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It’s time to celebrate Christmas in the sand because Christmas in July is returning to Hallmark Channel!  For the 12th year, the beloved summer programming event is set to bring you a little festive mid-year pick-me-up all month long!

The network is giving you even more merry this summer with 2 all-new holiday movies—Falling Like Snowflakes starring Rebecca Dalton and Marcus Rosner (premiering June 29) and A Very Vermont Christmas starring Katie Leclerc and Ryan McPartlin (premiering July 20) ; television premieres of their streaming service hits Rescuing Christmas and An Ice Palace Christmas and an extended cut of the fan-favorite Three Wise Men and a Baby starring Paul Campbell, Tyler Hynes, and Andrew Walker.  Get more information about the all-new movies below!

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As Hanukkah winds down, we wanted to send our warmest wishes to those celebrating. Tonight is the premiere of “Round and Round,” a Hanukkah movie starring Vic Michaelis, Bryan Greenberg and Rick Hoffman that tells the tale of a woman (Michaelis) who is stuck in a time loop, reliving the night of her parents’ Hanukkah party. You can watch it on Hallmark Channel at 8pm/7c.

It looks like it’s going to be quite the fun movie, and we can’t wait to watch it! Here’s to hoping you’re having a happy and bright holiday! ✨

Stay Merry,

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Hallmark Channel’s Merry Thanksgiving Weekend returns this year with a twist — an Ultimate Watch Party hosted by the network’s Chief Fan Officer and Fan Leaders! Putting the Hallmarkies in the heart of it all, viewers can enjoy 4 nights filled with merry movies as we celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with family and festive features.

The Merry Thanksgiving Weekend Ultimate Watch Party kicks off on Thanksgiving night—Thursday, November 23rd at 8pm/7c with the premiere of Catch Me if You Claus, starring Italia Ricci and Luke Macfarlane, and will conclude on Sunday evening with the premiere of A Biltmore Christmas, starring Bethany Joy Lenz and Kristoffer Polaha. Perhaps the most anticipated movie of the celebration is Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up, the sequel to last year’s holiday hit with an all-star cast led by Lacey Chabert and Wes Brown.

Check out the full lineup below with details on all seven movies you can look forward to!

Hallmark Channel’s Merry Thanksgiving Weekend Lineup:

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Catch Me If You Claus — November 23 at 8p ET/PT
Starring: Italia Ricci and Luke Macfarlane

Avery Quinn (Ricci) is an aspiring news anchor who’s finally getting her big break on her station’s Christmas morning newscast. But that’s put in jeopardy when she captures an intruder in her home wearing a red suit claiming to be Chris (Macfarlane), Santa’s son, who is on his first mission. A night of adventure ensues as they find themselves being pursued by the police as well as some shady characters. Along the way, they connect over living in the shadow of their parents and inspire each other to go after their dreams.

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We always look forward to seeing the beautiful key art posters that get created for the Hallmark holiday slate each year. Gone are the days of a traditional wintry Christmas background with our stars clad in red and green.  While those were pretty and festive, this new direction allows each movie to stand out while retaining the magic of the season—as much it can in a poster!

There are several posters created for the 2023 lineup of all-new movies coming to Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas lineups (which just got announced this week!), as well as the Hallmark Movies Now’s Movies & Mistletoe exclusive premieres. Among the first batch of released key art:

(Movies L-R top to bottom: Heaven Down Here, Christmas Under the Sky, A Biltmore Christmas, A Merry Scottish Christmas and Joyeux Noel)
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We can barely contain our excitement because the most festive Christmas movie announcement of the year is finally here! ✨🎄✨

Hallmark has unveiled this year’s holiday lineup, which kicks off on Friday, October 20th, and it’s packed with 40 all-new, original premieres spreading cheer across Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas events as well as Movies & Mistletoe exclusives on the subscription streaming service, Hallmark Movies Now!

The network’s reigning ‘Christmas Queen,’ Lacey Chabert will reunite with former “Party of Five” costars Scott Wolf and Jennifer Aspen in two separate movies—with Wolf in “A Merry Scottish Christmas” and with Aspen in “Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up,” the follow-up to last year’s hit!  Bethany Joy Lenz will join Kristoffer Polaha in “A Biltmore Christmas,” Janel Parrish and Tyler Hynes will co-star in “Never Been Chris’d,” and “Good Witch” co-stars Catherine Bell and James Denton will have their own on-screen reunion in “Christmas on Cherry Lane.”

More fan-favorite stars will return to sleigh as they lead new movies, including: Benjamin Ayres, Jonathan Bennett, Krystal Joy Brown, Warren Christie, Cindy Busby, Erin Cahill, Paul Campbell, Nikki DeLoach, Brooke D’Orsay, Jaicy Elliot, Brennan Elliott, Luke Macfarlane, Niall Matter, Barbara Niven, Ryan Paevey, Brendan Penny, Kristoffer Polaha, Michael Rady, Ronnie Rowe Jr., Kimberley Sustad, Andrew Walker, Victor Webster, and many others!

