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The holiday movie Christmas She Wrote will debut on the Hallmark Channel on December 6 at 8 PM.

When Kayleigh (Danica McKellar), a romance writer, has her column cancelled right before Christmas, she heads home to reconnect with her family. Kayleigh gets an unexpected visit from the man (Dylan Neal) who cancelled her column who fights not only to bring her back to the publisher but also for her heart.

The cast includes Andrew Francis and Dan Payne.

Here is a trailer for Christmas She Wrote:

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On December 6, the Lifetime holiday movie Christmas Ever After will debut at 8 PM.

Popular romance novelist Izzi Simmons (Tony winner Ali Stroker) spends every Christmas at her favorite snowy bed & breakfast, but this year, she’s faced with an impending deadline and a severe case of writer’s block. Luckily, inspiration strikes in the unlikely form of the B&B’s new owner Matt (Daniel di Tomasso), who bears an uncanny resemblance to the handsome hero from Izzi’s novels.

As both partake in the lodge’s annual itinerary of Christmas activities, Izzi’s writer’s block is cured and the first pages of her and Matt’s own love story may just be beginning.

Here is a trailer for Christmas Ever After.

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On December 5, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries holiday movie A Little Christmas Charm will debut at 10 PM.

Holly (Ashley Greene), a jewelry designer finds a lost charm bracelet and teams up with investigative reporter Greg (Brendan Penny) in hopes of finding the owner and returning it by Christmas Eve.

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The holiday movie Let’s Meet Again on Christmas Eve will debut on Lifetime on December 5 at 8 PM.

When college sweethearts, Corinne (Kyla Pratt) and Rob (Brooks Darnell), get opportunities on opposite sides of the world, they decide to part ways and meet again in two years on Christmas Eve to see if they are really meant to be.

However, when one shows up and the other doesn’t, the fate of their romance seems to have reached the end. Many years later the two end up bumping into one another when they are both hired to help bring together a Christmas Eve wedding. With many questions left unanswered, they are about to embark on a journey filled with romance and magic, just in time for Christmas Eve.

Here is a trailer for Let’s Meet Again on Christmas Eve:

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On December 5, the Hallmark Channel movie Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing will debut at 8 PM.

The fourth movie in the franchise finds Michelle’s (Holly Robinson Peete) wedding approaching, and Hannah (Rukiya Bernard) stepping up to help finish the launch of the new Evergreen museum while questioning her relationship and future with Elliot (Antonio Cayonne).

The cast includes Colin Lawrence, Ashley Williams and Barbara Niven.

Here is a trailer for Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing:

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On December 4, the Lifetime holiday movie Too Close for Christmas will debut at 8 PM

When Hayley (Jessica Lowndes) accepts an invitation to spend Christmas with her sister’s new in-laws, her seemingly perfect holiday takes a turn when Luke (Chad Michael Murray), Hayley’s brother-in-law’s brother, unexpectedly shows up. Still harboring a grudge against Luke for ending her last relationship, Hayley reluctantly spends time with Luke and slowly realizes she may have been too quick a judge on Luke.

Here is a trailer for Too Close for Christmas.

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On December 4, the movie Mank will debut on Netflix.

The story centers on the life of Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) as he wrote Citizen Kane and the problems that arose with Orson Welles during production and leading up to the film’s release.

The cast includes Amanda Seyfried, Charles Dance, Lily Collins, Arliss Howard and Tuppence Middleton.

Here is a trailer for Mank:

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The comedy movie Godmothered will debut on Disney+ online on December 4.

This comedy, set at Christmas time, is about Eleanor, a young, inexperienced fairy godmother-in-training (Jillian Bell) who, upon hearing that her chosen profession is facing extinction, decides to show the world that people still need fairy godmothers. Finding a mislaid letter from a 10-year-old girl in distress, Eleanor tracks her down and discovers that the girl, Mackenzie, is now a 40-year-old single mom (Isla Fisher) working at a news station in Boston. Having lost her husband several years earlier, Mackenzie has all but given up on the idea of “Happily Ever After,” but Eleanor is bound and determined to give Mackenzie a happiness makeover, whether she likes it or not.

The cast includes Santiago Cabrera, Jane Curtin and June Squibb.

Here is a trailer for Godmothered:

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On November 29, the ION holiday movie A Royal Christmas Engagement will debut at 7 PM.

A Manhattan ad agency boss, John Holiday (John Schneider), entrusts Lauren (Paige Bach) to deliver the big pre-holiday client pitch, but only winds up annoying her when she’s teamed up with a European consultant. To Lauren’s surprise, this consultant turns out to be the handsome Prince Edward of Candashire (James Nitti), masquerading as his consultant pal to escape his royal duties for an incognito American Christmas.

You can see the trailer for A Royal Christmas Engagement here.

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