A Gift for Mom! 🤍

The Hallmark Christmas Movie Schedule is HERE To Make 2020 Brighter

2 Minute Read

By Jenny Rapson

Couple watching holiday movie wrapped in blanket — Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock.com

Fall has officially begun, which means it’s basically Christmas, am I right? Since 2020 has been umm, shall we say, difficult, I think we definitely have license to get our holiday on early! Luckily, the Hallmark Channel agrees, and this week released the Hallmark Christmas movie schedule to delight all of us fans of feel-good movies desperately in need of Christmas cheer.

The Hallmark Christmas movie schedule starts October 24th, so break out the pre-Halloween eggnog!

Giiiirl, there are 40, count em, 4-0 holiday movies on that schedule! Hallmark is calling it the “Countdown to Christmas” and I am here for it. During these crazy tense times in our country this year, I’ve turned to rom-coms for some mindless comfort to take my mind off things more than once, and I am not ashamed to say it.

So basically, this Hallmark Christmas movie schedule is doing us a public service. It’s self-care without leaving the house and if you already have the Hallmark Channel, it’s also pre-paid. What more could a mom ask for? LOL!

Hallmark is going to be bringing back your favorite leads in these Christmas movies, so get ready for plenty of Candace Cameron Buré, Rachael Leigh Cook, Danica McKellar, and Lacey Chabert.

Hallmark also says that this year’s docket of Christmas movies will feature the most inclusive casts and story lines yet, so look for movies featuring gay couples and Hanukkah storylines, as well as more diverse lead actors.

The movie that will kick off this much-anticipated “Countdown to Christmas” is called Jingle Bell Bride, and yes that title did make me laugh out loud at its cheesiness, but BRING IT ON! It stars Julie Gonzalo as a wedding planner who must travel to a small town in Alaska to find a rare flower for a celebrity client. While she’s there, love . . . wait for it . . . BLOSSOMS! Oh yes, I did.

Once those new Christmas movies get going, there’s a new one every day until December 20th. Is that crazy or what? Hallmark knows how to crank ’em out!

So who’s ready to get this Hallmark Christmas movie schedule on the calendar? You can check out their website for the full schedule and see which ones you most want to set your DVR for. Merry early Christmas, ladies!

So God Made a Grandmother book by Leslie Means

If you liked this, you'll love our book, SO GOD MADE A GRANDMA

Order Now!

Jenny Rapson

Jenny Rapson is a follower of Christ, a wife and mom of three from Ohio and a freelance writer and editor. You can find her at her blog, Mommin' It Up, or follow her on Twitter.

I Never Got to Meet My Grandmother on This Side of Heaven

In: Living

Grandmother, I never met you this side of Heaven, but I feel as though I have. Your pictures, scattered throughout my mother’s home, tell your story. Born to a woman who came to this country alone when she was just 16, you would be the youngest of four, with two sisters and a brother. Your short, dark, straight hair clings to your little face, a line of bangs neatly combed high on your forehead. You couldn’t be more than three years old as you sit on a stool at your sister’s First Holy Communion. The black and white photo makes...

Keep Reading

The Hardest Part of Divorce Is Being Away from My Kids

In: Living, Marriage, Motherhood

I’ve written several times about how divorce has allowed me to find myself again, and how that version is even better than the one I was before I was married. All of that is still true. I am happier than I’ve ever been. More confident and sure of myself. I understand my emotions and how to handle myself when things get tough or scary. I am more grounded and calm than I’ve ever been. Truly, I have come out on top. I’ve received comments about how happy I look, how I’m “living my best life with kids only half the...

Keep Reading

My Dad Gave Us Something Money Never Could

In: Living

I was talking with my dad the other day about an upcoming Disney trip with our kids. I told him all we planned to do while we were there and how excited the kids were. He sat and listened, taking it all in. And then he said something that put a lump in my throat. “I’m so glad you’re able to give your kids the life that I couldn’t.” He went on to say he still carries some guilt–that he wishes he could have done more, taken us on trips, given us experiences he couldn’t. Hearing that broke my heart....

Keep Reading

Dear Daddy, I Wish You Could See Yourself As We Do

In: Living, Marriage

The side of my husband who is hardest on himself usually shows up late at night. The house is quiet, the kids are finally asleep, and the day has done what it always does—taken everything it could from both of us. That’s usually when it comes out. The voice in his head that tells him he’s not doing enough as a father. Not present enough. Not patient enough. Not good enough. He doesn’t say it lightly. He says it like someone confessing a truth he wishes wasn’t true. Like he’s already measured himself against some invisible standard of fatherhood and...

Keep Reading

Mothers and Stepmothers: Who’s on First?

In: Living

The roles. The expectations. The unspoken, undefined rules. The hurt feelings no one wants to talk about. It could be a scene from an old Abbott and Costello routine: “Who’s on first?” Motherhood is rarely clear-cut. And if you’ve ever tried to navigate life alongside a stepmother—or as one—you know how quickly things can become complicated. Add a stepmother to the mix, and suddenly it’s a relay race where no one’s quite sure who’s holding the baton, or if anyone wants it. This isn’t a story about winners and losers or choosing sides. It isn’t about who is right or...

