• Hallmark's 2025 "Countdown to Christmas" sequence consists of 29 brand-new vacation movies and TV exhibits.
• Brandon Routh, Lacey Chabert, Jonathan Bennett, and Tamera Mowry-Housley are among the many lineup's main lights.
• New motion pictures and exhibits premiere weekly by way of Dec. 21.

It's the vacations, so we might as effectively deck the halls with boughs of Hallmark.

The community, a go-to for all issues cozy, is celebrating 16 years of its “Countdown to Christmas” sequence with 29 brand-new vacation movies and tv sequence airing on the Hallmark Channel and, a day later, its streaming service Hallmark+.

That features Tidings for the Season,a redemptive story a couple of single mother performed byTamera Mowry-Housley who evokes a curmudgeonly newscaster to alter his methods.

Additionally on deck is A Keller Christmas Trip, which facilities on a trio of siblings (performed by Jonathan Bennett, Brandon Routh, and Eden Sher) touched by the vacation spirit after begrudgingly embarking on a cruise with their mother and father.

Plus, Teen Wolf’s Holland Roden performs a Buffalo Payments superfan within the cameo-laden Vacation Landing: A Payments Love Story. And Lacey Chabert is a advisor tasked with deciding whether or not a toddler finally ends up on Santa’s naughty or good record in She’s Making a Listing.

Along with the film lineup, Hallmark can be celebrating the season with a holly, jolly assortment of latest TV exhibits. There's Mistletoe Murders, a Christmas-themed crime sequence starring Gray’s Anatomy alum Sarah Drew, in addition to Finding Mr. Christmas, which provides 10 aspiring actors the prospect to star in a Hallmark vacation movie.

Be taught extra about Hallmark’s full vacation film and tv slate — and see Leisure Weekly’s unique pictures — under.

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Mistletoe Murders Season 1

Premieres: Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel, with two episodes launched every week by way of Oct. 31

Solid: Sarah Drew, Peter Mooney

Comprises: Loss of life, thriller, and mistletoe

Official description: "Mistletoe Murders follows Emily Lane (Drew), the outwardly pleasant and optimistic store proprietor of a captivating, year-round Christmas-themed retailer, Below the Mistletoe. Nevertheless, her interior voice reveals a sardonic humorousness, crafty mind, and eager eye for particulars most individuals would miss… as a result of Emily has an enormous secret. Residing within the quaint vacationer city of Fletcher's Grove, Emily finds herself compelled to analyze not-so-quaint native murders. And when Emily begins her private investigations, Detective Sam Wilner (Mooney), a sensible native cop — with a crush on Emily that isn’t fully unrequited — begins to surprise if there's extra to Emily than meets the attention."

02 of 29

A Royal Montana Christmas

Premieres: Oct. 18 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Fiona Gubelmann, Warren Christie

Comprises: Royalty, rurality, and romance

Official description: "Overwhelmed by her royal duties through the Christmas season, Princess Victoria of Zelarnia (Gubelmann) is prepared for a change of tempo. Seeking to decompress within the days main as much as Christmas, she decides to take a trip to Peaceable Pines Ranch in Montana, the place she celebrated Christmas as a toddler together with her late father. Upon arrival, she meets her dashing information, Huntley Blaylock (Christie), who presents her and the opposite company on the ranch with a country expertise that’s removed from the royal therapy. This Christmas, Huntley should determine if he needs to step right into a management function and stick with it the household ranch's legacy as his mother and father, the homeowners, strategy retirement. Unaware of her standing as a princess, Huntley places Victoria by way of the trials of a Montana ranch expertise. Victoria additionally plans to assist Huntley revive the ranch's Christmas Holly-Day Dance. Victoria finds herself charmed by each Huntley and this completely different tempo of life. As the 2 begin to fall for one another, issues get sophisticated when Huntley discovers Victoria is a princess. As Christmas approaches and her time on the ranch involves an finish, Victoria should determine if she ought to return to her royal life or keep in Montana with Huntley and the ranch she has grown so keen on."

