If you’re like me and you love the holidays, you probably have a lot of traditions. I’ve found that planning makes it easier to balance everything during the holiday season! This is why I’ve put together a printable Hallmark Christmas Movie schedule!
Updated for 2026!
Yes, I’m a fan of all of those Christmas movies! This year you can watch Countdown to Christmas movies on Hallmark Channel and Miracle of Christmas movies on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries! This means there are movies every weekend and you won’t want to miss a single one!
At the bottom of this post, you can get your free printable checklist for all of the Hallmark Christmas movie premieres!
Hallmark Christmas Movie Schedule 2026
The 2026 Hallmark Countdown to Christmas is officially here, and this year’s lineup is the biggest yet: 34 brand-new movies plus a new season of Mistletoe Murders. If you’re the kind of person who wants to watch every single one (no judgment, same), a schedule taped to the fridge is the only way to keep up.
Below you’ll find every premiere date, time and lead actor, sorted by month, plus a free printable checklist so you can tick off each movie as you go. Already missed a few? No stress. Every movie streams on Hallmark+ the day after it airs, so you can catch up on a lazy Saturday.
Hallmark Christmas movies 2026: the quick facts
- When it starts: Countdown to Christmas kicked off Friday, October 16, 2026. The last premiere is Sunday, December 20.
- How many movies: 34 new original movies, plus Mistletoe Murders Season 3.
- When they air: New movies premiere Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 8 p.m. ET/PT unless noted. Thanksgiving weekend brings a Thursday premiere and 6 p.m. + 8 p.m. double features.
- Which channel: Every 2026 original premieres on Hallmark Channel. There are no separate premieres on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries or Hallmark+ this year.
- Mistletoe Murders: Season 3 (six episodes) starts Thursday, November 5, with new episodes on Thursdays.
- After December 20: New premieres stop, but this year’s movies and older favorites rerun all season.
How to watch without cable
- Hallmark+ streams each movie the day after it premieres.
- Frndly TV, Sling TV, Philo, YouTube TV and DIRECTV carry Hallmark Channel live.
Check current pricing and free trials on each service’s site before publishing, since those change often.
Full 2026 Hallmark Christmas movie schedule
All times are 8 p.m. ET/PT unless noted.
October
| Date | Movie | Stars | The gist |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Oct 16 | ‘Tis the Season for Setups | Amanda Schull, Victor Webster, Barbara Niven | Two grown kids try to matchmake their single parents at a ski lodge. |
| Sat, Oct 17 | Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story | Lyndsy Fonseca, Robert Buckley, Marsha Mason | A reporter who knows nothing about football profiles a Chicago Bears superfan. |
| Sun, Oct 18 | Mr. & Mrs. Christmas | Brendan Penny, Pascale Hutton | A holiday-display pro and an accountant team up to revive a small-town Christmas market. |
| Fri, Oct 23 | Winter Wonderlanes | Ashley Newbrough, Franco Lo Presti | One last season at her grandfather’s bowling alley reunites a chef with her high school ex. |
| Sat, Oct 24 | Forgotten Holiday | Janel Parrish, Daniel Lissing | After an accident wipes his memory, she has to help her boyfriend fall for her again. |
| Sun, Oct 25 | What if Christmas | Lori Loughlin, Tom Cavanagh | A magic ornament shows a doctor’s wife the life she’d have had as a famous designer. |
| Fri, Oct 30 | Who’s Coming for Christmas? | Rhiannon Fish, Jake Foy | A newcomer is determined to fill her grandmother’s table for eight on Christmas Eve. |
| Sat, Oct 31 | Adopting St. Nick | Amy Groening, Michael Rady | A single mom’s daughter gets paired with a Santa lookalike at a retirement community. |
November
| Date | Movie | Stars | The gist |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Nov 1 | A Danish Christmas | Emilie Ullerup, Corey Sevier | A mix-up at her family’s Copenhagen inn has her showing the wrong guest a perfect Danish Christmas. |
| Thu, Nov 5 | Mistletoe Murders, Season 3 | Sarah Drew, Peter Mooney | Emily and Detective Wilner take on three new holiday mysteries. |
| Fri, Nov 6 | Merry Memories | Lindura, Brendan Morgan | An aunt and a substitute teacher help a boy make a Christmas scrapbook for his deployed mom. |
| Sat, Nov 7 | Holiday Unplugged | Nikki DeLoach, Juan Pablo Di Pace | A widow declares a screen-free Christmas while secretly hunting for lost family videos. |
| Sun, Nov 8 | A Season of Promises | Brooke D’Orsay, Ali Liebert, James Denton | Two estranged sisters team up to find their widowed dad a date. |
| Fri, Nov 13 | My Christmas Cowboy | Amy Acker, Luke Macfarlane | A disgraced TV host hides out in Texas and has to host a ranch’s Reindeer Roundup. |
