Hallmark Channel Countdown to Christmas
From the last weekend in October until January 1st, Hallmark Channel runs the seasonal block called Countdown to Christmas, featuring a mix of holiday movies, specials and holiday-themed original programming. Countdown to Christmas officially began in 2009, while the channel’s first holiday original movie was aired in 2000. Since 2012, the network has also held a “Christmas in July” event with airings of previous movies. In February 2019, it was announced that in honor of the upcoming 10th anniversary of the Countdown to Christmas event, the channel would air selections of movies on Friday nights throughout the year. This is continuing in 2021.
Christmas movies showing on the Hallmark Channel in 2021
PLEASE NOTE: Date/times are subject to change (all times shown in Eastern)
**Page last updated on 09/17/21
Check back in for schedule updates throughout the year
Friday, August 8, 2021
- 8:00pm – Christmas Under the Stars
Friday, August 13, 2021
- 8:00pm – Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe
Friday, August 20, 2021
- 8:00pm – A Timeless Christmas
Friday, August 27, 2021
- 8:00pm – Check Inn to Christmas
Friday, September 3, 2021
- 8:00pm – Crashing Through the Snow
Friday, September 10, 2021
- 8:00pm – The Mistletoe Promise
Friday, September 17, 2021
- 8:00pm – One Royal Holiday
Friday, September 24, 2021
- 8:00pm – Reunited at Christmas
Friday, October 1, 2021
- 8:00pm – Magical Christmas Ornaments
Friday, October 8, 2021
- 7:00pm – Unlocking Christmas
Archives
- 2020 Hallmark Channel Countdown to Christmas
- 2019 Hallmark Channel Countdown to Christmas
- 2018 Hallmark Channel Countdown to Christmas
- 2017 Hallmark Channel Countdown to Christmas
- 2016 Hallmark Channel Countdown to Christmas
- 2015 Hallmark Channel Countdown to Christmas
- 2014 Hallmark Channel Countdown to Christmas
- 2013 Hallmark Channel Countdown to Christmas
- 2012 Hallmark Channel Countdown to Christmas
What channel is Hallmark Channel?
- DirecTV – Channel 312
- DISH Network – Channel 185
Available on most cable networks. Check with your local provider for channel.
Could we just get Christmas movies all year long? haha
VERY disappointed Hallmark nixed Home & Family!
Instead of getting rid of Home & Family I’d love to see The Golden Girls go away. I change my channel as soon as the sitcom starts each night.
I love the hallmark movies and look forward to Christmas in July. It’s only for a short time and those sitcoms are still playing! I don’t care for Golden girls Reba Frasier so tired of the repeats. So I change the channel. Can’t please everyone. Will they be playing Call me Mrs. Miracle?. Thank you for still keeping Christmas in July.
Thank you too
I wish they were 24/7 like I’m channel.
I agree! I love all of the movies! Great way to escape!
I loved Crashing through the snow. I’m excited about the schedule.
My wife and I love the Christmas movies. I wish they played year round. At least one per night or maybe a 24/7 channel. That would let those who want to see The Golden Girls a place to watch then.
Deep six every sitcom you have
Please enough with the Golden Girls and Reba, enough already.
I agree – enough with the Golden Girls. I must have seen each episode 20 times or more. Reba I’m okay with, but not for the entire night.
What has happened to yhe Hallmark ch 51 lineup since yesterday. Today may 2 thete ate no movies.. only sitcoms??
Not watching your constant schedule of sitcoms. Very disappointed in the new schedule. I watch all the movies and that’s what i have the station for. Your advertisers must know how poor the ratings are now
Get back to the Christmas and love story movies
Can On The 12th Date of Christmas please be released on DVD/Blu-ray or Amazon Prime video? After watching it several times, it’s become my all time favorite Hallmark movie and it’s a must buy! I want to be able to watch it whenever I want.
Please consider keeping the Golden girls in the holiday line up because it’s a constant I’m used to I’m alone with no one on holidays that consistency provides comfort
No more Golden Girls
CUT WAY DOWN ON ALL SIT COMS! This is not why I want to watch Hallmark Channel!
Hallmark, We so enjoy your specials this time of the year, and look forward to your new creations. We like how you’ve added new cast and plots and stories. But last night we did not appreciate The Christmas House!!! We do not need or want to see two men kissing on our screen!!! We count on you for appropriate presentations that don’t need to be screened for our family, children, and grandchildren!!! That’s just what we want to explain on Thanksgiving Day!!! Very, Very disappointed in you!!! You do not have to look like the world to retain viewers!!! Many people are looking for integrity, goodness, peace, and joy, and for decent family values.
Seriously, you need to get with the times. Christmas house was one of my favorites because it showed diversity. You are what is wrong with this world. There is no reason for hate. Love is love. I am a married woman raptor a man, but would never tell anyone who they should love. You are teaching hatred to those in your family. Go ahead and keep you head in the sand. But I applaud Hallmark on making strides towards showing all types of love.
