Get ready to pour the hot cocoa and dust off your favorite festive blanket. Hallmark Channel has officially unveiled its slate for the 2026 Countdown to Christmas season! Kicking off on October 16, 2026, this year’s line-up features 34 original movie premieres packed with royal encounters, holiday market mix-ups, NFL crossover magic, Disney World wonder, and fan-favorite network stars.
Here is your exclusive, comprehensive guide to every movie announced for the 2026 holiday season to keep your watchlist updated for TVMovieVaults.com!
🎄 October 2026 Premieres
1. ‘Tis the Season for Setups
- Premiere Date: Friday, October 16 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Amanda Schull, Victor Webster
- Synopsis: A high-powered party planner (Amanda Schull) is hired to coordinate a luxury ski resort’s annual holiday galas. She quickly collides with the owner’s son (Victor Webster), a laid-back ski instructor with very different ideas on what makes a festive event memorable.
2. Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story
- Premiere Date: Saturday, October 17 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Lyndsy Fonseca, Robert Buckley
- Synopsis: In Hallmark’s latest NFL collaboration, a sports reporter (Lyndsy Fonseca) gets assigned to profile a diehard Chicago Bears fan. Along the way, she sparks an undeniable romantic connection with the fan’s grandson, a passionate local firefighter (Robert Buckley).
3. Mr. & Mrs. Christmas
- Premiere Date: Sunday, October 18 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Brendan Penny, Pascale Hutton
- Synopsis: A widowed holiday display expert (Brendan Penny) moves to a picturesque small town to revamp its iconic Christmas Market. He finds himself locking horns—and eventually falling—for a pragmatic accountant (Pascale Hutton) intent on proving her leadership skills to the town council.
4. Winter Wonderlanes
- Premiere Date: Friday, October 23 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Ashley Newbrough, Franco Lo Presti
- Synopsis: Hoping to save her late grandfather’s community bowling alley from demolition, a pop-up chef (Ashley Newbrough) revives its famous youth holiday tournament. To cover the event, she teams up with a local journalist (Franco Lo Presti) who happens to be her former high school sweetheart.
5. Forgotten Holiday
- Premiere Date: Saturday, October 24 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Janel Parrish, Daniel Lissing
- Synopsis: After a sudden car accident leaves her boyfriend (Daniel Lissing) with amnesia about the past year—and his love for the holiday season—an antiques buyer (Janel Parrish) takes him on a sentimental journey across town to retrace their steps and fall in love all over again.
6. What If Christmas
- Premiere Date: Sunday, October 25 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Lori Loughlin, Tom Cavanagh
- Synopsis: Having spent years putting her fashion design dreams on hold for her surgeon husband (Tom Cavanagh), a woman (Lori Loughlin) makes a mysterious holiday wish and wakes up in an alternate reality where she is a world-renowned designer—only to realize her old life held the true magic.
7. Who’s Coming for Christmas?
- Premiere Date: Friday, October 30 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Rhiannon Fish, Jake Foy
- Synopsis: Determined to carry on her grandmother’s tradition of hosting an elaborate Christmas Eve feast for eight strangers, a town newcomer (Rhiannon Fish) gets unexpected help from her handy single-dad neighbor (Jake Foy).
8. Adopting St. Nick
- Premiere Date: Saturday, October 31 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Amy Groening, Michael Rady
- Synopsis: A local hardware store owner (Amy Groening) volunteer-partners with a retirement community’s holiday outreach program after her adopted daughter joins, bringing her into the orbit of the center’s charismatic travelling director (Michael Rady).
🎅 November 2026 Premieres
9. A Danish Christmas
- Premiere Date: Sunday, November 1 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Emilie Ullerup, Corey Sevier
- Synopsis: An American baker travels to Denmark during the holiday season to learn traditional pastry secrets from her estranged family, falling for a charming local tour guide who shows her the true meaning of hygge.
10. Merry Memories
- Premiere Date: Friday, November 6 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Lindura, Brendan Morgan
- Synopsis: A photo restorer working overtime before Christmas helps a handsome client uncover the origin of a mysterious vintage family photograph, unlocking forgotten holiday romance along the way.
11. Holiday Unplugged
- Premiere Date: Saturday, November 7 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Nikki DeLoach, Juan Pablo Di Pace
- Synopsis: A tech executive and her rival are forced to attend a digital-detox mountain retreat right before the holidays, where they must ditch their smartphones and relearn how to connect with the world—and each other.
12. A Season of Promises
- Premiere Date: Sunday, November 8 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Brooke D’Orsay, James Denton
- Synopsis: Two long-time friends reconnect over a pact they made a decade ago to fulfill each other’s childhood Christmas wish lists if they were both still single.
13. My Christmas Cowboy
- Premiere Date: Friday, November 13 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Amy Acker, Luke Macfarlane
- Synopsis: A city slicker real estate developer is sent to evaluate a struggling ranch before Christmas, only to butt heads with the stubborn ranch manager who is determined to show her the charm of a Western holiday.
14. The Nights Before Christmas
- Premiere Date: Saturday, November 14 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Tyler Hynes, Laci J. Mailey
- Synopsis: A radio DJ and a community event manager team up to run a 12-day overnight Christmas charity drive, discovering love over the late-night airwaves.
15. Mistletoe and Mimosas
- Premiere Date: Sunday, November 15 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Tamera Mowry-Housley, Kristoffer Polaha
- Synopsis: Two rival brunch spot owners in a tourist town compete for the annual Golden Whisk award during the Christmas holidays, only to find that combining their recipes yields the best results.
