Christmas Movie Reviews
Welcome and happy holidays!
In the past, we reviewed quite a few Christmas Movies from all networks. They are always sweet, but can become repetitive in story lines. So, we took a break. I don’t know yet whether we will add more to these, but we might. However, this is a list of all that we have done so far.
If you would like to see my reviews of other movies, go to the menu above, under Movie Reviews.
Credit for photos, posters, summaries, cast lists, directors, writers, and production credits are courtesy of the individual production companies.
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Random Acts of Christmas
Premiere Date: November 17, 2019
Cast: Erin Cahill and Kevin McGarry
While uncovering who is behind the random acts of Christmas popping up around her city, investigative journalist Sydney meets a competing reporter, Cole, who ignites her Christmas spirit and captures her heart but may not be the man he claims to be.
Once Upon a Main Street
Premiere Date: November 29, 2020
Cast: Vanessa Lachey and Ryan McPartlin
Amelia wants to open a year-round Christmas store, bids for a shop lot against Vic, who wants to open a chocolate shop. Rivalry becomes a romance when they have to work together.
The Santa Squad
Premiere Date: December 7, 2020
Cast: Aaron Ashmore, Rebecca Dalton, Hattie Kragten, and Molly Lewis
An unemployed art teacher accepts a job with the Santa Squad to help lift the spirits of a wealthy widower Gordon (Aaron Ashmore), and his two adorable daughters. As she helps the broken family rediscover the magic of Christmas, she finds something she didn’t expect: True love.
Dear Christmas
Premiere Date: November 27, 2020
Cast: Melissa Joan Hart and Jason Priestley
Natalie has a hit podcast based on Love. The problem is, she’s not very good at finding it herself. That’s when Chris Massey enters her life and shakes things up. Not to mention his name!
Christmas She Wrote
Premiere Date: December 6, 2020
Cast: Danica McKellar and Dylan Neal
When Kayleigh’s advice column gets canceled right before Christmas, she heads home to reconnect with her family. While there, she gets an unexpected visit from the editor behind the decision to cut it and fights to bring her back to the paper and for her heart.
Christmas on the Range
Premiere Date: December 6, 2020
Cast: Erin Cahill and Nicholas Gonzalez
Kendall’s one-holiday wish is to keep the family ranch solvent. Her rival’s charming son offers help-and maybe more-but can he be trusted?
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
Premiere Date: November 25, 2020
Cast: Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn, Darby Camp, Julian Dennison, Judah Lewis, and Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Unhappy over her mom’s new relationship, a now-teenage Kate runs away and lands at the North Pole, where a naughty elf is plotting to cancel Christmas.
If I Only Had Christmas
Premiere Date: November 29, 2020
Cast: Candace Cameron Bure and Warren Christie
At Christmas, a cheerful publicist teams up with a cynical corporate vice president and his eclectic team to help a charity in need.
USS Christmas
Premiere Date: November 28, 2020
Cast: Jen Lilley and Revor Donovan
Maddie, a Norfolk newspaper reporter, embarks on a Tiger Cruise during Christmastime, where she meets a handsome naval officer and stumbles upon a mystery in the ship’s archive room.
Christmas Waltz
Premiere Date: November 28, 2020
Cast: Lacey Chabert and Will Kemp
After Avery’s storybook Christmas wedding is canceled unexpectedly, dance instructor Roman helps her rebuild her dreams.
Good Morning Christmas
Premiere Date: November 23, 2020
Cast: Alison Sweeney and Mac Blucas
Two TV hosts are sent to a festive small town over Christmas. While pretending to get along for the sake of appearance, they discover that there’s more to each other than they thought.
A Nashville Christmas Carol
Premiere Date: November 21, 2020
Cast: Jessy Schram and WesBrown
A television producer is forced to work with the man who broke her heart on a country music Christmas special while being interrupted by Christmas spirits determined for her to revisit her past.
A Timeless Christmas
Premiere Date: November 15, 2020
Cast: Erin Cahill and Ryan Paevey
Charles Whitley travels from 1903 to 2020, where he meets Megan Turner, a tour guide at his historic mansion, and experiences a 21st Century Christmas.
Christmas in Vienna
Premiere Date: November 14, 2020
Cast: Sarah Drew and Brennn Elliott
Jess, a concert violinist whose heart just isn’t in it anymore, goes to Vienna for a performance. While there, she finds the inspiration she has been missing and new love.
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Premiere Date: November 13, 2020
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Keegan-Michael Key, Hugh Bonneville, Anika Noni Rose, Madalen Mills, Phylicia Rashad, and Ricky Martin
An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.
A Very Charming Christmas Town
Premiere Date: November 8, 2020
Cast: Natalie Hall and Jon Prescott
City girl and travel and lifestyle blogger Aubrey Lang goes to Solvang’s little town for her next holiday vlog piece after it’s voted Most Christmassy Town in the USA. She soon meets Sawyer Larsen, a local community coordinator and chocolate shop owner assigned to show her around the small town. At first, the unlikely pairing is at odds but soon starts to fall for each other amidst the twinkling lights of the romantic little Danish village.
