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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!*

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Despite a lot of setbacks due to the pandemic, Christmas Con NJ finally went off without a hitch last December for the second annual installment of the holiday event that brought Christmas movie fans, the stars, and festive activities together in one place to celebrate the ‘most wonderful time of the year’ — and it’s coming back this year for round three of holiday cheer!

That’s 4 Entertainment announced the first 10 celebrity guests out of the 30 who will be in attendance for Christmas Con New Jersey* when it takes place this December 9, 10 and 11th at the NJ Expo Center in Edison, NJ, including returning host Jonathan Bennett and headliner Lacey Chabert.  Show hours are: Friday 12/9 – 2pm-8pm, Saturday 12/10 – 10am-6pm and Sunday, 12/11 – 10am-5pm.  Check out the first batch of stars announced below!

UPDATE (9/18/22): We have updated the attendance list with a plethora of celebrities who will be taking part in the event!

UPDATE (11/7/22): Kimberley Sustad and Kristoffer Polaha had to cancel their appearances at Christmas Con: New Jersey 2022 due to scheduling conflicts.

UPDATE (11/10/22): Victor Webster had to cancel his appearance at Christmas Con: New Jersey 2022 due to scheduling conflicts. Jessica Lowndes and Benjamin Ayres have been added to the attendance list!

Photos via Christmas Is Not Cancelled

Jen Lilley, an actress who should be very familiar to you if you’re an avid viewer of Hallmark movies (especially at Christmas) or soap operas like Days of Our Lives and General Hospital, but she’s also a big believer in helping those in need. Lilley co-founded Christmas is Not Cancelled, which is an ‘action-oriented marketing company on a mission to save the world by raising awareness and funding incredible non-profit organizations’.

They have a goal of spreading Christmas cheer all year long while creating a sense of community. This summer the company launched Camp Christmas in July, a fundraiser to help children in foster care receive quality school supplies. For participants who donate, they will be helping to give kids backpacks full of school supplies and notes of encouragement, and participants will also have the chance to win amazing prizes. There is also festive merch available to show your support (click here)!

Photos and screengrabs: Crown Media

It was a weekend filled with Christmas cheer when Hallmark Channel aired the 2020 Countdown to Christmas Preview Special, hosted by Candace Cameron Bure, on Saturday before premiering the 2020 Miracles of Christmas Preview Special the next night on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.

“USS Christmas” stars, Jen Lilley and Trevor Donovan, took over hosting duties this time around and brought us several sneak peeks of festive and uplifting all-new original stories that are coming to the network this holiday season; they were even joined by Trevor’s three adorable dogs as the opened the envelopes that revealed the titles of each movie.

Check out the breakdown of the movies features in this year’s Miracles of Christmas special, and watch the show for yourself by clicking on the link at the bottom of the page, but hurry, the special won’t be running on the Hallmark website for too long.

Photos: Crown Media; A.L.C.

Jen Lilley is hosting her first Hallmark Christmas special alongside her “USS Christmas” co-star Trevor Donovan! The two will give viewers a sneak preview of all-new movies coming to Hallmark Movies & Mysteries this holiday season with the 2020 Miracles of Christmas Preview Special!

The special airs this weekend and some of the promotional photos have been released, so we get a great view of the festive fashion the two actors will be donning. They were both styled by Erin Noël and looked seasonally sensational; Trevor wore a burgundy dinner jacket and black slacks off-set by a white shirt and polished off with patent and velvet shoes (see below).

Jen wore a gorgeous peacock green A.L.C. ‘Isabella’ Mockneck Silk Dress with billowing sleeves and ruching at the hip. This dress is still available at ALCltd.com for $750.

Photo: Crown Media

Jen Lilley and Trevor Donovan are leading the highly-anticipated movie, “USS Christmas”, for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries this November, and they reunited to usher in all of the original holiday movies premiering by hosting the 2020 Miracles of Christmas Preview Special!

The special, which airs on Sunday, October 18th at 11pm/10c, will give viewers a sneak peek of the all-new, original movie premieres offering inspiring stories of family, love and second chances that celebrate the heart and hope of the season.

Watch the promo ad below and tune in this Sunday night on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries!

Stay merry!

Photo: Candace Cameron Bure (Crown Media)

Due to the unprecedented year we’ve been having, and the altered schedules, we didn’t have our usual Christmas: A First Look Preview Special on Hallmark back in July during Christmas Keepsake Week, so it’s certainly been a question of when we’d finally get that official first look. Hallmark movies have been in production for a few weeks now, so it was anticipated we’d get a preview special closer to the kickoff of the holiday programming on October 23rd, and if what I stumbled across on the Hallmark website is correct…we will be.

According to Hallmark’s website, Candace Cameron Bure will host the 2020 Countdown to Christmas Preview Special, a one-hour preview of Hallmark Channel’s upcoming Countdown to Christmas holiday movies on Saturday, October 17th at 11pm/10c.

2020 Miracles of Christmas Preview Special, a first look at the upcoming Miracles of Christmas original holiday movies on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, will air the following evening on Sunday, October 18th at 11pm/10c. The host is currently listed as TBA (To Be Announced).

(Update: 9/22/20) — The 2020 Miracles of Christmas Preview Special will be hosted by Jen Lilley and Trevor Donovan as they have an upcoming Christmas movie together!

It could end up being like last year where Candace hosted both specials — time will tell — but it’s nice to see a little bit of our festive routine back. I’ll keep you posted on further details.

Stay merry!

(L-R) Donovan (Crown Media) and Lilley (Headshot)

Trevor Donovan announced that he’s filming a new Hallmark Christmas movie in Wilmington, N.C., which co-stars Jen Lilley, while doing a podcast interview with WECT 6 News.

“As for now the running title is U.S.S. Christmas,” he said. “I’m going to be playing a Navy pilot, working with an actress by the name of Jen Lilley, who I haven’t had the pleasure of working with yet but have heard nothing but great things about her.”

As Donovan said, the working title is “U.S.S. Christmas,“ but it’s very possible that title will change as we get closer to October 23rd, the kick-off of Hallmark’s annual Christmas programming. There’s no official word on which network it will air, but – despite not knowing much of the plot – I personally think we’re looking at a Miracles of Christmas story for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.

(Update: 9/20/20) — CelebratingTheSoaps.com reports that the plot is centered around a newspaper reporter (Lilley) – looking for a heartwarming story – who finds love while on an aircraft carrier with a U.S. Navy pilot (Donovan), who doesn’t have the Christmas spirit. In typical Hallmark fashion, we can expect love and a little bit of faith to bring us yet another holiday heartfelt movie.

(Update: 9/22/20) — Considering the duo will be hosting the 2020 Miracles of Christmas Preview Special on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries next month, I think it’s safe to say that’s the network this movie will premiere on.

Stay merry!

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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.

(L-R): Jessica Lowndes, Jack Wagner, Nikki DeLoach, Paul Greene, Lacey Chabert, Larissa Wohl and Jen Lilley. | Photo: Crown Media

Just because the Hallmark Christmas movie premieres conclude on December 22nd doesn’t mean the network will be done pulling out all the stops for the 10th Anniversary of Countdown to Christmas!

Celebrate the eve of Christmas Eve with the sound of the season by joining some of your favorite network stars for Hallmark Channel’s Christmas Concert, which you may have been aware of thanks to some recent social media posts from all those who took part.