Photos: The Wardrobe Girls Official Instagram

Alison Sweeney stars in the upcoming Hallmark Movies & Mysteries holiday movie, “Time for You to Come Home for Christmas”, a sequel to the Blake Shelton-produced “Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas” that aired last year, which is set to premiere this weekend.

We got a sneak peek at a look Alison will wear as ‘Katharine’ in the movie, thanks to the costume designers: Rachel Zaharik and Jaralin Detienne of The Wardrobe Girls.

Photos: Candace Cameron Bure’s Official Instagram

If you’ve been watching the Hallmark Channel this holiday season, and I’m sure you have, then you must have seen the network advertisements hosted by Candace Cameron Bure and Jill Wagner that encourage you to countdown to Christmas with the Hallmark family as they premiere all of their new original Christmas movies. You’ve seen them, right? Good.  Okay, so, let’s talk fashion.

Candace looks super chic in a black Acler ‘Soto’ Dress ($420 at ShopAcler.com). I love the flared wrist detail and draped gathering throughout the design.

You may think it’s too simple for the holidays, but look at how it balances with the tights!

Andrew Walker in MERRY & BRIGHT (Photo: Crown Media)

One—or many—could say that Andrew Walker is the ‘Prince of Hallmark,’ and that might be why he has not one, but two new Christmas movies spanning both of Hallmark’s top networks this holiday season!  I chatted with Andrew about Merry & Bright, in which he co-stars with Jodie Sweetin and Sharon Lawrence, as well as his surprising second festive film alongside Ashley Greene; his outlook on acting, holiday traditions, and lots more!

Your new movie, “Merry and Bright”, premieres this weekend on Hallmark for the 10^th Anniversary of Countdown to Christmas. Can you tell me a bit about that?

Sure! It’s about a girl (Jodie Sweetin) who inherits a candy cane company from her grandfather, and the business has not been doing too well; she’s been struggling to keep it afloat and to grow it.  I represent an investment group that comes in to turn the business around.  I’ve been assigned by the investors to go in to, basically, just dismantle things and help her grow the business, and obviously she’s a very proud woman and she’s a very proud business owner, and she doesn’t feel like she needs my help so, she’s kind of giving me some pushback on that. Ultimately, we end up finding a common ground and, along the way, we end up falling for each other.

Photos and screengrabs: Crown Media

In the upcoming Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie, “Christmas Under the Stars”, Autumn Reeser stars as Julie, a single mother and astronomy teacher who meets Nick (Jesse Metcalfe), a recently unemployed investment banker who takes a job at a Christmas tree lot.

This heart-warming story is sure to be filled with love, hope, and lots of Christmas spirit, but I’m here right now to talk about some of the fashion we can expect in the movie!

Photos and screengrabs: Crown Media

Erin Krakow and Luke Macfarlane lead Hallmark’s new party-planning holiday romance “Sense, Sensibility & Snowmen”, which tells the story of an event planner named Ella (Krakow) who clashes with her client, Edward (Macfarlane), a not-so-jolly toy company CEO.

This movie has a lot of great style moments…a lot, and I was thrilled to find details on many different looks to share with all of you—including this gorgeous green coat worn for the official promo photos and for a sweet scene in the movie.  Krakow, as Ella, wore the ZARA Neon Masculine Coat, which is currently on sale at Zara.com.  I loved the brighter shade of this festive color!

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Nikki DeLoach returns to Hallmark this Christmas with “Two Turtle Doves”, opposite Michael Rady, a heart-warming tale set for the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries network. In the film, Dr. Sharon Hayes (DeLoach) returns home to search for a beloved family heirloom. With the help of an adorable little girl and her dispirited father (Rady), together they rediscover the magic of Christmas.

I haven’t gotten an in-depth look at much of the fashion from this movie yet, but I couldn’t help but notice the pretty printed scarf Sharon wears in a decorating scene. It’s a very festive scarf because it can take to straight from Christmas through Valentine’s Day due to it’s fun heart pattern.