16. Our Holiday Playbook
- Premiere Date: Friday, November 20 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Taylor Cole, Charles Michael Davis
- Synopsis: A sports strategist and a retired star athlete must co-organize a high-stakes holiday charity game, learning how to compromise both on and off the field.
17. Christmas in Blue Dog Valley
- Premiere Date: Saturday, November 21 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Erin Cahill, Andrew Walker
- Synopsis: A veterinarian visiting a small snowy town during the holidays gets roped into helping a local sanctuary, bonding with the resident dog trainer along the way.
18. Double Booked for the Holidays
- Premiere Date: Sunday, November 22 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Rachael Leigh Cook, Owain Yeoman
- Synopsis: Due to a reservation glitch, two complete strangers are forced to share the last available cozy cabin during a massive Christmas snowstorm.
19. Christmas Delivered
- Premiere Date: Thursday, November 26 at 8:00 PM ET (Thanksgiving Day)
- Cast: Autumn Reeser, Wes Brown
- Synopsis: A busy logistics manager scrambling to get holiday packages out on time teams up with a traditional postal worker who prefers handwritten letters over digital tracking.
20. The Christmas Eve Feast
- Premiere Date: Friday, November 27 at 6:00 PM ET
- Cast: Daniella Monet, Kevin McGarry
- Synopsis: Executive produced by Giada De Laurentiis, an ambitious chef tries to recreate her Italian family’s traditional “Feast of the Seven Fishes” for a high-profile holiday pop-up restaurant.
21. Return to Santa
- Premiere Date: Friday, November 27 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Rachel Boston, Paul Campbell
- Synopsis: A woman returns to her hometown after finding a misplaced letter to Santa from 20 years ago, teaming up with her childhood friend to fulfill the forgotten wish.
22. The Most Wonderful Secret
- Premiere Date: Saturday, November 28 at 6:00 PM ET
- Cast: Tammin Sursok, Peter Porte
- Synopsis: An undercover journalist investigating a secluded town known for having the best Christmas festival in the country risks revealing her identity when she falls for the town mayor.
23. Holiday Ever After: A Disney World Wish Come True
- Premiere Date: Saturday, November 28 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Lacey Chabert, Travis Van Winkle
- Synopsis: In Hallmark’s landmark partnership with Walt Disney World Resort, a woman (Lacey Chabert) spends the holidays in Orlando, where a chance encounter with an old flame (Travis Van Winkle) turns into a magical journey through the resort’s festive attractions.
24. Eight Nights for Love
- Premiere Date: Sunday, November 29 at 6:00 PM ET
- Cast: Hunter King, Dan Jeannotte
- Synopsis: During Hanukkah, an event planner and her long-time rival collaborate to pull off eight different nightly celebrations across the city, discovering love under the menorah lights.
25. Miles to Christmas
- Premiere Date: Sunday, November 29 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Ashley Williams, Steve Lund (featuring Alison Sweeney)
- Synopsis: When flights get grounded ahead of Christmas Eve, two stranded travelers decide to take a cross-country road trip together to reach home in time for the holidays.
🎁 December 2026 Premieres
26. The Snowflake Effect
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- Premiere Date: Friday, December 4 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Heather Hemmens, Mark Ghanimé
- Synopsis: A meteorologist predicting a snowless holiday season works with a local ski resort owner to generate winter cheer, only to trigger an unexpected romantic blizzard.
27. A Grand Biltmore Christmas
- Premiere Date: Saturday, December 5 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Holland Roden, Niall Matter (featuring Andie MacDowell & Jonathan Frakes)
- Synopsis: In this sequel to the hit A Biltmore Christmas, characters travel back to the Gilded Age era of the iconic Biltmore Estate to unravel a historical mystery and protect their present-day romance.
28. An Angel in My Stocking
- Premiere Date: Sunday, December 6 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Fiona Gubelmann, Marco Grazzini
- Synopsis: A woman receives a mysterious handmade Christmas stocking that begins leaving cryptic, heartwarming clues guiding her toward her true soulmate.
29. Christmas in Canterbury
- Premiere Date: Friday, December 11 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Jessy Schram, Will Kemp
- Synopsis: An American interior designer travels to England to renovate an ancient estate for the holiday season, sparking chemistry with the traditionalist British estate manager.
30. Snow Globe Town
- Premiere Date: Saturday, December 12 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Kimberley Sustad, Scott Michael Foster
- Synopsis: An artist visiting a quaint village realizes the entire town mysteriously mirrors the miniature scenes inside her late grandmother’s antique snow globe collection.
31. Noelle Nomads
- Premiere Date: Sunday, December 13 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Benjamin Ayres, Torrey DeVitto
- Synopsis: Two digital nomads who usually avoid settled holidays agree to stay in one place to manage a festive lodge, learning the true value of home.
32. Hearts All Aglow
- Premiere Date: Friday, December 18 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Mishael Morgan, B.J. Britt
- Synopsis: A community center director fights to save a historic holiday light drive-thru from demolition, finding an ally in the city developer sent to inspect the site.
33. Barking All the Way
- Premiere Date: Saturday, December 19 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Ian Harding, Tori Anderson
- Synopsis: Two dog lovers organize a holiday adoption festival for local animal shelters, attempting to find forever homes for dozens of pups before Christmas Morning.
34. Save the Date for Christmas
- Premiere Date: Sunday, December 20 at 8:00 PM ET
- Cast: Jonathan Bennett, Italia Ricci
- Synopsis: Two single best friends agree to be each other’s “plus-ones” for a grueling marathon of holiday weddings, only to realize they might be each other’s perfect match.
Every 2026 Great American Family Christmas Movie Premiering This Season