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Christmas Con has spread holiday cheer to both the West Coast and the East Coast for the past few years, but in 2023… there’s no place like Christmas in the Midwest! That’s 4 Entertainment has announced that they will bring their beloved holiday convention filled with festive vendors, audience-engaging seasonal games and the opportunity to see your favorite Christmas movie stars up close when Christmas Con comes to Kansas in June—hosted by Jonathan Bennett!

The event will run from June 9-11 at Overland Park Convention Center in Overland Park—just minutes from the heart of Kansas City! Tickets are currently on sale at Thats4Entertainment.com.

Check out the full list of celebrity guests who are currently scheduled to attend the Kansas event!*

L-R: Cahill and Harding (Photos: Hallmark Media)

It seems that the Hallmark Christmas event will only get bigger this year as the network tries something new with a holiday series! That’s right, Erin Cahill (“A Timeless Christmas”) and Ian Harding (“Ghosts of Christmas Always”) are reportedly starring in the upcoming show, Holidazed.

The series will follow five families living on the same Oak Bay, Oregon cul-de-sac as they celebrate the holiday season. “Holidazed,” which was filmed in British Colombia will also star Lillian Lim (“A Big Fat Family Christmas”), Barry Levy (“Christmas at Dollywood”), Tim Perez and Jacob Insley.

Stay tuned for the official air-date!

Stay Merry,

L-R: Ryan Paevey and Erin Cahill (Photos: Crown Media)

Getting casting announcements for Hallmark Christmas movies has been pretty rare this year, but today, I bring you news of an exciting pairing for an upcoming movie thanks to the sleuths at RyanPaevey.net. Apparently the movie that Ryan Paevey has been quarantining to film in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is “A Timeless Christmas”, which is based off the book “A Timeless Christmas: An Enchanting Time Travel Romance” by Alexis Stanton.

It was speculated that Erin Cahill would be co-starring, and the actress confirmed it by responding to a tweet from a fan account with “Woohoo I love being part of the @hallmarkchannel family. Here’s to more Christmas magic! #Hallmarkies” (click here to see the tweet).

Need a little bit of holiday cheer to lift your spirits? Christmas Con has you covered!

That’s 4 Entertainment has announced Christmas Con Virtual, a special virtual event with some of your favorite Christmas movie actors that’s launching this weekend!

Scheduled across two weekends (August 22-23 and August 29-30), the virtual convention will feature four types of fan experiences you can purchase — and availability is worldwide! You can have a one-on-one video chat with your favorite Christmas Con star or a personalized recorded message, which can be used as a gift for a fellow fan or a friend. There will also be a celebrity panel hosted by Jonathan Bennett that will be held each day of the virtual con and will be free to all who sign up. Additionally you can purchase an autograph from the participating talent.

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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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IMPORTANT UPDATE (7/14/20): That’s 4 Entertainment announced on Twitter on 7/11/20 that they have officially postponed the Christmas Con California event to next year due to the pandemic. The new dates are June 25th-27th of 2021. Refunds are available if you can not make the event next summer, but if you can, hold onto your tickets as they will be valid for the new dates!

NEW UPDATE ALERT (04/05/21):  With June 2021 being too soon for large gatherings in California, That’s 4 Entertainment announced that they will have to once again push Christmas Con back another year.  The company posted today on Instagram that Christmas Con: California will now take place August, 5th-7th of 2022!

If you weren’t able to attend That’s 4 Entertainment’s first Christmas Con in New Jersey last year, and wanted to attend but you lived on the West Coast, you’ll be excited to know that Christmas Con is coming to California! The event was originally scheduled to be a fun-in-the-sun Christmas in July convention, but due to the current COVID-19 global crisis, they had to push the event to a later date.

Join your favorite actors from beloved Christmas movies (including a whole slew of Hallmark Channel stars!) for a jolly weekend of professional photo ops, special Q&As, and many more surprises, at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California on August, 5, 6 & 7 of 2022*!

“Christmas Made to Order” star and “Cake Wars” host, Jonathan Bennett, will return as the official host, and his former “Mean Girls” co-star (and Hallmark Christmas movie princess), Lacey Chabert, will be the official headliner. Many of the actors that attended the 2019 event will also take part in the California event, so if you missed out on seeing them last year, here’s another chance!

Autumn Reeser and Andrew Walker | Photos: Crown Media

We wait all year for this very special time yet once December hits, it feels like it just flies by — it may be hard to believe, but this Friday, December 13th marks 12 Days ‘Til Christmas!

The Hallmark Channel is celebrating this real ‘countdown to Christmas’ by bringing some network favorite stars to share their cherished holiday memories, traditions and stories with viewers during intimate vignettes that will air during the daily Christmas programming.

Photo: Mill Creek Entertainment

There’s nothing like new Christmas movie news to kick off your week, am I right? Do you enjoy renting, buying or watching movies through Vudu? If so, you’ll be happy to hear about “Christmas on the Range” starring Erin Cahill (“Last Vermont Christmas”), Nicholas Gonzalez (“The Good Doctor”), A Martinez (“Days of Our Lives”) and Lindsay Wagner (“The Bionic Woman”)!

Synopsis: After three years of hard work, Kendall Riley (Cahill) is finally about to succeed in turning her family ranch into a farm producing organic beef. But Kendall is opposed every step of the way by her neighboring rancher Brick McCree (Martinez), who deeply resents Kendall for reasons no one understands. When Brick’s estranged son Clint (Gonzalez) returns for the holidays, he and Kendall hit it off…which only enrages Brick more. What is the secret behind Brick’s hatred? And with the holidays approaching, is there a chance Clint and Kendall can get him to see the error of his ways?

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.

Screencaps: Lifetime

Beverley Mitchell stars as Noelle Collins in the new Lifetime movie, “Hometown Christmas”. In this holiday story, Noelle plans to resurrect her hometowns live nativity as it was a beloved tradition that her late mother organized each year. Unfortunately for Noelle, things become quite complicated when she learns that she’ll have to work with her former high school sweetheart (Stephen Colletti).

I’m still in the process of locating items for this movie, so don’t be surprised if this gets updated in the future. That being said, thanks for Beverley’s Instagram post while filming, we know that she wore a red Grey State Apparel open back sweater for this scene.