DENVER — "Hallmark Channel" and "Hallmark Movies & Mysteries" have begun their schedule of brand-new Christmas movies.
Hallmark Channel will debut 32 new "Countdown to Christmas" originals and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries will debut nine new movies in their "Miracles of Christmas" lineup.
Faces familiar to Hallmark fans pop up throughout the Christmas schedule this year including legends Lacey Chabert, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Alison Sweeney and Caroline Rhea.
New movies air every Friday, Saturday and Sunday on Hallmark, while Hallmark Movies & Mysteries debuts new flicks on Thursday nights.
Hallmark and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries began their around-the-clock Christmas schedule on Oct. 18.
Here are some of the 32 new Christmas movies you'll be watching this season:
Countdown to Christmas
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'Twas the Date Before Christmas
- Robert Buckley, Amy Groening
- Friday, Oct. 18
- To prevent her family from canceling the "Chamberlain Family Christmas Olympics," Jessie lies and says she’s inviting a date to the long-standing holiday tradition. She meets Bryan on a dating app, and he agrees to spend the holiday with her and her family.
Holiday Crashers
- Lyndsy Fonseca, Daniella Monet, Chris McNally, Jag Bal
- Saturday, Oct. 19
- Best friends have worked at the same card shop for more years than they should as both struggle to find their true life’s path. This holiday season, they decide to shake up their humdrum world by creating new identities to crash the amazing Christmas parties from the shop's confidential invitations.
Scouting for Christmas
- Tamera Mowry-Housley, Carlo Marks, Marci T. House
- Sunday, Oct. 20
- Divorced mom Angela has been a busy realtor since her amicable divorce. Now she asks the owner of her favorite bakery to cater her scout troop’s posh annual holiday event.
Operation Nutcracker
- Ashley Newbrough, Christopher Russell
- Friday, Oct. 25
- When an antique nutcracker set to be auctioned at the Warby family Christmas charity goes missing, a demanding event planner and the heir to the Warby dynasty try to track it down.
The Christmas Charade
- Rachel Skarsten, Corey Sevier
- Saturday, Oct. 26
- A cautious librarian raised by home security experts finds herself in a real-life adventure when a blind date mix-up leads her into an undercover FBI operation.
The 5-Year Christmas Party
- Katie Findlay, Jordan Fisher
- Sunday, Oct. 27
- Alice and her old theater school rival reunite each holiday season to work at a catering company’s Christmas parties. While their undeniable chemistry grows, the timing is never right for romance – until the company’s final season pushes them to confront their true feelings.
A Carol for Two
- Ginna Claire Mason, Jordan Litz, Charlotte d’Amboise
- Friday, Nov. 1
- After moving to New York to make it on Broadway, Violette gets a job at a theater district diner run famous for its singing wait staff, who bide their time there, while awaiting that big break.
Our Holiday Story
- Nikki DeLoach, Warren Christie
- Saturday, Nov. 2
- As Dave and Nell recount their love story to their daughter’s boyfriend, we follow them through one special Christmas where fate routinely brought them together - and kept them apart.
Holiday Mismatch
- Caroline Rhea, Beth Broderick
- Sunday, Nov. 3
- Free-spirited Kath and uptight Barbara clash at a Christmas committee meeting and discover they’ve accidentally set up their adult children via a dating app.
Trivia at St. Nick’s
- Tammin Sursok, Brant Daugherty
- Friday, Nov. 8
- When students all flee an elite university in Vermont for winter break, the locals and faculty hunker down for the annual Christmas Bar Trivia Tournament.
Santa Tell Me
- Erin Krakow, Daniel Lissing, Benjamin Ayres, Christopher Russell
- Saturday, Nov. 9
- A successful interior designer 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.
‘Tis the Season to Be Irish
- Fiona Gubelmann, Eoin Macken
- Sunday, Nov. 10
- A nomadic house flipper heads to Ireland to renovate and sell a cottage, but her plans are upended when she meets a local realtor determined to preserve his town’s heritage.
