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The Lifetime holiday film Christmas in Mississippi will debut on December 9 at 8 PM.

Photographer Holly Logan (Jana Kramer from One Tree Hill) returns to her hometown of Gulfport, Mississippi for Christmas. The town is resurrecting their traditional holiday light show for the first time since a terrible hurricane struck five years earlier. Holly volunteers to pitch in, but soon has second thoughts when she discovers the festival is run by her high school sweetheart, Mike (Wes Brown from True Blood and Hart of Dixie).

Now Holly must spend the next few days with the man who broke her heart. With the help of Caroline (Faith Ford from Hope & Faith), her match-making mother and Mr. Kriss, the kind man who will play Santa in the town’s celebration, Holly begins to fall in love with her hometown, and Mike, all over again.

The film also Barry Bostwick (Spin City and Cougar Town) and Richard Karn (Home Improvement).

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On December 9, the ION holiday movie Runaway Christmas Bride will debut at 9 PM.

A runaway bride, Kate, making herself scarce for the holidays, meets a ski patrol rescuer, Jason, at a resort. Her December days begin to brighten, until her parents and jilted fiancé, Alex, show up at the mountain to reset the wedding for Christmas.

The cast includes Travis Milne and Cindy Busby.

Here is a trailer for Runaway Christmas Bride.

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The Christmas Cottage is the latest holiday movie that will debut on December 9 at 9 PM on Hallmark Channel.

Still only in her mid-twenties, Lacey Quinn has already given up on love. Her heart’s been broken too many times, and now she concentrates on her career as an interior designer in Raleigh, North Carolina. When BFF Ava Callahan asks Lacey to be her maid of honor, she must take on a few responsibilities, including making sure the Callahan family cottage is perfect for the honeymoon. Legend has it that if newlyweds spend their first night there, everlasting love and happiness follow. Lacey isn’t sure she buys into that notion. Still, when she finds herself snowed in there with Charlie, Ava’s brother, Lacey has to reconsider if the little house may hold some romantic magic after all — especially at Christmas.

The cast includes Merritt Patterson and Steve Lund.

Here is a trailer for The Christmas Cottage.

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The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Christmas Encore will debut at 8 PM

A struggling actress is cast in her last off (off) Broadway show – a modern take on “A Christmas Carol” – before giving up her dream and moving home. Instead, she finds romance with her director and a renewed passion for her craft and the city. But when the historic theater loses its lease and the show is set to fold, she and her cast mates are need of a Christmas miracle.

The film stars Maggie Lawson and Brennan Elliott.

Here is a trailer for Christmas Encore.

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On December 7, the much-anticipated Psych: The Movie will debut on the USA Network at 8 PM.

Fake psychic detective Shawn Spencer (James Roday) and Burton “Gus” Guster (Dule Hill) open up their new office in San Francisco, appropriately (though perhaps awkwardly) named psychphrancisco, and are back in business solving a case after a mystery assailant targets one of their own.

The rest of the cast of the long-running series return as well as guest appearances by Zachary Levi, Kurt Fuller, Ralph Macchio, Jimmi Simpson and John Cena.

Here is a trailer of Shawn and Gus getting ready for Psych: The Movie:

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The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries holiday movie Magical Christmas Ornaments will debut on December 3 at 9 PM.

Publishing executive Marie finds her Christmas spirit reawakened when her mother begins sending her the family’s Christmas ornaments. As each ornament arrives, it brings a positive change to Marie’s life, including an introduction to the handsome male nurse Nate from next door.

The cast includes Jessica Lowndes and Brendan Penny.

Here is a trailer for The Magical Christmas Ornaments.

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On December 3, the UP TV movie 12 Days of Giving will debut at 7 PM.

A man who wins a small fortune decides to share his winnings by acting as a Secret Santa to people in a small town.

The film stars Ashley Jones (The Bold and the Beautiful) and David Blue (Ugly Betty).

Here is a trailer for 12 Days of Giving.

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The Hallmark Channel holiday movie Christmas at Holly Lodge will debut on December 3 at 8 PM.

Sophie Bennett begins a new holiday tradition of spending every holiday at the Evergreen Inn and Ski Lodge, which she inherited from her parents. Evergreen Inn is a special place filled with people who cannot make it home for the holidays or who have had such wonderful experiences that it has become their home-away-from-holiday-home. This Christmas, Sophie will meet an unforgettable family, and her own life will be forever changed.

The film stars Alison Sweeney, Jordan Bridges and Sheryl Lee Ralph.

Here is a trailer for Christmas at Holly Lodge.

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