She’s wearing the V. Fraas Heart-Print Plaid Scarf — available for $32 at Macys.com!

“Two Turtle Doves” premieres November 1, 2019 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries!

Stay merry!

Photos and screengrabs: Crown Media

Like you, I’m eagerly awaiting all 40 of the new Christmas movies coming to Hallmark this year–and the first to air will be “A Merry Christmas Match” for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries as part of the Miracles of Christmas lineup; it stars Ashley Newbrough and Kyle Dean Massey.

Pictures from the movies came out a few weeks ago and I just knew I had to share some festive fashion from the the movie–right away. I plan on updating this post after the movie airs but, in the meantime, check out this stylish sneak peek!

This first look feels like it it won’t be seen until the end of the movie but, it’s heavily shown in the promos so, I just knew it had to be the first dress to talk about! Newbrough’s character, Corey, looks seasonally stylish in a burgundy open back cocktail dress.

Photos and screengrabs: Crown Media

Candace Cameron Bure, once again, filled our evening with holiday spirit as she hosted the 2019 Miracles of Christmas Preview Special on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries!  The network star stood before gorgeous Christmas decor, courtesy of Balsam Hill, and took us on a journey of Christmas magic with sneak peek of several original heart-warming movies that will be premiering this season.

Home & Family’s animal expert Larissa Wohl also stopped by with three pups (named Dasher, Prancer and Vixen!) as she explained Hallmark’s Adopt-a-Pet initiative, Adoption Ever After.

Check out which movies were previewed below!

A BRAMBLE HOUSE CHRISTMAS (left) / CHRISTMAS COOKIE MATCHUP (right) | Photos: Crown Media

It looks like Hallmark is decking the halls even earlier than originally planned!

The official Twitter pages for the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and Hallmark Drama networks made a surprise announcement yesterday that holiday programming would be kicking off a week early, which means—Christmas movies begin TODAY!

You’ll be able to tune in at 7pm/6c on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries to begin watching the Miracles of Christmas 2019 slate. At 9pm/8c, HM&M will air an encore presentation of the 2017 film, “A Bramble House Christmas” starring Autumn Reeser and David Haydn-Jones.

The first premiere of the season will still be next week with “A Merry Christmas Match” starring Ashley Newbrough and Kyle Dean Massey, which debuts on Friday, October 25th at 9pm/8c.

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We finally got some more information on the upcoming Blake Shelton-produced movie for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries — the sequel to last year’s “Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas”.

Entertainment Tonight revealed that Alison Sweeney (Days of Our Lives, Murder, She Baked, The Chronicle Mysteries) and Lucas Bryant (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) will take on the leading roles in “Time for You to Come Home for Christmas”!

Sweeney will star as recent widow Katherine who, along with her son, Will, returns to her hometown to spend Christmas with family. On the train to Virginia, Katherine meets Jack (Bryant), a veteran on his own holiday journey. Katherine and Jack part ways, only to discover they had the same destination. While volunteering for the local Christmas dance, a fundraiser for military families, the two grow closer. But Katherine struggles to move on from her late husband and Jack is focused on a mysterious mission that brought him to town. As Christmas nears, the two learn of a hidden connection that may be the Christmas miracle they were looking for.

As you can see, the plot is very similar to its predecessor; the 2018 film starred Josh Henderson and Megan Park and was based on Shelton’s 2012 holiday song, “Time for Me to Come Home,” which was turned into a festive novel by Shelton’s mother, Dorothy Shackleford, and published in 2013.

“Time for You to Come Home for Christmas” is slated for a December 6th premiere on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries at 9pm/8c for its Miracles of Christmas 2019 holiday programming event.

Sweeney has previously starred in the Hallmark holiday movies: “Christmas at Holly Lodge” (2017) and “Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery” (2015), and while this will be Bryant’s first Christmas movie for the network, he has previously starred in “Country at Heart” (2019), “Tulips in Spring” (2016) and “Summer Love” (2016).

Stay merry!