L-R: Melissa Joan Hart, Marie Osmond, Marla Sokoloff & Keshia Knight Pulliam | Photos: Lifetime

Lifetime has been increasing their Christmas cheer little by little each year, and it looks like they’re officially hit peak holiday spirit because we’ll be getting non-stop festive programming this year…starting in October!

The network’s annual holiday programming slate, It’s A Wonderful Lifetime, which usually doesn’t begin until after Thanksgiving, will kick off on October 25 and run through December 25 – aka – Christmas Day with a record-setting 28 original movies. You’ll also be able to enjoy those premieres plus old favorites 24-hours a day, seven-days-a-week, throughout the season.

Lifetime has released information on 6 out of the 28 original films — including another movie featuring a mini-“One Tree Hill” reunion, which was a hit last year, as well as more fan-favorites: Melissa Joan Hart, Tia Mowry-Hardict, Marie Osmond and Keisha Knight Pulliam, for starters.

Get the scoop below!

(Left) Lee Norris, Tyler Hilton, Hilarie Burton, Megan Park & Colin Fickes. (Right) Barbara Alyn Woods & Antwon Tanner on set.
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Last month I told you about Hilarie Burton reuniting, once again, with her former “One Tree Hill” costar Tyler Hilton and his real life wife Megan Park for another Lifetime Christmas movie called “A Christmas Wish”, and now I’m happy to now report that, just like last year, several former OTH cast members have jumped aboard the project, which creates another exciting mini reunion project.

Antwon Tanner, who played Antwon ‘Skills’ Taylor on the long-running drama, and co-starred in last year’s “The Christmas Contract”, has joined the film as well as Lee Norris, Barbara Alyn Woods, and Colin Fickes who starred as Marvin ‘Mouth’ McFadden, Deb Scott and Jimmy Edwards on ‘Tree Hill’, respectively.  I sure hope this is becoming a holiday tradition for this tight-knit crew!

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I love Christmas surprises in May, especially when it’s as fun as this one!

Hilarie Burton revealed on her Instagram yesterday that she’s working on another Christmas movie for the Lifetime network, titled “A Christmas Wish”, with her friends Tyler Hilton and Megan Park.

It’s actually another mini “One Tree Hill” reunion; Burton and Hilton starred as Peyton Sawyer and Chris Keller, respectively, on the former long-running hit drama. Last year the two co-starred in Lifetime’s “The Christmas Contract”, which featured many more of their former OTH co-stars.

It was quite the holiday treat!

Pictured: Melissa Joan Hart and Deanne Foley. | Photo: Instagram

Melissa Joan Hart announced on her Instagram yesterday (see below) that she had wrapped filming on another Lifetime holiday movie, “Christmas Reservations”, in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. I don’t know the plot yet, but MJH mentioned that it was produced by HartBreak Films — a production company that she owns with her mother, Paula Hart.

The film is directed by Deanne Foley and also stars Michael Gross, Markie Post, Ted McGinley and Ricardo A. Chavira. I’m sure we’ll get some more information on the project soon, and we can expect to see it this holiday season when it premieres during the It’s a Wonderful Lifetime programming, beginning after Thanksgiving.

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Melissa Joan Hart made her holiday movie return this season in “A Very Nutty Christmas”, a festive romantic comedy for Lifetime, where she stars as a baker named Kate Holiday (naturally!) that has more cookie orders than she has time to fill before Christmas Day.

After breaking up with boyfriend, you can add heartache to add to her list of seasonal stress. However, a meeting with a handsome solider named Chip (Barry Watson) — who might or might not be a nutcracker come to life, helps her rediscover the magic of the season.

While goofing off in a merry montage of scenes, Kate and Chip try the Holiday Time Two Person Ugly Holiday Christmas Sweater with an elf and Santa Claus design — buy it at Amazon.com!

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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.

Screencap and Product Photos: Lifetime/1stdibs/H&M

Tatyana Ali starred in two new Christmas movies this year, one of which premiered on Lifetime last month called “Jingle Belle”. In the movie, Ali plays the role of Isabelle — aka ‘Belle’ — who returns to her hometown to write music for the annual Christmas Eve Pageant, a show she’d use to perform in alongside her former sweetheart Mike (Cornelius Smith Jr.).  Little does she know that she’ll be writing the pageant music with her ex.

Belle doesn’t just have a pretty singing voice — she has a great sense of style, which is evident in her ensemble of chic outfits worn throughout the film.

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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.

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Toni Braxon both starred in and served as an executive producer for a new Lifetime holiday movie this year called, “Every Day is Christmas” — a modern take on the classic “A Christmas Carol” tale.

Toni plays Taylor, a self-proclaimed workaholic who gets visited by her past, present and future one Christmas night. In one of the first scenes, we see Taylor in a black Calvin Klein suit that she accessorized with a very bold handbag.

She’s carrying the Fendi Selleria Peekaboo Monster Bug Eyes Leather Satchel.

This luxury item retails for $6,000! If you’re willing to splurge, you can find it at Fendi.com.

Stay merry!

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It was quite the treat to see a few of the original “One Tree Hill” cast members reunite on NBC’s “Kathie Lee & Hoda TODAY” this morning to talk about their new Lifetime movie, “The Christmas Contract” — aka — an ultimate Tree Hill reunion holiday film that every OTH fan didn’t know they needed until now.

Hilarie Burton, Danneel Ackles and Antwon Tanner sat down with Kathie Lee Gifford & Hoda Kotb to discuss the new movie and how they’ve remained close friends.

Watch the interview below!

Stay merry!