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Did you know that today marked 4 months until Christmas Day?! It will be here sooner than you think! I think I’ll have a cinnamon hot chocolate to celebrate…I don’t care how hot it is outside.

Make sure you follow along with Lolly on social media and on LollyChristmas.com all season long!

Stay merry!

(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!

Photos: Capitol Records Nashville

There had been some chatter about Carrie Underwood finally releasing a Christmas album over the past few weeks, and the singer officially announced today that her first ever Christmas album, My Gift is coming out in September!

“I’ve always wanted to make a Christmas album and it’s been a long time coming,” says Underwood in an official statement. “I knew this would be my next music project after wrapping my tour last year, and I think it’s turned out to be the perfect time for an album like this, in this period of such personal and spiritual reflection. For me, it’s more important than ever to focus on the true meaning of Christmas in a project like this. Even though it has been a tough year for all of us, sometimes I feel like the greatest realizations can be inspired by the most difficult times, and make us more grateful for the things we do have and for what truly matters.”

(L-R) Sarah Drew, Aaron Tveit & Holly Robinson Peete. | Photos: Crown Media

Ho! Ho! Ho! Major holiday movie news has arrived!

In just 100 days Hallmark will kick off their iconic end of the year holiday programming event, and to celebrate, Crown Media has announced that there are 40 original Christmas movies on the way! Hallmark Channel‘s Countdown to Christmas will premiere 23 all-new original films while Hallmark Movies & Mysteries is set to air 17 all-new original movies for the Miracles of Christmas lineup.

Familiar faces like Candace Cameron Bure (“A Shoe Addict’s Christmas”), Lacey Chabert (“Christmas in Rome”), Andrew Walker (“Christmas On My Mind”), Alicia Witt (“Our Christmas Love Song”), Brennan Elliott (“Christmas at Grand Valley”), Holly Robinson Peete (“Christmas in Evergreen”), Laura Osnes (“A Homecoming for the Holidays”), Nikki DeLoach (“Two Turtle Doves”), Tamera Mowry-Housley (“A Christmas Miracle”), Luke Macfarlane (“The Mistletoe Secret”), Mark Taylor (“Memories of Christmas”), Michael Rady (“Christmas at Pemberley Manor”), Rukiya Bernard (“Christmas in Evergreen”) and Tyler Hynes (“The Mistletoe Secret”) are among the fan-favorites set to return for festive films, but there will also be many new stars you won’t want to miss either.

Sarah Drew (“Grey’s Anatomy”), Aaron Tveit (“Graceland”), Krystal Joy Brown (“She-Ra and the Princesses of Power”), Janel Parrish (“Pretty Little Liars”), Jeremy Jordan (“Supergirl”), Alvina August (“Nancy Drew”), Lucia Micarelli (“Treme”), Marisol Nichols (“Riverdale”), Mallory Jansen (“Shooter”), Rochelle Aytes (“S.W.A.T.”) and Ronnie Rowe (“Star Trek: Discovery”) will join the Hallmark family to lead Christmas movies this year! I’m happy to see that there will be more diversity.

The 24-hour festive programming officially begins on Friday, October 23rd and between now and then, there will be many announcements. Keep checking back at LollyChristmas.com for movie updates and casting news as we get closer to ‘the most wonderful time of the year’!

Check out the slideshow below for a list of the announced movies!

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Some weeks seem to fly by and some days feel like they drag on this year, but in just 6 MONTHS it will be CHRISTMAS DAY!  That’s right, it’s National Leon Day!  Celebrate ‘Halfmas’ all day with jingle jams, summery holiday treats and maybe a Christmas movie–or two…or three!

Hallmark has released their schedule for their annual Christmas in July holiday programming event, which kicks off on Monday, June 29th. Check out all of the details here!

Stay merry!