Keep Reading

Do We Really Want a ’90s Summer?

In: Living

The year is 2026: we’re inviting thousands of strangers to get ready with us, threatening our own deaths on a lot of different hills and, if you’re a millennial mom, determined to have a ’90s summer. Some top to-dos on the ’90s mom summer checklist? Lots of outside play, limited screens, less hustle, more simplicity. Overall, evoking the “carefree” summers of the 1990s. But did anyone ever ask the real ‘90s moms if summers back then were all we’re cracking them up to be? If my own memory serves me right, my parents talked a whole lot about summers in...

Keep Reading

To the Woman Who Was Betrayed

In: Living, Marriage

He promised you a lifetime, a family, safety, and security. You carried life and brought it into this world for him. Even still, in the trenches of postpartum, he betrayed you. It was never your fault. This is something I’ve fought to tell myself every single day since the day I discovered my marriage was never meant to last. Because the truth is, betrayal is never about you; it’s about them, and the character flaws deep within they’d rather bury than face. He watched as you fought for your life after delivery while your tiny, premature newborn spent the first...

Keep Reading

5 Things I’m Learning about 50

In: Living

When my dad turned 80, he—and we, by default—celebrated all year. My sister made a fantastic, larger-than-life sign of him posing in front of his friend’s antique car, with beautiful calligraphy that trumpeted, “Cheers to you, celebrating 80 years of life!” The sign welcomed his closest friends and family into a private room at a steakhouse, where we toasted his 80 years—and the grandkids toasted his steady presence in their lives. The sign moved from the swanky steakhouse to the second-floor banister in my parents’ house. When you walked in, it greeted you—a feel-good conversation starter and a reminder to...

Keep Reading

I’m Constantly Waiting for the Metaphorical Axe To Fall

In: Living

I knew people died. I just didn’t think it applied to us. Mortality met me in grade two with a punch to the gut when my teacher confirmed casually that, yes, everybody dies. What do you mean, everybody dies? I frantically thought, but kept my question to myself. Up until that moment, I had quietly believed my family was exempt from that fate. I thought death was a monster that only took other people and left my family alone. They say all panic has an origin story, and mine began shortly after that realization, fueled by a disconnected phone cord...

Keep Reading

The Apology You Deserve May Never Come

In: Living

“You have to accept that you will likely never get the apology you deserve.” When my therapist said those words, I felt everything at once-anger, resentment, heartbreak. It was as if the air had been pulled straight from my lungs. Because accepting that truth meant letting go of something I had been holding onto for a long time: the hope that one day, it would all be acknowledged. My family was deeply wronged. Not in a way that can be brushed off or easily forgotten, but in a way that cut to the core. There were lies wrapped in deception,...

Keep Reading

I'm Tired of Working Like I Don't Have Kids and Mothering Like I Don't Have a Job

Living

I'm Tired of Working Like I Don't Have Kids and Mothering Like I Don't Have a Job

Just Because I Love Being A Mom Doesn't Mean it Isn't Heavy Sometimes

Motherhood

The Hallmark Christmas Movie Schedule is HERE To Make 2020 Brighter

The Hallmark Christmas movie schedule starts October 24th, so break out the pre-Halloween eggnog!

Hallmark is going to be bringing back your favorite leads in these Christmas movies, so get ready for plenty of Candace Cameron Buré, Rachael Leigh Cook, Danica McKellar, and Lacey Chabert.

If you liked this, you'll love our book, SO GOD MADE A GRANDMA

Jenny Rapson

I Never Got to Meet My Grandmother on This Side of Heaven

The Hardest Part of Divorce Is Being Away from My Kids

My Dad Gave Us Something Money Never Could

Dear Daddy, I Wish You Could See Yourself As We Do

Mothers and Stepmothers: Who’s on First?

Do We Really Want a ’90s Summer?

To the Woman Who Was Betrayed

5 Things I’m Learning about 50

I’m Constantly Waiting for the Metaphorical Axe To Fall

The Apology You Deserve May Never Come

Get It Now

So God Made a Mother

The Hallmark Christmas Movie Schedule is HERE To Make 2020 Brighter

The Hallmark Christmas movie schedule starts October 24th, so break out the pre-Halloween eggnog!

Hallmark is going to be bringing back your favorite leads in these Christmas movies, so get ready for plenty of Candace Cameron Buré, Rachael Leigh Cook, Danica McKellar, and Lacey Chabert.

If you liked this, you'll love our book, SO GOD MADE A GRANDMA

I Never Got to Meet My Grandmother on This Side of Heaven

The Hardest Part of Divorce Is Being Away from My Kids

My Dad Gave Us Something Money Never Could

Dear Daddy, I Wish You Could See Yourself As We Do

Mothers and Stepmothers: Who’s on First?

Do We Really Want a ’90s Summer?

To the Woman Who Was Betrayed

5 Things I’m Learning about 50

I’m Constantly Waiting for the Metaphorical Axe To Fall

The Apology You Deserve May Never Come

Previous Post

Next Post

You May Also Like