Judging that two men kissing does not show goodness, peace, and joy? Love how “thou shalt not judge” applies to everyone else but you.
Instead of repeat after repeat or starting before Thanksgiving bring back some of the well known family oriented Christmas movies. Smokey Mountain Christmas with Dolly Parton. Its the best!!
A Timeless Christmas is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good. It needs to show more times than it has been scheduled!…:~))
I was wondering about the older Christmas Movies. Why they can’t be broadcast on regular TV? For those of us that don’t have cable stations.
It would make our Holidays better if we can see those movies.
Thank you Hallmark for starting all the Christmas movies early. I was so excited to watch the “Snow Bride” was on today. Though I have recorded on my DVR. Hallmark has so many Movies I love and have saved so many on my DVR. My only problem now is my DVR is at 98% full and With all the new Hallmark Christmas movies I have fallen in love with I don’t know how I’m going to manage these movies. Once again Hallmark hasn’t let me down with their new 2020 movies! Thank you for bringing all these wonderful movies into our lives and making Christmas so special not just with all the past movies but the new movies as well and brings back memories of watching them with my late husband before he passed away and than when I moved in with my mother watching them day and night before she passed away. Now I’ve been making wonderful memories with my son! Thank you Hallmark for making Christmas such a special time of year with all your wonderful movies!
I’m of the same opinion. Christmas in July is awful and even more so when it starts October 24, 2020 and runs to the week before Christmas. Not to mention that they show the Christmas movies 24/7. There are no choices and it takes away the meaning of Christmas.
I Love Christmas in July and I love you started all my favorite Christmas movies early this year! Heck many stores had their Christmas items up for sale before Halloween. So, I totally disagree with Jackie! Sorry Jackie but I love Christmas in July and that they started all my favorite movies early this year!
LOVE, CHRISTMAS IN JULY, MY PARENTS WERE MARRIED ON THE 25TH / JULY.
AND THIS ALSO GIVES ME IDEAS FOR THE YEARS DECORATION IDEAS.
Im with yall I love Christmas in July its nice to get a sneak peek at christmas before it comes
I don’t like your comment!!!
Yes! It was just on yesterday! Love that movie too!
Do the movies aired in October and November rerun in December? My husband loves these movies, but he doesn’t start Christmas until Thanksgiving is over. I was going to buy a Hallmark Pass for him, but I want to make sure he can see all the movies he missed in Oct and Nov.
Since Hallmark begins showing Christmas movies so early, and I love the Golden Girls from it’s beginnings, I begin recording Golden Girl episodes in August. I currently have over 170+ saved so I don’t have to go without them. Can you please advise when you cease broadcasting Golden Girls and begin showing Christmas movies? I love Hallmark and I love your Christmas movies. I just can’t go without the Golden Girls (even though I have likely seen every episode 100 times or more since the series began. I look forward to hearing from you.
this christmas lol
October 23rd is when they begin 24/7 🙂
I love watching your Christmas shows any time. I wish you would have a Hallmark Christmas channel that would play only your Christmas shows. All of them even from years and years ago.
I have loved Hallmark for years and years. NATURAL, clean movies for the whole family.
However, I promise you this if you change the “agenda” I will never watch it again. I wont be the only one.
They did change the “agenda” they are including LBGT. Shame Christmas revolves around Christ…….. such a shame one of the few channels I had left the wasnt PC……bye bye hallmark. Glad my favs are recorded!
That is really sad. To deny love for one is to deny love for all. WWJD? HE and GOD love us all, including all our qualities, good or bad. HE And HE especially dislikes it when people judge others (that is HIS job, after all)….but HE will still love you. Just sayin’…..
Sorry Lorrie that you feel that way . I am not part of the lgbt community but maybe we need to see things their way as well. I mean seriously if you don’t want to see it then simply change the channel it’s that simple.
I like the Golden Girls when they are on before 11:00 PM CST. I’m not in to Christmas in July at all but would tolerate it for others sakes if I could have my Golden Girls to relax me for bed each night. Why can’t you compromise and do that? I find Christmas movies depressing and you play enough of them from October to January. Your schedule said Christmas stuff would be done at end of July but I’m seeing it going into August. Maybe you should just make one of your 3 channels an all year round Christmas channel so those of us who don’t need reminders that we are alone can watch things that make us laugh.
I agree it is quite depressing I’m alone the Golden girls is my thing all year around it brings me comfort and laughs!
Any chance to get Christmas movies say once a week during year on Hallmark? That would be so awesome!! Thanks for Christmas in July.
Hallmark is showing a Christmas movie every Friday evening. Check your local listings for an exact time. They are also showing Christmas movies every Thursday evening at 9:00 PM on their Movies & Mysteries channel.
Please show “A Christmas Melody” this 2020 Christmas season. It’s my favorite. Thanks.
