There has been a lot of recent news surrounding all of the holiday movies coming out this Christmas, naturally. I mean, we’re halfway through the year, the Upfronts have recently ended and this is the time when a lot of the movies are being filmed and/or cast, so it’s not surprising that the entertainment news would be heavily holiday-centered despite the impending summer.

What do we know so far? There will be new Hallmark movies from Candace Cameron Bure, Lacey Chabert, Danica McKeller and Kellie Martin coming that are currently TBD while Danielle Panabaker stars in “Christmas Joy”, Kellie Pickler heads to “Christmas at Graceland”, Erin Krakow and Niall Matter return for “Marrying Father Christmas” and LeAnn Rimes leads “It’s Christmas, Eve”.  A third installment from Richard Paul Evans‘ holiday anthology series titled “The Mistletoe Secret” will also premiere.

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For all of you that fell in love with 2016’s “Finding Father Christmas” and its sequel “Engaging Father Christmas” the following year, you’ll be happy to know that Erin Krakow and Niall Matter have officially wrapped filming of the conclusion, “Marrying Father Christmas” which is set to air this holiday season on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries network.

Synopsis: In the latest installment to the Father Christmas trilogy, Miranda and Ian finally look to tie the knot, but more complications are always on the horizon, putting their happily ever after in jeopardy.

Check out some production stills from the movie below, and look out for more information on the movie as we get closer to the premiere date during the “Most Wonderful Movies of Christmas” holiday programming later this year.

Stay merry!

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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.”

Not only is it almost the ‘most wonderful time of the year’, but it’s almost time for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ “Most Wonderful Movies of Christmas”! The official line-up of the network’s holiday programming has been released, and I’m so excited to see all of the new festive mysteries about to be solved this season.

There will be 7 new premieres this year, which will begin airing on Sunday, November 6th with “Love Always, Santa” starring Marguerite Moreau and Mike Faiola.

You can find the full list of the new movies below, but if you want a detailed list of everything airing on the network for the next two months, please visit HallmarkMoviesandMysteries.com.

The ‘most wonderful time of the year’ is coming, and with that comes Hallmark Movies & Mysteries “Most Wonderful Movies of Christmas” non-stop holiday movie programming – and I’m so excited! Not only do we have the annual Hallmark Channel’s “Countdown to Christmas” programming to look forward to, but most people don’t know that Hallmark has another network that does the same thing — although these movies usually tend to have a bit of a holiday mystery twist!

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries: “Most Wonderful Movies of Christmas” officially kicks off on Halloween (October 31st) night, and along with a marathon of festive films, there will also be a 5 premieres! I’ve listed the titles, dates, and cast for the premieres below, but you can find the full schedule of every movie Hallmark Movies & Mysteries will be airing on their website, click here.