A Ring for Christmas
Premiere Date: November 8, 2020
Cast: Liliana Tandon and Dean Geer
Spoiled single girl Angie Moore gets cut off 25 days before Christmas. When she discovers the existence of a sizable trust fund that she will inherit once she gets married, Angie decides to find a man to marry – by Christmas.
A Welcome Home Christmas
Premiere Date: November 7, 2020
Cast: Jana Kramer and Brandon Uinn
Chloe has always supported various military organizations, including the town’s Army toy drive for Christmas. This year, she is paired up with Michael, a vet who recently returned home, and together they recruit other veterans and active military personnel to help in the cause. As the community gears up for the Officer’s Christmas Ball, where all the kids will meet Santa Claus and receive their gifts, Michael and Chloe begin to realize the greatest gift this season has been each other’s company.
Candy Cane Christmas
Premiere Date: October 31, 2020
Cast: Beverley Mitchell and Mark Ghanme
Since childhood, Candy Cane Lane has been Phoebe’s favorite Christmas tradition of an entire neighborhood decorated for the holidays. This Christmas, however, the neighborhood decides to skip the decorations, crushing her spirits. As Phoebe is searching for a new tradition to cheer her up, she realizes that it’s not the traditions we cherish but the people we spend them with. While preparing for her new tradition, Phoebe stumbles upon the final thing her Christmas was missing: love!
Operation Christmas Drop
Premiere Date: November 5, 2020
Cast: Kat Graham and Alexander Udwig
Congressional aide Erica forgoes family Christmas to travel at her boss’s behest. At a beachside Air Force base, she clashes with Capt. Andrew Jantz, who knows her assignment, is finding reasons to defund the facility.
Cranberry Christmas
Premiere Date: October 31, 2020
Cast: Nikki DeLoach and Benjamin Ayes
A separated couple feigns marital bliss on national television to help their town’s Christmas festival – and their business. But what will the future hold for them when new opportunities complicate rekindled love?
A Christmas Duet
Premiere Date: November 25, 2019
Cast: Chaley Rose and Rome Flynn
Former pop music duo – and former couple – Averie and Jesse reunite at Averie’s inn during the holidays. As they spend time together preparing for the Christmas festival Averie is hosting at her inn, they rediscover long buried feelings and notice the creative spark each one lights in the other. While Averie balances planning the festival and trying to impress a hotel critic, Jesse sees what life with Averie would look like, possibly revealing a dream he never knew he had. As Christmas approaches, the two must decide if they are meant to live their lives solo or in harmony together.
Forever Christmas
Premiere Date: October 25, 2020
Cast: Chelsea Hobbs and Christopher Rssell
When workaholic reality TV producer Sophie starts working on a holiday-season show about Will, a wild, sexy guy who celebrates Christmas every day of the year, she finds herself falling for her mysterious, unlikely new star, renewing her long-lost faith in Christmas in the process.
This movie was previously released as Mr. 365 in 2018.
Deliver by Christmas
Premiere Date: October 25, 2020
Cast: Alvina August and Eion Bailey
Bakery owner Molly meets Josh, a widower who recently moved to town with his young son, but she is also charmed by a mysterious client she’s never met in person, and she doesn’t realize that they’re the same man.
Chateau Christmas
Premiere Date: October 25, 2020
Cast: Merritt Patterson and Luke Macfarlane
Margot, a world-renowned pianist, returns to Chateau Newhaus to spend the holidays with her family and rediscover her music passion. While there, her ex-boyfriend and former bandmate Jackson convinces her to headline the annual Christmas Concert, and working together brings back all their old feelings.
Christmas Tree Lane
Premiere Date: October 24, 2020
Cast: Alicia Witt and Andrew Walker
Music store owner Meg spearheads the community effort to save the Christmas Tree Lane shopping district from demolition. As she finds herself falling for Nate, a recent acquaintance, she’s thrown when she learns his surprising tie to the developer.
Holiday in the Wild
Premiere Date: November 1, 2019
Cast: Rob Lowe and Kristin Davis
Jilted by her husband on the eve of embarking on an African safari, a woman travels to the continent alone where she meets an elephant conservationist.
Christmas Town
Premiere Date: December 1, 2019
Cast: Candace Cameron Bure and Tim Rozon
Elementary school teacher Lauren Gabriel decides to leave the comfortable and familiar – and career-only minded boyfriend – for a more family-friendly/white-picket fence lifestyle far from Boston. En route, her train is delayed in the small, quaint town of Grandon Falls, nicknamed “Christmastown.” When Lauren meets the handsome handy-man Travis, his young foster son Dylan and searches for a long-lost beloved family heirloom, she extends her stay. During the festive and family-focused days before Christmas she gets an unexpected opportunity and contemplates a life-changing decision, realizing that Christmas – and Grandon Falls – has a way of making miracles happen.
A Christmas Wish
Premiere Date: November 28, 2019
Cast: Hilarie Burton and Tyler Hilton
Maddie slips in a wish for her sister Faith to experience true love for the first time. Next day Faith meets seemingly perfect Andrew, but is he really the one for her?
