Great American Christmas is back on Great American Family in 2025 for it’s fifth anniversary with 16 brand-new movies. Great American Christmas officially begins streaming on Great American Family and GFAM+ October 11 with movies staring Candace Cameron Bure, Danica McKellar, Mario Lopez, and more. To keep track of the 16 original movies so you don’t miss any, sign up for the 2025 Great American Family Christmas Movie schedule checklist free printable below.
It is important to note that the Great American Family Christmas movies schedule currently includes several working titles. It is very possible these titles could change. It’s also possible that GAF might swap around dates. If that happens, I will do my best to update the printable, however, you will need to come back here to get a new copy.
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.
My Hallmark Christmas Movies Watching Socks
Need something a little special to get you in the mood before your Christmas decorations come out? I am buying myself these adorable “If You Can Read This… I’m Watching Christmas Movies” socks from Amazon! Toasty toes that make me smile, yes please!
How To Watch Great American Family Christmas Movies
We got rid of cable years ago, which means watching Great American 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.
Great American Pure Flix – A subscription-based streaming service offering on-demand programing. This service offers an early viewing of all Christmas movies (two days early). Cost is $8.99 (less if you sign up for a year) per month.
GFAM+ – A subsription-based streaming service offering live, channel fed TV programing. GMA movies appear simoltantiously on GMA and GFAM+. Cost is $4.99 per month.
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 2025 Movie Line Up
The full 2024 Great American Family Countdown to Christmas Movie lineup includes 17 new movies, which all premiere at 8 pm EST/PST.
Please note, movies premiere on Great American Pure Flix first and then premiere on Great American Family and GFAM+ two days later. The dates listed below are when the movies first appear on Great American Family and GFAM+.
A Wisconsin Christmas Pie
Premieres: Saturday, October 11
Stars: Katie Leclerc and Ryan Carnes
Plot: A pastry chef (Leclerc) returns home to Door County, Wis., for Christmas and finds that saving her family’s orchard — and her heart — may depend on the perfect pie and a second chance at love.
A Christmas Prayer
Premieres: Saturday, October 18
Stars: Shae Robins and Christopher Russell
Plot: Natalie (Robins), a weary children’s book illustrator, rediscovers her creativity and faith when she secretly fulfills the heartfelt prayer-list of a little girl, unknowingly becoming the answer to the girl’s father’s (Russell) Christmas wish for love, healing, and hope.
Once Upon a Christmas Crown
Premieres: Saturday, October 25
Stars: Ellise Roth and Callum Buckley
Plot: Princess Charlotte (Roth) of Marovia, a duty-bound princess, escapes to a New England town at Christmas, where a secret baking contest — and an unexpected romance (Buckley) — teach her that love may be life’s true crowning achievement.
Christmas Of Giving
Premieres: Saturday, November 1
Stars: Ash Tsai, Marshall Williams, and Julia Reilly
Plot: When a weary non-profit director (Tsai) faces dwindling donations and perceives she may be replaced just days before Christmas, the return of an old love (Williams) and a new and unexpected ally (Reilly) teach her that letting go may be the only way to save both her mission and her heart.
Love at Kringle Lake
Premieres: Saturday, November 8
Stars: Alexa Maria Huerta and Joseph Morales
Plot: When two ambitious executives from a top Chicago marketing firm (Huerta, Morales) are sent to the quaint town of Kringle Lake to rekindle the spirit of Christmas, they discover the greatest gift of the season may be each other.
Timeless Tidings of Joy
Premieres: Saturday, November 15
Stars: Candace Cameron Bure, Natasha Bure, and Paul Greene
Plot: When Ally (Cameron Bure) returns home to sell her grandmother’s (Bure) letterpress shop — long seen as a burden — she meets an old soul (Greene) determined to preserve its legacy, and together they discover that faith, sacrifice, and love can rewrite both the shop’s fate and their own.
