‘Haul Out The Holly’ Is Lacey Chabert’s First Hallmark Comedy

Photo: Wes Brown, Lacey Chabert Credit: ©2022 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Fred Hayes

Hallmark’s Haul Out The Holly is a Christmas-themed comedy that promises many laughs.

Starring in Haul Out The Holly is Lacey Chabert (Christmas Waltz, The Wedding Veil), Wes Brown (A Nashville Christmas Carol, Every Time A Bell Rings), Stephen Tobolowsky (Groundhog Day, Archer), Melissa Peterman (The Hammer, Reba), Ellen Travolta (Joanie Loves Chachi, The Untold Story), and Peter Jacobson (House, Fear The Walking Dead).

In addition, Carrie Morgan, Eliza Hayes Maher, Walter Platz, Laura Wardle, Jake Stormoen, Lila Clark, Charlotte Witt, Abby Villasamil, and Manning Hazen.

Andy Sandberg (Five More Minutes, Five More Minutes: Moments Like These) wrote the script, with Maclain Nelson (Presence Of Love, Hidden Gems) directing.

Photo: Ellen Travolta, Stephen Tobolowsky Credit: ©2022 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Fred Hayes
Photo: Ellen Travolta, Stephen Tobolowsky Credit: ©2022 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Fred Hayes

What Is Hallmark’s Haul Out The Holly About?

According to the Hallmark synopsis, Emily (Chabert) is escaping to her parent’s (Jacobson, Morgan) home after a “pre-holiday break up.” Emily thought she had a date for the holiday parties and activities. She even thought that this relationship had a future.

Now, she wants to be a couch potato and watch holiday movies and drink cocoa. She needs to just be alone and regroup.

However, now her holiday will be spent alone. That is because her folks are going out of town for the holidays. Thinking she can now relax, she has to answer the door.

Jared (Brown) her childhood friend is at the door. He has enlisted her to get up off of the couch and start participating in the various activities of the HOA. This is the very HOA that her parents originally founded.

Turns out, Jared may still be very charming, but he is not so fun. He has issued her citations for the lack of holiday decor. The neighborhood has “strict standards.” Emily’s home is a Christmas decor failure.

Now, Emily has to work off the citations. Before long, Emily and the neighbors band together to plan and decorate in the most over-the-top way possible. Christmas has exploded. Moreover, they are all having a blast working together and enjoying the holiday season.

But, is Emily’s broken heart healed long enough to see that Jared may be the guy she really wants? Perhaps there will be some mistletoe hung somewhere to see if those sparks mean something.

Photo: Lacey Chabert, Wes Brown Credit: ©2022 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Fred Hayes
Photo: Lacey Chabert, Wes Brown Credit: ©2022 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Fred Hayes

When Can You Watch Haul Out The Holly?

The premiere of Haul Out The Holly is on Saturday, November 26, at 8 p.m., Eastern, on the Hallmark Channel.

Encore showings include Sunday, November 27, at 4 p.m., Friday, December 2, at 6 p.m., Saturday, December 10, at 10 p.m., Thursday, December 15, at 8 p.m., Wednesday, December 21, at 2 p.m., and Saturday, December 24, at 8 p.m., all times Eastern.

Photo: Melissa Peterman Credit: ©2022 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Michael Larsen
Photo: Melissa Peterman Credit: ©2022 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Michael Larsen

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2 Comments

  1. Best Christmas show I have seen in a long time. Cast of characters….awesome! Made my Christmas merry and bright! Thank you!

  2. Haul out the holiday is the worst Hallmark movie this season…and I LOVE the Christmas movies
    The parents and all that decorating nonsense made me anxious…fast forwarded a lot of it

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