with each vying to win $50,000. Get your scissors and two-sided tape ready, let’s get wrapping!

A casting call recently went out (see below) so, if you think you have what it takes to compete in the ultimate holiday gift wrap battle, then you might want to sign up!

Dee (left) and Glenn (right). | Photo: Freeform

In an exclusive announcement from Deadline back in October, Freeform has greenlit “Ghosting” — an upcoming holiday movie slated for the 2019 season.

Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky will serve as executive producers, along with Joan Rater and Tony Phelan, for the film that stars Aisha Dee (“The Bold Type”), Kimiko Glenn (“The Guest Book”), Kendrick Sampson (“How to Get Away with Murder”) and Missi Pyle (“Mom”).

As reported by Deadline, the quirky and heart-warming story follows Jess (Dee), who goes on the greatest first date of her life, but inadvertently ‘ghosts’ Ben (Sampson) when she tragically dies in a car accident on the way home. Stuck on Earth, with no idea how to ascend, Jess will need the help of her best friend Kara (Glenn), the only person who can still see and hear her.

To be honest, the plot sounds a bit too sad for Freeform’s 25 Days of Christmas jolly programming but, considering it’s slated for their holiday season, we might see its premiere during the Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas lineup that begins late November.

Stay merry!

Screencap and Product Photos: Freeform/HalloweenCostumes.com

Last night was the premiere of Freeform’s new holiday movie, “No Sleep ‘Til Christmas”, starring Odette Annable and her real-life husband Dave Annable.

Odette, who plays the role of Lizzie, wore a lot of cute outfits throughout the movie that I’m hoping to find as the season goes on, but there’s one scene in which she wears an actual elf costume. I recognized it right away as the same one Tyler Blackburn wore in an old episode of “Pretty Little Liars”, so I thought it would be fun to spotlight it again here.

Lizzie wears the Adult Santa’s Elf Costume, which available at HalloweenCostumes.com for $144.99.

The costume includes a jacket, pants, belt, halts, a pair of socks and shoe covers, although, to achieve the same look Lizzie wore in the movie, you’d just need the jacket, hat, a red dress or skirt and green and red tights. You can buy striped tights like the ones in the movie for only $2.99 at Walmart.com.

Stay merry!

To celebrate the 25 Days of Christmas holiday programming that is spanning across the ABC, Freeform and Disney Channel networks, Reba McEntire is returning as host again this year for the annual “CMA Country Christmas” special!

The iconic entertainer will also perform on the beloved 2-hour holiday event, which will also feature performances from top country acts and legendary favorites, including:

Christmas is coming! You know what that means…FREEFORM’S 25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS!

For its first holiday season under its new network name (formerly known as ABC Family), Freeform will begin their seasonal programming on December 1st with a jam-packed line-up of holiday favorites! Among the movies included are: “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”, “The Santa Clause”, “Elf”, “The Polar Express”, “The Holiday”, “Arthur Christmas”, and “Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish”, original movies “The Mistle-Tones”, “Holiday in Hand-Cuffs”, “Christmas Cupid”, “12 Dates of Christmas”, and Freeform’s premiere of “Holiday Joy” starring Bailee Madison.

What I really like about this line-up is that there’s more Christmas movies than usually featured in the past; I like the “Harry Potter” movies as much as the next gal, but I feel like they’re better suited for the 13 Nights of Halloween line-up, or even the Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas. That being said, I miss the days of having a lot of original new movies to look forward to and I wish there was more variety in the primetime airings this year.

If you’re looking for a lot of variety, make sure you tune in during the early morning hours or afternoon.

Check out Freeform’s 25 Days of Christmas official full schedule below!