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A Christmas Angel Match

Premieres: Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Meghan Ory, Benjamin Ayres

Comprises: Two angels taking part in Christmas cupid

Official description: "Monica (Ory) and Michael (Ayres) are Christmas Angels tasked with bringing destined soulmates collectively throughout probably the most magical season of all. Usually, Angels work alone, however when the Christmas Connection Division faces the specter of downsizing, Monica and Michael are unexpectedly paired to make sure Daisy and Patrick fall in love earlier than Christmas. The partnership isn't with out its challenges: Monica is a by-the-book traditionalist who follows each heavenly rule, whereas Michael embraces spontaneity and delights in earthly joys like sizzling chocolate, snowball fights, and vacation dancing. Their clashing types – and the simple spark rising between them – complicate their mission. As Christmas Eve attracts close to, Monica and Michael fear that their variations will preserve them from finishing their mission in time. However simply when it appears all hope is misplaced, a shocking flip of occasions modifications all the things — resulting in a Christmas connection nobody noticed coming."

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Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper!

Premieres: Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Robert Buckley, Kimberley Sustad

Comprises: A visit to the ho-ho-hospital

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Official description: "Weatherman Ted Cooper (Buckley) loves Christmas, however the previous three have been horrible. This yr, Ted has made up his thoughts that issues will probably be completely different – this would be the Christmas issues flip round for him. However Ted's relentless optimism is about to be put to the check as he’s confronted with a litany of accidents and obstacles when he travels again to his hometown of Lackawanna, N.Y., for the vacations. Inside hours of arriving at his sister Kate's home, he finds himself making a visit to Pressing Care after falling off a ladder whereas hanging decorations. Whereas there, he runs into Ruth Mittens, his former highschool science instructor, who was all the time his cheerleader. He additionally reconnects with the charming Hope Miller (Sustad), besides now she's Dr. Hope Miller, with whom he went to highschool and quietly crushed on from afar. Ted is optimistic that this budding romance is the start of his Christmas comeback, however his looming vacation unhealthy luck nonetheless has just a few curveballs in retailer for him. Fortunately for Ted, he received't must face them alone – he'll have the help of Kate, Ruth, and Hope to assist him overcome the challenges thrown his approach and eventually get pleasure from a well-earned merry Christmas."

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Discovering Mr. Christmas Season 2

Premieres: Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, with new episodes every week by way of Dec. 15

Solid: Jonathan Bennett, Melissa Peterman

Comprises: A bit of Christmas competitors

Official description: "Discovering Mr. Christmas follows 10 aspiring actors who compete in quite a lot of outrageous Christmas-themed competitions to show they’ve what it takes to land the following Hallmark main function – from making gingerbread homes to bodily challenges like horseback using and snowboarding. Joined by beloved Hallmark visitor judges every week, one contestant will probably be despatched 'house for the vacations,' whereas the winner lands a number one function in one in every of this yr's Countdown to Christmas motion pictures."

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Baked With Love: Vacation

Premieres: Oct. 27 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, with new episodeseach week by way of Dec. 15

Solid: Tamera Mowry-Housley, Anna Haugh, Vaughn Vreeland

Comprises: Vacation sweets galore

Official description: "In Baked with Love: Vacation, 10 proficient pairs of house bakers face off in a warm-hearted, family- recipe bake-off. They may infuse their heritage, private tales, and cherished household recipes into traditional bakes with a vacation twist and serve their dishes to a panel of knowledgeable judges. Ultimately, one pair will probably be topped the Christmas Baking Champions and win the final word prize of $50,000 and an opportunity to have one in every of their bakes featured in a Countdown to Christmas film."

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Christmas on Obligation

Premieres: Nov. 1 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Janel Parrish, Parker Younger

Comprises: Enemies to lovers, a perfectly-timed snowstorm

Official description: "Blair (Parrish) and Josh (Younger) have been bitter rivals ever since they skilled collectively at The Fundamental College in Quantico, the place they had been each on the high of the category, competing to be primary. After commencement, Blair obtained Josh's dream job, and so they haven't spoken since. Three years later, their paths cross unexpectedly on the base vacation get together, the place the 2 get into an argument and trigger a scene. As punishment, Blair and Josh are each assigned to Christmas Obligation, the place they'll work by way of the Yuletide collectively… for twenty-four hours straight. They plan to avoid one another, however when a snowstorm prevents all of the Christmas presents from being delivered to base, they’re compelled to group up for a particular mission… to avoid wasting Christmas."