Christmas on Every Page
Premieres: Saturday, November 22
Stars: Rose Reid and Jake Allyn
Plot: An advertising executive (Reid) returns to her hometown to help save her family’s struggling bookstore. While there, she partners with a local craftsman (Allyn) to design and paint a Christmas mural that not only brings the community together but also rekindles her own sense of creativity and connection.
Christmas in Midnight Clear
Premieres: Sunday, November 23
Stars: Alicia Josipovic and Jon McLaren
Plot: A high-powered real estate developer (Josipovic), burdened by a costly setback, arrives in the struggling town of Midnight Clear just before Christmas, where she meets a local pastor (McLaren) and learns saving the community may require opening her heart as much as her checkbook.
The Christmas Spark
Premieres: Friday, November 28
Stars: Mario Lopez and Ali Cobrin
Plot: At Christmastime, a passed-over corporate lawyer (Lopez) joins his small town’s fire department, where he competes with a fallen hero’s son — and finds unexpected sparks with his widowed mom (Cobrin).
Timeless Tidings of Joy
Premieres: Saturday, November 29
Stars: Candace Cameron Bure, Natasha Bure and Paul Greene
Plot: When Ally (Cameron Bure) returns home to sell her grandmother’s (Bure) letterpress shop — long seen as a burden — she meets an old soul (Greene) determined to preserve its legacy, and together they discover that faith, sacrifice and love can rewrite both the shop’s fate and their own.
There’s No Place Like Christmas
Premieres: Sunday, November 30
Stars: Cindy Busby and Sam Page
Plot: A big city realtor (Busby) returns to her hometown to lead the local real estate office during its most crucial revenue season. But when she clashes with a charming photographer (Page), she must decide if success means chasing her career – or following her heart.
Cranberries and Carols
Premieres: Saturday, December 6
Stars: Jill Wagner and Trevor Donovan
Plot: When a devoted café owner (Wagner) returns home to help her family host the town’s cherished Yuletide Potluck, she unexpectedly reunites with the man from a disastrous blind date 20 years ago — a military engineer (Donovan) — only to discover that Christmas may serve them both with a second chance at love.
Mistletoe at the Manor
Premieres: Sunday, December 7
Stars: Madeleine Coghlan and Lior Selve
Plot: When Alice, a spirited East Coast cooking show influencer, journeys to a centuries-old English castle to honor a WWII nurse by laying her remains in the castle gardens, she finds herself swept into the castle’s holiday magic — and the unexpected warmth of its charming proprietor.
Have We Met This Christmas?
Premieres: Saturday, December 13
Stars: Danica McKellar and Jesse Hutch
Plot: After a car accident leaves ambitious real estate executive Katie Sloan (McKellar) with amnesia at a cozy mountain inn, she unexpectedly falls for the innkeeper’s son (Hutch) from her forgotten past — while helping his family fight to save their beloved lodge before her memory returns and threatens their second chance at love.
A Royal Christmas Tail
Premieres: Sunday, December 14
Stars: Jonathan Stoddard and Brittany Underwood
Plot: When a dashing prince trades a glass slipper for a dog tag, he embarks on a heartwarming Christmas quest to find the mysterious woman — and her adorable pup — who captured his heart in one magical holiday moment.
Mario Lopez Presents: Chasing Christmas
Premieres: Saturday, Decemb er 21
Stars: Jillian Murray, Trevor Donovan, and Dominic Lopez
Plot: A wish tree unites a morning show host (Donovan) and an artist (Murray) as they race across Buffalo with the host’s daughter and the artist’s son (Lopez) to find the season’s hottest toy — discovering love and family along the way.
Thank you for the free countdown. My 91 year old mother loves these movies and this is exactly what she needs to keep track of them.
Awe! That makes me so happy!!! I have Hallmark and UPtv printable checklists too. (I’ll do Lifetime when it comes out.) Tell her to enjoy the movies!!!!