Hallmark’s Countdown To Christmas Promises Whimsical Holiday: All The Movies, Times

Hallmark has managed to do something that most networks have not been able to do during this worldwide pandemic. Moreover, they have managed to get over 40 brand new Christmas movies filmed and ready for a spectacular 2020 holiday season.

Subsequently what are the names of the movies, who is starring in them and what are they about. Certainly, we have it all here!

Lots of Whimsy This Holiday Season

The Hallmark Channel has issued a press release with the names and information of all of their 2020 Christmas movies. Throughout the difficult 2020, Hallmark has aired many Christmas marathons. This has given viewers a lot of comfort during this difficult time. Likewise, the 2020 selections of Christmas and Holiday movies promise comfort, joy and something more.

Subsequently, there appears to be a whimsical flair to many of the 2020 “Countdown To Christmas” titles. For example, Candace Cameron Bure recently was on Home & Family. The Fuller House star shared that her 2020 Christmas movie, If I Only Had Christmas, is based on The Wizard of Oz.

In the movie, there are a lot of Wizard of Oz Easter eggs. Cameron plays Darcy Gale. She lives in Connecticut, but is headed to a job opportunity in Connecticut. Along the way, there is Jackie Crowe, who is a bit of a scatter brain. Next, there is Riley Lyons, who doesn’t have courage. Lastly, there is a Bridget Tinsley, who is a heartless tin woman.

Although Candace Cameron Bure doesn’t like to to pick her favorite Hallmark Christmas movie, she has made a bold statement. This movie is her all time favorite Hallmark Christmas movie. That is because The Wizard Of Oz is her all time favorite movie.  In addition, you can catch this movie on November 29 on the Hallmark Channel.

Hallmark Promises Christmas Magic

Well, A Nashville Christmas Carol is an homage to the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol. Although Hallmark has not included James Denton’s name in the brief synopsis, Denton recently revealed he is filming his first Hallmark Christmas movie. Subsequently, he described it as like It’s A Wonderful Life or Heaven Can Wait.

The Nashville native would be perfect for in this role, and has a place in the music city. But, he said the name of the movie he was part of was called A Kiss Before Christmas. Could the Good Witch star  be in this star-studded production and could it have been renamed? We still have to wait to get that news.

Lacey Chabert Is Now Hallmark Christmas Queen

Lacey Chabert is now officially the Hallmark Christmas Queen. That is because she is in two Christmas movies. That means that she has done 10 Hallmark Christmas movies, to Candace Cameron Bure’s nine.

On November, Lacey is starring in Christmas Waltz, along with Will Kemp. Consequently, this movie will premiere on the Hallmark Channel on November 28.

Lacey’s second 2020 Hallmark Christmas movie is the Blake Shelton produced, Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas. Moreover, this is the third movie based on the Blake Shelton song, “Time For Me To Come Home.”

Where Is When Calls The Heart Christmas?

What is missing on the lists is the When Calls the Heart Christmas movie. This traditionally airs on Christmas Day. Although Hallmark has already announced that there will be a WCTH Christmas movie, those plans have now changed.

There will not be a When Calls The Heart Christmas 2020 movie. Instead, there will be a WCTH Christmas special, and there will be two additional episodes tacked onto the Season 8 season.

Hallmark’s Same Sex Christmas Movie

Hallmark will air their first LGBTQ Christmas movie on November 22. The movie, The Christmas House, stars Jonathan Bennett (Mean Girls) and Brad Harder (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries). This is a family reunion story that includes the couple waiting on adoption news at Christmas.

Hallmark’s ‘Countdown To Christmas’ 2020

Most importantly, Hallmark’s “Countdown To Christmas starts on Saturday, October 24. To clarify, all movie premieres on the Hallmark Channel will be at 8 p.m. Eastern.

Saturday, October 24: Jingle Bell Bride.
Stars: Julie Gonzalo (Supergirl) and Ronnie Rowe Jr. (Star Trek: Discovery).
Story: Wedding planner Jessica Perez (Gonzalo) travels to a remote town in Alaska to find a rare flower for a celebrity client and is charmed by the small town during Christmas, as well as the handsome local (Rowe Jr.) helping her.

