(L-R): Haddish, Stoker and Priestley. | Photos courtesy of Lifetime

As we get closer and closer to the holiday season, Lifetime has given us a summer treat with a preview of their upcoming 2020 It’s A Wonderful Lifetime programming slate…and it’s going to be the networks biggest year for Christmas! With 30 new movies and over 1200 hours of programming on the agenda, Lifetime is planning to go full-festive 24/7 from mid-October through December.

There will be many network favorites returning as well as some fresh faces, and the network is committed to include ‘diverse storytelling with its storylines, talent and characters,’ including their first LGBTQ-led Christmas movie, “The Christmas Setup” and a film centered on a Chinese-American Family in “A Sugar & Spice Holiday”, directed by Jennifer Liao and written by Eirene Donohue. Both movies are currently casting and go into production this month.

“We are thrilled to continue our legacy of creating a holiday destination that is welcoming to all at Lifetime,” said Amy Winter, EVP and Head of Programming, Lifetime and LMN. “With more new movies than any one cable network for streamer, I couldn’t be prouder of the incredible talent joining us in front of, and behind the camera, on these new holiday movies.”

As previously reported: Melissa Joan Hart and Mario Lopez are back for this year’s lineup; Hart will team up with Jason Priestley and Robin Givens for “Dear Christmas”, while Betty White will star in her own film, and Kelly Rowland will return for the sequel to the 2019 holiday hit “Merry Liddle Christmas”. Tiffany Haddish is set to executive produce “Christmas Unwrapped” led by Amber Stevens West, Marco Grazzini and Cheryl Ladd, and Tony® award winning actress Ali Stroker will lead her first Christmas movie in “Christmas Ever After”.

While a full programming report will be released in September, check out this sneak peek below!

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.

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As one of the highly anticipated movies (oh, hello mini “One Tree Hill” cast reunion!) of the holiday season, Lifetime’s “The Christmas Contract” did not disappoint. Hilarie Burton leads the film as Jolie, who returns home to Louisiana for Christmas with a faux boyfriend (Robert Buckley) after learning that her ex and his new girlfriend will also be back home for the holiday.

In one of the first scenes, we see Jolie throwing a holiday party with her friends where she’s dressed in a lovely emerald ALYX Satin Ruffled Blouse. Sadly, this top is sold out.

Left: Hilarie Burton, Right: Danneel Ackes, Top-Bottom: Robert Buckley, Antwon Tanner, Tyler Hilton / Photos: Lifetime/IMDb

Christmas is coming early – and right on time – for “One Tree Hill” fans! In addition to former OTH stars Bethany Joy Lenz and Sharon Lawrence starring in a new Lifetime movie together this holiday season, five more members of the OTH alumni are heading to the network to spread some Yuletide cheer!

There had been a little mystery surrounding a project between Hilarie Burton, Danneel Ackles, Robert Buckley and Antwon Tanner, but Entertainment Weekly revealed today that they’re all working on a new movie, “The Christmas Contract”! Musician Tyler Hilton, who appeared in four seasons of the hit CW drama series, will also have a musical appearance in the movie.