The most wonderful time of the year is celebrating 15 years of Hallmark Christmas Movies! The merriment begins October 18, 2024 with 47 new Christmas movies. So get ready to haul out the holly and the Christmas movie marathon begin! Don’t miss a movie with the 2024 Hallmark Christmas Movie schedule checklist free printable below.
With 47 brand new Hallmark Christmas movies for 2024 (31 on Hallmark Channel, 9 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and 7 exclusive releases for Hallmark+), it’s time for all of the Christmas season fun. Watching all 47 is a huge undertaking, but by starting in October – before Halloween – it CAN be done. Who’s with me?!
If you LOVE Christmas movies, I’ve got you covered. I have Christmas movie checklists for Great American Family Christmas, Lifetime (coming soon) and UPtv (coming soon) too.
Hallmark Christmas Movies Premiere Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
In 2024, Hallmark Christmas movies will premiere on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from October 18 through December 21. The 47 new movies are available across all three of Hallmark’s channels – Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies and Mysteries and Hallmark+. That’s right, this year Hallmark+ (the streaming platform gets 7 exclusive movies ). That’s five more new Hallmark Christmas movies from last year, and here is when you can watch movie premieres on each channel:
- Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas’s 31 new movies premiere on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights starting October 18 at 8 pm EST/PST with a special premiere on Thanksgiving (November 28) followed by two nights of double features airing at 6 and 8 pm EST/PST during Thanksgiving week.
- Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Miracles of Christmas’s 9 new movies premiere on Thursday nights starting October 26 at 8 pm EST/PST (except Thanksgiving week when it premieres on Wednesday).
- Hallmark+’s Movies & Mistletoe’s 7 new movies premiere on Thursday nights at 8 pm EST/PST. These exclusive new movies include three new follow-ups to Christmas on Cherry Lane and a new four-movie franchise Unwrapping Christmas.
Why Does The Christmas Movie Checklist End In Mid December?
One of the most common questions I get asked is why the Christmas movies on my checklist end in mid-December. That’s because the checklist includes the premiere nights for 47 movies, and the premieres end on December 21. But don’t worry, there will still be Christmas movies on all season. This year’s new Christmas movies and favorites from years’ past will continue to rerun on the Hallmark channels throughout the holiday season. As always that means that if you miss a premiere night, you can catch it later in the season.
***Important information . This will be an evolving printable. Hallmark likes to change things up as the season wears on – changing titles and moving dates. It happens every year. So, if you discover your checklist seems a bit off, check back here, and I will have an update for you. That said, if you want to use the same checklist all season, this list will be close just expect a few adjustments. ***
How To Watch Hallmark Christmas Movies
We got rid of cable years ago, which means watching Hallmark Christmas movies can be a challenge. But there are options for streaming Hallmark Christmas movies. If you don’t have cable to watch your Hallmark movies, you can watch via these streaming services.
- Frndly TV – Frndly TV is a streaming service that offers 40 family-friendly channels including Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies and Mysteries, and Hallmark Drama. With Frndly TV, you’ll be able to watch all the new releases as they air on cable, plus shows on-demand, so you can binge-watch some of your favorite Hallmark movies all season long for $6.99 a month. Frndly TV works with Apple, Android, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Chromecast, and you can cancel your subscription anytime. (This is the service I have used for the past two years and already have set up for this year.) Want to see if Frndly TV works for you, try the FREE 7-day trial.
- Sling TV, AT&T TV, Philo – If you already use Sling TV, AT&T TV or Philo for your streaming service, just add Hallmark Channels to your current package so you can watch Hallmark movies in real time. On Sling TV the Lifestyles package includes Hallmark Channel for $6 a month.
- Hallmark+ – If you want to watch the seven exclusive new Christmas movies on Hallmark+, you will also need a subscription (or a 7-day free trial) to catch those exclusives. I’ve included a note about which of the 2024 Hallmark Channel Christmas movies will stream on Hallmark+ and when they will arrive in the movie descriptions at the bottom of this post. (Don’t forget, not all Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Christmas movies will be available streaming on Hallmark+, so if you want to see them all, you will need one of the other services above.)
Hallmark Christmas Movie Activities
Play along as you watch your favorite Hallmark Christmas movies with my Hallmark Christmas BINGO game. If you watch Hallmark Christmas Movie alone, you can make it a silly challenge to take a sip of hot cocoa each time you find a BINGO square or take a bite of a Christmas cookie.
If you host a Hallmark Christmas movie-watching party, you can pass out BINGO sheets to your guests and see who gets BINGO first. (Don’t worry, it won’t take long!)
