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Alicia Witt returned to Hallmark again this holiday season with her latest film, Christmas Tree Lane, starring alongside Andrew Walker and Briana Price. The movie, which is actually a project Witt has been working on for years, tells the story of a music store owner named Meg who gathers her community of small business owners to save their street from demolition.

Ever since I saw the movie a few weeks ago, I have been loving the gorgeous deep blue off-the-shoulder velvet gown that Meg wears for a pivotal scene. I did some digging, and I believe it’s possible I found the actual match of the dress with this TTYbridal Off-The-Shoulder Velvet Mermaid Evening Gown in Royal Blue, which is under $100 at Amazon!

If it’s not, it’s an incredible close match as I couldn’t spot any differences.

This gown is also available in other shades of blue, green, red, purple, and classic black. With holiday engagements on hold this year, I’m not sure where one could wear something this fancy… but you’ll want to strike while the iron is hot to be ready when your next holiday or formal social event arises.

Have you seen “Christmas Tree Lane” yet?

“Christmas Tree Lane” is currently airing all season long on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries!

Stay merry!

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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.

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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.

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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!

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We’re just weeks away from the kickoff of Hallmark’s highly-anticipated holiday programming, which is set to premiere 40 all-new original Christmas movies for Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas events. So far, sneak peek previews have been airing on the networks during fall movie premieres, production stills are emerging, and the gorgeous digital keyart posters are beginning to release online.

Top-Bottom, L-R: Ryan Paevey, Candace Cameron Bure, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Jonathan Bennett, Bethany Joy Lenz and Ben Savage.
(Photos courtesy of Crown Media)

The wait is over, Hallmark has released their highly-anticipated 2020 Christmas movie lineup!

There was a time this year where I wasn’t sure if we would get any Christmas movies, but I’m thrilled to announce that Crown Media has unveiled their list of 40 new festive films that will premiere during Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas all-day-and-all-night continuous holiday programming, which runs from October 23rd through January 2020. Are you as excited as I am?!

Get ready to see all-new heartwarming stories starring Candace Cameron Bure, Ryan Paevey, Lacey Chabert, Andrew Walker, Jonathan Bennett, Bethany Joy Lenz, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Laura Osnes, Brennan Elliott, Niall Matter, Holly Robinson Peete, Danica McKellar, Jill Wagner, Sam Page and many more fan-favorites.

Aaron Tveit, Krystal Joy Brown, Robert Buckley, Sarah Drew, Wynonna Judd, Sara Evans, Rochelle Aytes, Jeremy Jordan, Janel Parrish, Marisol Nichols and Lucia Micarelli are among the actors making their Hallmark Christmas movie debuts!  Twilight star Ashley Greene, who starred in her first film for the network last December, will return in a new feature. Hallmark premiered two Hanukkah-themed movies last year for an extra helping of cheer, and they’re doing it again with Love, Lights, Hanukkah! starring Mia Kirshner, Ben Savage and Marilu Henner.

Check out the full lineup for both networks below, and keep checking back for additional movie news, photos and more as we get closer to the kick off!

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!

L-R: Ryan Paevey and Erin Cahill (Photos: Crown Media)

Getting casting announcements for Hallmark Christmas movies has been pretty rare this year, but today, I bring you news of an exciting pairing for an upcoming movie thanks to the sleuths at RyanPaevey.net. Apparently the movie that Ryan Paevey has been quarantining to film in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is “A Timeless Christmas”, which is based off the book “A Timeless Christmas: An Enchanting Time Travel Romance” by Alexis Stanton.

It was speculated that Erin Cahill would be co-starring, and the actress confirmed it by responding to a tweet from a fan account with “Woohoo I love being part of the @hallmarkchannel family. Here’s to more Christmas magic! #Hallmarkies” (click here to see the tweet).

(L-R) Sarah Drew, Aaron Tveit & Holly Robinson Peete. | Photos: Crown Media

Ho! Ho! Ho! Major holiday movie news has arrived!

In just 100 days Hallmark will kick off their iconic end of the year holiday programming event, and to celebrate, Crown Media has announced that there are 40 original Christmas movies on the way! Hallmark Channel‘s Countdown to Christmas will premiere 23 all-new original films while Hallmark Movies & Mysteries is set to air 17 all-new original movies for the Miracles of Christmas lineup.

Familiar faces like Candace Cameron Bure (“A Shoe Addict’s Christmas”), Lacey Chabert (“Christmas in Rome”), Andrew Walker (“Christmas On My Mind”), Alicia Witt (“Our Christmas Love Song”), Brennan Elliott (“Christmas at Grand Valley”), Holly Robinson Peete (“Christmas in Evergreen”), Laura Osnes (“A Homecoming for the Holidays”), Nikki DeLoach (“Two Turtle Doves”), Tamera Mowry-Housley (“A Christmas Miracle”), Luke Macfarlane (“The Mistletoe Secret”), Mark Taylor (“Memories of Christmas”), Michael Rady (“Christmas at Pemberley Manor”), Rukiya Bernard (“Christmas in Evergreen”) and Tyler Hynes (“The Mistletoe Secret”) are among the fan-favorites set to return for festive films, but there will also be many new stars you won’t want to miss either.

Sarah Drew (“Grey’s Anatomy”), Aaron Tveit (“Graceland”), Krystal Joy Brown (“She-Ra and the Princesses of Power”), Janel Parrish (“Pretty Little Liars”), Jeremy Jordan (“Supergirl”), Alvina August (“Nancy Drew”), Lucia Micarelli (“Treme”), Marisol Nichols (“Riverdale”), Mallory Jansen (“Shooter”), Rochelle Aytes (“S.W.A.T.”) and Ronnie Rowe (“Star Trek: Discovery”) will join the Hallmark family to lead Christmas movies this year! I’m happy to see that there will be more diversity.

The 24-hour festive programming officially begins on Friday, October 23rd and between now and then, there will be many announcements. Keep checking back at LollyChristmas.com for movie updates and casting news as we get closer to ‘the most wonderful time of the year’!

Check out the slideshow below for a list of the announced movies!