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You’re probably still jolly over all of the holiday preview excitement from last night’s “Christmas: A Second Look” Preview Special, but when it comes to Hallmark – a lot of Christmas is still never quite enough…and I am here for it!

Hallmark Channel will present an encore airing of “Love, Romance & Chocolate” starring Lacey Chabert (originally aired during Countdown to Valentine’s Day 2019) this Saturday, September 7th at 9pm/8c, and during the commercial breaks, Chabert will announce all of the Christmas movies that are part of the lineups for both Hallmark Channel‘s 10th Anniversary of Countdown to Christmas and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas this holiday season!

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During Hallmark Channel’s annual “Christmas: A First Look” preview special, which aired over the weekend, we got a sneak peek at Lacey Chabert‘s upcoming holiday movie, “Christmas in Rome”.

The sweet romantic film follows Angela (Chabert), an independent-minded American tour guide who is fired from her job in Rome just before Christmas and ends up crossing paths with Oliver (Sam Page), an American executive, who wants to buy a high-end Italian ceramics company. Oliver hires Angela to be his guide around the city because the owner of the company won’t sell to him until he learns ‘the heart and soul of Rome’. But, Oliver might just win the heart of more than just Rome.

In the clip that aired during the special, we saw Chabert’s character wearing a beautiful dark green coat that is perfect for the season…. and I just had to share the details on it!

Angela wears the Ted Baker London “Sandra” Midi Wool Wrap Coat in Dark Green.

This style was popular last year in Hallmark’s slate of festive movies; it was seen in “A Shoe Addict’s Christmas” and “Mingle All the Way”, but I can’t deny that this traditional shade is my favorite look yet! You can find this exact coat, as well as other colors, on sale for $344 at TedBaker.com!

(Update 10/11/19) I’ve added two more coats from the movie!

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Lacey Chabert brought the spirit of Christmas into the summer season by celebrating Christmas in July and hosting Hallmark Channel’s “Christmas: A First Look” Preview Special. The annual sneak peek show gave us a look at some of the original movies coming to the network during the 10th Anniversary of Countdown to Christmas, which officially kicks off on Friday, October 25th!

During the special, Chabert was joined by network pet ambassador, Happy the Dog, and “Home & Family” pet rescue expert Larissa Wohl — who brought along some kittens and puppies as she explained Hallmark Channel’s pet rescue initiative, “Adoption Ever After”. Learn more here!

Read on to check out the movies that were spotlighted during the special!

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Thanks to the recently released schedule for Hallmark Channel’s Christmas Keepsake Week, we know that we’ll be getting another “First Look Holiday Preview Special” that will premiere next month and, according to Hallmark’s website, it seems that it will, once again, be hosted by Lacey Chabert!

Chabert will give us a sneak peek at a few of the original movies that are set to premiere later this year during Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas holiday events. “Home & Family” pet rescue expert Larissa Wohl is also expected to make a special guest appearance on the show.

Make sure you tune into the “First Look Holiday Preview Special” on Saturday, July 13th at 10pm/9c.

Watch a preview of the special below!

Stay merry!

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Lacey Chabert and Sam Page are returning to Hallmark this holiday season!

EW reported today that the two are teaming up for “Christmas in Rome”, set to film partially in Italy.

Chabert plays the role of Angela, an independent-minded American tour guide who is fired from her job in Rome just before Christmas and ends up crossing paths with Oliver (Page), an American executive, who wants to buy a high-end Italian ceramics company. In true Hallmark holiday movie style, Oliver hires Angela to be his guide around the city because the owner of the company won’t sell to him until he learns “the heart and soul of Rome”.

But, Oliver might just win the heart of more than just Rome.

Just like Candace Cameron Bure, this will be Chabert’s 8th Christmas movie with the network, but we’ll have to wait until Hallmark kicks off the 10th anniversary of their epic Countdown to Christmas programming event later this year to see “Christmas in Rome”.

