It’s Hallmark Christmas Season! Here Are the Best New Films and Shows to Warm Up Your Holidays

With 47 new movies, holiday-themed limited series and even a reality TV show, it’s the network’s biggest season by far

Kristi Dosh,

AARP

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Published October 24, 2024

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Tyler Hynes and Donna Kelce filming 'Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story'

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Holiday season? It's more like Hallmark season for the legions of fans of feel-good rom-coms and heartwarming family fare that lights up November and December like a TV advent calendar. And this year’s season — the 15th anniversary of Hallmark’s “Countdown to Christmas” — is the network’s biggest celebration yet.

In addition to 31 new movies on Hallmark Channel and nine new films for Hallmark Mystery’s “Miracles of Christmas,” seven more original movies will drop on the new Hallmark+ streaming service. That’s 47 new movies between now and December 25. Even Santa can’t compete with that kind of productivity.

Much More Than Rom-Coms in the Snow

But it’s not all just traditional falling-in-love-in-a-cute-Vermont-town movie fare (not that there’s anything wrong with that!). Hallmark has officially partnered with the NFL to produce Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, a football-set rom-com that includes cameos by real players.

For Only Murders in the Building fans, Hallmark+ will feature a new limited series, Mistletoe Murders, based on a popular Audible original of the same name. The second, Holidazed, feels like an HBO series that focuses on six diverse families living in the same cul-de-sac.

And maybe catchiest of all, Hallmark presents Finding Mr. Christmas (October 31), a new eight-episode reality series that follows 10 promising "Hallmark hunks" who live together and compete against one another for the lead role in an upcoming original holiday movie.

Where to start? We’ve picked out 10 of the best new original movies to get you in the spirit. So put some logs on the fire, get your hot cocoa ready and cuddle up in your favorite blanket, because you aren’t going to want to leave the couch this holiday season.

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Beth Broderick and Caroline Rhea in Holiday Mismatch

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Holiday Mismatch

Caroline Rhea and Beth Broderick — known for playing Aunt Hilda and Aunt Zelda on Sabrina the Teenage Witch — are back onscreen together again in Holiday Mismatch. Free-spirited Kath (Rhea) and uptight Barbara (Broderick) are surprised to find they’ve accidentally set up their adult children in an online dating app after sparring with each other at a Christmas committee meeting. As they team up to stop romance from blooming, they find they might have more in common than just their kids beginning to fall for each other.

Watch It: Holiday Mismatch premieres November 3, 8 p.m. ET on Hallmark Channel

Three Wiser Men and a Boy

The much-anticipated sequel to 2022’s Three Wise Men and a Baby is out this year, picking up five years after the first film. Andrew Walker, Tyler Hynes and Paul Campbell are back playing brothers who have gotten themselves into another situation that requires their unique brand of teamwork. They’ll also have to tackle meeting their mom’s new boyfriend.

Watch it: Three Wiser Men and a Boy premieres November 23, 8 p.m. ET on Hallmark Channel

Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle

The Mrs. Miracle movies have become a staple of Hallmark’s Christmas lineup. In this year’s edition, Mrs. Miracle poses as an estate planner and uses a little Christmas magic to bring three adult siblings home for the holidays to honor their late grandmother and decide who will inherit the family’s real estate empire.

Watch It: Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle premieres November 28, 8 p.m. ET on Hallmark Channel

Believe in Christmas

Real-life married couple Meghan Ory and John Reardon star in this on-screen adaptation of Anne-Marie Meyer’s 2022 novel Christmasland. Beatrice (Ory) joins her best friend for a trip to Christmasland, a town that promises a magical Hallmark-like Christmas experience. Except when Beatrice starts falling for charming stranger Ethan (Reardon), she can’t tell if it’s real or just part of the show.

Watch It: Believe in Christmas premieres November 30, 6 p.m. ET on Hallmark Channel

Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story

Hallmark is capitalizing on the Kansas City Chiefs’ moment in the spotlight as a backdrop for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s love story by partnering with the team to bring a new, Chiefs-themed love story to the screen. Mama Kelce even has a cameo in the movie, along with Chiefs head coach Andy Reid and several players.

Watch it: Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story premieres November 30, 8 p.m. ET on Hallmark Channel

The Christmas Quest

Countdown to Christmas isn’t complete without a Lacey Chabert (Party of Five) movie. This year, she’s in Iceland as an archeologist on a trip with her ex-husband, an expert in Norse languages. As they search for the treasure of the Yule Lads, they have to team up to keep it from falling into the wrong hands.

Watch It: The Christmas Quest premieres December 1, 8 p.m. ET on Hallmark Channel

A Dance in the Snow

Jenny, a 17-year-old high school student with autism, doesn’t want to attend her final Christmas dance before graduating because of a bad experience the previous year. Her mother, Melanie, decides to work with her teacher to create an inclusive school dance but gets more than she bargained for.

Watch It: A Dance in the Snow premieres December 5, 8 p.m. ET on Hallmark Mystery

All I Need for Christmas

Maggie is ready to give up on her dreams of becoming a singer/songwriter when she heads home to her parent’s farm for Christmas. Frustrated by all of the tech and social media she’s expected to embrace to make it in her chosen career, the last person she’s interested in meeting is Archer, a tech enthusiast who is developing large-scale apps. However, as they spend more time together, they find they each have a little bit of what the other needs.

Watch It: All I Need for Christmas premieres December 12, 8 p.m. ET on Hallmark Mystery

Hanukkah on the Rocks

This year’s Hanukkah movie follows unemployed corporate attorney Tory as she scours the city of Chicago to find the last box of coveted Hanukkah candles to help her Bubby prepare for the holiday. Along the way, she discovers a Hanukkah pop-up called Hanukkah on the Rocks, which might just help her find a new career path and love.

Watch It: Hanukkah on the Rocks premieres December 13, 8 p.m. ET on Hallmark Channel

Happy Howlidays

Max in Happy Howlidays will be played by the winner of the reality competition series Finding Mr. Christmas (airing October 31 on Hallmark+). Starring alongside Jessica Lowndes, who plays a meticulous web page editor, Max is a dog shelter owner who sets out to explore Seattle with Mia (Lowndes) while caring for a stray dog. Will stepping out of their comfort zones bring them closer together or push them apart?

Watch It: Happy Howlidays premieres December 21, 8 p.m. ET on Hallmark Channel

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