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A Newport Christmas

Premieres: Nov. 2 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Ginna Claire Mason, Wes Brown

Comprises: A time-traveling journey due to a magical want

Official description: "Ella (Mason) is a charitable and spirited Newport socialite in 1905 who desires of utilizing her wealth to start out a basis to assist others on the town. After studying her father intends for her to change into engaged to a person she's by no means met on the upcoming Christmas Eve ball, Ella goes for a nighttime sail in her schooner to clear her head. Upon seeing a comet shoot throughout the sky, she wistfully needs for a special life. Ella is shocked to immediately discover Nick (Brown), a sailor and native Newport historian, aboard her schooner and accuses him of being a stowaway. However Nick insists he owns the boat and a standoff ensues. As soon as on dry land, Ella realizes that in some way, she's traveled from 1905 to 2025. As she spends time there and will get a glimpse at what her future in 1905 seems to be, she turns into reluctant to return, particularly since she and Nick have grown shut and he or she now is aware of how real love feels. However the legacy Ella in-built her time — and the course of Newport's historical past — dangers being erased the longer she stays within the current, so the 2 plot a course for her journey again by way of time. However what awaits her at house is much more shocking that what she discovered sooner or later."

09 of 29

Mistletoe Murders Season 2

Premieres: Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, with new episodes every week by way of Nov. 21

Solid: Sarah Drew, Peter Mooney

Comprises: Even extra dying, thriller, and mistletoe!

Official description: "There are all-new mysteries in Fletcher's Grove, as Christmas store proprietor Emily Lane (Drew) as soon as once more proves her sleuthing abilities alongside native Detective Sam Wilner (Mooney). However this season, the largest thriller could also be Emily herself – when secrets and techniques from her previous and the shadowy group referred to as CH1M3RA resurface, resulting in revelations and a surprising finale that guarantees to alter all the things."

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Christmas Above the Clouds

Premieres: Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Erin Krakow, Tyler Hynes

Comprises: A brand new spin on A Christmas Carol

Official description: "When workaholic CEO Ella Neezer (Krakow) tries to skip Christmas by flying to Australia, she's in for the flight of her life. Haunted by her previous, current, and future, she's compelled to confront the alternatives that led to her success but left her flying solo. With the assistance of three quirky spirits and a shock reunion together with her ex (Hynes), she may simply rediscover the magic of Christmas – and the love she thought she'd misplaced."

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A Keller Christmas Trip

Premieres: Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Jonathan Bennett, Brandon Routh, Eden Sher

Comprises: A scenic trip, Superman, and siblings being siblings

Official description: "Christmas this yr goes to be a bit completely different for the Keller household, as mother and father, Anne and Ben, purchase their three grownup youngsters – oldest son, Cal (Routh), center son, Dylan (Bennett) and daughter, Emory (Sher) – a river cruise down the Danube River from Germany, by way of Salzburg, to Vienna touring lovely European Christmas Markets and cities alongside the best way. The one drawback? The very completely different siblings, who’re every going by way of their very own private life challenges, have naturally gone in separate instructions over time, and the thought of spending 10 days cooped up on a river cruise collectively makes every Keller baby cringe for their very own causes. However they are saying 'sure' as a result of that's what households do, by no means anticipating it to change into an excellent once-in-a-lifetime expertise stuffed with missed connections, new friendships, beautiful vistas, relationship upheaval, budding romances, shipboard video games, household bonding, and a secret that brings all of them collectively in time for Christmas.'

