Great American Christmas is back on Great American Family in 2024 with 18 brand-new movies. And once again, GAF will offer Christmas programming 24 hours a day 7 days a week starting October 12, 2024! To keep track of the 18 new movies so you don’t miss any, sign up for the 2024 Great American Family Christmas Movie schedule checklist free printable below.
*** IF you downloaded the printable prior to 10/18/24, you will want to redownload the check list. GAF made significant changes to the line up adding two new movies, changing movie titles and rearranging the whole schedule. ***
If you LOVE Christmas movies, I’ve got you covered. I have Christmas movie checklists for Hallmark Countdown to Christmas, UPtv (coming soon) and Lifetime (coming soon) too.
Great American Family Christmas Movies 24/7
Great American Family Christmas is set to begin October 12, 2024 with stars like Mario Lopez, Candace Cameron Bure, Danica McKellar, Trevor Donovan, and Jen Lilley. Christmas movie fans will be able to enjoy movies 24 hours a day 7 days a week through the end of the year. That’s right, all Christmas, all day, every day! Christmas movies 24/7 start October 12, the first new movie premiere is October 19 with new movies every weekend until Christmas.
How To Watch Great American Family Christmas Movies
We got rid of cable years ago, which means watching Great American Family Christmas movies can be a challenge. But there are options for streaming Great American Family Christmas movies. If you don’t have cable to watch your Great American Family movies, you can watch via Frndly TV.
Frndly TV – Frndly TV is a streaming service that offers 40 family-friendly channels including Hallmark Channels, Lifetime and Great American Family. 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.
Let’s get our cozy ‘jamies on and curl up for some Great American Family Christmas Movies!
Great American Family Christmas Movie Activities
Last year, I made a BINGO game to go along with my Christmas movie-watching. If you watch Christmas movies 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. Yes, I know they say Hallmark movie, but I promise they work for any romantic Christmas movie 🙂
If you host a 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.
Great American Family Christmas Movie Checklist 2024
Great American Family Christmas Movie Schedule Checklist free printable includes all 18 new movies.
Don’t want to sign up for my newsletter to receive the free printable? You can also find it in my Etsy Shop. If you want all four movie checklists (Hallmark, Lifetime, GAF and UPtv) and don’t want to sign up for each, you can also find a bundle in my Etsy Shop with all four checklists. Use the coupon code SAVE10 to save 10% off all orders from my Etsy Shop just for reading my blog.
Full Great American Family Channel Countdown To Christmas Movie Line Up
The full 2024 Great American Family Countdown to Christmas Movie lineup includes 18 new movies, which all premiere at 8 pm EST/PST.
Saturday, October 12
Christmas Wreaths and Ribbons, starring Kristin Wollett and Casey Elliott. A wreathmaker slips on ice and injures her arm which puts her holiday wreath deliveries in jeopardy until a selfless neighbor comes forward to keep her business afloat.
Saturday, October 19
A Vintage Christmas, starring Merritt Patterson and Christopher Russell – A dedicated preservationist battles a developer’s ambitions to tear down a historic Post Office with ties to her family.
Saturday, October 26
A Christmas Castle Proposal, starring Rhiannon Fish and Mitchell Bourke – A commoner and her boyfriend, Prince Alexander, head to his family’s palace so their families can spend their first Christmas together. Mishaps ensue.
Saturday, November 2
Tails of Christmas, starring Ash Tsai and Eric Guilmette. Caleb is injured in the Army and recovers through help from shelter therapy dogs. As a sign of thanks, Caleb returns home to help Amber run the local shelter and, in the process, discovers his feelings for Amber go beyond gratitude.
Saturday, November 9
A Royal Christmas Ballet, starring Brittany Underwood and Jonathan Stoddard – A retired ballerina is pressed into service working with a visiting team of royal ambassadors to put on the season’s performance of ‘The Nutcracker’ and finds herself center stage in an unexpected Christmas romance.
Saturday, November 16
A Christmas Less Traveled, starring Candace Cameron Bure and Eric Johnson – A local business owner finds an audio cassette in the player of her recently departed dad’s classic red truck. The message instructs Desi to go on a holiday road trip down memory lane where she meets a man who needs her help and who offers help in return.
Sunday, November 17
A Christmas Quilt, starring Ferelith Young and Harmon Walsh – A firefighter and a quilting teacher work together to make the perfect quilt for his sister’s Christmas wedding. Two headstrong people discover the importance of putting personal differences aside to create what is most important at Christmas.