(Top L-R:) Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa / A Christmas Duet (Bottom L-R:) A Christmas Miracle / Christmas On My Mind
Photos: Crown Media

Who’s ready for more Christmas? Hallmark is spreading holiday cheer again this weekend to put us in a jolly mood while we all isolate in our homes in the hopes of slowing the spread of COVID-19.

This time around, the Hallmark Channel‘s ‘We Need a Little Christmas’ special marathon will run from Friday, March 27th at 12pm/11c through Monday, March 30th at 3:30 a.m. ET/PT.* You can expect to see many holiday favorites, including: “Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa”, “A Christmas Duet”, “It’s Christmas, Eve” and “Jingle Around the Clock”.

Unlike last weekend, this festive marathon will extend to the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries network as well with the ‘Miracles of Christmas Movie Marathon’, which will also begin on Friday, March 27th through Sunday, March 29th and will featured the films: “Holiday Hearts”, “A Christmas Miracle”, “Two Turtle Doves” and “Holiday for Heroes”, among many more.

*This marathon will not interfere with the Spring Fever premiere of “Just My Type”, starring Bethany Joy Lenz and Brett Dalton, that is still set to premiere on Saturday, March 28th at 9pm/8c.

Check out the full marathon lineups, for both networks, below!

(Top L-R:) Write Before Christmas / A Shoe Addict’s Christmas (Bottom L-R:) A Christmas Love Story / Christmas at the Plaza
Photos: Crown Media

We need a little Christmas right this very minute!

It’s no secret that we are feeling really anxious and uncertain as we’re all quarantined due to the Coronavirus pandemic that has swept the world.  While we stay home, and hopefully succeed in doing our part to #flattenthecurve, it would be really wonderful to have something to uplift our spirits — and Hallmark Channel is here to help deliver that to us! Many viewers have expressed their need for ‘a little Christmas’, so the network is giving viewers what they asked for with the We Need a Little Christmas Movie Marathon that will air throughout the weekend.

The festive favorites will run from Friday, March 20th at 12pm/11c through Sunday, March 22nd.

Here you will find a comprehensive list of all the holiday movies, specials and episodes that will be airing on US television during the Christmas season (and throughout the year!). Air dates are listed where possible, but if you see TBD (To Be Determined) 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, Lifetime & 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!

FYI: Christmas original movies from streaming services like Netflix are available 365 days a year, so keep in mind the films that premiered last year are *typically* still streaming!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! 🎄

It’s truly the most wonderful time of the year, and I wanted to take a quick break from celebrating with family to check in and wish you all an absolutely blessed holiday.  This is a very special time of the year for me, and if you’re reading this, I’m guessing it is for you too.  It’s yet another nice time to reflect and make memories, to reconnect with family and old friends, and maybe make a new friend or two; to show appreciation to those who make your day a little easier throughout the year, or to just share a friendly greeting or exchange of cheer  with people who briefly pop into your life.

✨🎁✨🎅🏼🎄🎁✨

Christmas is a day we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ – but, Christmas is also about gifts…just not the material kind — it’s about the gift of time with people you love. The gift of moments you’ll cherish forever.  Christmas time is a gift because it allows you to be present.  So, without getting too sappy on you, I want to wish you a wonderful and festive celebration.

I’ll be celebrating through January 6th as I observe ‘Little Christmas’, but let’s be real, I’ll be here all year.  Whenever you need a little dose of ‘merry’, you know where to find it. ✨

Time to go watch the Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade on ABC!

 
Stay merry!

Kylie Cantrall in a scene from GABBY DURAN & THE UNSITTABLES. | Photo: Disney Channel

The holiday programming for ABC/Disney is a huge event as it spans several networks, including: ABC, Freeform, Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD, and they’ve been releasing the lineup for all of the specials, movies and festive-themed episodes that will be airing this holiday season.

I’ve shared the ABC, Freeform and DisneyParks lineup, and now I have even more!

For all the little ones in your life, or the big kids at heart, check out the programming highlights coming to the rest of Disney’s networks below–including many holiday-related shows.