Sunday, October 25: Chateau Christmas.
Stars: Merritt Patterson (Picture a Perfect Christmas) and Luke Macfarlane (Sense, Sensibility and Snowmen).
Story: Margot (Patterson), a world-renowned pianist, returns to Chateau Newhaus to spend the holidays with her family and is reunited with an ex (Macfarlane) who helps her rediscover her passion for music.

Saturday, October 31:  Christmas with the Darlings. 
Stars: Katrina Law (Arrow) and Carlo Marks (Angel Falls: A Novel Holiday).
Story: Just before the holidays Jessica Lew (Law) is ending her tenure as the assistant to her wealthy boss to use her recently earned law degree within his company, but offers to help his charming, younger brother (Marks) as he looks after his orphaned nieces and nephew over Christmas.

November Hallmark’s ‘Countdown To Christmas’

Sunday, November 1: One Royal Holiday. 
Stars: Laura Osnes (In the Key of Love), Aaron Tveit (Les Miserables), Krystal Joy Brown (Sydney to the Max), Victoria Clark (Homeland) and Tom McGowan (Everybody Loves Raymond).
Story: When Anna (Osnes) offers a stranded mother (Clark) and son (Tveit) shelter in a blizzard, she learns that they are the Royal Family of Galwick. Anna shows the Prince how they do Christmas in her hometown, encouraging him to open his heart and be true to himself.

Saturday, November 7:  Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater.
Stars: Ashley Williams (The Jim Gaffigan Show) and Niall Matter (Christmas at Dollywood).
Story: Single mom Maggie (Williams) is facing Christmas alone until Lucas (Matter) crashes into her life and becomes an unexpected houseguest. Together they overcome Christmas while finding comfort in their growing bond.

Sunday, November 8:  On the 12th Date of Christmas.
Stars: Mallory Jansen (Shooter) and Tyler Hynes (The Mistletoe Secret).
Story: Two seemingly incompatible game designers team up to create a romantic, city-wide scavenger hunt themed for the “12 Days of Christmas.”

Saturday, November 14:  Christmas in Vienna.
Stars: Sarah Drew (Grey’s Anatomy) and Brennan Elliott (Crossword Mysteries).
Story: Jess (Drew), 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 a new love.

Friday, November 27: Christmas by Starlight.
Stars: Kimberley Sustad (Travelers) and Paul Campbell (Battlestar Galactica).
Story: Annie (Sustad), a lawyer, must help her loved ones this holiday season. Her family’s restaurant, The Starlight Café, is slated for demolition. The heir to the development firm responsible, William (Campbell), makes her an unlikely proposition: he’ll spare the café if Annie spends the week “appearing” as the legal counsel his father is demanding he hire in the wake of some costly mistakes.

Saturday, November 28:  Christmas Waltz.
Stars: Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls), Will Kemp (Royal Matchmaker) and JT Church (Dancing with the Stars: Juniors).
After Avery’s (Chabert) storybook Christmas wedding is canceled unexpectedly, dance instructor Roman (Kemp) helps her rebuild her dreams.

Sunday, November 29: If I Only Had Christmas.
Stars: Candace Cameron Bure (Fuller House) and Warren Christie (The Color of Rain).
Story: At Christmas, a cheerful publicist (Bure) teams up with a cynical business owner (Christie) and his team to help a charity in need.

Hallmark’s December ‘Countdown To Christmas’

Saturday, December 5: Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing.
Stars: Holly Robinson Peete (A Family Christmas Gift), Colin Lawrence (Riverdale), Rukiya Bernard (One Winter Weekend), Antonio Cayonne (Fashionably Yours) and Barbara Niven (Chesapeake Shores).
Story: As Michelle’s (Peete) wedding approaches, Hannah (Bernard) steps up to help finish the launch of the new Evergreen museum while questioning her relationship and future with Elliot (Cayonne).

Sunday, December 6: Christmas She Wrote.
Stars: Danica McKellar (The Wonder Years) and Dylan Neal (Gourmet Detective: Roux the Day).
Story: When Kayleigh (McKellar), a romance writer, has her column cancelled right before Christmas, she heads home to reconnect with her family. Kayleigh gets an unexpected visit from the man (Neal) who cancelled her column who fights not only to bring her back to the publisher but also for her heart.

