Countdown to Christmas Schedule
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. “Christmas Fridays” on Hallmark is continuing in 2024.
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2024 Hallmark Christmas News
“Christmas Fa La La Fridays” on the Hallmark Channel is continuing in 2024.
2024 Hallmark Channel Christmas Movie Premieres
New Christmas movies coming to the Hallmark Channel’s 15th Annual Countdown to Christmas Programming Event this holiday season include:
2024 Countdown to Christmas Schedule
PLEASE NOTE: Date/times are subject to change (all times shown in ET)
Airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times/dates can vary by TV provider.
Schedule last updated on 4/28/24
Friday, May 3, 2024
- 6:00pm – Tis the Season to Be Merry
- 8:00pm – A Very Merry Bridesmaid
Friday, May 10, 2024
- 6:00pm – Everything Christmas
- 8:00pm – The Santa Summit
Friday, May 17, 2024
- 6:00pm – A Royal Christmas Crush
- 8:00pm – Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas
Friday, May 24, 2024
- 6:00pm – A Fabled Holiday
- 8:00pm – Northern Lights of Christmas
What channel is Hallmark Channel?
- DirecTV – Channel 312
- DISH Network – Channel 185
- Roku – Hallmark TV App (subscription required)
- Xfinity – Channel 137
Available on most cable networks. Check with your local provider for channel.
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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 🙂
Thank you
It would be lovely to have a year round Hallmark Christmas Channel since there have been so many years of Hallmark movies for the holidays. What I would Not want to see Hallmark do is create another pay-to-see option! Most of us pay upwards of $250/300 for cable and all these “Extra” pay to view options are ridiculous services run by greed. It’s why I live without a lot of great Hallmark movies now with your own pay to view service; sad, so sad.
I would also love to see more movies with people of a certain “older”generation being featured as opposed to just the 20/30 somethings in all the new movies of late
At any rate, I am still a Hallmark fan ❤️
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.
Being LGBT is natural, Barbs. Hallmark shows comforting, warm and cozy, schmaltzy Christmas movies that everyone can enjoy, and now with movies that have LGBT storylines, truly everyone can enjoy them, no matter who sticks what where. If you don’t like it, don’t watch it.
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!
Please keep the Golden Girls mixed in with the movies! It drives me crazy to watch the movies over and over!!!!!
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.