Hallmark Celebrates 15 Years Of Countdown To Christmas With 2024 Holiday Line Up
Break out the Christmas cookies because it’s time for the biggest holiday party of the year as Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas celebrates 15 years of spreading joy and holiday cheer. The #1 destination for holiday viewing kicks off October 18 on Hallmark Channel with 47 new original movies across Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Mystery, and Hallmark+, including four seasonal holiday series and reunions between cast members of Pretty Little Liars, The Office, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and more!
‘Twas The Date Before Christmas
Jessie will do anything to keep her family’s “Chamberlain Family Christmas Olympics” tradition going, so she lies that she invited a date. Desperate, she turns to Bryan, a guy she meets on a dating app, to spend the holiday with her family. While they participate in eccentric holiday traditions, they start to develop real feelings for each other. But can she keep her story straight and save her date, or will her secrets come out? Amy Groening and Robert Buckley star.
‘Twas The Date Before Christmas premieres October 18.
Holiday Crashers
Two best friends decide to shake things up by crashing amazing Christmas parties on the confidential list at the card shop they work at. Mistaken identities, fancy corporate retreats, and the guys of their dreams. With Lyndsy Fonseca, Daniella Monet, Chris McNally, and Jag Bal, this Christmas romp could end in disaster… or two happily-ever-afters!
Holiday Crashers premieres October 19.
Scouting for Christmas
Tamera Mowry-Housley plays busy realtor and single mom Angela who is coerced by her daughter to get more involved with her scout troop’s annual holiday party. Love may be in the air when she’s tasked with getting the owner of her favorite bakery to cater the event. But when her ex husband comes back into her life, she has to determine what’s best for her daughter and her heart.
Scouting for Christmas debuts October 20.
This Time Each Year
A couple in a trial separation are working hard to co-parent their young son, but must pretend they’re still together when family comes to town.
This Time Each Year premieres October 24 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
Operation Nutcracker
An event planner (Ashley Newbrough) and the heir (Christopher Russell) to a rich family much track down an antique nutcracker when it goes missing at a Christmas charity auction.
Operation Nutcracker makes its network premiere on October 25.
The Christmas Charade
A cautious librarian embraces her inner action hero when a blind date mix up gets her involved in an undercover FBI operation — just in time for Christmas. Rachel Skarsten and Corey Sevier star.
Catch The Christmas Charade on October 26.
The 5-Year Christmas Party
Over five years, two theater school rivals reunite over the holiday season to work a catering company’s Christmas parties. As their chemistry grows, the timing is never right for romance — until the company’s final season brings them together in an unexpected way.
Jordan Fisher and Katie Findlay star in The 5-Year Christmas Party, out October 27.
Finding Mr. Christmas
In a Hallmark first, Jonathan Bennett hosts the reality competition show Finding Mr. Christmas. Ten handsome Hallmark hunk hopefuls will face off in festive challenges to prove why they have the heart and talent to be the next Hallmark superstar. The winner will make his debut in the Hallmark original movie Happy Howlidays opposite Jessica Lowndes.
Finding Mr. Christmas hits Hallmark+ with a premiere date to come.
My Sweet Austrian Holiday
An American living in Vienna is working to grown her grandparents’ chocolate shop into a successful enterprise. When she’s a finalist for Vienna’s chocolatier of the year, she hopes to use the money to fend off a large developer from taking over her family’s shop.
My Sweet Austrian Holiday debuts October 31 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
Mistletoe Murders
Add a hint of merry to your murder mysteries with the limited series Mistletoe Murders. Based on the Audible audio series, Sarah Drew and Peter Mooney star in this six episode series about a small town shop owner with a secret.
Mistletoe Murders debuts October 31 on Hallmark+.
A Carol For Two
It’s a Wicked connection for Ginna Claire Mason and Jordan Litz who star in A Carol For Two — with a Cyrano twist. Looking to make it big on Broadway, Mason plays Violette who gets a job at a famous diner known for its singing wait staff and gets a coveted spot in their annual Christmas Eve concert where many have been discovered. Unfortunately, she’s paired up with Alex (Litz) for a duet, who thinks she got the job due to connections. When she starts dating his cousin Brad, it turns out Alex has been feeding him information about her to win her over. A love triangle and a major deception ensues.