Saturday, December 12: Cross Country Christmas.
Stars: Rachael Leigh Cook (She’s All That) and Greyston Holt (Chesapeake Shores).
Story: Former classmates Lina (Cook) and Max (Holt) are traveling home for the holidays, until a storm hits and they have to work together to make it home in time, no matter the mode of transportation.

More December ‘Countdown To Christmas’

Sunday, December 13: Christmas Comes Twice.
Stars: Tamera Mowry-Housley (A Christmas Miracle) and Michael Xavier (Paris, Wine and Romance).
Story: Emily (Mowry-Housley) is a top newscaster who has achieved her career dreams but still has regrets about the guy (Xavier) who got away five years earlier. When the Christmas carnival comes to town, a ride around the carousel takes her magically back in time to the carnival five years before…giving her a second chance at love before she must return to Christmas present.

Saturday, December 19 Christmas Carousel.
Stars: Rachel Boston (Check Inn to Christmas) and Neal Bledsoe (Shameless).
Story: When Lila (Boston) is hired by the Royal Family of Marcadia to repair a carousel, she must work with the Prince (Bledsoe) to complete it by Christmas.

Sunday, December 20: Love, Lights, Hanukkah!.
Stars: Mia Kirshner (Star Trek: Discovery), Ben Savage (Boy Meets World) and Marilu Henner (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries).
Story: As Christina (Kirshner) prepares her restaurant for its busiest time of year, she gets back a DNA test revealing that she’s Jewish. The discovery leads her to a new family and an unlikely romance over eight nights.

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Presents ‘Miracles Of Christmas’

Lastly, there are 17 more Christmas movies on the Hallmark sister channel, Hallmark Movies and Mysteries. Subsequently, all of thees Christmas movie premieres are at 9 p.m. Eastern time.

Certainly, one Hallmark tradition is the Goodwink series. They will be back with A Godwink Christmas: First Loves, Second Chances. There is also a military-themed movie with USS Christmas. This movie was actually filmed on a military ship.

Lastly, don’t forget to check out A Glenbrooke Christmas. This movie reunited the fan favorite Love At The Thanksgiving Parade couple, Autumn Reeser and Antonio Cupo.

October ‘Miracles Of Christmas’

Saturday, October 24: Christmas Tree Lane.
Stars: Alicia Witt (Our Christmas Love Song), Andrew Walker (Christmas on My Mind), Drake Hogestyn (Days of Our Lives) and Briana Price (13 Reasons Why).
Story: Music store owner Meg (Witt) spearheads the community effort to save the Christmas Tree Lane shopping district from demolition. As she finds herself falling for Nate (Walker), a recent acquaintance, she’s thrown when she learns his surprising tie to the developer.

Sunday, October 25:  Deliver by Christmas.
Stars: Alvina August (Nancy Drew) and Eion Bailey (Switched for Christmas).
Story: Bakery owner Molly (August) meets Josh (Bailey), a widower who recently moved to town with his young son, but she is also charmed by a mysterious client whom she’s never met in person and she doesn’t realize that they’re the same man.

Saturday, October 31: Cranberry Christmas.
Stars: Nikki DeLoach (Two Turtle Doves) and Benjamin Ayres (A Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas).
Story: A separated couple (DeLoach and Ayres) feign marital bliss on national television to help their town’s Christmas festival – and their business. But what will the future hold for them when rekindled love is complicated by new opportunities?

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries November ‘Miracles Of Christmas’

Sunday, November 1: Holly & Ivy.
Stars: Janel Parrish (Pretty Little Liars), Jeremey Jordan (Supergirl) and Marisol Nichols (Riverdale).
Story: When Melody’s (Parrish) neighbor, Nina (Nichols), learns that her illness has returned, Melody promises to keep Nina’s kids, Holly & Ivy, together. To adopt the children, she must renovate her new fixer-upper, which she does with the help of contractor, Adam (Jordan).

Saturday, November 7: The Christmas Ring.
Stars: Nazneen Contractor (Ransom) and David Alpay (The Mistletoe Inn).
Story: A reporter (Contractor) searches for the love story behind an antique engagement ring. With the help of the ring’s owner’s grandson (Alpay), they learn the legacy his grandparent’s left behind.

More November Hallmark Christmas

Sunday, November 8: The Christmas Bow.
Stars: Lucia Micarelli (Treme) and Michael Rady (You’re Bacon Me Crazy).
Story: When an accident puts her music dreams on hold, a gifted violinist (Micarelli) reconnects with an old family friend (Rady), who helps her heal and find love during the holidays.