Between both the Hallmark Channel and its sister channel Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, we can expect 40 new movies to roll out this Christmas. However, knowing their jolly history, we could end up with even more! I’m so excited!

Stay merry!

Brendan Penny and Lacey Chabert in a scene from “Pride, Prejudice & Mistletoe”. | Photo: Crown Media

In her seventh Christmas movie for Hallmark Channel, Lacey Chabert starred in “Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe” as Darcy Fitzwilliam, a successful businesswoman who returns home for Christmas and ends up working on big holiday family event with her former rival.

I’m still on the hunt for some of the outfits Lacey wore in the movie, but I couldn’t wait to spotlight a few items that I quickly recognized while watching the premiere a few nights ago.

In one of the first scenes, we see Darcy dressed in a beautiful burgundy coat that’s accented with a beautiful cream-colored plaid scarf. She wore a classic luxury must-have item — the Burberry Gauze Giant Check Wool & Silk Scarf, which is still available at Saks Fifth Avenue for $390.

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During this month’s holiday programming on Hallmark Channel dubbed “Christmas Keepsake Week”, the network premiered a special hosted by Lacey Chabert called “Christmas: A First Look”, which gave us insight into the movies we’ll see during Countdown to Christmas 2018 later this year.

While the preview special left me very excited for all of the upcoming movies, my eyes were drawn to the gorgeous red dress that Lacey wore. She embodied the Christmas in July spirit in a Red Knit Dress with Jewels by The Kooples.

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Last night, Hallmark Channel aired a sneak peek of the movies making their way to our television screens this holiday season with the “Christmas: A First Look” preview special hosted by Lacey Chabert alongside Hallmark Channel pet ambassador, Happy the Dog.

On the special, Lacey–clad in a fabulous red dress by The Kooples, talked about some of the new movies that will be premiering on Hallmark Channel’s “Countdown to Christmas” and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ “Miracles of Christmas” holiday programming.

Check out what festive stories you can expect to see later this year–the countdown is on!

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It was pretty inevitable that Lacey Chabert would be returning to her holiday stopping grounds this Christmas season, considering she’s hosting the Hallmark Channel “Christmas: A First Look Preview Special” next month during Christmas Keepsake Week, but it’s officially confirmed that she will star in a new movie for the Countdown to Christmas line-up!

Chabert will star in “Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe”, which is an adaptation of Melissa de la Cruz’s book of the same name and a gender-swapping update of Jane Austen’s classic novel, as Darcy Fitzwilliam, a successful and brilliant woman who has a lot going for her — especially her dating life, but she has never fallen in love. She also has a habit of avoiding Christmas back home in her small town, but when her mother falls ill, she can’t help but return to spend the season with her family. Little does she know that this could be the holiday season could bring her love and new beginnings.

“Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe” will mark Chabert’s seventh Hallmark holiday movie, and she’s not alone in that milestone. Candace Cameron Bure will also be back for her seventh run this Christmas while simultaneously celebrating her tenth anniversary of making yuletide magic with the network!

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Spring has officially begun, but my mind is already on Christmas — and, naturally, so is Hallmark’s! According to Entertainment Weekly, both the Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries will unveil 34 new original movies this holiday season, which is a new record for the pair of networks as last year they debuted a combined 33 films.

For the Hallmark Channel, we’ll see 22 of the films debut during the “Countdown to Christmas” holiday programming starting October 27th while the remaining 12 will air for the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries “Most Wonderful Movies of Christmas” slate beginning November 4th.

Following 2016’s “The Mistletoe Promise” and 2017’s “The Mistletoe Inn”, word on the street is that the third part of Richard Paul Evans’ holiday anthology series, “The Mistletoe Secret”, will be adapted for the network this year.  Leading lady favorites Danica McKellar, Candace Cameron Bure and Lacey Chabert are rumored to head up new films while Kellie Martin leads one for HMM titled “Vet”, described as “an emotional story of heroism and homecoming.”