Christmas with the Singhs
- Anuja Joshi, Ben Hollingsworth
- Friday, Nov. 15
- For Asha Singh, Christmas is the most important time of the year. But when she’s stuck working at the hospital during the holidays, she wishes for some much-needed Christmas magic.
Jingle Bell Run
- Ashley Williams, Andrew Walker
- Saturday, Nov. 16
- An unadventurous schoolteacher is secretly signed up for a Christmas-themed reality competition show where she's paired with a former hockey player.
Confessions of a Christmas Letter
- Angela Kinsey, Alec Santos
- Sunday, Nov. 17
- A quirky family matriarch enters her town’s annual holiday letter-writing contest but needs help, so she hires a struggling novelist to craft the perfect letter.
Christmas on Call
- Sara Canning, Ser'Darius Blain
- Friday, Nov. 22
- An emergency room doctor juggles her demanding job and a budding romance with an EMT.
Three Wiser Men and a Boy
- Paul Campbell, Tyler Hynes, Andrew Walker, Margaret Colin
- Saturday, Nov. 23
- The director of a man's son's school holiday musical steps down, so he enlists the help of his brothers.
To Have and To Holiday
- Madeleine Arthur, Robert Bazzocchi, Eric Close
- Sunday, Nov. 24
- Celeste gets engaged to Jason after just a few months of dating, so they are put through a prewedding “bootcamp” filled with Christmas-themed challenges.
Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle
- Rachel Boston, Pascal Lamothe-Kipnes, Tanner Novlan, Matthew James Dowden
- Thursday, Nov. 28
- Three adult siblings return to their childhood home at Christmas to honor their late grandmother’s wishes and try to agree on new leadership for the family’s company.
A '90s Christmas
- Eva Bourne, Chandler Massey, Katherine Barrell
- Friday, Nov. 29
- A workaholic lawyer is celebrating her promotion alone on Christmas Eve when a mysterious rideshare experience transports her back to 1999.
Deck the Walls
- Ashley Greene, Wes Brown, Danny Pellegrino
- Friday, Nov. 29
- An interior designer reluctantly returns to her hometown to save a charity project run by her brother.
Believe in Christmas
- Meghan Ory, John Reardon
- Saturday, Nov. 30
- Beatrice joins her best friend on a trip to Christmasland, but she’s skeptical of the holiday magic until she meets a charming stranger.
Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story
- Hunter King, Tyler Hynes, Ed Begley Jr., Richard Riehle, Diedrich Bader, Christine Ebersole, Megyn Price
- Saturday, Nov. 30
- Alana is sure that her family’s lifelong history as Kansas City Chiefs superfans makes them a frontrunner to win the team’s “Fan of the Year” contest. Derrick, the Director of Fan Engagement, is tasked with evaluating how Alana and her family stack up against the other finalists.
The Finnish Line
- Kim Matula, Beau Mirchoff, Nichole Sakura
- Sunday, Dec. 1
- Inspired by her father’s acclaimed legacy in dog sled racing, Anya decides to follow in his footsteps in Finland.
The Christmas Quest
- Lacey Chabert, Kristoffer Polaha
- Sunday, Dec. 1
- An archeologist and her ex-husband are sent to Iceland at Christmastime to search for the legendary treasure of the Yule Lads.
Private Princess Christmas
- Ali Skovbye, Derek Klena, Erica Durance
- Friday, Dec. 6
- A Queen decides to test her daughter’s mettle once and for all and issues an ultimatum: She must pass a vigorous leadership boot camp in Colorado or lose the throne to her uncle.
Sugarplummed
- Maggie Lawson, Janel Parrish
- Saturday, Dec. 7
- Emily makes a wish for a holiday as picture-perfect as the ones she sees in a made-for-TV holiday movie. To her shock, the film’s relentlessly optimistic main character, magically steps off the screen to make Emily’s wish come true.
