The Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas is an annual custom that solely appears to get larger and extra sturdy with each passing 12 months. The vacation-themed slate of exhibits and films usually begins in October — earlier than Halloween is even over, the audacity! — and runs for greater than two months, providing holiday-themed romantic comedies, frosty winter adventures, festive competitors exhibits and homicide mysteries. (Murders simply go down simpler after they’re Christmas-themed.) The Countdown to Christmas is already underway, however there are nonetheless dozens of nice exhibits and films to observe between now and Dec. 25.
Whereas the Hallmark Channel comes customary with many cable plans, in the event you’ve reduce the wire and are on the lookout for a technique to watch Countdown to Christmas, there are many choices. Yow will discover Hallmark Channel favorites on Philo, Frndly, YouTube TV or Fubo, or get the standalone Hallmark Plus plan that features a huge library of this 12 months’s releases and older hits. Attempting to avoid wasting cash? You possibly can watch all of this 12 months’s new releases free with a Hallmark Plus BingePass on Hoopla if in case you have a library card.
Here is a take a look at every little thing nonetheless to return on the 2025 Countdown to Christmas and one of the best methods to observe.
Mistletoe Murders, season 2 (Nov. 7)
The primary season of Mistletoe Murders was launched on the Hallmark Channel in October, and season 2 arrives only a few weeks later, displaying you simply how addictive this thriller sequence is. The present stars Sarah Drew as Emily, the proprietor of a Christmas-themed reward store within the small city of Fletcher’s Grove (that is an Easter egg for you Homicide, She Wrote followers). Emily’s a superb sleuth, an excellent factor as there is a disproportionate variety of murders on this city that want fixing. Two new episodes of the present will drop weekly on Nov. 7, 14 and 21.
Christmas Above the Clouds (Nov. 8)
Christmas Above the Clouds is a riff on A Christmas Carol and, in case you are somebody who thinks Hallmark motion pictures are bland or boring, let’s examine how you are feeling once I let you know that the primary character of this movie is known as Ella Neezer. ELLA NEEZER! Erin Krakow, who additionally stars in When Calls the Coronary heart, performs the Scrooge-inspired character, a workaholic with no actual sense of the Christmas spirit who makes an attempt to skip the vacation by leaving city. Then she boards her flight to Australia and finally ends up being visited by three spirits, in addition to by her ex-boyfriend (Tyler Hynes).
A Keller Christmas Trip (Nov. 9)
Jonathan Bennett has turn into a well-recognized face on Hallmark, and in A Keller Christmas Trip, he stars with Brandon Routh and Eden Sher as siblings who’ve drifted aside however reunite when their dad and mom take them (pressure them?) on a vacation cruise down the Danube. A enjoyable household comedy, the movie premieres on Nov. 9. (The film is definitely a reasonably good commercial for river cruises. Ship assist, I am turning into my dad and mom.)
Discovering Mr. Christmas, season 2 (Nov. 10)
Discovering Mr. Christmas is Hallmark’s first actuality competitors sequence. Hosted by Jonathan Bennett, the present options 10 aspiring actors competing in quite a lot of entertaining challenges “with a Hallmark twist.” The winner can be topped Hallmark’s subsequent main man and take dwelling the title of “Mr. Christmas.” The present premiered on Oct. 27 and new episodes will air weekly on Mondays by way of Dec. 15 when the winner is revealed. A reunion episode will air on Saturday, Dec. 20.
Baked With Love: Vacation (Nov. 10)
Tamera Mowry-Housley hosts Hallmark’s baking competitors Baked With Love: Vacation, the place she and judges Anna Haugh and Vaughn Vreeland got down to decide one of the best dwelling bakers who compete in a sequence of holiday-themed challenges utilizing their very own household recipes. The present premiered on Oct. 27 and airs weekly on Mondays by way of Dec. 15.
