L-R: Heather Hemmens, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Luke Macfarlane. | Photos courtesy of Crown Media

Hallmark announced an upcoming holiday movie, “Christmas in My Heart,“ that is set to premiere during the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries “Miracles of Christmas” event later this year! The all-new original movie will be lead by Heather Hemmens (“Love, Take Two”), Luke Macfarlane (“A Shoe Addict’s Christmas,” “Chateau Christmas,” “Sense, Sensibility and Snowmen,” “Christmas Land”) and Sheryl Lee Ralph (“Christmas Comes Twice”).

In this new Christmas tale, with Christmas fast approaching, concert violinist Beth (Hemmens) returns to her hometown after the recent passing of her mother, the elementary school’s beloved music department head. She crosses paths with Katie (Maria Nash, “Elinor Wonders Why”), a young, promising violinist and daughter of country music star Sean Grant (Macfarlane), who’s been living a quiet life there since his wife’s passing. Sean’s mother-in-law Ruthie (Ralph) wants him to move on with his life, but he’s still coming to terms with his loss and hasn’t been inspired to create new music. Eager to sharpen her skills for the town’s upcoming recital dedicated to Beth’s mother, Katie finds a creative way to get Sean to hire Beth as her tutor, despite his skepticism about the value of formal music instruction.

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After the announcement of Reba McEntire‘s upcoming Christmas movie earlier this month, I’m back with more holiday film news! It feels so nice to be reporting on Christmas movies again even though it hasn’t been that long since the holiday season.

According to Entertainment Tonight, Netflix has announced the upcoming LGBTQ-themed Christmas flick “Single All the Way”, starring Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers and Luke Macfarlane! The romantic holiday film, which is scheduled for a debut later this year, will be produced by Joel S. Rice.

The movie follows Peter (Urie), who is desperate to avoid his family’s judgment about his perpetual single status, and convinces his best friend Nick (Chambers) to join him for the holidays and pretend that they’re now in a relationship. But when Peter’s mother sets him up on a blind date with her handsome trainer James (Macfarlane) — the plan goes awry.

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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.

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!

Pictured: Krakow (left) and Macfarlane (right). / Credit: Crown Media

I love kicking my day off with news of an upcoming Christmas movie, but let’s triple that joy because I have info on THREE new movies! Crown Media announced the Hallmark Channel holiday features through ET today, which I will break down for you below!

“When Calls the Heart” star Erin Krakow and Luke Macfarlane (“A Shoe Addict’s Christmas”) will lead “Sense, Sensibility & Snowmen”, based on the novel by author Melissa de la Cruz. Krakow will play Ella, a Christmas enthusiast party planner alongside her sister, Marianne, who clash with their client, Edward (MacFarlane), a not-so-jolly toy company CEO.

Photos: Screencaps via Crown Media; Balsam Hill

Now that you have the scoop on how you can dress like Noelle (Candace Cameron Bure) from Hallmark Channel’s “A Shoe Addict’s Christmas”, why not decorate your tree like her too?!

I couldn’t help but fall in love with the decorations used in the film on both Noelle’s tree at home and the tree she decorated with Jake (Luke Macfarlane) at the fire station.

With Balsam Hill being a sponsor of the Hallmark networks, there’s no real surprise that the decor came from the iconic Christmas retailer, but I wanted to spotlight a few pieces that you might be interested in incorporating into your own home.