Saturday, November 14: Meet Me at Christmas (working title).
Stars: Catherine Bell (Good Witch) and Mark Deklin (Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy).
Story: When Joan’s (Bell) son’s wedding planner unexpectedly quits, she must coordinate his Christmas Eve wedding with the help of Beau (Deklin), the bride’s uncle. As they work alongside each other they discover their fates and pasts are intertwined.

Sunday, November 15: The Christmas Doctor.
Stars: Holly Robinson Peete (A Family Christmas Gift) and Adrian Holmes (V-Wars).
Story: A week before Christmas, Dr. Alicia Wright (Peete) is offered an assignment away from home. A mysterious man (Holmes) from her past journeys to find her before Christmas and brings with him a revelation that could change Alicia’s life forever.

Saturday, November 21: A Little Christmas Charm (working title).
Stars: Ashley Greene (Twilight) and Brendan Penny (Chesapeake Shores).
Story: Holly (Greene), a jewelry designer finds a lost charm bracelet and teams up with investigative reporter Greg (Penny) in hopes of finding the owner and returning it by Christmas Eve.

‘Miracles Of Christmas’ Thanksgiving Week

Sunday, November 22: The Angel Tree.
Stars: Jill Wagner (Teen Wolf) and Lucas Bryant (Country at Heart).
Story: A writer (Wagner) seeks the identity of the person who helps grant wishes that are placed upon the angel tree, and in the process, reconnects with her childhood friend (Bryant).

Saturday, November 28: USS Christmas.
Stars: Jen Lilley (Angel Falls: A Novel Holiday), Trevor Donovan (Nostalgic Christmas) and Barbara Niven (Chesapeake Shores).
Story: Maddie (Lilley), a reporter for a Norfolk newspaper, embarks on a Tiger Cruise during Christmastime where she meets a handsome naval officer (Donovan) and stumbles upon a mystery in the ship’s archive room.

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries December ‘Miracles Of Christmas’

Saturday, December 5: Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas, From Executive Producer Blake Shelton.
Stars: Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls) and Stephen Huszar (A Homecoming for the Holidays).
Story: Five guests are mysteriously invited to an inn to celebrate Christmas. With the help of the owner Ben (Huszar), Sarah (Chabert) discovers that an event from the past may connect them and change their lives forever.

Sunday, December 6: A Godwink Christmas: First Loves, Second Chances.
Stars: Brooke D’Orsay (Royal Pains) and Sam Page (The Bold Type).
Story: After 15 years, Pat (Page) moves home from Hawaii with his two sons and through a series of coincidences, or Godwinks, ends up stuck in traffic next to his high school sweetheart, Margie (D’Orsay), at Christmas.

Saturday, December 12: A Glenbrooke Christmas.
Stars: Autumn Reeser (Christmas Under the Stars) and Antonio Cupo (Hats Off to Christmas!).
Story: As Christmas nears, heiress Jessica Morgan (Reeser) seizes what seems like her last chance to experience a relaxed Christmas and heads off to the small town of Glenbrooke, where she meets a handsome fireman (Cupo).

Sunday, December 13: Christmas Homecoming, (working title).
Stars: Taylor Cole (Matching Hearts) and Steve Lund (The Art of Us).
Story: When a mysterious key and a holiday riddle arrive on their doorsteps, Kate (Cole) and Kevin (Lund) embark on a Christmas romance adventure they’ll never forget.

Two Hallmark Christmas Movies Still Need To Be Filmed

Saturday, December 19: Swept Up by Christmas, (working title) Stars: TBD.
Story: An antique seller and a cleaner clash over how to downsize a magnificent estate right before Christmas. As the two uncover the house’s treasures, they find a way to reconnect the reclusive owner with his own Christmases past

Sunday, December 20: Project Christmas Wish, Stars: TBD.
Story: For years Lucy has played Santa to her small town’s community by making their holiday wishes come true. But when Lucy grants a little girl’s wish for a Christmas like she used to have with her Mom, she unexpectedly finds her own wishes coming true in life and love.

Lastly, be sure to check back with TV Shows Ace. Above all, we will cover each of the 40+ Hallmark Christmas movies in the coming weeks.