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Three Wisest Males

Premieres: Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Paul Campbell, Tyler Hynes, Andrew Walker, Margaret Colin

Comprises: Household vacation calamity, the realities of rising up, and a mall Santa making an attempt their finest

Official description: "The Brenner household is again, and their lives are extra chaotic than ever! As Luke (Walker) is anticipating twins, Taylor (Hynes) is debating a monumental job alternative out of state, and Stephan (Campbell) makes an attempt to plan for his upcoming nuptials, everybody's stress heightens once they study their mother (Colin) has put their childhood house up on the market, marking their closing Christmas within the Brenner home. With sudden in-laws visiting, wild animals lurking in freshly lower Christmas bushes, and a hesitant mall Santa, the boys can have their work lower out for them as the vacation begins to loom. As they navigate adulting at a stage they’ve but to succeed in, they need to study to as soon as once more lean on each other to rise to the wants of their rising household, conquer the latest challenges of their lives, and, most crucially, have the most effective Christmas EVER!"

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Tidings for the Season

Premieres: Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Tamera Mowry-Housley, B.J. Britt, Elijah-Justus Lewis

Comprises: Broadcast journalism altering lives for the higher

Official description: "Adam Kade (Britt) is the intense face on the native information. His life takes an sudden flip in early December when he meets Robbie (Lewis), a 10-year-old who’s Adam's largest fan. Robbie has an necessary request: He needs his favourite newscaster to speak about extra than simply what's going unsuitable on the planet. How about reporting on the nice tales, too? Adam is formidable and desires to maneuver up on the planet, however he takes this query to coronary heart as the vacations strategy. He discovers Robbie's mother, Lucy (Mowry-Housley), is a single mother or father working laborious to care for her son. The very last thing she wants is something complicating a really busy schedule, together with Adam. As new friendships kind and Adam positive aspects a wholesome perspective, his reporting modifications. He begins masking feel-good tales about hometown heroes through the holidays. A romance develops between Adam and Lucy, and Lucy lets go of all the time being so self-reliant as she and Adam draw shut. However when Adam's reporting results in greater alternatives, he should determine what issues most this vacation season – the larger job he has been eager for or his newfound group, together with the love of a boy who thinks of Adam as his hero."

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Vacation Landing: A Payments Love Story

Premieres: Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Holland Roden, Matthew Daddario, Joe Pantoliano, Tracy Pollan, Caroline Aaron, Steve Schirripa, Patti Murin

Comprises: Soccer! Soccer! Soccer!

Official description: "The Quinns and DeLucas have lived subsequent door to one another for many years within the shadow of Highmark Stadium – the house of their beloved Buffalo Payments. With their longtime friendship rooted in being proud members of Payments Mafia, the 2 clans have loved cherished traditions that revolve round cheering for his or her favourite group – particularly on the holidays once they have fun the final house sport earlier than Christmas. Pediatric physician Morgan Quinn (Roden) and the Payments' VP of Stadium Growth Gabe DeLuca (Daddario) have been lifelong buddies, however Gabe has all the time held a torch for her – a reality apparent to their households (Pollan, Aaron, Schirripa, Murin)… and everybody else who crosses their path. When Morgan learns from her Uncle Tommy (Pantoliano) that somebody anonymously helped her household get by after he was drafted greater than 60 years in the past – and that he continues to obtain a Christmas present annually to this present day – she decides to seek out his benefactor and provides her uncle a Christmas he'll all the time keep in mind. Aided by Payments Mafia buddies of theirs, Morgan and Gabe work collectively to unwrap the gifter's id. Alongside the best way, Gabe's love for Morgan deepens and in flip, she begins to see him in a brand new gentle although neither is daring sufficient to confess their emotions. In the meantime, Morgan's hopes of pulling off her shock for Uncle Tommy get sacked. That’s, till Gabe takes issues into his personal arms and makes use of his connections with the Payments to tug off the shock of a lifetime for Morgan and each their households that can make this a Christmas they'll always remember. Cameos: Coach Sean McDermott, Ray Davis, Damar Hamlin, Dion Dawkins, Dawson Knox, Reid Ferguson, DeWayne Carter, Joshua Palmer, Jim Kelly, Steve Tasker, Thurman Thomas, Scott Norwood, Andre Reed, Chris Brown, Luke Russert."

