L-R: Bethany Joy Lenz, Kristoffer Polaha (Photos: Hallmark Media)

Hallmark Channel has officially ‘unwrapped’ their first Christmas movie of 2023, and it stars network favorites Bethany Joy Lenz (An Unexpected Christmas) and Kristoffer Polaha (We Wish You a Married Christmas)!

Production will begin next month for A Biltmore Christmas, which will be part of Hallmark Channel’s iconic Countdown to Christmas lineup next holiday season. The movie will be filmed in Asheville, North Carolina at the historic Biltmore Estate, renowned for its classic holiday traditions since 1895. Although this National Historic Landmark has been home to many productions over the years, this movie marks the first time Biltmore Estate itself serves as the setting.

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Despite a lot of setbacks due to the pandemic, Christmas Con NJ finally went off without a hitch last December for the second annual installment of the holiday event that brought Christmas movie fans, the stars, and festive activities together in one place to celebrate the ‘most wonderful time of the year’ — and it’s coming back this year for round three of holiday cheer!

That’s 4 Entertainment announced the first 10 celebrity guests out of the 30 who will be in attendance for Christmas Con New Jersey* when it takes place this December 9, 10 and 11th at the NJ Expo Center in Edison, NJ, including returning host Jonathan Bennett and headliner Lacey Chabert.  Show hours are: Friday 12/9 – 2pm-8pm, Saturday 12/10 – 10am-6pm and Sunday, 12/11 – 10am-5pm.  Check out the first batch of stars announced below!

UPDATE (9/18/22): We have updated the attendance list with a plethora of celebrities who will be taking part in the event!

UPDATE (11/7/22): Kimberley Sustad and Kristoffer Polaha had to cancel their appearances at Christmas Con: New Jersey 2022 due to scheduling conflicts.

UPDATE (11/10/22): Victor Webster had to cancel his appearance at Christmas Con: New Jersey 2022 due to scheduling conflicts. Jessica Lowndes and Benjamin Ayres have been added to the attendance list!

Lenz (left) and Hynes (right) | Photos: Crown Media

Hallmark Channel announced today that Bethany Joy Lenz (One Tree Hill, Five Star Christmas) and Tyler Hynes (Roadhouse Romance, On the 12th Date of Christmas) will lead An Unexpected Christmas, an all-new original holiday movie that is set to premiere as part of the network’s iconic Countdown to Christmas programming event this holiday season!

I know I’m not alone with being excited to finally have confirmation on this movie; Joy posted a video from her heading off to film the movie back in August, and I’ve been eager to learn more ever since!

In An Unexpected Christmas, Jamie (Hynes) hasn’t told his family that he and his now ex-girlfriend Emily (Lenz) broke up. After an inopportune run-in with Emily at the train station in his hometown, Jamie convinces her to pretend they’re still a couple to avoid ruining Christmas for his family.

Photos: Poets Road Records

Bethany Joy Lenz has gifted us a lot of holiday cheer this year!

The multi talented star of film, stage and sound lead the hilarious rom-com, Five Star Christmas, alongside Victor Webber for Hallmark Channel all while preparing a Christmas EP.

Joy just released Snow, a heart-warming collection of festive songs that include four originals by Joy that truly feel like timeless holiday favorites. The EP also features musical appearances from Anthony Evans on the track “My Christmas with You, and Joy’s own daughter, Maria Rose, on “Listen”.

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IMPORTANT UPDATE (10/02/20): That’s 4 Entertainment announced today that they have officially postponed the Christmas Con New Jersey event to next year due to the pandemic. The new dates are December 10th-12th of 2021. Refunds are available if you can not make the event next year, but if you can, hold onto your tickets as they will be valid for the new dates!

FYI: The California event has also been postponed.

Christmas Con is coming back to New Jersey! Last year That’s 4 Entertainment held the the first-ever Christmas convention that featured holiday fun along with many of your favorite stars from Christmas movies and other popular creatives in the festive field. The LollyChristmas.com team was able to attend, and we had a merry blast!

Many thought with the announcement of Christmas Con: California that the event would be moving location entirely, but due to the success, Christmas Con will be returning to the Garden State this December with several returning stars plus additional fan-favorites for a weekend filled with cheer.