The Hallmark Christmas Movie BINGO is now available. You can also find it in my Etsy Shop if you don’t want to join the list.
Hallmark Christmas Movie Checklist 2024
Hallmark Christmas Movie Schedule Checklist free printable includes all 47 movies. Most movies premiere at 8 pm with a few nights of back-to-back features on Hallmark Channel at 6 pm and 8 pm EST/PST. If you plan to accomplish the whole list, you will need double checkmarks in box on double feature nights – perhaps red and green pens are in order. (ALL TIMES ARE LISTED IN EST/PST.)
Of course, my problem will be getting sucked into movies from other years that are either favorites or ones I’ve missed. Ahhh so many movies, so little holiday season. It’s a good thing we get to kick off our movie-watching in October.
Let’s get our cozy ‘jamies on and curl up for some Hallmark Christmas Movies!
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Want to catch up on Hallmark Christmas Movies past, grab a copy of my 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020 Christmas movies checklists.
Full 2024 Hallmark Channel Countdown To Christmas Movie Lineup
What Christmas movies are on Hallmark Channel 2024? The full 2024 Hallmark Countdown to Christmas Movie lineup includes 31 new movies. All Hallmark Countdown to Christmas Movie premieres start at 8 pm EST/PST except where noted when the channel offers a double feature at 6 pm and 8 pm EST/PST.
Friday, October 18
’Twas the Date Before Christmas, starring Robert Buckley and Amy Groening – 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.
Saturday, October 19
Holiday Crashers, starring Lyndsy Fonseca, Daniella Monet, Chris McNally and Jag Bal – Best friends who work at a card shop “decide to shake up their humdrum world by creating new identities to crash the amazing Christmas parties from the shop’s confidential invitations.” Soon, their lies catch up to them as they’re “whisked away to a fancy corporate Christmas retreat in the snowy Vermont mountains.”
Sunday, October 20
Scouting for Christmas, starring Tamera Mowry-Housley, Carlo Marks and Marci T. House – Relator Angela has been happily raising a 10-year-old daughter ever since her amicable divorce. Although she doesn’t have time for dating, her daughter asks the owner of her favorite bakery to help her mom cater her scout troop’s holiday event — and sparks fly!
Friday, October 25
Operation Nutcracker, starring Ashley Newbrough and Christopher Russell – This marks the network premiere of “Operation Nutcracker,” which debuted on Hallmark Movies Now as part of “Christmas in July.”
Saturday, October 26
The Christmas Charade, starring Rachel Skarsten, Corey Sevier – 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. Forced to pose as the girlfriend of Special Agent Josh, she helps him track down an art thief targeting the Saint Nicholas Ruby at a Christmas Eve charity ball.
Sunday, October 27
The 5-Year Christmas Party, starring Katie Findlay and Jordan Fisher – Each holiday season for five years, former high school theater rivals Alice and Max reunite in Chicago 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. As they say goodbye to the job that brought them together, they might finally find love in the most unexpected way.”
Friday, November 1
A Carol for Two, starring Ginna Claire Mason, Jordan Litz and Charlotte D’amboise – With a big dream of working on Broadway, Violette Wagner moves to New York and gets a job at a legendary diner, Fiore’s. After landing a job at the diner’s annual Christmas Eve concert, her opportunity isn’t at all what she expects.
Saturday, November 2
Our Holiday Story, starring Nikki DeLoach and Warren Christie – As Dave and Nell recount their love story to their daughter’s boyfriend Chris, we follow them through one special Christmas where fate routinely brought them together – and kept them apart. But as Dave and Nell tried to find one another, they were oblivious to the fact that they were work nemeses paired together to throw a Christmas festival for their town. Meanwhile, in the present, Chris struggles with relationship issues of his own as he attempts to say “I love you” for the first time to his girlfriend Jo. As our two couples and storylines intersect, lessons are taught and learned about communication, honesty and the capacity for change – in ourselves and in others.
Sunday, November 3
Holiday Mismatch, starring Caroline Rhea and Beth Broderick – Best known as the aunts on “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” Rhea and Broderick portray women who clash at a Christmas committee meeting and find out they’ve “accidentally set up their adult children via a dating app.” As their kids fall for each other, the mothers find an unexpected friendship.
Friday, November 8
Trivia at St. Nick’s, starring Tammin Sursok and Brant Daugherty – When students all flee an elite university in Vermont for winter break, the locals and faculty hunker down for their favorite time of year – the annual Christmas Bar Trivia Tournament. Due to a last-minute change-up, an astronomy professor and a football coach much endure the ultimate holiday scavenger hunt on campus.