A Carol For Two debuts on November 1.
Our Holiday Story
A couple recount their love story to their daughter’s boyfriend as he struggles to say “I love you” for the first time. Storylines intersect, as well as lessons of communication, honesty, and our capacity for change.
Nikki DeLoach leads Our Holiday Story, out November 2.
Holiday Mismatch
It’s a Sabrina the Teenage Witch reunion as Caroline Rhea and Beth Broderick star in Holiday Mismatch! Free-spirit Kath and uptight Barbara clash at a Christmas committee meeting, only to learn they’ve accidentally set up their adult children on a dating app. Will they team up to stop the romance, or learn they have more in common than they thought?
Holiday Mismatch premieres November 3.
Unwrapping Christmas
Meet Tina, Mia, Lily, and Olivia — four best friends who work together at All Wrapped Up. Unwrapping Christmas is a four-movie franchise that follows the holiday romances of these tight knit friends.
Unwrapping Christmas: Tina’s Miracle stars Natalie Hall as Tina, a successful business owner who works to keep the town’s Christmas Gala on schedule when a Scrooge-like estate owner plans to sell the venue. Out November 7 on Hallmark+.
Kathryn Davis plays accountant Mia, who finds herself swept up in a fairytale romance, in Unwrapping Christmas: Mia’s Prince, out November 14 on Hallmark+.
Marketing guru Lily (Ashley Newbrough) finds herself in a love triangle between destiny and an unexpected spark in Unwrapping Christmas: Lily’s Destiny, out November 21 on Hallmark+.
Cindy Busby plays gift-wrapping expert Olivia who finds herself snowed in with her ex (Jake Epstein) in Unwrapping Christmas: Olivia’s Reunion. Is it possible to get it right a second time? Out November 28 on Hallmark+.
Five Gold Rings
A New York City painter returns to her small Minnesota hometown and is sent on an unexpected quest from her beloved late grandmother: find the owners of five mysterious gold rings and return them before Christmas morning. Holland Roden and Nolan Gerard Funk star.
Five Gold Rings debuts November 7 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
Trivia at St. Nick’s
Pretty Little Liars stars Tammin Sursok and Brant Daugherty reunite for Christmas trivia! A type-A astronomy professor and a football offense coordinator team up for an elite Vermont university’s town Christmas Bar Trivia Tournament. This unlikely duo are at odds at first, but discover their open to life’s surprises together.
Trivia at St. Nick’s premieres November 8.
Santa Tell Me
Successful interior designer Olivia (Erin Krakow) finds an old letter from Santa promising she’ll meet the love of her life by Christmas Eve — and that his name will be Nick. She’s stunned to meet not one, but three guys named Nick, as well as finds herself drawn to her charming co-worker Chris.
Catch Santa Tell Me on November 9.
‘Tis The Season To Be Irish
A nomadic house flipper (Fiona Gubelmann) heads to Ireland to renovate and sell a cottage, but her plans are upended when she meets a local realtor (Eoin Macken) determined to preserve his town’s heritage. Soon she finds herself drawn to him and questioning her fear of settling down.
‘Tis The Season To Be Irish premieres November 10.
Holidazed
A limited series with an all-star ensemble, Holidazed features eight episodes of chaos, cheer, and challenges when a family comes together for the holidays. The cast includwes Ser’Darius Blain, Erin Cahill, Loretta Devine, Noemi Gonzalez, Ian Harding, Rachelle Lefevre, and Holland Roden.
Holidazed hits Hallmark+ on November 14.
A Reason For The Season
To earn her trust fund, an heiress is tasked with granting Christmas wishes to the people who saved her life on the night of her birth.
A Reason For The Season hits Hallmark Movies & Mysteries on November 14.
Christmas With The Singhs
Former high school classmates Asha (Anuja Joshi) and Jake (Ben Hollingsworth) reunite during the holiday season. After a magical year together, he proposes, but their first Christmas an an engaged couple isn’t as perfect as they imagined when their families are so different. Juggling various holiday traditions, big personalities, cultural differences, and complicated family dynamics proves to be a challenge. Can they bridge their two families and survive a Christmas with the Singhs?
Cheristmas With The Singhs premieres November 15.
