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The Hallmark Channel movie Double Holiday will debut on December 21 at 8 PM.

Career-minded Rebecca’s (Carly Pope from Popular and Arrow) plans for Hanukkah go askew when a promotion opportunity comes up at work. When the company CEO asks Rebecca and her insufferable office mate, Chris (Kristoffer Polaha from the Mystery 101 franchise) – also her main competitor for the promotion – to plan the company’s Christmas party, she realizes they must overcome their opposing styles in order to succeed.

Forced to work together on the holiday party, Chris learns more about Rebecca and her family’s Hanukkah traditions, while she also begins to see him in a new light. Although feelings slowly develop between the two, the ongoing competition over the promotion threatens to undermine it all.

Here is a trailer for Double Holiday.

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On December 22, the holiday film A Date By Christmas Eve will debut on Lifetime at 8 PM.

When Chelsea Simms (Vanessa Lengies from Glee and Hawthorne), the good-hearted brand strategist for the popular dating app The Nice List, discovers the app has granted her magical powers, she uses her newfound ability to make all of the ‘naughty’ people in her life learn how to be good again. But when her plans go awry and Fisher (Evan Williams from Versailles and awkward.), the kindly neighbor who has always carried a torch for Chelsea, is magically added to the naughty list by mistake, Chelsea must race against time to set things right before Christmas Eve.

The film also stars Morgan Fairchild.

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On December 22, the UP TV movie Christmas Wedding Runaway will debut at 7 PM.

A runaway bride does some soul-searching when she’s trapped in a snowed-in cabin with her grandmother and an old flame at Christmas.

The film stars Sara Mitich (Star Trek: Discovery), Harmon Walsh (As the World Turns), relative newcomer Candice Mausner and Joseph Cannata (A Very Country Christmas).

Here is a trailer for Christmas Wedding Runaway:

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On December 22, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie A Family Christmas Gift will debut at 9 PM.

When Amber (Holly Robinson Peete from The Morning Show Mysteries franchise) spends the holidays with her Aunt Dora (legendary singer Patti Labelle) and helps plan a fundraising Christmas Concert, it brings Amber closer to her aunt and a new love into her life.

Dion Johnstone (Ties That Bind and Stargate: SG-1) co-stars.

Here is a trailer for A Family Christmas Gift.

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The ION holiday movie Christmas Crush will debut on December 22 at 7 PM.

When Addie (Cindy Sampson from Private Eyes) makes a Christmas wish for her neighbor, Sam (Robin Dunne from Sanctuary), to fall in love with her, she’s not expecting anything to happen – and she definitely isn’t expecting the wish to go awry and cause her other neighbor, Pete (Chris Violette from Star Trek: Discovery), to fall in love with her instead. When Pete’s romantic gestures grow more and more over-the-top, Addie recruits Sam to help break the spell before Christmas.

Here is a trailer for Christmas Crush.

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On December 22, the Hallmark Channel movie It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas will debut at 8 PM.

As mayors of neighboring New Hampshire towns, longtime rivals Liam and Sarah (Eric Mabius from Ugly Betty and Tricia Helfer from Battlestar Galactica) are determined to best each other on their way to leading their hamlets to victory in the annual statewide “Christmas Spirit Competition.”

When both towns unexpectedly advance to the contest’s final round, the mayors decide their best hope lies in working with, rather than against, each other. As they collaborate on a celebration showing what Christmas means to their communities, they discover their own holiday miracle: love.

Here is a trailer for It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas.

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On December 21, the holiday movie Christmas On My Mind will debut on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries at 9 PM.

A bump on the head, an unexplained wedding dress and temporary short-term amnesia lead Lucy Lovett (Ashley Greene from the Twilight franchise) on a search for the truth about her breakup with longtime sweetheart Zach Callahan. She returns to Bedford Harbor, Maine for the town’s Christmas celebration and rediscovers the woman she used to be, what matters most, and that a Christmas miracle can bring back love thought to be lost forever.

The film also stars Andrew Walker (Love in Design and Christmas in Tennessee) and Jackee Harry (Sister Sister and 227).

Here is a trailer for Christmas On My Mind.

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The ION holiday film 12 Pups of Christmas will debut on December 21 at 7 PM.

Recently single and starting a new job in a different city, Erin (Charlotte Sullivan from Rookie Blue), a canine therapist, is getting a fresh start. But just when she thought her new life would be the reset she needed, her self-centered boss, Martin (Danny Boaz from Six), tasks Erin with finding homes for 12 puppies who were left behind after a photo shoot for his struggling GPS locator company – and all before Christmas.

As they work together, Erin realizes Martin may not be so bad after all, and her take-charge attitude not only helps Martin save his company, but also reveals a calmer, better self that opens them both up to the idea of love.

Here is a trailer for 12 Pups of Christmas.

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On December 21, the Lifetime movie The Christmas Hotel will debut at 8 PM.

Go getter, Erin Roberts (Tatyana Ali from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and Christmas Everlasting), works at the high-end Windsor Hotel in New York City hoping to soon be promoted to manager of the luxury chain’s upcoming hotel in Rome. But things take an unexpected turn when her boss instead puts her in charge of opening up a brand new Windsor Hotel in Erin’s hometown of Garland Grove, a small mountain town that loves all things Christmas, all year round.

The cast includes Sean Patrick Thomas (Save the Last Dance and The District and veteran actresses Sheryl Lee Ralph (Moesha and Sister Act 2) and Telma Hopkins (Family Matters).

Here is a trailer for Christmas Hotel.

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On December 21, the holiday movie Christmas Love Letter will debut on Lifetime at 6 PM.

When relationship advice columnist Amalie Hess (Ashley Newbrough from A Merry Christmas Match) receives an unsigned love letter in a Christmas card, she returns to her hometown to solve the mystery of who sent it and maybe find true love.

The cast includes Tilky Jones (Nashville).

Here is a trailer for Christmas Love Letter:

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