Three Wisest Males (Nov. 15)
A trio of Hallmark Channel’s fashionable main males play the titular Three Wisest Males on this upcoming vacation comedy. Three Wisest Males is the third movie in an annual vacation sequence (see additionally: Three Sensible Males and a Child and Three Wiser Males and a Boy) in regards to the Brenner brothers. They’re three grown, simply barely-adult males who dwell close to their mother (Margaret Colin) and are navigating life modifications, new relationships, and the truth that their mother is placing their childhood dwelling up on the market, and that is the final Christmas they’re going to be spending there.
Tidings for the Season (Nov. 16)
Tamera Mowry-Housley stars as Lucy, a single mother caring for her son Robbie (Elijah-Justus Lewis) in Tidings for the Season, out on Nov. 16. Robbie’s an enormous fan of a neighborhood newscaster named Adam (B.J. Britt) and is happy when he will get to fulfill his hero and, this simply in, it seems Lucy and Adam may simply be the proper co-anchor to at least one one other.
Vacation Landing: A Payments Love Story (Nov. 22)
Hallmark and the NFL is an unlikely pairing … or is it? Final 12 months, among the finest vacation movies on the channel was Vacation Landing: A Chiefs Love Story (it featured cameos from Donna Kelce and a kitten named Catrick Mahomes, what extra do it’s essential know?). This 12 months, the soccer romance custom continues, and this time we’re headed to Western New York the place two lifelong Buffalo Payments followers discover love … with a bit assist from the Payments Mafia. Cameos on this movie embody Coach Sean McDermott and Payments gamers Damar Hamlin, Ray Davis, Dawson Knox and extra.
Soften My Coronary heart This Christmas (Nov. 23)
A glassblower named Holly James (Laura Vandervoort) secretly shows her work at a vacation truthful beneath a pseudonym and when her work takes off and her id is revealed, the individuals she’s closest to, together with the truthful’s director, Jack (Stephen Huszar), really feel betrayed. Has she … blown her probabilities at love with Jack? Will she be capable of soften his coronary heart by the top? Can she renew his religion in her? My glass terminology is proscribed however I am guessing they make it work. The movie premieres on Sunday, Nov. 23.
We Met in December (Nov. 27)
If you happen to’re on the lookout for a comfy technique to cap off your Thanksgiving, the charming romance We Met in December premieres on Thursday, Nov. 27. Within the movie, Autumn Reeser and Niall Matter star as Annie Lane and Dave Weeks, two vacationers who spend a magical, romantic night collectively on an sudden layover. After they ultimately get on their flights dwelling, they overlook to trade numbers and so every of them ventures out on a quest to search out the opposite based mostly on the restricted info they’ve. All you needed to do was NameDrop, guys!
The Snow Should Go On (Nov. 28)
In The Snow Should Go On, a former Broadway star agrees to direct his niece’s highschool Christmas musical within the hopes of impressing an influential Broadway producer. The movie, which stars Heather Hemmens and Corey Cott, premieres as a part of a Black Friday double function on the Hallmark Channel, together with The Extra the Merrier. If you happen to’re into musical theater backdrops, try final 12 months’s A Carol for Two, one other Broadway-themed vacation romance.
The Extra the Merrier (Nov. 28)
Three ladies go into labor — on Christmas Eve, throughout a blizzard! — and one in all them is the one OB/GYN for miles round. That leaves the one two medical doctors on name on the hospital (Rachel Boston and Brendan Penny) to deliver these infants into the world whereas they’re snowed in. The Extra the Merrier will get delivered on Nov. 28.
An Alpine Vacation (Nov. 29)
Sisters Religion and Kelly resolve to honor their grandmother’s dying want by touring to the French Alps for Christmas to re-create her first journey there with their grandfather. Whereas the 2 ladies rekindle their sisterly bond, Kelly and their French mountaineer information, Frederic, additionally spark a romance. Ashley Williams and Laci J. Mailey co-star.
