Between its two broadcast channels, Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, Hallmark Entertainment will be airing at least 40 movies this holiday season to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Countdown to Christmas. It all kicks off on Friday, October 25, and after the jump, you can see exactly what we know is being planned.
Hallmark Channel will air new movies (24 of them!) on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the season. HM&M will air 16 new movies on Thursdays & Fridays. No competition between the two channels this year!
This will be updated as new information becomes available. (Note that all information is from official press releases and sneak previews.)
Hallmark Channel: Countdown to Christmas
Christmas Wishes & Mistletoe Kisses
- Airing Saturday, October 26
- Starring Jill Wagner (Christmas Cookies, 2016; Karen Kingsbury's Maggie's Christmas Miracle, 2017; Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa, 2018) & Matthew Davis (Hallmark Channel debut! Known for Legally Blonde, The Vampire Diaries)
- Based on the book by Jenny Hale
A single mother and aspiring interior decorator lands the perfect job to jumpstart her career: decorating the estate of a local businessman.
Merry & Bright
- Airing Saturday, November 2
- Starring Jodie Sweetin (Finding Santa, 2017; Entertaining Christmas, 2018) & Andrew Walker (A Bride for Christmas, 2012; Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through the Snow, 2015; A Dream of Christmas, 2016)
Cate, the CEO of a candy cane company, meets Gabe during the busy Christmas season and assumes he is the potential suitor her well-meaning mother has been trying to set her up with, but he works for a company hired to take a closer look at Cate's operations and find ways to make them more profitable.
Christmas Scavenger Hunt
- Airing Sunday, November 3
- Starring Kim Shaw (Hallmark Channel debut! Known for Saving Hope) & Kevin McGarry (A Song for Christmas, 2017)
A woman heads back to her hometown, only to be teamed up with her ex-boyfriend for an annual Christmas scavenger hunt.
A Christmas Duet
- Airing Saturday, November 9
- Starring Chaley Rose (Hallmark Channel debut! Known for Nashville) & Rome Flynn (Hallmark Channel debut! Known for How to Get Away with Murder, The Bold and the Beautiful)
Well-loved music duo Averie & Jesse haven't played together since splitting up years ago. Averie gave up music and opened a lodge in a snowy Vermont town; Jesse still tours, struggling to find success as a solo artist. Fate brings them together at Averie's lodge just in time for the Yuletide Festival.
The Mistletoe Secret
- Airing Sunday, November 10
- Starring Kellie Pickler (Christmas at Graceland, 2018) & Tyler Hynes (It's Christmas, Eve, 2018), with Patrick Duffy
- Based on the book by Richard Paul Evans
Aria, the owner of the Mistletoe Cafe, is a huge fan of adventure and travel writer Sterling Masters. She and her father find out that Sterling is going to write all about the festive Christmas celebration in their hometown in Utah, but little does she know that her favorite writer is not who she thinks he is.
Double Holiday
- Airing Saturday, November 16
- Starring Carly Pope (Hallmark Channel debut! Known for Arrow, Suits) & Kristoffer Polaha (Hearts of Christmas, 2016; Rocky Mountain Christmas, 2017; Small Town Christmas, 2018)
The Christmas Club
- Airing Sunday, November 17
- Starring Elizabeth Mitchell (Hallmark Channel debut! Known for Lost, The Santa Clause 2 & 3) & Cameron Mathison (The Christmas Ornament, 2013; Window Wonderland, 2014; Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery, 2015; A Christmas to Remember, 2016)
- Based on the book by Barbara Hinske
Two busy strangers meet when they help an elderly woman find her lost Christmas savings.
Picture a Perfect Christmas
- Airing Saturday, November 23
- Starring Merritt Patterson (The Christmas Cottage, 2017; Christmas at the Palace, 2018) & Jon Cor (Hallmark Christmas debut! Love on Safari, 2018)
- Formerly known as A Family Under the Christmas Tree
A young photographer escapes the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles to care for her recently-injured grandmother over the holidays. She meets a man who is suddenly tasked with raising his seven-year-old nephew. The two work together to bring the boy a Christmas he will never forget.
Christmas at Graceland: Home for the Holidays
- Airing Sunday, November 24
- Starring Kaitlin Doubleday (Hallmark Channel debut! Known for Empire, Nashville) & Adrian Grenier (Hallmark Channel debut! Known for Entourage, The Devil Wears Prada), with Priscilla Presley & Chase Bryant
Harper returns home to Memphis hoping to land her dream job when she meets Owen, a single father of three in desperate need of an au pair to help him get through the holidays.