Please play some of older movies they are all so good. Please show Stranded in Paradise. Thank You
I would definitely love to see older countdown to Christmas movies from 10/09 those are what got to believe and I don’t know, now they are all the same storyline just diff actors in them and I love hallmark . I love hallmark but even after they add a new movie they play it all the time. Please bring back older hallmark movies too, please, and thank you
Why doesn’t Hallmark ever show The Christmas Train. Had actors that were in ‘A’ movies. Was great to see them on Hallmark. In my opinion, it was a very good movie.
Hi Joanne: If you have Comcast, you can search it and play it for free to Me. You can also click on watch options and it gives you options of 2 channels to watch it on, one being Hallmark (available until 7/31/20). I love that movie as well. I even thought the commercials were heartfelt.
I am a Christmas Movie Lover. I think I watched about 80 Christmas movies last year on every channel I could find them. When I retired this year, my job gave me a blanket from Hallmark that says Hallmark Christmas Movie Watching Blanket. I hope you get to watch it.
Why don’t you show “A Bride for Christmas” more often. And not at 2:00 or 4:00 in the morning.
Trying to remember the name of the movie about two friends switch homes for Christmas. One from New York and the other is from the country. Both find love at Christmas.
Anybody know the name?
The movie is called “Finding Christmas”
Yes! It was just on yesterday! Love that movie too!
Finding Christmas — Sean, a New York adman, swaps his swanky loft for an aspiring musician’s North Carolina cottage after a proposal gone wrong leads him to find a holiday escape. Sparks fly when he meets single mother Ryan. On the other end of the swap, singer Owen is charmed by Sean’s sassy assistant, Mia. As these singles open up their homes, they also unexpectedly open up their hearts for the romantic possibilities in store this Christmas. —Tricia Helfer, J. T. Hodges, Mark Lutz, Christina Rosato —Original Broadcast: 12/15/2013
There are two, actually. This is the other: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2008491/reference
Its called Holiday and it was just on last week.
If at anytime we need Christmas it’s now With Covid Racial Unrest Unemployment the Christmas Season should be alive in our hearts
I am paying for 3 separate Hallmark channels.Not cheap either. I really get tired of paying and seeing the same thing over and over such asd Waltons, Golden Girls, Magnum etc. Please show more movies on Movies and Mysteries and Hallmark Drama. Love my Hallmark channel but just don’t like the same thing over and over.
I have seen 3 of the same movie in their time slots within 24 hours
What about A Season for Miracles it’s been a while since I’ve seen it.
Im all in on Christmas anytime, especially now!
So am I. Will The Christmas Card be aired this year? Oh, I hope so!
I love Hallmark Christmas movies. I can watch them anytime of the year. Thanks Hallmark.
Really up[sert that the movie we were watching from 7:00 to 9:00pm eat tonight is to be continued. Who knows when the 2nd half will be on? Felt like we wasted 2 hours.
How the virus stopped them from producing 2020 holiday movies??
Love watching hallmark movies, especially the Christmas movies! I look forward to seeing them on TV and cannot get enough. It’s great seeing them on TV right now and helps lift everyone’s spirits. Hallmark you are amazing!
It’s been a relief to watch something cheerful at this time
with all the bad news about the virus.
Christmas is a wonderful time of the year. It give people faith and hope.
It bring out the best in people. We need that right now.
We need to pray and have faith that this virus will past.
I agree.
gonna cancel hallmark Christmas over its april I don’t want to watch Christmas movies now, its waste of money as I don’t watch anymore because of this. Its Spring TIME!
Saturday, March 21, 2020
12:01am – The Christmas Cottage
2:00am – A Royal Christmas
3:30am – Marry Me at Christmas
5:00am – A Verry Merry Mix-Up
7:00am – Christmas at Graceland: Home for the Holidays
9:00am – Snow Bride
11:00am – Switched for Christmas
1:00pm – Christmas at Dollywood
3:00pm – The Nine Lives of Christmas
5:00pm – Christmas at the Plaza
7:00pm – Christmas Town
Sunday, March 22, 2020
12:01am – Picture a Perfect Christmas
2:00am – The Sweetest Christmas
4:00am – Coming Home for Christmas
6:00am – CHristmas WIshes & Mistletoe Christmas
8:00am – Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe
10:00am – Christmas in Evergreeen: Tidings of Joy
12:00pm – A Shoe Addict’s Christmas
2:00pm – Christmas Under the Stars
4:00pm – Write Before Christmas
6:00pm – Christmas in Rome
But the rest of us love them anytime of year
You have to pay for the Hallmark Channel? I live in Monterey County, California. I have Comcast/Xfinity/whatever they call it, and all three Hallmark Channels and UPTV are included. Of course, TV, Internet and voice is $280/month…
I live in Florida and receive both Hallmark channels for free. I’m shocked you have to pay for it. What you could do is just watch them @ Christmas & than after cancel the channel. I couldn’t have Christmas without Hallmark! Good Luck!!!