Christmas in Rome
Premiere Date: November 30, 2019
Cast: Lacey Chabert and Sam Page
Angela, an American tour guide living in Rome, meets Oliver, an American business executive who is lost and late for an important meeting on his first day there. Angela helps him, but soon finds herself playing a central role in Oliver’s business deal, as the company owner will only sell to someone who understands the ways of Italy. Oliver hires Angela as his personal tour guide but gets far more than he bargained for, as a romance blooms between them amidst the backdrop of Rome at Christmastime and he must learn that life and business work differently in Italy.
Christmas Stars
Premiere Date: December 13, 2019
Cast: Erica Durance and J.T. Hodges
When aspiring R&B artist Layla crosses paths with amateur songwriter Spence, she thinks she’s found her shot at finally getting a record deal.
The Christmas Chalet
Premiere Date: December 1, 2019
Cast: Erica Durance and Robin Dunne
A divorced lover of Christmas books a chalet with her mother and daughter for the holidays, there she meets a writer who despises Christmas. Together they learn the magic of Christmas and family.
Christmas At Dollywood
Premiere Date: December 8, 2019
Cast: Danica McKellar, Niall Matter, and Dolly Parton
Event planner Rachel Davis returns to her Tennessee hometown to take on the biggest job of her career – Dollywood’s 30th Smoky Mountain Christmas celebration – and is teamed up with unimaginative operations director Luke Hakman to plan the event that has to be as bombastic and glamourous as Dolly Parton herself. And when Dolly gets involved in a little matchmaking, Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas event lights up the sky with joy, laughter and love.
Christmas in Louisiana
Premiere Date: November 16, 2019
Cast: Jana Kramer and Percy Daggs III
When a woman returns home to celebrate the anniversary of the town’s Sugarcane Christmas Festival, she rediscovers the magic of the season.
Christmas Cupcakes
Premiere Date: November 12, 2019
Cast: Cindy Busby, Erin Karpluk, and Corey Laranger
Network: UPtv
Director: Dylan Pearce
Writers: Neil Chase and Nathan Usher
When their family bakery may have to close its doors right before Christmas, rival sisters Kim and Gina must team up to win a national baking competition, save the family business, and perhaps even discover a bigger prize than they hoped.
Christmas in Montana
Premiere Date: December 14, 2019
Cast: Kellie Martin, Colin Ferguson, and Ava Preston
As Christmas approaches, Sara, a Los Angeles-based financial advisor and single mom, is sent to a small Montana town to help save a financially struggling cattle ranch. There, she meets Travis, the handsome owner of the troubled ranch now facing its last Christmas. Before long, Sara’s ambitious efforts to generate revenue clash with Travis’ laid-back business approach. When she unexpectedly starts to fall for small-town life — and for Travis — Sara must find a way to save the ranch without compromising his traditional values and must decide whether she’s going to return to L.A. or spend Christmas in Montana.
Check Inn to Christmas
Premiere Date: November 26, 2019
Cast: Rachel Boston and Wes Brown
Network: Hallmark
Director: Sam Irvin
Writer: Anna White
When New York City lawyer Julia Crawley returns to her Rocky Mountain hometown and her family’s lovely inn for the holidays, she finds herself at the center of a generations-old feud with the family that runs the town’s other inn. As the ongoing competition between the two inns escalates, “forbidden” romance blossoms between Julia and Ryan Mason, whose family runs the inn that is her family’s big competitor.
The Christmas Club
Premiere Date: November 26, 2019
Cast: Elizabeth Mitchell and Cameron Mathison
When dance teacher Olivia and business consultant Edward meet, they replace a woman’s lost Christmas Club savings with their own money and soon begin noticing pay-it-forward acts. But their magical day ends when Olivia learns Edward’s client is buying the dance studio. Luckily, Edward finds a storefront perfect for Olivia to start her own studio and secretly helps her get a loan. Thinking she secured it herself, Olivia sees Edward hugging the loan officer and declares he must believe in her for their relationship to work. It might take some Christmas magic and fate to bring these two back together.
Christmas A La Mode
Premiere Date: November 15, 2019
Cast: Katie Leclerc and Ryan Cooper
Since her father passed away, Emily (Leclerc) has been running her family’s dairy farm with the help of her mother and best friend. But this Christmas, the farm has fallen on hard times so Emily’s sister, Dorothy (Ellis)–who is part owner with Emily–and her handsome business partner, Charlie (Cooper) – show up with a proposition to sell the farm. Emily comes up with an ingenious plan to buy out her sister’s shares and hold an online holiday ice cream flavor contest that goes viral with the help of a key ingredient, Charlie’s amazing apple pie. Christmas à la Mode ice cream is born! Still as the Christmas Eve deadline for the buyout approaches, Emily needs a Christmas miracle to save the farm and her father’s legacy in time for a happy Christmas.
Write Before Christmas
Premiere Date: November 17, 2019
Cast: Torrey DeVitto and Chad Michael Murray
When Jessica sends Christmas cards to five people who’ve changed her life, each is inspired themselves. But Jessica’s music teacher never receives her card. Instead, her son Luke arrives with a vintage cello, explaining his mom is abroad and wanted Jessica to have her beloved instrument. Instantly hitting it off, Luke and Jessica have a wonderful day, ending when Luke gives Jessica a photo of the moon, quoting from It’s a Wonderful Life, “You want the moon? Just say the word, and I’ll throw a lasso around it.” But love isn’t lassoed just yet. Fate must step in once again.