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Soften My Coronary heart This Christmas

Premieres: Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Laura Vandervoort, Stephen Huszar

Comprises: A secret truthful entry and onefiery feud

Official description: "Holly James (Vandervoort), a passionate glassblower striving to determine her inventive id, desires of showcasing her creations on the Fern Grove Truthful. Regardless of earlier rejections from Jack Dubois (Huszar), who oversees the entries, Holly finds an sudden alternative to help legendary glassblower Bianca Bonhomme, to assist Jack. Sadly, Bianca is combating a artistic stoop and desires assist managing her sales space. Whereas Holly assists Bianca, she additionally secretly shows her personal artwork underneath a pseudonym, and her vibrant work turns into a shock hit, overshadowing Bianca's work and difficult the truthful's conventional norms. Holly does all the things she will be able to to assist Bianca with out freely giving her id whereas additionally rising nearer to Jack, however sadly Walter, a information reporter, discovers the thriller and outs Holly, shattering her relationship with each Bianca and Jack. Holly is now compelled to select up the items and attempt to soften them again collectively."

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We Met in December

Premieres: Nov. 27 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Autumn Reeser, Niall Matter

Comprises: A missed connection in probably the most fantastic time of the yr

Official description: "On an sudden layover in mid-December, Annie Lane (Reeser) and Dave Weeks (Matter) meet as strangers in a good looking lodge all embellished for the vacations. It's love at first sight, and so they find yourself having a magical evening of sharing hopes, desires… and an ideal kiss. However once they fail to alternate numbers and miss one another the following morning, Annie and Dave fly again to Chicago with no straightforward approach to observe the opposite one down. The one clues they’ve are these shared about plans for the upcoming vacation season, and the 2 embark on separate quests to seek out each other. Alongside the best way, insightful knowledge shared throughout their time collectively leads Annie and Dave to make necessary modifications of their lives, main them each to seek out methods of constructing this Christmas particular for themselves, their households, and their family members."

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The Snow Should Go On

Premieres: Nov. 28 at 6 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Heather Hemmens, Corey Cott

Comprises: A Christmas showcase and a little bit of Broadway magic

Official description: "Isaiah Heyward (Cott) final appeared on Broadway virtually 10 years in the past. Since then, getting again on Broadway has been a problem. To flee the grind of the town and re-evaluate his life, Isaiah visits his sister, Jess, and teenage niece, Aurora, in upstate New York for the vacations. However his yuletide respite is interrupted when he learns Aurora's highschool might must cancel their annual Christmas musical as a result of they will't discover a director. With a nudge from Aurora and the college's steering counselor, Lilly-Anne Brigente (Hemmens), Isaiah decides to avoid wasting the Christmas present and jumps in as director. Isaiah's scenario will get a bit extra sophisticated when he learns that an influential Broadway producer's daughter is within the college manufacturing, so Isaiah decides to forged himself because the lead as a way to land a component in an upcoming Broadway present. However whereas the curtain rises on rehearsals and the Christmas Eve opening evening quick approaches, Isaiah finds some Christmas surprises of his personal, as he stumbles upon an sudden romance with Lilly-Anne, creates an unanticipated bond together with his college students, reassesses his priorities, and in the end discovers that the best vacation present is discovered when love, household, and friendship take middle stage."

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The Extra the Merrier

Premieres: Nov. 28 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Rachel Boston, Brendan Penny

Comprises: Infants! Infants! Infants!

Official description: "Alice (Boston), an emergency room physician at a small, rural hospital, all the time volunteers to work the Christmas Eve in a single day shift and goes the additional mile to make the vacation merry and shiny for sufferers and employees. When the hospital will get snowed in, Alice and Brian (Penny), the newly employed top-rated heart specialist, discover themselves in the course of a bona fide child growth when three ladies — together with the one OBGYN for miles round — go into labor on the rarest birthday of the yr. As they group as much as deliver these bundles of pleasure into the world because the evening wears on, Alice, Brian, and the remainder of the employees additionally work laborious to make the vacation really feel festive for all of the sufferers. Although they could have completely different approaches to medication — and to life — there's a spark between them, and by the tip of their shift it's clear that this can be the Christmas Eve that modifications them each perpetually."