Saturday, November 9
Santa Tell Me, starring Erin Krakow, Daniel Lissing, Benjamin Ayres, Christopher Russell and Kurt Szarka – When Olivia, 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. In addition to navigating three holiday romances, she finds herself drawn to a co-worker.
Sunday, November 10
‘Tis the Season to Be Irish, starring Fiona Gubelmann and Eoin Macken – A house flipper heads to Ireland to renovate and sell a cottage, but her plans change when she meets a local realtor determined to preserve his town’s heritage.
Friday, November 15
Christmas with the Singhs, starring Anuja Joshi and Ben Hollingsworth – 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. Enter Jake, her former high school classmate, who unexpectedly reappears in her life. After a magical year together, Jake proposes. But their first Christmas as an engaged couple isn’t exactly the fairytale they imagined. When they head home for the holidays, they quickly discover their picture-perfect romance is about to get a serious reality check.
Saturday, November 16
Jingle Bell Run, starring Ashley Williams and Andrew Walker – An unadventurous school teacher gets signed up for a Christmas-themed reality competition show where she’s paired with former hockey player Wes.
Sunday, November 17
Confessions of a Christmas Letter, staring Angela Kinsey, Alec Santos and a cameo by Brian Baumgartner – When “quirky family matriarch” Settie Rose enlists struggling novelist Juan to help her in the town’s annual holiday letter-writing contest, a mixup leads to the rumor that Juan is engaged to Settie’s daughter Lily.
Friday, November 22
Christmas on Call, starring Sara Canning, Ser’Darius Blain and a cameo by Donna Kelce – ER doctor Hannah Michaels and EMT Wes Sullivan work on balancing their relationship and demanding jobs ahead of the holidays in Philadelphia
Saturday, November 23
Three Wiser Men and a Boy, starring Paul Campbell, Tyler Hynes, Andrew Walker and Margaret Colin – The story begins five years later with the Brenner brothers preparing for another memorable Christmas. In a crazy turn of events, possibly brought on accidently by the brothers themselves, the director of Luke’s son Thomas’ school holiday musical steps down. Luke is desperate to make his son’s stage dreams come true, so he enlists the help of his brothers Taylor and Stephan. Meanwhile, the trio navigates meeting their mom Barbara’s new boyfriend.
Sunday, November 24
To Have and To Holiday, starring Madeleine Arthur, Robert Bazzocchi and Eric Close – When Celeste gets engaged to Jason after just a few months of dating, her father and the couple’s would be officiant, Pastor Mark, insists on putting them through a prewedding ‘boot camp’ filled with Christmas-themed challenges.
Thursday, November 28
Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle, starring Rachel Boston, Pascal Lamothe-Kipnes, Tanner Novlan, Matthew James Dowden and Max Lloyd-Jones – 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. Enter Annie Merkel – also known as Mrs. Miracle – who poses as an estate planner and uses her special brand of Christmas magic to help the family find common ground and rekindle their bonds.
Friday, November 29, 6 pm ET
A ’90s Christmas, starringEva Bourne, Chandler Massey and Katherine Barrell – While celebrating her promotion alone on Christmas Eve, a workaholic lawyer is transported back to 1999 via a mysterious rideshare experience.
Friday, November 29, 8 pm ET
Deck the Walls, starring Ashley Greene, Wes Brown and Danny Pellegrino – Chicago interior designer Rose returns to her hometown to help her brother with a charity house flip.
Saturday, November 30, 6 pm ET
Believe in Christmas, starring Meghan Ory and John Reardon – Although skeptical of holiday magic, Beatrice reluctantly joins her best friend on a trip to Christmasland, where she meets “a charming stranger named Ethan.” Soon, “she begins to question what’s real and what’s part of the experience.”
Saturday, November 30, 8 pm ET
Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, starring Hunter King, Tyler Hynes, Ed Begley Jr., Richard Riehle, Diedrich Bader, Christine Ebersole, Megyn Price; cameos by Donna Kelce, Jenna Bush Hager, Coach Andy Reid; and players Trey Smith, Mecole Hardman Jr., Clyde Edwards-Helaire and George Karlaftis – Alana Higman 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, Director of Fan Engagement, is tasked with evaluating how Alana and her family stack up against the other two finalists. As the pair spends time together, it’s clear there’s a spark between them but when her grandfather’s vintage Chiefs good-luck winter hat goes missing, Alana begins to doubt everything she believed about fate, destiny and even questions her future with Derrick – unless, that is, a little Christmas magic can throw a Hail Mary.
