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 2020.
Christmas movies showing on the Hallmark Channel in 2020
PLEASE NOTE: Date/times are subject to change (all times shown in Eastern)
**Page last updated on 10/27/20
Check back in for schedule updates throughout the year
Friday, September 25, 2020
- 8:00pm – Christmas in Rome
Friday, October 2, 2020
- 8:00pm – Christmas at Dollywood
Friday, October 9, 2020
- 8:00pm – A Christmas Duet
Friday, October 16, 2020
Friday, October 23, 2020
- 6:00am – Cherished Memories: A Gift to Remember 2
- 8:00am – The Christmas Club
- 12:00pm – Merry & Bright
- 2:00pm – The Mistletoe Promise
- 4:00pm – Christmas at Graceland: Home for the Holidays
- 6:00pm – Christmas Under the Stars
- 8:00pm – Christmas at the Plaza
- 10:00pm – Picture a Perfect Christmas
Saturday, October 24, 2020
- 12:01am – A Shoe Addict’s Christmas
- 2:00am – Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses
- 4:00am – With Love, Christmas
- 6:00am – A Cheerful Christmas
- 8:00am – Christmas Made to Order
- 10:00am – Double Holiday
- 12:00pm – Mingle All the Way
- 2:00pm – Christmas Under Wraps
- 4:00pm – Holiday Date
- 6:00pm – Christmas Town
- 8:00pm – Jingle Bell Bride (NEW!)
- 10:01pm – Christmas at Pemberley Manor
Sunday, October 25, 2020
- 12:01am – Check Inn to Christmas
- 2:01am – Welcome to Christmas
- 4:01am – A Bride for Christmas
- 6:00am – Christmas at the Palace
- 8:00am – A Christmas Love Story
- 10:00am – A Christmas Duet
- 12:00pm – Let It Snow
- 2:00pm – The Nine Lives of Christmas
- 4:00pm – Jingle Bell Bride (NEW!)
- 6:00pm – Write Before Christmas
- 8:00pm – A Chateau Christmas (NEW!)
- 10:01pm – Christmas in Rome
Monday, October 26, 2020
- 12:01am – The Christmas Cottage
- 2:01am – Christmas Land
- 4:01am – Christmas List
- 6:00am – Mingle All the Way
- 8:00am – A Royal Christmas
- 12:00pm – The Christmas Cure
- 2:00pm – Christmas Getaway
- 4:00pm – Sleigh Bells Ring
- 6:00pm – Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy
- 8:00pm – Crown for Christmas
- 10:00pm – A Gift to Remember
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
- 12:01am – The Sweetest Christmas
- 2:00am – Once Upon a Holiday
- 4:00am – Christmas at Graceland: Home for the Holidays
- 6:00am – Love You Like Christmas
- 8:00am – Christmas at Dollywood
- 12:00pm – Christmas in Love
- 2:00pm – My Christmas Love
- 4:00pm – A Dream of Christmas
- 6:00pm – A Christmas Detour
- 8:00pm – Christmas Under Wraps
- 10:00pm – Holiday Date (NEW!)
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
- 12:01am – My Christmas Dream
- 2:00am – Reunited at Christmas
- 4:00am – A Cheerful Christmas
- 6:00am – Christmas Cookies
- 8:00am – Switched for Christmas
- 12:00pm – Cherished Memories: A Gift to Remember 2
- 2:00pm – Marry Me at Christmas
- 4:00pm – A Very Merry Mix-Up
- 6:00pm – Christmas Scavenger Hunt
- 8:00pm – Christmas Town
- 10:00pm – Christmas in Rome
Thursday, October 29, 2020
- 12:01am – Christmas Connection
- 2:00am – Let It Snow
- 4:00am – A Wish for Christmas
- 6:00am – Road to Christmas
- 8:00am – Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa
- 12:00pm – Christmas in Homestead
- 2:00pm – Miss Christmas
- 4:00pm – A Christmas Love Story
- 6:00pm – A Christmas Duet
- 8:00pm – Jingle Bell Bride (NEW!)
- 10:00pm – Write Before Christmas
Friday, October 30, 2020
- 12:01am – It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas
- 2:00am – Christmas at Holly Lodge
- 4:00am – A Gift to Remember
- 6:00am – Entertaining Christmas
- 8:00am – Check Inn to Christmas
- 12:00pm – Christmas Joy
- 2:00pm – Coming Home for Christmas
- 4:00pm – 12 Gifts of Christmas
- 6:00pm – Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe
- 8:00pm – A Chateau Christmas (NEW!)
- 10:00pm – The Christmas Cottage
Saturday, October 31, 2020
- 12:01am – The Nine Lives of Christmas
- 2:00am – It’s Christmas, Eve
- 4:00am – A Cookie Cutter Christmas
- 6:00am – Enchanted Christmas
- 8:00am – A Dream of Christmas
- 10:00am – Christmas Wishes & Mistletoe Kisses
- 12:00pm – A Shoe Addict’s Christmas
- 2:00pm – Jingle Bell Bride (2020)
- 4:00pm – The Mistletoe Secret
- 6:00pm – Crown for Christmas
- 8:00pm – One Royal Holiday (NEW!)