Saturday, November 23
A Little Women’s Christmas, starring Trevor Donovan, Jen Lilley, Jillian Murray, Laura Osnes, Julia Reilly, Jesse Hutch and Gladys Knight – A modern retelling of the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott.
Sunday, November 24
Christmas by Candlelight, starring Erin Agostino and Harmon Walsh – Juliet pitches Christmas candles to her boss to earn a promotion and enlists the help of a candle store owner (Tom) who refuses at first but reluctantly agrees when he realizes the money will help make his daughter’s Christmas wish come true.
Thursday, November 28
I Heard The Bells , starring Stephen Atherholt, Jonathan Blair, and Rachel Day Hughes – The inspiring, true story behind the beloved Christmas carol and the song’s author, America’s beloved poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Known as America’s Poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow leads an idyllic life…until the day his world is shattered by tragedy. With a nation divided by Civil War and his family torn apart, Henry puts down his pen, silenced by grief. But it’s the sound of Christmas morning that reignites the poet’s lost voice as he discovers the resounding hope of rekindled faith.
Friday, November 29
A Cinderella Christmas Ball, starring Danica McKellar and Oliver Rice – With only the Internet, a plane ticket and a lifelong determination to find her birth family Chelsea travels to royal hamlet, Havenshire, at Christmas. Along the way, Chelsea sneaks into a castle, teaches a stubborn Prince how to dance, and looks to be in the perfect place when the bells toll Christmas Eve.
Sunday, December 1
Home Sweet Christmas, starring Candace Cameron Bure and Cameron Mathison – Two former childhood friends reunite after a beloved family members passes, leaving the future of his magical maple sugar farm in their hands.
Saturday, December 7
Once Upon a Christmas Wish, starring Mario Lopez and Courtney Lopez – A local mayor discovers his childhood Christmas wishes are coming true. With his childhood friend, the pair can inspire residents to showcase the town’s warmth and values while pushing back a major developer’s desire to take the community in a different direction.
Sunday, December 8
Let It Snow, starring Candace Cameron Bure, Jesse Hutch, and Alan Thicke. An executive evaluates her company’s property and begins to draw up plans for transforming the rustic old lodge into a hot tourist attraction.
Saturday, December 14
Christmas Under The Northern Lights, starring Jill Wagner and Jesse Hutch – A historian seeks inspiration for her next project in her family’s hometown of Aurora, which is famous for experiencing the Northern Lights. While there, she bonds with a local tour guide who shows her the town’s Christmas traditions and witnesses a harbinger of miracles to come.
Sunday, December 15
Christmas in Scotland, starring, Jill Winternitz and Dominic Watters – A New York installation designer helps a small Scottish community create a dazzling light display to win “Best Christmas Village” festival. The designer is forced to work with a wealthy heir who doesn’t like Christmas, though feelings may change if the pair succeeds in creating joy for the community.
Saturday, December 21
Get Him Back for Christmas, starring Alexa PenaVega and Carlos PenaVega; special appearance by the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Mario Lopez, Victoria Jackson and Natasha Bure – Bella made it big in music. Jack stayed behind in his hometown working at The Salvation Army to help his family after his dad passed. Bella returns home after a heartbreaking split with her chart-topping singing partner and asks Jack to write the perfect song to get her boyfriend back.
Sunday, December 22
Coupled Up for Christmas, starring Sara Canning and Marcus Rosner – Two heartbroken strangers pretend to be dating others to win the affection of their true soulmates.
I have checked my local listings several times and they do not show these movies on the dates listed above.
Hi Pam – The Great American Family network made HUGE changes to the Christmas movie lineup since announcing the schedule in September. (Two additional movies, new names and a complete shuffle!) I re-made the whole list and sent it back out to anyone who requested the list previously. Take a look for the updated one in your inbox. Enjoy the movies!
So excited.
What a wonderful resource! I love getting into the holiday spirit with Christmas movies, and the free printable checklist is such a thoughtful touch. It’s great to have all the movie dates in one place—thank you for making it so easy to plan a cozy movie night!
Apparently your going to run Christmas movies through November and only 18 are new movies. That means its repeat movies constantly. Instead of replaying the same old movies please bring back our regular programing. As it stands now, I bet your viewership has probably gone down.