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Last night Lifetime premiered one of the movies from their highly anticipated holiday lineup, “Poinsettias for Christmas”. When Ellie Palmer (Bethany Joy Lenz) returns home to help her father save their family poinsettia farm, she ends up falling for the local botanist.

In the film, Ellie wears a lot of cute casual clothes that, trust me, I’m on the hunt to find — but, one piece in particular is a stylish burgundy trucker jacket that features a cozy lining. This is a very popular jacket, but it’s not often that I see it in such a rich jewel tone.

I loved it, so I had to find it — and I think I did! After comparing the details, I believe I found the exact jacket worn in the film — the Topshop Borg Trim Oversize Corduroy Jacket.

Sizes are limited, but the jacket is still available at Nordstrom.com for $130.

(Updated: 12/29/2018)
I’ve been coming across many items from “Poinsettias for Christmas” over the past few weeks, so I thought I’d update this post and share what I’ve found.

L-R: Antwon Tanner, Danneel Ackles, Hilarie Burton & Robert Buckley. | Photo: Lifetime

The Lifetime network is going to be a very special place for fans of the hit television series “One Tree Hill” this holiday season! The long-running series had its finale in 2012, but clearly it’s the show that keeps giving even long after its ended and, this year, its former stars are spreading some yuletide cheer! Not only will five cast members reunite for “The Christmas Contract” airing on Thanksgiving, but their former co-star Bethany Joy Lenz will premiere her movie “Poinsettias for Christmas” the following night along with another OTH-er, Sharon Lawrence!

More ‘OTH family’ members, as fans of the show refer to them, Stephen Colletti (“Hometown Christmas”), Daphne Zuniga (“A Christmas Arrangement”), and Shantel VanSanten (“Love for Christmas”) will also have movies part of the “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” holiday programming.

[ Get the Scoop on Lifetime’s Holiday 2018 Movie Premiere Line-Up! ]

But, wait, there’s more!

Hilarie Burton, Tyler Hilton, Danneel Ackles, Antwon Tanner (“The Christmas Contract”) and Stephen Colletti are all set to host “‘Tis the Season: A One Tree Hill Cast Reunion”, a one-hour special following the premiere of “The Christmas Contract” on November 22nd at 10pm EST/PST.

The special also promises a few surprise special guests! I can’t wait to find out who they are!

Stay merry!

You may remember a post from a few weeks ago about former “One Tree Hill” costars Bethany Joy Lenz and Sharon Lawrence starting production on an upcoming movie titled “Poinsettias for Christmas” (formally “Poinsettia”), well, there weren’t many details at the time — but, now that production is wrapping up, there’s a lot more to tell.

The holiday film, which is set to air on the Lifetime network later this year for their “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” lineup, will star Lenz as Ellie Palmer and Lawrence as Katherine Palmer, and will also feature John Schneider (“The Dukes of Hazzard”, “Smallville”), Lauren London (“The Game”), Marcus Rosner (“When Calls the Heart”) and Rhonda Dent (“The Mistletoe Inn”).

Left: Bethany Joy Lenz, Right: Sharon Lawrence / Photos: BJL’s Twitter/CBS

Dedicated Hallmark Channel viewers will be familiar with Bethany Joy Lenz in fan-favorites “The Christmas Secret” and, more recently, “Royal Matchmaker”; you may have also caught her in last year’s Lifetime holiday flick, “Snowed-Inn Christmas”, but to all of those “One Tree Hill” fans out there– you’ll be especially excited to see that she’s teaming up with a former OTH co-star for yet another Christmas movie!

Joy will work with Sharon Lawrence, once again, on the TV movie “Poinsettia”.

The details are very slim right now, but Christie Will Wolf will direct based off of Barbara Kymlicka‘s screenplay, and I’m assuming the movie will either air on one of the Hallmark networks or Lifetime in time for the holidays later this year.

I’m very excited for this one so, as details become available, I will keep you posted!

Stay merry!

Photo: Instagram

Christmas is over [ insert sad face here ], but that hasn’t stopped Bethany Joy Lenz from feeling the holiday spirit! The “Snowed-Inn for Christmas” actress had fun morning with her pups as she sang along to songs from “Hamilton” in a recent Instagram video post while wearing a cute (and festive) red, black and white plaid onesie!

Joy wore the Mae Women’s Microfleece Hooded Union Suit with Poms in Checkered Plaid, which is available for $38.00 at Amazon.com.

Stay merry!