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An Alpine Vacation

Premieres: Nov. 29 at 6 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Ashley Williams, Laci Mailey, Julien Samani

Comprises: Estranged siblings taking an unforgettable journey in honor of their household

Official description: "A grandmother's final want brings two estranged sisters, Religion (Williams) and Kelly (Mailey), again collectively to journey to the French Alps for Christmas to recreate her first journey there with their grandfather. Going through all of the challenges and surprise this distinctive vacation journey brings, they study to cherish their sisterhood above all, whereas additionally making room for love to blossom between Kelly and their French mountaineer information, Frederic (Samani)."

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A Grand Ole Opry Christmas

Premieres: Nov. 29 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Nikki Deloach, Kristoffer Polaha, Rob Mayes, Eliza Maher, Luke Benward, Sharon Lawrence, James Denton

Comprises: A time-traveling nation Christmas journey full with a number of well-known cameos

Official description: "Gentry Wade (Nikki DeLoach), daughter of late nation music icon Jett Wade – half of the famed duo Winters & Wade – deserted her dream of a songwriting profession and distanced herself from her father's legacy following his tragic accident 30 years prior. When the Grand Ole Opry invitations her to symbolize Jett at their centennial celebration at Christmas, she's hesitant to return to the place steeped in bittersweet recollections. Inspired by her good buddies, Gentry visits the Opry and, whereas seated in one of many vaunted venue's oak church pews, is immediately transported to 1995. Gentry's lifelong good friend Mac (Kristoffer Polaha), a rustic music expertise supervisor, finds himself in 1995 as effectively. Because of some Christmas magic, Gentry will get treasured time together with her father, artistic inspiration to complete the track she started a long time earlier as a teen, and learns shocking solutions to questions on her father which have adopted her for the final three a long time. Cameos by: Invoice Anderson, Brad Paisley, Dailey & Vincent, Drew Baldridge, Jamey Johnson, Maggie Baugh, Megan Moroney, Mickey Guyton, Pam Tillis, Rhett Akins, Riders within the Sky, Suzy Bogguss, Tigirlily Gold, T Graham Brown."

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The Christmas Cup

Premieres: Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Rhiannon Fish, Ben Rosenbaum

Comprises: A Christmas contest for the ages

Official description: "After a knee harm threatens to chop her profession quick, Employees Sergeant Kelly Brandt (Fish) returns house in low spirits for the vacations. Her household tries to assist by encouraging her to steer her hometown group within the annual Christmas Cup in opposition to the rival city. It takes plenty of work, however Kelly organizes her group and will get them as competition-ready as she will be able to with the assistance of Hearth Captain Quinn Stokley (Rosenbaum). Sparks start to fly with Quinn, and thru the entire course of, Kelly is reminded of how a lot she loves to steer, however her coronary heart nonetheless hopes she will probably be cleared to return to serve. Kelly in the end receives the decision she has been ready for; nevertheless, it's not what she expects. With the Marines needing her to report back to the Hawaiian base on the day of the competitors, Kelly quickly realizes there’s a couple of approach to serve a group."

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Christmas on the Catnip Café

Premieres: Nov. 30 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Erin Cahill, Paul Campbell

Comprises: An adoptable cat café at Christmas! What extra might anybody want!?

Official description: "Olivia Pierce (Cahill) is a advertising and marketing government from Oakland, Calif., who is that this near realizing her dream of buying a condominium, however she's a bit quick on the down fee. When she learns that her late nice aunt left her half of a cat café in upstate New York, she thinks it's the Christmas miracle she wanted – so long as she will be able to promote and shut the deal earlier than the vacations. Olivia's plan hits a bump within the highway when she meets Dr. Ben Kane (Campbell), the veterinarian who owns the opposite half. The café serves an necessary function within the city – serving to homeless cats discover perpetually houses – and he has no intention of closing up store. Christmas is crucial time of the yr, as they plan many actions to assist elevate funds and get them into the black. Olivia and Ben strike a deal – she agrees to assist him plan the fundraising occasions on the café over the following three weeks in alternate for Ben promising to not drag his heels on promoting on the finish of that point. Except Ben notes, she finally ends up altering her thoughts – rather a lot can occur in three weeks, in spite of everything. As they work collectively and a spark between them grows, Olivia turns into a part of the neighborhood, positive aspects an appreciation for the café's cute feline inhabitants and what it means to Ben, in addition to to all the group. And when she learns the shocking purpose her nice aunt opened the café within the first place, that simply is perhaps the cat-alyst for change that can give all of them a Merry Christmas."