Jingle Bell Run
An unadventurous schoolteacher and a former hockey player find themselves on The Great Holiday Dash, a Christmas-themed reality competition show where they travel from city to city and compete in festive feats that have a local flair. The two opposites start to form a real connection, but will an overheard conversation with a show producer threatens to derail their budding romance?
Jingle Bell Run debuts November 16.
Confessions of a Christmas Letter
The Office star Angela Kinsey plays a quirky family matriarch who enters her town’s annual holiday letter-writing contest with the help of a struggling novelist. When a mixup leads to the rumor that the writer is engaged to her daughter, they struggle to keep up the charade and she must learn how to embrace her imperfect family. The Office’s Brian Baumgartner even makes a cameo appearance!
Confessions of a Christmas Letter premieres November 17.
A Novel Noel
A successful New York City book editor has her passion for creativity reunited when she is chosen to run a bookstore in the small town of Saint Ives for the month of December. Julie Gonzalo and Brendan Penny star.
A Novel Noel debuts November 21 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
Christmas On Call
Sara Canning and Ser’Darius Blain star in Christmas On Call as an emergency room doctor and an EMT who start a budding romance in Philadelphia during the holidays. Donna Kelce cameos.
Christmas On Call premieres November 22.
Three Wiser Men and a Boy
Five years after Three Wise Men and a Baby, the Brenner brothers preparing for another memorable Christmas — this time centered around Thomas’ school holiday musical. Paul Campbell, Tyler Hynes, and Andrew Walker return.
Three Wiser Men and a Boy premieres November 23.
To Have and To Holiday
When a couple gets engaged after a few months of dating, the woman’s pastor father insists on putting them through a pre-wedding “bootcamp” filled with Christmas challenges.
Madeleine Arthur stars in To Have and To Holiday, out November 24.
Christmas Under The Lights
Emily (Heather Hemmens) reluctantly returns home after her mother’s passing to help organize their annual Christmas Carnival. She partners with a once successful artist who works with light to pull of the best, brightest carnival the town has ever seen.
Christmas Under The Lights hits Hallmark Movies & Mysteries on November 27.
Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle
Three adult siblings return home for Christmas to honor their late grandmother’s wishes and agree on new leadership for their family’s company. They find common ground and rekindle their bonds with the help of Mrs. Miracle (Rachel Boston), who poses as an estate planner.
Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle premieres November 28.
A ‘90s Christmas
While celebrating her promotion alone on Christmas Eve, a workaholic lawyer gets the chance to rewrite her future when a mysterious rideshare experience transports her back to 1999.
A ‘90s Christmas premieres November 29.
Deck The Walls
A Chicago-based interior designer returns to her hometown in suburban Ohio to help her brother save his Christmas Charity House Flip project. She ends up discovering unexpected love and a deeper purpose on the journey. Ashley Greene and Wes Brown star.
Deck The Walls debuts November 29.
Believe In Christmas
A holiday skeptic reluctantly joins her best friend on a trip to the enchanting Christmasland, only to rediscover hope, love, and the magic of new beginnings.
Catch Believe in Christmas out November 30.
Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story
Hunter King and Tyler Hynes lead Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story about a woman who is working to prove her family deserves to win the Kansas City Chiefs “Fan of the Year” contest being evaluated by the teams Director of Fan Engagement. It’ll feature cameos from Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid; Chiefs players Trey Smith, Mecole Hardman Jr., Clyde Edwards-Helaire, and George Karlaftis; Donna Kelce; and Jenna Bush Hager.
Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story debuts November 30.
The Finnish Line
Inspired by her late father’s acclaimed legacy in dog sled racing, a woman heads to Finland to participate in the 40th annual Joulurauha race and faces off against his rival. Kim Matula and Beau Mirchoff star.
The Finnish Line premieres December 1.
The Christmas Quest
An archeologist and her language expert ex-husband are sent to Iceland at Christmastime to search for the legendary treasure of the Yule Lads — and keep it from falling in the wrong hands.
Lacey Chabert and Kristoffer Polaha lead The Christmas Quest, out December 1.
A Dance In The Snow
A woman works to create a welcoming Christmas dance for all after her 17-year-old autistic daughter has a bad experience, meanwhile the teens plan their own secret party.