Sunday, December 1, 6 pm ET
The Finnish Line, starring Kim Matula, Beau Mirchoff and Nichole Sakura – Inspired by her father’s acclaimed legacy in dog sled racing, Anya follows in her dad’s legacy in dog sled racing, heading to Finland after his death to take part in the 40th annual Joulurauha race.
Sunday, December 1, 8 pm ET
The Christmas Quest, starring Lacey Chabert and Kristoffer Polaha – An archeologist and her ex-husband, an expert in ancient Norse languages, are sent to Iceland at Christmastime to search for the legendary treasure of the Yule Lads. When others join in the hunt, the pair find themselves swept into a thrilling adventure as they race to keep it from falling into the wrong hands.
Friday, December 6
Private Princess Christmas, starring Ali Skovbye, Derek Klena and Erica Durance – Vi, better known as Princess Violet of Wingravia, adores the privileges of being a royal, if none of the responsibilities. After being disappointed by Vi one time too many, the Queen decides to test her daughter’s mettle once and for all and issues an ultimatum: Vi must pass a vigorous leadership boot camp in Colorado or lose the throne to her uncle. At boot camp, Vi and her fellow cadets are put through a rigorous grind under the uncompromising supervision of Captain Ryan Douglas.
Saturday, December 7
Sugarplummed, starring Maggie Lawson and Janel Parrish – With dreams of creating a perfect Christmas she’s seen on TV, Emily gets a major surprise when her wish comes true: Sugarplum, a tv movie’s optimistic main character, magically steps off the screen.
Sunday, December 8
Leah’s Perfect Gift, starring Emily Arlook, Evan Roderick and Barbara Niven – A Christmas lover, Leah has admired the holiday from afar because she’s Jewish. Though her family celebrates Hanukkah, Leah has longed to experience a traditional Christmas. When her boyfriend Graham invites her to spend the holidays with his classic Connecticut family, she eagerly accepts. Excited to dive into the quintessential Christmas she’s always dreamed of, Leah quickly discovers that fitting in with Graham’s uptight family and his not-so-welcoming mom is easier said than done. As holiday traditions clash and awkward moments pile up, it is not quite the cozy Christmas that she expected.
Friday, December 13
Hanukkah on the Rocks, starring Stacey Farber, Daren Kagasoff and Marc Summers – Just one week before Hanukkah, corporate lawyer Tory is unemployed and questioning what’s next. As she helps her Bubby prepare for the holiday, she embarks on a quest across Chicago to find the last box of coveted Hanukkah candles. Her search leads her to unexpected encounters and self-discovery.
Saturday, December 14
The Santa Class, starring Kimberley Sustad and Benjamin Ayres – Ahead of the holidays, Kate North reluctantly takes over her father’s struggling Santa School. Soon, she and and her new co-worker Dan “discover who they believe to be the real Santa Claus, lost and without his memories after his sled steered off course and crashed near the school.”
Sunday, December 15
Following Yonder Star, starring Brooke D’Orsay and John Brotherton – When a scandal upends a famous TV mother’s life ahead of the holidays, she heads to a luxury Vermont resort for Christmas. Upon arriving, a booking error leads her to a quaint B&B owned by an astronomy teacher.
Saturday, December 21
Happy Howlidays, starring Jessica Lowndes, opposite the to-be-announced winner of “Finding Mr. Christmas” – A webpage editor spending the holidays alone is “drawn into an unusual encounter when she encounters a stray dog.”
Full 2024 Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Miracles of Christmas Movie Lineup
The full 2024 Movies and Mysteries Miracles of Christmas lineup includes 9 new movies on Thursday nights (except on Wednesday night Thanksgiving week). Premiere times for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Miracles of Christmas are at 8 pm EST/PST unless otherwise stated.
Thursday, October 24
This Time Each Year, starring Alison Sweeney and Niall Matter – Once happily married and thriving as a family, a couple in the midst of a trial separation are working hard to co-parent their young son.
Thursday, October 31
My Sweet Austrian Holiday, starring Brittany Bristow and Will Kemp – Charlotte, who moved to Viena to run her grandparent’s chocolate shop, is selected as a finalist for chocolatier of the year.
Thursday, November 7
Five Gold Rings, starring Holland Roden and Nolan Gerard Funk – New York City painter Audrey Moss returns to her small hometown in Minnesota for the holidays and is “met with an unexpected quest from her beloved late grandmother: find the owners of five mysterious gold rings and return them to their rightful homes before Christmas morning, only nine days away.”