There will also be plenty of new faces in all-new movies, such as Chris Carmack, Erica Cerra, Mark Ghanimé, Humberly Gonzalez, Grace Leer, Mishael Morgan, William Moseley, Jim O’Heir, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Phylicia Rashad, Vincent Rodriguez III, and Emily Tennant among others.  Former “One Tree Hill” star Bryan Greenberg will join the network alongside Vic Michaelis and Rick Hoffman in this year’s Hanukkah film, “Round and Round.”

Merry Thanksgiving Weekend, will return on Thanksgiving night, November 23rd with the premiere of “Catch Me if You Claus” starring Italia Ricci and Macfarlane, and continues all weekend with double feature premieres at 6 p.m. ET/PT and 8 p.m. ET/PT each night.

Word on the merry street is there will be some Easter Eggs in this year’s features, including surprise appearances from familiar faces, nods to Hallmark past movies and iconic roles!

Check out the full holiday lineup below — including movie details and air-dates!

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We need a little Christmas, and Lacey Chabert and Wes Brown are back to haul out the holly to get us ready for the season with a sequel to last year’s hit movie, Haul Out the Holly, which premiered during Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas lineup.

In honor of Christmas in July, Hallmark Channel shared a first look clip from Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up that is set to premiere during this year’s festive programming slate. In the clip, we see Emily (Chabert) and Jared (Brown) surrounded by their neighbors, played by Ellen Travolta, Stephen Tobolowsky, Melissa Peterman and Laura Wardle, as they react to a neighbor moving out during their annual Christmas festivities.

L-R: King and Hollingsworth (Photos: Hallmark Media)

Hunter King, who led her first Hallmark Channel Christmas movie with last year’s “A Royal Christmas Corgi,” is returning this season with an all-new film called The Santa Summit!

King is co-starring alongside Benjamin Hollingsworth (“A Godwink Christmas”) in the movie, which tells the story of their characters returning back to their small town and reconnecting with friends to celebrate their town’s annual holiday festivities.

Filming, which took place in Winnipeg, Canada, wrapped back in April. We can look forward to it being part of Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas event later this year!

Stay Merry,

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Hallmark wants you to set sail with Christmas next year by launching a first-of-its-kind opportunity for some of the most devoted fans of the network who want to spend the holiday season …at sea!

Dubbed a “floating winter wonderland,” guests can indulge in a 4-day vacation on the Hallmark Channel Christmas Cruise! The partnership between the network and Sixthman, the leader in fully immersive festivals at sea for more than two decades, will bring viewers closer to the spirit of the season as they enjoy holiday festivities on the shop, see top network stars and surround themselves with yuletide cheer.

The Hallmark Channel Christmas Cruise is expected to set sail on November 5th-9th, 2024 from Miami, FL to Nassau, Bahamas on the beautiful Norwegian Gem.

Wolf and Chabert. (Photo: Steffan Hill for Hallmark Media)

Everybody wants to be closer to Christmas… including former “Party Of Five” co-stars Lacey Chabert and Scott Wolf, who are reuniting for an all-new Hallmark Channel Countdown to Christmas movie!

It has been 23 years since the two played the Salinger siblings, Claudia and Bailey, on the iconic FOX series, so it’s sure to be exciting for fans to see the two back on the screen together and, once again, playing sister and brother! Lacey and Scott will lead the original movie, “A Merry Scottish Christmas” (w/t), written by NBC Correspondent Andrea Canning and author Audrey Schulman.

In the holiday movie, which will premiere later this year, estranged siblings Lindsay (Chabert) and Brad (Wolf) travel to Scotland at Christmas to reunite with their mother Jo (Fiona Bell, “The Nest”), and a big family secret is revealed.

“Scott and I have talked for years about doing another project together. When we first read this story about these siblings at a crossroads, we both knew it was the perfect opportunity,” said Chabert.

“Working with Lacey on ‘Party of Five’ was one of my favorite experiences ever,” said Wolf. “Reuniting after all of these years to tell such a beautiful story together is a dream that I’m so glad is coming true.”  We can’t wait to watch these two ringing in the holiday season together!

This will be Lacey’s thirteenth Christmas movie for the network—her most recent being 2022’s “Haul Out the Holly,” and Scott’s second following “A Christmas Love Story” in 2019.

Keep checking back to LollyChristmas.com for more information, including the air-date and time.

Stay Merry,

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Baby, it’s hot outside — but it’s a winter wonderland on Hallmark Channel this summer for the annual Christmas in July programming event, which will have viewers unwrapping two all-new movie premieres this year!

Following the Merry Movie Week marathon on the sister network Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, the Christmas in July celebration will kick off on Hallmark Channel on July 1st and will run throughout the month featuring fan favorite marathon events [see the the schedule here]!

As for the brand new holiday movies coming to the celebration, Katie Cassidy and Stephen Huszar (Undercover Holiday, A Homecoming for the Holidays, Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas, Return to Christmas Creek) will lead A Royal Christmas Crush (premiering July 8) while Heart of the Holidays former co-stars Vanessa Lengies and Corey Sevier will reunite on screen for Take Me Back for Christmas (premiering July 15).

Get more information about the all-new movies below!