Picture a Perfect Christmas
Premiere Date: November 2, 2019
Cast: Merritt Patterson and Jon Cor
A photographer whose career is on the fast track yet whose personal life lacks the fulfillment she seeks, finds romance with an unlikely candidate while visiting her grandmother in Bainbridge Island, Washington over the Christmas holiday season.
Rock N’ Roll Christmas
Premiere Date: November 10, 2019
Cast: Catherine Mary Stewart and Beverley Mitchell
An estranged mother/daughter country music duo reunite after 10 years apart to release a Christmas single after a video of them goes viral. Now, they’re going to need a lot of forgiveness and a little Christmas magic to write a song that perfectly captures the spirit of Christmas and brings their family back together.
The Mistletoe Secret
Premiere Date: November 10, 2019
Cast: Kellie Pickler and Tyler Hynes
When Aria Eubank convinces a famous travel writer to do a feature story on her beloved hometown, Midway, Utah, it looks like the town’s tourism drop is about to be reversed. However, when the travel guru and his ghostwriter both show up, Aria finds her heart torn between the charismatic but pompous Sterling Masters and Alex Barlett, the real talent behind “Masters of Travel,” and the man who has genuinely fallen for her.
A Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas
Premiere Date: November 7, 2019
Cast: Rachael Leigh Cook and Benjamin Ayres
Network: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Director: David Winning
Writer: Rick Garman
Willow Petersen returns to her Blue Ridge Mountain hometown to help prepare for her sister’s wedding, where she learns that the picturesque Eagle Ridge Inn that her family sold following her dad’s passing several years ago is on the market. After talking the inn’s handsome owner, single dad and widower David Lyndon, into letting her repurpose the inn’s barn as a venue for the upcoming Christmas wedding, Willow rediscovers her love for the old inn, and finds unexpected romance in the process.
Christmas Reservations
Premiere Date: November 2, 2019
Cast: Melissa Joan Hart and Icaro Chavira
It’s Christmas at the Treeline Ski Resort, where Holly is the event coordinator at her family lodge. She plans every event and keeps all the guests happy. But when her college sweetheart, now widowed with two children, checks in, Holly discovers she has her own reservations about life and love.
Christmas Scavenger Hunt
Premiere Date: November 3, 2019
Cast: Kim Shaw and Kevin McGarry
When Belinda returns home for Christmas, she sees Dustin, who broke her heart. “Accidentally” paired together by her dad, who runs the Scavenger Hunt, the two rekindle their love solving clues and taking selfies with their tasks. Along the way, they take a tree to a reclusive gentleman, who Belinda visited with her mother. But Belinda is also home to purchase the town museum for a client who intends to build condos there. Conflicted, she wonders how to tell Dustin, the museum’s director. It’ll take a Christmas miracle for their love to survive and for the museum to be saved.
A Christmas Recipe for Romance
Premiere Date: November 24, 2019
Cast: Madeline Leon and Seastian Sacco
When a prestigious food festival and cooking competition comes to her small town, Abby sees it as the perfect opportunity to book up her failing family-run inn and win some much-needed cash to save it from foreclosure. The only problem is…Abby is a terrible cook. But when a Christmas miracle drops a well-known and slightly disgraced celebrity chef named Jason Corwin on her doorstep, Abby knows this is her chance to save her business, and help Jason regain his reputation. And with a little pinch of sugar and a dash of Christmas magic, they may just end up cooking up more than a winning recipe.
No Time Like Christmas
Premiere Date: October 27, 2019
Cast: Kyla Pratt and Edward Ruttle
After Emma finds her college boyfriend’s engraved watch at a vintage jewelry shop, her sister Bronwyn believes it is a sign, and decides to secretly play Cupid by sending Emma to the same bed and breakfast in Vermont that Fletcher is staying at one week before Christmas. However, upon arrival, Emma is not only shocked to bump into her first love after all these years, but also his vivacious daughter. Throughout the week, the two fight their feelings for one another as they plan a Christmas Eve show in hopes of saving the local theater.
The Road Home for Christmas
Premiere Date: October 26, 2019
Cast: Marla Sokoloff and Rob Mayes
Two rival musicians, Lindsay and Wes who perform in a dueling piano show, suddenly find themselves without a gig on Christmas Eve and decide to road trip to their neighboring hometowns together.
Merry and Bright
Premiere Date: November 2, 2019
Cast: Jodie Sweetin and Andrew Walker
Cate is the CEO of Merry & Bright, a struggling small-town candy cane factory. Gabe is a New York consultant tasked with saving the company. With Christmas approaching, Gabe travels to the town, only to find Cate resenting his efforts to restructure her business. Though they initially clash, they soon develop feelings for each other. But when Gabe urges her to accept a high-profile investor’s suggestion to abandon the traditional methods of her business, Cate parts ways with him. On Christmas Eve, Cate wonders if she’ll manage to save her factory and if she’ll ever find a holiday romance again.
Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses
Premiere Date: October 26, 2019
Cast: Jill Wagner and Matthew Davis
Former interior designer Abbey Fuller can’t resist the opportunity to redecorate businessman Nick Sinclair’s grand family estate. But her challenge involves more than furniture, paint and a tight Christmas Eve deadline. The real conundrum is Nick, a buttoned-up workaholic who surprises Abbey, and himself, when he begins to reveal the kind, thoughtful man beneath the polished façade.
A Merry Christmas Match
Premiere Date: October 25, 2019
Cast: Ashley Newbrough and Kyle Dean Massey
Corey Calvin dreamed of being a theater director in the city but that meant abandoning her late father’s antiques shop in her small hometown as well as leaving the local Christmas Pageant as director. When LA hunk Ryder Donnelly visits her shop, more than Christmas lights twinkle and their affection grows. A surprise gift from Ryder convinces Corey to attend a holiday soiree at the Donnelly estate. When Corey sees Ryder at her Christmas Pageant, she reaches a crossroads. Does she owe it to her dad’s memory to stay in Harmony or owe it to her heart and finally listen when love calls?
A Midnight Kiss
Premiere Date: December 29, 2018
Cast: Carlos PenaVega and Adelaide Kane
With only one week to prepare, Mia Pearson (Adelaide Kane) and her family of party planners are given the biggest job in their company’s history: a New Year’s Eve party for tech entrepreneur Kate Clark (Pauline Egan). But when her brother breaks his leg and her parents head off on a planned vacation, Mia must reluctantly enlist the help of her brother’s visiting college buddy, David Campos (Carlos PenaVega), to help her pull off the event which just so happens to fall on her favorite day of the year. But what Mia didn’t plan on was falling in love in the process.
Christmas Made to Order
Premiere Date: December 23, 2018
Cast: Alexa PenaVega and Jonathan Bennett
When architect and Christmas amateur Steven finds himself hosting his family for Christmas, he recruits holiday coordinator Gretchen to bring holiday joy to his home.
Gretchen’s expert Christmas spirit brings Steven’s family together, but neither expected it to bring them closer to each other. After a great opportunity presents itself to Gretchen, she and Steven must decide what’s really important in life.
Jingle Around the Clock
Premiere Date: December 22, 2018
Cast: Brooke Nevin and Ichael Cassidy
When Elle Bennet (Nevin) decides to reunite her college friends for a special Christmas celebration, her plans are thwarted by an opportunity at work she can’t pass up — spearheading a Christmas campaign relaunch to prove she’s ready for a career-altering promotion.
Much to her surprise, she’s forced to team up with advertising campaign ‘fixer’ Max (Cassidy), who has a completely different take on the Holidays. But as Elle and Max work together and learn more about each other’s Christmas traditions, they unexpectedly find themselves falling for each other.
With the help of a little Christmas magic, will Elle pull off the perfect Christmas reunion and find the love she’s been searching for?
The Princess Switch
Premiere Date: November 16, 2018
Cast: Vanessa Hudgens, Nick Sagar, and Sam Palladio
One week before Christmas, Margaret, the gorgeous Duchess of Montenaro, switches places with Stacy, a “commoner” from Chicago, who looks exactly like her. With the assistance of a magical Santa’s helper, Margaret falls in love with Stacy’s handsome co-worker, while Stacy falls in love with Margaret’s fiance, the dashing Prince.
A Christmas in Royal Fashion
Premiere Date: December 16, 2018
Cast: Cindy Busby and Diarmaid Murtagh
Kristin Cooper, a talented assistant for a global PR firm, is put in charge of the annual Christmas fashion show and auction for clothing entrepreneur, Mr. Carson. A handsome young royal, Prince Patrick, is dispatched by his father, the King of Edgemoor, to be the face of the family co-sponsored event.
Upon his arrival to Beverly Hills, Patrick meets Kristin and is instantly smitten with her, mistakenly thinking she is actually her boss, Melanie. While Patrick and Kristin spend the Christmas season together in California, she wonders if Patrick would have still fallen for her if he knew she was an assistant, and not the boss.
Christmas Bells Are Ringing
Premiere Date: December 22, 2018
Cast: Emilie Ullerup and Josh Kelly
Samantha, a freelance photographer, is returning to Cape Cod for the first time since the death of her mother years earlier. She’s going to celebrate her father’s Christmas Eve wedding but is anxious to revisit past memories.
On a deadline for a big Christmas spread that could ignite her career, she enlists the help of her childhood friend, Mike, to show her around. In the time she spends in Cape Cod, she realizes that Christmas is wherever your family is.
A Snow White Christmas
Premiere Date: December 8, 2018
Cast: Michelle Randolph and Cot Prattes
When Blanca Snow is faced with spending Christmas with her dastardly stepmother, Victoria, she attempts to fulfill her late father’s wishes and create new memories as a family. However, Victoria plots to edge Blanca out of her father’s inheritance and keep the money and his mansion, for herself. She plans to renovate the house by hiring a talented designer, Lucas Prince, but when he falls in love with Blanca, Victoria is jealous and outraged.
With the help of her assistant, Zane, Victoria has Blanca hypnotized, so she will forget everyone and everything about her father’s will. When Blanca wakes up in a quaint motor lodge out of town with severe amnesia, she receives the help of seven quirky friends, the Holly Jollies, to help her figure out her life.
