EXCLUSIVE: Hallmark Channel's 2024 'Countdown to Christmas' lineup revealed (2025)

The holidays are almost here!

On Sept. 19, TODAY exclusively revealed new movies debuting on Hallmark Channel's 2024 "Countdown to Christmas" lineup, featuring every kind of love story you can imagine.

Scroll to see the films premiering during this year's "Countdown to Christmas," plus when to tune in for the festive viewings.

When do new movies premiere on Hallmark Channel's 2024 'Countdown to Christmas'?

The first movie set to premiere as part of the network's annual Christmas lineup is "'Twas the Date Before Christmas," dropping on Friday, Oct. 18.

Hallmark's new films on its "Countdown to Christmas" rundown will air at 8 p.m. ET, unless specified otherwise.

The list of new films premiering on Hallmark Channel's 2024 'Countdown to Christmas'

  • Friday, Oct. 18: '"Twas the Date Before Christmas" — starring Robert Buckley ("Chesapeake Shores") and Amy Groening ("The Santa Summit").
  • Saturday, Oct. 19: "Holiday Crashers" — starring Lyndsy Fonseca ("Nikita"), Daniella Monet ("Baby Daddy"), Chris McNally ("When Calls the Heart") and Jag Bal ("The Flash").
  • Sunday, Oct. 20: "Scouting for Christmas" — starring Tamera Mowry-Housley ("Inventing the Christmas Prince"), Carlo Marks ("Chesapeake Shores") and Marci T. House ("Tribal").
  • Friday, Oct. 25: "Operation Nutcracker" — starring Ashley Newbrough (Mistresses) and Christopher Russell (Star Trek: Discovery).
  • Saturday, Oct. 26: "The Christmas Charade" — starring Rachel Skarsten ("Batwoman") and Corey Sevier ("Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove").
  • Sunday, Oct. 27: "The 5-Year Christmas Party" — starring Katie Findlay ("Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist") and Jordan Fisher ("The Flash").
  • Friday, Nov. 1: "A Carol for Two" — starring Ginna Claire Mason ("A Holiday Spectacular"), Jordan Litz ("Wicked" on Broadway) and Charlotte d’Amboise ("Galyntine").
  • Saturday, Nov. 2: "Our Holiday Story" — starring Nikki DeLoach ("Curious Caterer Mysteries") and Warren Christie ("The Watchful Eye").
  • Sunday, Nov. 3: "Holiday Mismatch" — starring Caroline Rhea ("Sabrina the Teenage Witch") and Beth Broderick ("Sabrina the Teenage Witch").
  • Friday, Nov. 8: "Trivia at St. Nick’s" — starring Tammin Sursok ("Pretty Little Liars") and Brant Daugherty ("Pretty Little Liars").
  • Saturday, Nov. 9: "Santa Tell Me" — starring Erin Krakow ("When Calls the Heart"), Daniel Lissing ("When Calls the Heart"), Benjamin Ayres ("Family Law") and Christopher Russell ("Star Trek: Discovery"), Kurt Szarka ("Maid").
  • Sunday, Nov. 10: "‘Tis the Season to Be Irish" — starring Fiona Gubelmann ("The Good Doctor") and Eoin Macken ("La Brea").
  • Friday, Nov. 15: "Christmas with the Singhs" — starring Anuja Joshi ("The Resident") and Ben Hollingsworth ("Virgin River").
  • Saturday, Nov. 16: "Jingle Bell Run" — starring Ashley Williams ("Falling Together") and Andrew Walker ("Curious Caterer Mysteries").
  • Sunday, Nov. 17: "Confessions of a Christmas Letter" — starring Angela Kinsey ("The Office") and Alec Santos ("Sight Unseen")
  • Friday, Nov. 22: "Christmas on Call" — starring Sara Canning ("Holiday Road") and Ser’Darius Blain ("Will Trent").
  • Saturday, Nov. 23: "Three Wiser Men and a Boy" — starring Paul Campbell ("The Cases of Mystery Lane"), Tyler Hynes ("Letterkenny"), Andrew Walker ("Christmas Island") and Margaret Colin ("Three Men and a Baby").
  • Sunday, Nov. 24: "To Have and To Holiday" — starring Madeleine Arthur ("To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before"), Robert Bazzocchi ("Gen V") and Eric Close ("Nashville").
  • Thursday, Nov. 28: "Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle"— starring Rachel Boston ("Field Day"), Pascal Lamothe-Kipnes ("Never Been Chris’d"), Tanner Novlan ("The Bold and the Beautiful"), Matthew James Dowden ("Creepshow") and Max Lloyd-Jones ("The Mandalorian").
  • Friday, Nov. 29: "A ’90s Christmas" (premiering at 6 p.m. ET) — starring Eva Bourne ("Once Upon a Time"), Chandler Massey ("Days of our Lives") and Katherine Barrell ("Good Witch").
  • Friday, Nov. 29: "Deck the Walls" — starring Ashley Greene ("Twilight"), Wes Brown ("Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up") and Danny Pellegrino ("The Stalking Fields")
  • Saturday, Nov. 30: "Believe in Christmas" (premieres at 6 p.m. ET) — starring Meghan Ory (:Chesapeake Shores") and John Reardon ("Hudson & Rex").
  • Saturday, Nov. 30: "Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story" — starring Hunter King ("The Santa Summit"), Tyler Hynes ("Three Wise Men and a Baby"), Ed Begley Jr. ("Young Sheldon"), Richard Riehle ("Office Space"), Diedrich Bader ("American Housewife"), Christine Ebersole ("Bob Hearts Abishola") and Megyn Price ("The Ranch").
  • Sunday, Dec. 1: "The Finnish Line" (premieres at 6 p.m. ET) — starring Kim Matula ("Saturday Night"), Beau Mirchoff ("Ride") and Nichole Sakura ("Superstore").
  • Sunday, Dec. 1: "The Christmas Quest" — starring Lacey Chabert ("Mean Girls") and Kristoffer Polaha ("Wonder Woman 1984").
  • Friday, Dec. 6: "Private Princess Christmas" — starring Ali Skovbye ("Firefly Lane"), Derek Klena ("Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin") and Erica Durance ("A Scottish Love Scheme").
  • Saturday, Dec. 7: "Sugarplummed" — starring Maggie Lawson ("Psych") and Janel Parrish ("To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before").
  • Sunday, Dec. 8: "Leah’s Perfect Gift" — starring Emily Arlook ("Grown-ish"), Evan Roderick ("Arrow") and Barbara Niven ("Chesapeake Shores").
  • Friday, Dec. 13: "Hanukkah on the Rocks" — starring Stacey Farber ("Virgin River"), Daren Kagasoff ("The Secret Life of the American Teenager") and Marc Summers ("Double Dare").
  • Saturday, Dec. 14: "The Santa Class" — starring Kimberley Sustad ("The Nine Lives of Christmas") and Benjamin Ayres ("Saving Hope").
  • Sunday, Dec. 15: "Following Yonder Star" — starring Brooke D’Orsay ("Two and a Half Men") and John Brotherton ("Fuller House").
  • Saturday, Dec. 21: "Happy Howlidays" — starring Jessica Lowndes ("Major Crimes") opposite the to-be-announced winner of the reality TV show "Finding Mr. Christmas."

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