Check Inn to Christmas
- Airing Monday, November 25
- Starring Rachel Boston (Ice Sculpture Christmas, 2015; A Rose for Christmas, 2017; Christmas in Angel Falls, 2017) & Wes Brown (Christmas Cookies, 2016; Christmas at Graceland, 2018)
A Gift to Cherish
- Airing Tuesday, November 26
- Starring Ali Liebert (Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade, 2012; A Gift to Remember, 2017) & Peter Porte (A Gift to Remember, 2017)
- Sequel to 2017's A Gift to Remember
Sense, Sensibility & Snowmen
- Airing Wednesday, November 27
- Starring Erin Krakow (A Cookie Cutter Christmas, 2014; the Father Christmas trilogy, 2016-2018) & Luke Macfarlane (Christmas Land, 2015; The Mistletoe Promise, 2016; Karen Kingsbury's Maggie's Christmas Miracle, 2017; A Shoe Addict's Christmas, 2018)
Party planners Ella and her sister, Marianne, clash with their client, Edward, a not-so-jolly toy company CEO.
Write Before Christmas
- Airing Thursday, November 28
- Starring Torrey Devitto (Best Christmas Party Ever, 2014) & Chad Michael Murray (The Road to Christmas, 2018), with Lolita Davidovich, Grant Shaw & Drew Seeley
- Formerly known as Five Cards for Christmas
A recently single woman sends five Christmas cards originally meant for her ex to five people who have influenced her life the most.
Christmas at the Plaza
- Airing Friday, November 29
- Starring Elizabeth Henstridge (Hallmark Channel debut! Known for Agents of SHIELD) & Ryan Paevey (Hope at Christmas, 2018)
Christmas in Rome
- Airing Saturday, November 30
- Starring Lacey Chabert (Matchmaker Santa, 2012; A Royal Christmas, 2014; A Christmas Melody, 2015; Family for Christmas, 2015; A Wish for Christmas, 2016; The Sweetest Christmas, 2017; Pride, Prejudice & Mistletoe, 2018) & Sam Page (Annie Claus is Coming to Town, 2011; The Perfect Christmas Present, 2017; Royal New Year's Eve, 2017)
A free-spirited American tour guide in Rome loves to take her clients on spontaneous adventures, until one of them gets her fired a week before Christmas. She meets an American executive and is hired as his tour guide in an effort for him to get to know the the heart and soul of Rome in his quest to acquire an Italian ceramics company.
Christmas Town
- Airing Sunday, December 1
- Starring Candace Cameron-Bure (Moonlight & Mistletoe, 2008; Let it Snow, 2013; Christmas Under Wraps, 2014; A Christmas Detour, 2015; Journey Back to Christmas, 2016; Switched for Christmas, 2017; A Shoe Addict's Christmas, 2018) & Tim Rozon (Hallmark debut! Known for Schitt's Creek, Wynonna Earp), with Beth Broderick
A woman leaves Boston behind to embark on a new chapter. An unforeseen detour to the charming town of Grandon Falls, nicknamed Christmas Town, leads her to discover unexpected new sides of life.
A Christmas Love Story
- Airing Saturday, December 7
- This year's Hallmark Hall of Fame entry
- Starring Kristin Chenoweth (Hallmark Channel debut! Known for Pushing Daisies, Glee) & Scott Wolf (Hallmark Channel debut! Known for Party of Five)
- Formerly known as The Christmas Song
Katherine, a children's choir director, has under two weeks to write the title song for their big Christmas Eve show. She is distracted when a boy with a golden voice joins the choir, which comes as a surprise to the boy's widowed father.
Christmas at Dollywood
- Airing Sunday, December 8
- Starring Danica McKellar (A Crown for Christmas, 2015; My Christmas Dream, 2016; Coming Home for Christmas, 2017; Christmas at Grand Valley, 2018) & Niall Matter (the Father Christmas trilogy, 2016-2018)
- Features a cameo by Dolly Parton
Rachel is a single mom and award-winning Broadway producer who learns investors have mismanaged her latest show into bankruptcy, forcing it to close before it even opens. Dismayed, Rachel's friend calls from Tennessee to tell her about an opportunity to produce a show for the 20th anniversary of the Smoky Mountain Christmas Festival at Dollywood. The only caveat? Rachel will have to work with Luke Hakman, Dollywood's entertainment director who sees the holiday show as a stepping stone to becoming the park's new general manager.
Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy
- Airing Saturday, December 14
- Starring Maggie Lawson (A Christmas Encore, 2017) & Paul Greene (A Christmas Detour, 2015; A Wish for Christmas, 2016; Christmas in Angel Falls, 2017), with Jill Wagner, Ashley Williams, Holly Robinson Peete, Colin Lawrence & Rukiya Bernard
Alice in Christmasland
- Airing Sunday, December 15
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
- Airing Saturday, December 21
- Starring Eric Mabius (Welcome to Christmas, 2018)
Holiday Date
- Airing Sunday, December 22
- Starring Brittany Bristow (Christmas Next Door, 2017; Christmas at the Palace, 2018) & Matt Cohen (Hallmark Channel debut! Known for General Hospital)
- One of two Hanukkah movies
When Calls the Heart Christmas
- Airing Wednesday, December 25
New Year, New Me
- Airing Saturday, December 28
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries: Miracles of Christmas
A Merry Christmas Match
- Airing Friday, October 25
- Starring Ashley Newbrough (Small Town Christmas, 2018) & Kyle Dean Massey (Hallmark debut! Known for Nashville)
- Originally scheduled to air July 13, 2019 and then Sunday, December 22 on the Hallmark Channel before moving to HM&M
Corey works in her mother's antique shop and puts on the kids' Christmas pageant every year. When a handsome man enters her life, she begins to question if she should have left town to follow her dreams of becoming a theatre director.