While attempting to regain her memory, she finds herself the object of affection to both house painter Hunter, and Lucas Prince. But, who can she trust? And will she finally remember her past, and stop Victoria from stealing everything her father built?
Hometown Christmas
Premiere Date: December 16, 2018
Cast: Beverley Mitchell and Stephen Colletti
Back in Louisiana for Christmas, Noelle Collins (Mitchell) has big plans to resurrect the town’s live nativity, a beloved tradition that her late mother used to put on. Things become complicated, however, when Noelle runs into her high school sweetheart, Nick Russell (Colletti), a rising baseball star also back home due to a recent injury.
Still feeling the burn from their senior year break-up, their lives are pushed together even further when they learn their parents share an attraction and want to be more than just friends.
When things begin to fall apart with the live nativity, Nick and Noelle reluctantly team up to pull off the show and find themselves growing close, uncovering a hometown love for each other and the joy of Christmas that both never really faded away.
Entertaining Christmas
Premiere Date: December 16, 2018
Cast: Jodie Sweetin and Brendan Fehr
Claire is a cookbook author, crafting expert, and television personality whose name is synonymous with perfection. As she contemplates retirement, her daughter Candace (Sweetin) is poised to become the new face of the Livingston brand. The only trouble is, Candace can’t cook. Or sew. Or do any of the signature things her mother is known for.
When a young girl posts a video online requesting Claire help welcome her deployed father home for Christmas, Candace is sent in her place in an effort to prove herself a worthy successor to the board of directors and win the job.
As Candace does her best to make a good impression, she gets more than she bargained for when the young girl’s uncle Joe turns out to be a reporter for the local paper, looking for his next story.
Christmas Pen Pals
Premiere Date: December 18, 2018
Cast: Niall Matter and Sarah Drew
Following an unexpected breakup weeks before Christmas, Hannah (Drew), tech wiz and creator of the dating app, Perfect One, heads home for the holidays, challenged to save her failing business by re-conceiving a new romantic dating model.
Upon her return she runs into her high school boyfriend, Sam (Matter) who she has carefully avoided for years and reluctantly makes a deal with her dad, Ted (Gross) to sign up for the town’s Christmas Cupid, an anonymous holiday pen pal service. As the season progresses, Hannah is smitten by each beautifully written letter she receives and starts to believe that her Christmas pen pal could be her soul mate.
It’s not until Christmas Eve that everyone must reveal their true identities to their pen pals, even if it means coming face to face with the last person they ever expected.
Memories of Christmas
Premiere Date: December 8, 2018
Cast: Christina Milian and Mark Taylor
Noelle (Milian) was raised by the queen of Christmas. When she inherits her late mother’s house, she finds out that her mother had been hiring someone to decorate it — Dave (Taylor). The deal is off, but Dave convinces Noelle to let him carry on the tradition. As the display goes up, Noelle’s defenses start to come down. She embraces the town’s Christmas gala that was her mother’s legacy, finds unexpected love, and develops a joy for the holidays that she never thought possible.
A Christmas in Tennessee
Premiere Date: December 9, 2018
Cast: Rachel Boston and Andrew Walker
Allison Bennet (Boston), along with her daughter Olivia and mother Martha (Richardson), run a bakery in the small mountain town of White Pines, Tennessee. When Matthew (Walker), a charming real estate developer, tries to buy the town for a corporate ski resort, Allison and the townspeople must work together to prevent that from happening.
And just when the Bennet ladies seem out of luck, an unexpected visitor—with a well-known sweet tooth for cookies and milk—comes to the bakery and may in fact be the key to solving everything.
Homegrown Christmas
Premiere Date: December 8, 2018
Cast: Lori Loughlin and Victor Webster
After stepping down as CEO of her dream job, Maddie (Loughlin) heads home for the holidays to gain perspective. She finds herself running into her old high school sweetheart Carter (Webster), and tensions quickly arise. When forced to put together a Christmas dance for the local high school, Carter and Maddie find themselves putting their differences aside and rediscover what made them fall in love all those years ago.
Christmas Wonderland
Premiere Date: December 1, 2018
Cast: Emily Osment nd Ryan Rottman
Heidi (Osment), who initially left her small town of Pleasant Valley with the dream of one day becoming a successful painter, has put her own art on hold to excel as an art gallery curator. Now, a week before the gallery’s big Christmas party, she must return home to watch her niece and nephew.
She comes face to face with her high school love, Chris, now a teacher, who is in over his head after he must find a new last-minute location for the Christmas dance. Heidi offers to help him and together they discover a beautiful place for the dance, perfectly capturing the Christmas spirit, called Wonderland Farms.
The more time Heidi spends in Pleasant Valley decorating for the Christmas SnowBall, the more she finds herself inspired to start painting again. With Christmas fast approaching, Heidi soon becomes torn between the life she built in the city and the life she is surprisingly charmed by back in Pleasant Valley, embracing her true passion.