| Sat, Nov 14 | The Nights Before Christmas | Tyler Hynes, Laci J Mailey | A man stuck reliving Christmas Eve in New York falls for a woman who forgets him daily. |
| Sun, Nov 15 | Mistletoes and Mimosas | Tamera Mowry-Housley, Kristoffer Polaha | A consultant inherits a Christmas bar and takes on a rival club owner in a 12-day showdown. |
| Fri, Nov 20 | Our Holiday Playbook | Taylor Cole, Charles Michael Davis | A fake boyfriend helps her family win their annual Christmas flag football game. |
| Sat, Nov 21 | Christmas in Blue Dog Valley | Erin Cahill, Andrew Walker | A Hollywood vet buys a small-town clinic and has to win over the locals. |
| Sun, Nov 22 | Double Booked for the Holidays | Rachael Leigh Cook, Owain Yeoman, Stephen Hagan | Twin sisters running a Welsh bookshop for a week get caught in a romantic mix-up. |
| Thu, Nov 26 (Thanksgiving) | Christmas Delivered | Autumn Reeser, Wes Brown | A tech pro helps a tree farmer fix his buggy Christmas tree delivery app. |
| Fri, Nov 27, 6 p.m. | The Christmas Eve Feast | Daniella Monet, Kevin McGarry | A burned-out chef goes home to Boston to cook her family’s Feast of the Seven Fishes. |
| Fri, Nov 27, 8 p.m. | Return to Santa | Paul Campbell, Rachel Boston | Santa finds a boy’s lost wish list decades late and starts granting it anyway. |
| Sat, Nov 28, 6 p.m. | The Most Wonderful Secret | Tammin Sursok, Peter Porte | An art teacher is chosen for a town’s secret-gift scavenger hunt. |
| Sat, Nov 28, 8 p.m. | Holiday Ever After: A Disney World Wish Come True | Lacey Chabert, Travis Van Winkle | Her bad first date turns out to be her hotel neighbor at Walt Disney World. |
| Sun, Nov 29, 6 p.m. | Eight Nights for Love | Hunter King, Dan Jeannotte | A Hanukkah menorah sends her back through moments with her best friend. |
| Sun, Nov 29, 8 p.m. | Miles to Christmas | Ashley Williams, Steve Lund, Alison Sweeney | A stranded traveler hitches a ride home in a trucker’s 18-wheeler. |
December
| Date | Movie | Stars | The gist |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Dec 4 | The Snowflake Effect | Heather Hemmens, Mark Ghanimé | A lawyer chases a lucky glass ornament across Chicago to break a run of bad luck. |
| Sat, Dec 5 | A Grand Biltmore Christmas | Holland Roden, Niall Matter, Andie MacDowell | A woman from 1915 lands in the present day at Biltmore. |
| Sun, Dec 6 | An Angel in My Stocking | Fiona Gubelmann, Marco Grazzini | A guardian angel strands a woman in a small town with her ex-husband. |
| Fri, Dec 11 | Christmas in Canterbury | Jessy Schram, Will Kemp | Rival choir directors compete for the Christmas Eve concert at Canterbury Cathedral. |
| Sat, Dec 12 | Snow Globe Town | Kimberley Sustad, Scott Michael Foster | In America’s Christmas proposal capital, a sister and a skeptical journalist team up. |
| Sun, Dec 13 | Noelle Nomads | Benjamin Ayres, Torrey DeVitto | A dad and daughter get stuck at a campground of RV-dwelling holiday nomads. |
| Fri, Dec 18 | Hearts All Aglow | Mishael Morgan, B.J. Britt, Holly Robinson Peete | Two gala crashers team up to get a music legend’s attention in one night. |
| Sat, Dec 19 | Barking All the Way | Ian Harding, Tori Anderson | A dog-sitting gig pushes a realtor back toward her high school ex. |
| Sun, Dec 20 | Save the Date for Christmas | Jonathan Bennett, Italia Ricci | Two best friends swear off weddings, then get roped into a Christmas one. |
Tips for planning your Hallmark movie season
- Pick your “must-watch” premieres now. Circle the stars you love (Lacey Chabert’s Disney World movie and the Biltmore time-travel movie are big ones this year) so you don’t double-book those nights.
- Plan Thanksgiving weekend. Friday through Sunday each have two premieres, six movies in three nights. Plan cozy nights in accordingly.
- Use Thursdays for Mistletoe Murders. New episodes air Thursdays starting November 5, so it slots right into a weeknight routine.
- Batch your catch-up. Missed a weekend? Line up the Friday, Saturday and Sunday movies on Hallmark+ for one long afternoon.
- Make it a challenge. Give everyone in the house their own checklist and see who finishes the most by December 20.
Happy watching, and check back here: Hallmark tends to shuffle dates and titles as the season goes on, and I’ll do my best to update the list when it does.
Free printable Hallmark Christmas movie checklist
This one-page checklist lists all 34 premieres plus Mistletoe Murders by date, with a box to tick and a little space to rate each movie. Print it, stick it on the fridge, and make it a family competition to see who watches the most.
You can download the free printable Hallmark Christmas movies checklist. Just print it on 8.5″ x 11″ paper and keep it with you so you don’t miss a movie this holiday season!
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE PRINTABLE CHECKLIST
And if you want a different color scheme, check out the Christmas Movies checklist on thesimpleparent.com too!