Thursday, November 14
A Reason for the Season, starring Taylor Cole and Kevin McGarry – 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. To aid in her cause, she employs Kyle, a handsome local attorney, to track down those who helped and attempts to secretly learn what they might want while maintaining her anonymity.
Thursday, November 21
A Novel Noel, starring Julie Gonzalo and Brendan Penny – A successful New York book editor is chosen to run a bookstore in the small town of Saint Ives for the month of December.
Wednesday, November 27
Christmas Under the Lights, Heather Hemmens and Marco Grazzini – Emily is always reluctant to return home to her family’s animal rescue ranch — but when her mother passes away, her brother Nick requests her help organizing the annual Christmas Carnival. When she arrives, she discovers Nick’s friend, Luke, staying at the ranch — and that Luke was once a successful artist who works with light.
Thursday, December 5
A Dance in the Snow, starring Erica Cerra, Mark Ghanimé, Vanessa Burghardt and Dorian Giordano – Melanie’s 17-year-old autistic daughter Jenny (Burghardt) is a senior in high school and looking forward to college. After a bad experience her junior year, Jenny is not interested in attending her final Christmas dance before graduating. Melanie decides to surprise Jenny by getting involved in the school’s planning committee to create a welcoming dance for all students.
Thursday, December 12
All I Need for Christmas, starring Mallory Jansen and Dan Jeannotte – Struggling singer/songwriter Maggie is worried she’s unable to compete with such a tech-savvy world. Upon returning home to help her parents on their farm, she meets Archer, “an entrepreneur who has come back to town to spend the holidays alone.”
Thursday, December 19
Trading Up Christmas, starring Italia Ricci and Michael Xavier – Michelle, the dreamer of her family, hatches a plan to help her sister find a new home. Starting with just a Christmas stocking, she sets out to trade her way up to something far greater — a house for Keri. While Keri dismisses it as a far-fetched idea, local reporter Dan is intrigued.
Full 2024 Hallmark+ Premieres Christmas Movie Lineup
The following 7 movies will air only on Hallmark+ (Hallmark’s streaming service). Three new follow up movies from Cherry Land and a new four-movie franchise Unwrapping Christmas.
Thursday November 7, 14, 21 and 28
Unwrapping Christmas, starring Natalie Hall, Alec Santos, Kathryn Davis, Nathan Witte, Ashley Newbrough, Torrance Coombs, Cindy Busby and Jake Epstein – four new movies will follow four friends who work together at Tina’s shop, All Wrapped Up.
Thursday, December 5
Season’s Greetings from Cherry Lane, staring Jonathan Bennett, Annabelle Bourke, Corey Cott, Sarah Dugdale, Shannon Kook and Vincent Rodriguez III – In 1951, a doctor wants to make the holiday special for his worried wife before he is shipped out to serve in Korea, but when she suffers a minor fracture to her arm his carefully planned out Christmas Eve plans are upended. In 2003, a newly married couple who are always in agreement about everything hosts two sets of in-laws for Christmas Eve for the first time and find that they may not have had as much in common as they thought they did. And in 2024, a couple tries to arrange special Christmas surprises for each other but keeping them a secret may be harder than they thought.
Thursday, December 12
Happy Holidays from Cherry Lane, starring Benjamin Ayres, Catherine Bell, James Denton, Erica Durance, Julie Gonzalo and Ryan Rottman – In 1960, Eli and Penny take in Eli’s curmudgeonly father, Walter, and are forced to navigate some tricky family waters to get through the holidays while also working on a Christmas themed time capsule for son Alex’s school project. In 1998, we see Regina and Nelson’s first meeting: stuck together when a blizzard strands Nelson in Regina’s home on Christmas Eve. In 2015, Jessie faces a big challenge while planning her sister’s last-minute Christmas Eve wedding – the officiant is Tim, her high school sweetheart, whom she hasn’t seen in almost 20 years.
Thursday, December 19
Deck the Halls on Cherry Lane, starring John Brotherton, Erin Cahill, Brooke D’Orsay, Chelsea Hobbs, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Sam Page and Matt Dusk – In 1966, single guy David’s plans for a simple Christmas are dashed when his neighbor Stephanie arrives with news that she won a contest to have Tommy Saunders’ Christmas Eve TV special broadcast live from her house – but used his address. In 1981, John and Lizzie learn that this will be their last Christmas on Cherry Lane after John receives a job offer in Michigan and Lizzie finds out she’s pregnant. In 2000, best friends Matt and Rebecca find unexpected feelings developing as they try to find out who is behind a series of Christmas-themed random acts of kindness.