- 10:00pm – Christmas Under the Stars
Sunday, November 1, 2020
- 12:01am – The Mistletoe Promise
- 2:01am – On the Twelfth Day of Christmas
- 4:01am – Finding Santa
- 5:30am – A December Bride
- 6:00am – A Perfect Christmas
- 8:00am – A Wish for Christmas
- 10:00am – Jingle Around the Clock
- 12:00pm – Christmas Next Door
- 2:00pm – A Chateau Christmas (NEW!)
- 4:00pm – One Royal Holiday (NEW!)
- 6:00pm – Picture a Perfect Christmas
- 8:00pm – On the Twelfth Date of Christmas (NEW!)
- 10:01pm – Christmas at Graceland: Home for the Holidays
Monday, November 2, 2020
- 12:01am – A Royal Christmas
- 2:01am – Hats Off to Christmas!
- 4:01am – Miss Christmas
- 6:00am – Christmas at Cartwrights
- 8:00am – Welcome to Christmas
- 12:00pm – Sharing Christmas
- 2:00pm – Christmas Cookies
- 4:00pm – Christmas at Holly Lodge
- 6:00pm – A Cheerful Christmas
- 8:00pm – Christmas at the Palace
- 10:00pm – Christmas Land
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
- 12:01am – Merry & Bright
- 2:00am – Christmas Made to Order
- 4:00am – A Christmas Detour
- 6:00pm – Coming Home for Christmas
- 8:00am – It’s Christmas, Eve
- 12:00pm – Hats Off to Christmas!
- 2:00pm – Write Before Christmas
- 4:00pm – Mingle All the Way
- 6:00pm – The Mistletoe Promise
- 8:00pm – The Christmas Club
- 10:00pm – Christmas Wishes & Mistletoe Kisses
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
- 12:01am – Jingle Around the Clock
- 2:00am – 12 Gifts of Christmas
- 4:00am – Sleigh Bells Ring
- 6:00am – My Christmas Love
- 8:00am – Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe
- 12:00pm – A Bride for Christmas
- 2:00pm – Christmas List
- 4:00pm – It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas
- 6:00pm – Chateau Christmas (NEW!)
- 8:00pm – Christmas Under the Stars
- 10:00pm – On the Twelfth Date of Christmas (NEW!)
Thursday, November 5, 2020
- 12:01am – A December Bride
- 2:00am – A Perfect Christmas
- 4:00am – Christmas in Love
- 6:00am – The Christmas Cure
- 8:00am – With Love, Christmas
- 12:00pm – Christmas Town
- 2:00pm – On the Twelfth Day of Christmas
- 4:00pm – Double Holiday
- 6:00pm – Christmas Next Door
- 8:00pm – One Royal Holiday (NEW!)
- 10:00pm – Crown for Christmas
Friday, November 6, 2020
- 12:01am – The Mistletoe Secret
- 2:00am – Entertaining Christmas
- 4:00am – A Dream of Christmas
- 6:00am – A Gift to Remember
- 8:00am – A Christmas Love Story
- 12:00pm – The Sweetest Christmas
- 2:00pm – The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
- 4:00pm – Holiday Date
- 6:00pm – A Royal Christmas
- 8:00pm – A Shoe Addict’s Christmas
- 10:00pm – Christmas Under Wraps
Saturday, November 7, 2020
- 12:01am – Marry Me at Christmas
- 2:00am – A Christmas Duet
- 4:00am – Christmas in Pemberley Manor
- 6:00am – A Very Merry Mix-Up
- 8:00am – Road to Christmas
- 10:00am – Christmas Scavenger Hunt
- 12:00pm – Reunited at Christmas
- 2:00pm – Christmas Connection
- 4:00pm – Christmas at Dollywood
- 6:00pm – On the Twelfth Date of Christmas (NEW!)
- 8:00pm – Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater (NEW!)
- 10:01pm – Switched for Christmas
Sunday, November 8, 2020
- 8:00pm – On the 12th Date of Christmas (NEW!)
Saturday, November 14, 2020
- 8:00pm – Christmas in Vienna (NEW!)
Sunday, November 15, 2020
- 8:00pm – A Timeless Christmas (NEW!)
Saturday, November 21, 2020
- 8:00pm – A Nashville Christmas Carol (NEW!)
Sunday, November 22, 2020
- 8:00pm – Christmas House (NEW!)
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
- 8:00pm – A Christmas Tree Grows in Brooklyn (NEW!)
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
- 8:00pm – A Bright and Merry Christmas (NEW!)
Thursday, November 26, 2020
- 8:00pm – Five Star Christmas (working title) (NEW!)
Friday, November 27, 2020
- 8:00pm – Christmas by Starlight (working title) (NEW!)
Saturday, November 28, 2020
- 8:00pm – Christmas Waltz (NEW!)
Sunday, November 29, 2020
- 8:00pm – If I Only Had Christmas (NEW!)
Saturday, December 5, 2020
- 8:00pm – Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing (NEW!)
Sunday, December 6, 2020
- 8:00pm – Christmas She Wrote (NEW!)
Saturday, December 12, 2020
- 8:00pm – Cross Country Christmas (NEW!)
Sunday, December 13, 2020
- 8:00pm – Christmas Carnival (NEW!)
Saturday, December 19, 2020
- 8:00pm – A Christmas Carousel (NEW!)
Sunday, December 20, 2020
- 8:00pm – Love, Lights, Hanukkah! (NEW!)
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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.
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’…..
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.
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.
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…