Leah’s Perfect Gift
- Emily Arlook, Evan Roderick, Barbara Niven
- Sunday, Dec. 8
- A Jewish woman, whose family only celebrates Hanukkah, is invited by her boyfriend to experience a traditional Christmas with his classic Connecticut family.
Hanukkah on the Rocks
- Stacey Farber, Daren Kagasoff, Marc Summers
- Friday, Dec. 13
- A corporate lawyer finds herself unemployed and questioning her career. She embarks on a quest to find a box of Hanukkah candles and she meets a charming doctor.
The Santa Class
- Kimberley Sustad, Benjamin Ayres
- Saturday, Dec. 14
- Kate finds herself taking over her father’s struggling Santa School. Kate and her new co-worker discover who they believe to be the real Santa, lost and without his memories after his sled steered off course and crashed near the school.
Following Yonder Star
- Brooke D’Orsay, John Brotherton
- Sunday, Dec. 15
- A once-celebrated inspirational mother on TV finds her real life in shambles after dealing with a scandal. She retreats to a luxury Vermont resort for Christmas only to find herself without a room due to a booking mishap.
Happy Howlidays
- Jessica Lowndes
- Saturday, Dec. 21
- A meticulous webpage editor finds herself unexpectedly navigating the holidays alone. As the only one working, she's drawn into an unusual encounter when she encounters a stray dog.
Miracles of Christmas
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This Time Each Year
- Alison Sweeney, Niall Matter
- Thursday, Oct. 24
- Lauren and Kevin were once deeply in love, but nearly a year after their separation, they now focus on co-parenting their young son. Despite the split, Kevin is determined to make their family whole again.
My Sweet Austrian Holiday
- Brittany Bristow, Will Kemp
- Thursday, Oct. 31
- An American, who has lived in Viena since inheriting a chocolate shop from her grandparents, has been selected as one of the finalists for Vienna’s chocolatier of the year.
Five Gold Rings
- Holland Roden, Nolan Gerard Funk
- Thursday, Nov. 7
- When a New York City painter returns to her small Minnesota hometown for the holidays, she’s met with an unexpected quest from her late grandmother: find the owners of five mysterious gold rings and return them to their rightful homes before Christmas morning, only nine days away.
A Reason for the Season
- Taylor Cole, Kevin McGarry
- Thursday, Nov. 14
- In order to earn her trust fund, Evie is tasked with granting Christmas wishes to the people who saved her life on the night of her birth.
A Novel Noel
- Julie Gonzalo, Brendan Penny
- Wednesday, Nov. 21
- A successful New York City book editor learns she is chosen to run a bookstore in the small town of Saint Ives for the month of December.
Christmas Under the Lights
- Heather Hemmens, Marco Grazzini
- Wednesday, Nov. 27
- Emily is reluctant to return home to her family’s animal rescue ranch, but when her mother passes away, her brother requests her help organizing the annual Christmas Carnival.
A Dance in the Snow
- Erica Cerra, Mark Ghanimé, Vanessa Burghardt, Dorian Giordano
- Thursday, Dec. 5
- Melanie’s daughter is not interested in attending her final Christmas dance before graduating. Melanie decides to surprise her daughter by getting involved in the school’s planning committee.
All I Need for Christmas
- Mallory Jansen, Dan Jeannotte
- Thursday, Dec. 12
- Maggie has been trying for years to break in as a singer-songwriter. While helping her parents on their farm at Christmastime, she meets an entrepreneur who has come back to town to spend the holidays alone.
Trading Up Christmas
- Italia Ricci, Michael Xavier
- Thursday, Dec. 19
- A woman hatches a plan to help her sister get a new home. Starting with just a Christmas stocking, she sets out to trade her way up to something far greater: a new home for her sister.
To see the complete Hallmark Christmas schedule, and watch previews for the festive flicks, visit HallmarkChannel.com/Christmas.