A Very Nutty Christmas
Premiere Date: November 30, 2018
Cast: Melissa Joan Hart and Barry Watson
Kate, a workaholic baker, has given up on Christmas, especially this year, when her boyfriend dumps her and she’s got to fill an order of 12,000 cookies before Christmas.
However, the gift of a magic nutcracker who turns into a real man makes the once cynical Kate understand the magic and beauty of Christmas–and of love.
Mingle All the Way
Premiere Date: December 7, 2018
Cast: Jen Lilley and Brant Daugherty
Mingle All the Way is a new networking app designed to pair busy professionals together for upcoming events, without long-term romance. Molly (Lilley), founder of the app, is determined to prove to her family that it is a success. Therefore, she joins the app, and meets another busy professional, Jeff (Daugherty).
When Molly and Jeff are matched, they are both horrified to realize they’ve already had not one, but two disastrous previous encounters. Nevertheless, they agree to stay matched for all their respective upcoming holiday engagements. As the pair gets closer, perhaps their business arrangement might turn into something more this holiday season.
Poinsettias For Christmas
Premiere Date: November 23, 2018
Cast: John Schneider, Bethany Joy Lenz, Sharon Lawrence, Rhonda Dent, and Marcus Rosner
It’s just weeks before Christmas when Ellie (Bethany Joy Lenz) gets a call to return home to help her father (John Schneider) on the family’s poinsettia farm. The family business is on the line to deliver tens of thousands of plants for the town’s annual parade.
The problem is – the poinsettias have yet to turn red. As Ellie searches for the solution, she is reminded of where her heart truly lies as she falls in love with both her roots and a local botanist (Marcus Rosner).
A Shoe Addict’s Christmas
Premiere Date: November 25, 2018
Cast: Candace Cameron Bure, Luke Macfarlane, and Jean Smart
As Christmas approaches, Noelle (Bure) is at a crossroads in her life when it seems that love, a connection with her father, and her dream career are out of reach. When she stays late at her job in a department store on a snowy Christmas Eve, she accidentally gets locked in after closing.
She isn’t too concerned about the prospect of spending the night in the store… until a quirky woman appears out of nowhere in the shoe department and tells Noelle that she’s her guardian angel.
Soon, Noelle finds herself revisiting Christmases past, present, and future as she must work with her new neighbor, a handsome, Christmas-loving firefighter, to plan the annual Christmas Charity Gala.
Will visiting the holidays of yesterday and tomorrow help Noelle take new chances and discover the true spirit of Christmas? And in realizing that the only thing standing in her way of leading a fulfilling life is herself, will the love she has longed for all her life be the best surprise gift of all?
Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe
Premiere Date: November 23, 2018
Cast: Lacey Chabert and Brendan Penny
Darcy (Chabert) has always worked hard to prove herself and be successful on her own terms, even choosing to start her own company, rather than work with her father.
Returning to her hometown for Christmas, Darcy reconnects with an old rival, restaurant owner Luke (Penny), and they are forced to plan a charity event together.
As Darcy spends time with her family and Luke, she starts to realize what matters most in life and sets out to mend her relationship with her father, and possibly fall in love.
Christmas at the Palace
Premiere Date: November 22, 2018
Cast: Merritt Patterson and Andrew Cooper
Katie, a former professional ice skater (Patterson), is hired by the king of San Senova, Alexander, to help his daughter in a Christmas ice skating performance.
As Katie spends time in the castle and with the king, she and Alex begin to develop feelings for each other and ultimately fall in love. But will the tradition-loving people of San Senova allow their king to make a foreigner their queen?
The Christmas Contract
Premiere Date: November 22, 2018
Cast: Danneel Ackles, Robert Buckley, Hilarie Burton, Tyler Hilton, and Antwon Tanner
A recently-single woman dreads the thought of going back to her home town in Louisiana for Christmas when she finds out her ex-boyfriend will be there with his new girlfriend.
‘Tis The Season: A One Tree Hill Cast Reunion
Premiere Date: November 22, 2018
Cast in attendance: Danneel Ackles, Hilarie Burton, Tyler Hilton, Antwon Tanner, Stephen Colletti, Bevin Prince, and Paul Johansson. Robert Buckley attended via video.
It’s been fifteen years since One Tree Hill started on the WB and 188 episodes later we were all in awe and sad to see the series end.
This reunion show was pretty sweet. We had a mix of the cast. The stars chatted about where they are now, a few of them are in different Lifetime Christmas movies this year.
Lifetime’s It’s a Wonderful Lifetime has three movies with OTH alumni.
Christmas Contract with Danneel Ackles, Robert Buckley, Hilarie Burton, Tyler Hilton, and Antwon Tanner.
Poinsettias for Christmas with Bethany Joy Lenz (who was not in attendance).
Hometown Christmas with Stephen Colletti.
Hope at Christmas
Premiere Date: November 20, 2018
Cast: Ryan Paevey and Scottie Thompson
Sydney Ragsdale (Thompson), recently divorced, decides to spend Christmas in a house she inherited with her young daughter. As Sydney begins to spend more time at the local bookstore, she meets a teacher, Mac (Paevey), who also fills in for the town Santa.
Mac tries to make Christmas wishes come true, and this year Sydney is at the top of his ‘nice’ list. As a new opportunity with the bookstore unfolds, Mac helps Sydney open herself up to life, love, and believing in the spirit of Christmas again.