A Dance In The Snow premieres December 5 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
Christmas On Cherry Lane
Get ready to explore more of 7 Cherry Lane as three new interconnected movie installments set across multiple eras is on its way! Each of the original cast members returns for their own movie that expands with even more surprising new stories set on Christmas Eve.
Jonathan Bennett and Vincent Rodriguez III lead Season’s Greetings From Cherry Lane as they try to arrange a special Christmas surprise for each other. It interweaves stories from 1951 about a doctor and his injured wife who’s Christmas Eve plans are upended and 2003 about a couple who have their first disagreements in hosting two sets of in-laws for the holidays. Out December 5 on Hallmark+.
We head back to 1998 to see Catherine Bell and James Denton’s first meeting in Happy Holidays From Cherry Lane. It also interweaves stories from 1960 where a grumpy gather works on his sons Christmas themed time capsule for school and 2015 where a woman finds out that her sister’s last minute wedding is being officiated by her high school sweetheart. Out December 12 on Hallmark+.
In Deck The Halls On Cherry Lane, John Brotherton and Erin Cahill are spending their last Christmas on Cherry Lane in 1981. Meanwhile, a single guy finds out his neighbor used his address to win a Christmas Eve TV special broadcast in 1966 and two best friends develop unexpected feelings for each other in 2000. Out December 19 on Hallmark+.
Private Princess Christmas
Princess Violet of Wingravia adores the privileges of being a royal, but not the responsibility. Laying down the law, the Queen issues an ultimatum that she must pass a leadership boot camp or lose the throne to her uncle. Ali Skovbye, Derek Klena, and Erica Durance star.
Private Princess Christmas premieres December 6.
Sugarplummed
Hoping to a picture perfect Christmas, a woman makes a wish for a holiday like the one in a made-for-TV holiday movie. To her shock, Sugarplum, the film’s relentlessly optimistic main character, magically steps off the screen to make her wish come true.
Maggie Lawson and Janel Parrish lead Sugarplummed, out December 7.
Leah’s Perfect Gift
Leah has admired a traditional Christmas from afar as she’s Jewish. When her boyfriend invites her to spend the holidays with his classic Connecticut family, she eagerly accepts, only to learn fitting in for the holidays is easier said than done.
Leah’s Perfect Gift debuts December 8.
Ready, Set, Glow!
In another Hallmark reality show, fan favorite Wes Brown goes across the country to spotlight spectacular light displays and the people behind them in Ready, Set, Glow!
Ready, Set, Glow! debuts on December 12 on Hallmark+.
All I Need For Christmas
An outdated singer/songwriter partners falls for a tech enthusiast who teaches her how to use technology and social media to support her music career. Mallory Jansen and Dan Jeannotte star.
All I Need For Christmas debuts December 12 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
Hanukkah On The Rocks
One week before Hanukkah, corporate lawyer Tory (Stacey Farber) finds herself unemployed and questioning her career choices. She ends bartending at the local bar called Rock’s where she meets a quirky cast of regulars who help her find her true calling. Daren Kagasoff and Marc Summers co-star.
Hanukkah On The Rocks premieres December 13.
The Santa Class
Kimberley Sustad plays Kate North who reluctantly takes over her father’s once acclaimed and now struggling Santa School. When she discovers a man who she believes to be the real Santa Claus after an accident, she tries to help him remember by inviting him to participate in the intense Santa training program.
The Santa Class debuts December 14.
Following Yonder Star
An actress who was once an inspirational mother on TV finds her life in shambles after a scandal. She retreats to a Vermont B&B and helps run with directing the local church’s Christmas pageant, while a rare astronomical event said to mirror the Star of Bethlehem will appear on Christmas Eve. Brooke D’Orsay and John Brotherton star.
Following Yonder Star premieres December 15.
Trading Up Christmas
Starting with just a Christmas stocking, a woman sets out to trade items for the holidays and work her way up to a house for her sister. Italia Ricci stars.
Trading Up Christmas premieres December 19 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
Happy Howlidays
Jessica Lowndes and the soon-to-be-announced winner of Finding Mr. Christmas star in Happy Howlidays. A meticulous webpage editor for the Seattle Tourism Board is shown the hidden gems of Seattle by a dog shelter owner.
Happy Howlidays debuts December 21.