A Grand Ole Opry Christmas (Nov. 29)
A Grand Ole Opry Christmas (out Nov. 29) is the proper film for a rustic music fan. The film is about on the famed Grand Ole Opry in Nashville and options cameos from a great deal of nation stars together with Invoice Anderson, Brad Paisley, Dailey & Vincent, Drew Baldridge, Jamey Johnson, Maggie Baugh, Mickey Guyton, Pam Tillis, Rhett Akins, Riders within the Sky, Suzy Bogguss and Tigirlily Gold. Actors Nikki DeLoach and Kristoffer Polaha star on this, twangy, time-hopping romance.
The Christmas Cup (Nov. 30)
Romance blooms between a marine (Rhiannon Fish) and a neighborhood hearth chief (Ben Rosenbaum) after they be part of forces to steer the annual Christmas Cup competitors between their city and the rival city close by. The movie arrives on Hallmark on Nov. 29.
Christmas on the Catnip Cafe (Nov. 29)
A Hallmark film set in a cat café? Is somebody studying my imaginative and prescient board?? On this new festive feline-focused movie, Erin Cahill stars as Olivia, a girl who has partially inherited a cat café. Drawback is, she would not actually need a cat café. As Olivia spends her holidays there making an attempt to persuade the veterinarian, Ben (Paul Campbell), to promote it, she finally ends up falling for him.
Twelve Dates Until Christmas (Dec. 5)
Mae Whitman stars as Kate, a textile designer in England whose finest pals signal her up for a holiday-themed courting service with out her realizing. She reluctantly joins, however has no concept simply how a lot her life is about to alter because of this. This six-episode sequence premieres on Dec. 5 and airs two episodes weekly, with new episodes dropping on Dec. 12 and Dec. 19. Jane Seymour, Mary McDonnell and Nathaniel Parker co-star.
A Suite Vacation Romance (Dec. 13)
A Suite Vacation Romance includes a case of mistaken id — or at the very least, a case of not being fairly sincere about one’s id — as two strangers (Jessy Schram and Dominic Sherwood) meet at a New York resort at Christmastime and fall for one another beneath false pretenses. Can their love be actual if it was initially based mostly on lies?
Oy to the World! (Dec. 14)
Within the pantheon of splendidly foolish, punny titles of Hallmark motion pictures, Oy to the World! is likely to be my second favourite of all time. (First place all the time and eternally can be Roux The Day: A Gourmet Detective Mystery.) Oy to the World! is, because the title subtly implies, an interfaith romance between an Episcopal choir director and a Jewish choir director, who additionally occur to be longtime rivals, pressured to work collectively for a fundraiser to assist with development of the native temple. They join by way of the facility of music and … I feel I may need simply described the proper film.
A Make or Break Christmas (Dec. 20)
Hunter King and Evan Roderick star in A Make or Break Vacation as a pair internet hosting their first large household Christmas. It proves to be extra disturbing and overwhelming than they realized and it pushes them to the brink. Simply as they’re on the verge of a breakup, their households arrive to have a good time, forcing them to faux their manner by way of a jolly vacation.
The Christmas Child (Dec. 21)
The Christmas Child is the second movie on the Hallmark vacation calendar that riffs on Three Males and a Child. That Nineteen Eighties film, a few child dropped on the doorstep of three unsuspecting bachelors, loosely impressed the Hallmark movie Three Sensible Males and a Child (which developed into the 2025 sequel Three Wisest Males), and now it additionally appears to have impressed The Christmas Child. The movie stars Ali Liebert and Katherine Barrell as two ladies who unexpectedly have a child dropped at their door and have to determine the right way to look after him whereas juggling their already sophisticated lives.
Prepared, Set Glow! (Dec. 22)
Hallmark main man Wes Brown hosts this vacation lights showcase spectacular that takes viewers to among the most spectacular, festive shows round. Wes will introduce the particular individuals behind them and share their heartfelt — and infrequently emotional tales — behind their shows and the way they contribute to the neighborhood. All episodes of the present have beforehand premiered on Hallmark Plus, and it makes its sequence debut on the Hallmark Channel Dec. 22.