Christmas at Graceland
Premiere Date: November 17, 2018
Cast: Kellie Pickler and Wes Brown
Laurel (Pickler), a Chicago-based business executive travels to Memphis to secure one of the city’s oldest family-owned banks. While in Memphis, Laurel reunites with old flame Clay (Brown), a local music promoter with loftier aspirations.
Though Laurel tries to keep her eye on the prize of the business acquisition, Clay is very persuasive reminding her of the days when they were a performing duo on the brink of stardom. Now Laurel’s focus turns to the home of the Blues and dreams of making music again.
Reunited at Christmas
Premiere Date: November 21, 2018
Cast: Nikki DeLoach and Mike Faiola
Samantha Murphy’s beloved grandmother plots from beyond the grave to bring the family together for one more hometown Christmas, during which everyone is reminded of the importance of family, love and second chances. When Samantha’s boyfriend, Simon, proposes marriage and she accepts in front of her entire family, Simon is forced to play out an uncomfortable charade when Samantha admits she spoke too soon.
It’s Christmas, Eve
Premiere Date: November 10, 2018
Cast: LeAnn Rimes and Tyler Hines
As interim school superintendent, Eve (Rimes) trims budgets and now she’s in her hometown where it’s personal. Her handsome neighbor Liam (Hines) is a music teacher and Eve feels his program must be cut.
But luckily her friend is married to an IT guy, who’s created a website for donations directly to save the arts program. Launched during the tree-lighting ceremony where Liam’s students will perform, the website could provide the Christmas miracle the town needs.
Already the universe is cooperating. Eve is back home and she, Liam, and his daughter look like they might be celebrating many a future Christmas.
Last Vermont Christmas
Premiere Date: November 19, 2018
Cast: Erin Cahill and Justin Bruening
When widowed mom Megan returns home for Christmas, she and her two sisters Audrey and Bethany are surprised to learn their parents are selling their childhood home, making this their last Christmas together in Vermont. Megan is even more surprised to discover that the buyer is her high school sweetheart, Nash, who plans to use the house as an investment property.
Road to Christmas
Premiere Date: November 4, 2018
Cast: Jessy Schram, Chad Michael Murray, and Teryl Rothery
Los Angeles television producer Maggie Baker (Schram) unwittingly falls for Danny Wise (Murray), the son and former producer of his mother’s (Rothery) popular annual Christmas special Julia Wise Lifestyle. When Maggie’s secret plan to reunite Danny and his two brothers with Julia during the live broadcast in Vermont goes awry, Maggie is reminded that above all, it is the love for family and friends that makes the merriest of Christmas.
Christmas Joy
Premiere Date: November 3, 2018
Cast: Danielle Panabaker and Matt Long
Joy Holbrook (Panabaker) is a keenly intelligent market researcher with an eye on her company’s top account and garnering a sweet promotion just in time for the holidays. Just as Joy is capturing the attention of the account’s CEO, she receives a call from her Aunt Ruby’s best friend back home in Crystal Falls, NC. Ruby has broken her ankle and needs surgery.
Though the timing couldn’t be worse, Joy immediately comes to her Aunt’s bedside only to be reunited with a former crush, now hospital administrator, Ben Andrews (Long), son of Ruby’s best friend, Shirley.
Joy also must navigate Ruby’s stubborn determination to be in control of everything, including the town’s legendary annual Cookie Crawl, a walking home tour where owners display holiday decorations and treat each other to Christmas cookies all while vying to win the prized Golden Wreath Award.
To keep Ruby focused on healing, Joy volunteers to take her aunt’s place as chair of the Cookie Crawl much to the amusement of Ben who knows Joy has no idea of the Herculean task before her. Though Joy initially refuses Ben’s attempts to “co-captain,” she begins to soften and let him in, all the while remembering that there truly is no place like home for the holidays.
Christmas at Pemberley Manor
Premiere Date: October 27, 2018
Cast: Jessica Lowndes and Michael Rady
As Christmas approaches, Elizabeth Bennett (Lowndes), a New York event planner, is sent to a quaint, small town to organize their holiday festival. When she arrives, she finds William Darcy (Rady), a high-profile billionaire lacking in holiday spirit.
He is in the process of selling the charming estate she hoped to use as a venue. Determined to make her event a success, Elizabeth persuades the reluctant Darcy to let her hold the festival on the historical estate once known for its holiday cheer.
When they wind up working together to arrange the festivities, the unlikely pair begins falling for each other. But when complications arise and the festival is unexpectedly shut down, the couple parts ways and Darcy moves forward with his plans to sell the estate.
On the night before Christmas, a wistful Elizabeth hopes for a Christmas miracle to revive the festival, save the estate, and rekindle her holiday romance.
The Christmas Chronicles
Premiere Date: November 22, 2018
Cast: Kurt Russell, Darby Camp, Judah Lewis, Oliver Hudson, and Kimberly Williams-Paisley
The story of sister and brother, Kate and Teddy Pierce, whose Christmas Eve plan to catch Santa Claus on camera turns into an unexpected journey that most kids could only dream about.