Nostalgic Christmas
- Airing Thursday, October 31
- Starring Brooke D'Orsay (Miss Christmas, 2017; Christmas in Love, 2018) and Trevor Donovan (Marry Me at Christmas, 2017)
Two Turtle Doves
- Airing Friday, November 1
- Starring Nikki DeLoach (Christmas Land, 2015; A Dream of Christmas, 2016; Reunited at Christmas, 2018) & Michael Rady (Christmas in Homestead, 2016; A Joyous Christmas, 2017; Christmas at Pemberley Manor, 2018)
Dr. Sharon Hayes searches for a beloved family heirloom in a small Christmas town when she discovers a little girl and her disheartened father instead.
A Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas
- Airing Thursday, November 7
- Starring Rachel Leigh Cook (Hallmark Christmas debut! Known for the Hallmark Channel Vineyard series of films, She's All That) & Benjamin Ayres (Hallmark Channel Christmas debut! Known for the Movies & Mysteries Chronicle Mysteries series, Saving Hope)
- Formerly known as The Christmas Bride
Holiday for Heroes
- Airing Friday, November 8
- Starring Melissa Claire Egan (Hallmark Channel debut! Known for All My Children, The Young & The Restless) & Marc Blucas (Operation Christmas, 2015; Miss Christmas, 2017)
A Connecticut coffee shop owner sends coffee to an Army sergeant, whose thank-you letter in return sparks a long-distance pen-pal relationship.
A Christmas Miracle
- Airing Thursday, November 14
- Starring Tamera Mowry-Housley (Hallmark Channel debut! Known for Sister, Sister and The Real) & Brooks Darnell (Hallmark Channel debut! Known for The Young and the Restless), with Barry Bostwick
A Godwink Christmas: Meant for Love
- Airing Friday, November 15
- Starring Cindy Busby (Hallmark Christmas debut! Known for the Hallmark Channel Mr. Darcy series of films and Cedar Cove) & Ben Hollingsworth (Hallmark Channel debut! Known for Code Black), with Kathie Lee Gifford
Our Christmas Love Song
- Airing Thursday, November 21
- Starring Alicia Witt (A Very Merry Mix-Up, 2013; Christmas at Cartwright's, 2014; I'm Not Ready for Christmas, 2015; Christmas List, 2016; The Mistletoe Inn, 2017; Christmas at Honeysuckle Lane, 2018)
- Formerly known as Second Hand Santa
Christmas Under the Stars
- Airing Friday, November 22
- Starring Jesse Metcalfe (Christmas Next Door, 2017) & Autumn Reeser (Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade, 2012; A Bramble House Christmas, 2017), with Clarke Peters
Nick loses his high finance job right before the holidays. Julie's son, Matt, is having a hard time getting in the Christmas spirit. Enter the compassionate Christmas tree salesman who arrives just in time to offer Nick a job and Julie some support.
The Christmas Wish
- Airing Friday, November 29
- Starring Ashley Williams (Christmas in Evergreen, 2017; Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa, 2018; Northern Lights of Christmas, 2018) & Paul Campbell (Window Wonderland, 2013; Once Upon a Holiday, 2015; A Godwink Christmas, 2018)
This Time of Year
- Airing Thursday, December 5
- Starring Laura Osnes (Hallmark Christmas debut! Known for stage roles and the Hallmark Now film In the Key of Love) & Stephen Huszar (Magical Christmas Ornaments, 2017; Return to Christmas Creek, 2018)
Time for You to Come Home for Christmas
- Airing Friday, December 6
- Sequel to Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas
Christmas in Montana
- Airing Thursday, December 12
- Starring Kellie Martin (The Christmas Ornament, 2013) & Colin Ferguson (Every Christmas Has a Story, 2016; Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane, 2018)
Angel Falls: A Novel Holiday
- Airing Friday, December 13
- Starring Jen Lilley (Mingle All the Way, 2018) & Carlo Marks (Hallmark Christmas debut! Known for Chesapeake Shores)
An Unforgettable Christmas
- Airing Thursday, December 19
- Starring Ashley Greene (Hallmark Channel debut! Known for the Twilight film series)
A Family Christmas Gift
- Airing Friday, December 20
- Starring Holly Robinson Peete (Christmas in Evergreen, 2017; Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa, 2018) & Dion Johnstone (Hallmark Channel debut! Known for Star Falls), with Patti LaBelle
Announced Movies Not on This Schedule
When I Think of Christmas
- Starring recording artist and multiple-Grammy winner Amy Grant
The Christmas Company
- Based on the book by Alys Murray
- Was supposed to be the first movie based on a book published by Hallmark Publishing
A second Hanukkah movie (though it's possible it could be one of these films without a known plot: Double Holiday, Angel Falls: A Novel Holiday, or This Time of Year)
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