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Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas

Premieres: Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, with new episodes every week by way of Dec. 19

Solid: Mae Whitman, Julian Morris, Toby Sandeman, Nathaniel Parker, Jane Seymour, Lucy Eaton, Mary McDonnell

Comprises: A lot of love in a bit English city

Official Description: "Gifted Saville Row textile sample designer Kate (Whitman) lives within the quaint village of Blexford, England, subsequent door to her father Mac (Parker), who’s long-divorced from Kate's mom Delilah (McDonnell), a globe-trotting American all the time on an journey. When not at work, Kate takes care of Mac, who's recovering from a motorcycle accident and is inclined to spend his days sitting in his recliner. Unbeknownst to Kate, her finest good friend Laura (Eaton) indicators her up for The 12 Dates of Christmas – a holiday-themed matchmaking program within the days main as much as the vacation that includes rigorously curated, yuletide courting experiences, in an try and get Kate out of her rut. Lovingly coerced by Laura and longtime finest good friend Callum (Morris), a reluctant Kate in the end will get into the spirit of this system and is caught off guard when she meets somebody (Sandeman) who reinvigorates her zest for all times. However when Delilah unexpectedly exhibits up on her doorstep – actually – Kate and Mac's life and vacation season get upended. In the meantime, Mac could also be embarking on his personal romance with native Evelyn (Seymour), a widow who slowly helps him step outdoors the confines of his home and open his coronary heart. As Kate wends her approach by way of the 12 dates, she takes a circuitous path to romance whereas additionally making some necessary discoveries about herself."

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She's Making a Listing

Premieres: Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Lacey Chabert, Andrew Walker

Comprises: A naughty or good record dilemma

Official description: "Falling on Santa's Naughty or Good record was a name made by Santa and his elves. However with the variety of youngsters worldwide skyrocketing, Santa has outsourced the job to the Naughty or Good Group, a consulting agency that has cornered the market on figuring out a toddler's niceness due to an hermetic system. As a high inspector with the group, it's Isabel's (Chabert) job to make the powerful calls by assessing the youngsters on her record and assigning a verdict. When she is tasked with evaluating a mischievous 11-year-old Charlie Duncan, she expects a routine case. However issues get sophisticated when Isabel unexpectedly falls for Charlie's widowed father, Jason (Walker), and begins to query the inflexible guidelines of her job. As Christmas approaches, Isabel should select between following the vacation algorithm or following her coronary heart."

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Single on the twenty fifth

Premieres: Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Lyndsy Fonseca, Daniel Lissing

Comprises: Two single Pringles having fun with the vacations collectively

Official description: "For Nell Duke (Fonseca), nothing is worse than being single at Christmastime as a result of all over the place she seems, {couples} are kissing underneath the mistletoe. After her household cancels vacation plans on the final minute, Nell decides to spend the week of Christmas having enjoyable on her personal! When she crosses paths together with her neighbor Cooper (Lissing), a monetary analyst who prides himself on being fortunately unattached, he notices Nell combating being alone and decides to share recommendations on the right way to preserve the vacations festive. Cooper evokes Nell to problem her insecurities and discover happiness in being on her personal. In flip, Nell helps Cooper notice he's lacking out on actual connection. Within the enjoyable partnership that types, the pleasant singles' Christmas collectively begins to really feel like one thing extra. Their particular connection falls aside when Nell finds out Cooper solely supplied to assist as a result of he felt sorry Nell needed to spend the vacations alone. To make Christmas actually magical this yr, Cooper should present actual development of character whereas Nell finds her personal power in being single through the holidays. Impressed by the track 'Single on the twenty fifth' by Lauren Spencer Smith."

