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 (8/27/20): There was a post on the Fall Into Christmas Instagram page a few weeks ago considering postponing the event until 2021 due to current events, but that post has since disappeared — as well as the official Facebook page. The event holders announced today that the convention has officially been postponed until 2021 and has been renamed Spring Into Christmas!

Read their statement by clicking here.

We began seeing posts on social media late last fall regarding an upcoming Christmas in July convention that would happen during the summer of 2020—fast forward a few months and there’s a lineup of great celebrity guests as well as a major date change!

The Christmas in July convention is now Silver Screens Events’ Fall Into Christmas Convention, which will take place from October 2nd-4th* at the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. The event organizers made an announcement this week that due to feedback and the current global COVID-19 health crisis, they felt it to be a wise decision to move the event to the fall.

There’s a lot to look forward to—from professional photo-ops with your favorite Christmas movie stars to contests, celebrity Q&A sessions, parties, games, and a special evening Christmas banquet!

Here’s hoping things are looking much more positive around the world come October.

Check out the list of celebrity guests scheduled to appear below!

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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!

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!

Photos and screengrabs: Crown Media

Jill Wagner and Matthew Davis will kick off the new movies coming to Hallmark Channel’s 10th Anniversary of Countdown to Christmas with the premiere of “Christmas Wishes & Mistletoe Kisses”. In the heart-warming romantic tale, Wagner plays Abbey, a single mom and interior designer who is hired by Nick (Davis) to decorate his estate by Christmas Eve.

When Hallmark went behind the scenes of the movie and Wagner talked about Abbey’s gorgeous gown in the movie, I knew I had to find it — and I did!  Abbey wears a striking off-the-shoulder deep green creation with ruffles traveling down the back making it the ultimate Christmas Eve gown!

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Wow, this has to be one of the most exciting posts to do yet. If you’ve been following along with me on Twitter, you may have seen me posting about Christmas Con, which is coming to New Jersey for three days in early November with some of your favorite holiday movie stars!

This jolly convention, presented by That’s 4 Entertainment, has been described as Comic-Con-meets-Small-Town-Holiday-Festival. You’ll be able to buy one of a kind holiday gifts from the “Christmas Market”, visit with Santa Claus himself, and visit various celebrity booths to meet your favorite stars!

Each celebrity guest will offer professional photo ops and take place in a Q&A panel to engage with the audience. Christmas Con will also support Toys for Tots by donating gifts; feel free to participate by bringing a toy to donate.

The convention will also host special events: Alicia Witt in Concert, an Ugly Sweater Contest and a Gingerbread Wars competition — all hosted by Jonathan Bennett! Additionally, there will be a “Creating Christmas” writers panel and “Podcasting Christmas” podcaster panel.

Christmas Con will take place this November 8, 9 & 10th at the NJ Convention and Expo Center in Edison, NJ. Show hours are: Friday 5-8pm, Saturday: 10am-7pm and Sunday: 10am-5pm.

Photos: Crown Media/Nordstrom Rack

Jill Wagner joined Andrew Walker to host this year’s “Christmas: A Second Look” Preview Special for the Hallmark Channel, and while my focus was most definitely on all of the merry movies coming to the network this Christmas, I also couldn’t help but notice her fabulous outfit!

The star of the upcoming “Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses” wore an ensemble that was chic enough for a holiday gathering, but also pretty perfect for a day at work when you’re feeling festive. I did a little searching and was able to find the exact blouse and pants that Wagner wore.

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It was really nice to kick back and enjoy a marathon of Hallmark summertime movies only to end my evening with a taste of Christmas! Network favorites Jill Wagner and Andrew Walker took over hosting duties for this year’s “Christmas: A Second Look” Preview Special, where they gave us an inside look at some of the movies and specials coming to Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and Hallmark Drama this holiday season with movie clips and behind the scenes footage.

The two stars also briefly discussed their upcoming Christmas movies, which we got a sneak peek at over the summer during the “Christmas: A First Look” special; Wagner will star in “Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses” alongside Matthew Davis, while Walker will co-lead “Merry and Bright” with Jodie Sweetin.

Hallmark plans to premiere 40 original movies this year; 24 on the Hallmark Channel network for the 10th Anniversary of Countdown to Christmas (premieres are every Saturday and Sunday at 8pm/7c) and 16 for Miracles of Christmas on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (every Thursday and Friday at 9pm/8c). Hallmark Drama will also air two new original reality programs, “Christmas Cookie Matchup” and “Project Christmas Joy”, which were previewed during the special.

“Home & Family” pet rescue expert Larissa Wohl made a guest appearance to talk about Hallmark Channel’s pet rescue initiative, “Adoption Ever After”, which I encourage you to learn more about.

Check out the lineup of movies and specials that were spotlighted during the special below!

Andrew Walker and Jill Wagner | Photo: Crown Media

If you tuned into the Christmas in July event on Hallmark this summer, you may have caught Lacey Chabert giving us a sneak peek at some of the movies coming to the network this holiday season. It was so nice to see what’s ahead, but Hallmark has over 40 movies planned so one sneak peek just isn’t enough — and that’s why Andrew Walker and Jill Wagner are set to host Hallmark Channel’s “Christmas: A Second Look” Preview Special next month!

In the special, Walker and Wagner will give us a first look at more of the new, original holiday movies premiering during Hallmark Channel’s upcoming Countdown to Christmas and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas programming events.