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A Suite Vacation Romance

Premieres: Dec. 13 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Jessy Schram, Dominic Sherwood

Comprises: Fake royals, the romantic backdrop that’s New York Metropolis in winter

Official description: "It's Christmas week when Sabrina Submit (Schram) arrives on the iconic Grand Fairbanks Resort in New York Metropolis, prepared to simply accept the ghostwriting place for the memoir of Grayson Westcott – a well-known artwork vendor. As a struggling author, Sabrina can't consider her luck: a paycheck and a keep in her personal suite on the lodge. She looks like Cordelia, the heroine from her favourite sequence of youngsters's books written by Hazel Holley. What guarantees to be an ideal week is sophisticated when Sabrina meets Ian Turner (Sherwood), a good-looking British customer, on the lodge bar. When Ian assumes Sabrina is one other rich visitor on the lodge, she doesn't right him – a choice she doesn't remorse after studying that Ian is a member of the British aristocracy. Or so she thinks. The reality is that Ian is just not a rich lord however is the private secretary of Lord Spencer Braxton. Ian is on the town for the vacations to supervise the set up of an exhibit that includes the Braxton Royal Jewels on the Avalon Museum. Because the week unfolds, Sabrina exhibits Ian Christmas in New York and the 2 begin to fall for one another."

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Oy to the World!

Premieres: Dec. 14 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Brooke D’Orsay, Jake Epstein

Comprises: A Christmas and Hanukkah joint celebration!

Official description: "When water traces break at Temple Beth Am, it leaves its members in want of a spot to have fun Hanukkah. Throughout the road, St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church is fast to open its doorways and provide shared area for the vacations. With the final evening of Hanukkah and Christmas Eve falling on the identical day this yr – one thing that hardly ever occurs – the reverend and rabbi select to supply a joint service for his or her congregations. However which means Nikki Roberts (D’Orsay), St. Joseph’s youth choir director, should group up with Jake Cohen (Epstein), the substitute youth choir director from Temple Beth Am, and placed on a single music program. These two are previous highschool rivals, and collectively, they’re able to compete for the highest prize. That’s not serving to issues at a time when partnership issues most. To guide a profitable fundraising effort for the temple, Nikki and Jake must put apart their variations and discover ways to work collectively. In doing so, they uncover teamwork can transfer mountains and open hearts, together with their very own. On their large evening, Nikki and Jake discover a approach to unite individuals by way of the facility of track and show that coming collectively is the easiest way for everybody to have fun the vacation season."

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A Make or Break Vacation

Premieres: Dec. 20 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Hunter King, Evan Roderick

Comprises: A really un-holly, jolly vacation break-up

Official description: "Liv (King) and Daniel (Roderick) are internet hosting their households for the primary time this Christmas, and stress is at an all-time excessive. When unstated irritations inside their relationship lastly attain a boiling level, Liv and Daniel discover themselves at odds and determine they should take a break from one another. Nevertheless, relaying this information to their households will most actually break Christmas, so that they determine to maneuver ahead with their authentic plans and can fake to be a cheerful couple whereas everyone seems to be underneath one roof. As they navigate the complexities of their respective households and work collectively to create a vacation celebration they'll all keep in mind, Liv and Daniel start to rediscover what they love about one another and will not must fake for much longer."

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The Christmas Child

Premieres: Dec. 21 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Solid: Ali Liebert, Katherine Barrell, Barbara Niven

Comprises: Shock child!

Official description: "When a child boy exhibits up on their doorstep days earlier than Christmas with a observe written specifically for them, Erin (Liebert) and Kelly (Barrell) should discover ways to navigate their new relationship and profession dynamics whereas unexpectedly caring for a new child. Because the couple spends extra time with the newborn as a short lived answer till he might be positioned completely or they will discover his mom, they start to understand that they wish to undertake him themselves and go about navigating the sophisticated world of fostering to undertake all whereas their enterprise is booming on the busiest time of the yr, Christmas."

With reporting by Emlyn Travis

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