Hallmark 2026 Countdown to Christmas Schedule: 34 New Movies

Hallmark is starting Christmas before Halloween even arrives. Its 2026 Countdown to Christmas begins Friday, October 16, with 34 new movies rolling out over 10 weeks. The lineup has ski-lodge sparks, a Chicago Bears romance, time-traveling friends, a Disney World getaway and enough holiday mix-ups to fill several stockings.

Here’s the schedule, plus the stories worth circling on your calendar.

October: Christmas Arrives Early

The first weekend delivers three premieres in three nights, setting a brisk pace for the season. October’s stories range from familiar small-town romance to a memory-loss mystery and an alternate-reality Christmas.

October Premiere Dates

• October 16 — Tis the Season for Setups: A meticulous single mom plans a ski resort’s holiday party and clashes with the owner’s son, a ski instructor.

• October 17 — Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story: A reporter profiling a Chicago Bears superfan gets help from the fan’s grandson, a firefighter who knows his football.

• October 18 — Mr. & Mrs. Christmas: A single dad reviving a town Christmas market is paired with a practical accountant.

• October 23 — Winter Wonderlanes: A restaurateur returns home and tries to save her late grandfather’s bowling alley with one last festive season.

• October 24 — Forgotten Holiday: After her boyfriend loses a year of memories, Kathryn retraces their romance, hoping to bring it back.

• October 25 — What If Christmas: Feeling adrift after a change in her husband’s career, Erin receives an ornament that sends her into an alternate reality.

• October 30 — Who’s Coming for Christmas?: A newcomer hopes to fill her late grandmother’s Christmas Eve table, but bad weather threatens her plans.

• October 31 — Adopting St. Nick: A hardware-store owner and single mother gets involved with a Christmas companionship program at a retirement community.

November Brings Reunions, Road Trips and Family Rivalries

November keeps the Friday-through-Sunday premieres coming, then adds movies around Thanksgiving. Expect sisters working through a rift, a flag-football showdown and a holiday trip that puts two sets of twins under one roof.

November 1–22

• November 1 — A Danish Christmas: Back at her family’s inn, a hotel executive mistakes a guest for a travel writer and sets out to impress him.

• November 6 — Merry Memories: An accountant helps her nephew make a holiday scrapbook while his mother is deployed, with help from his substitute teacher.

• November 7 — Holiday Unplugged: A widowed art teacher tries a dating app and matches with a former colleague who taught her children.

• November 8 — A Season of Promises: Estranged sisters rush to their father’s side after a health scare.

• November 13 — My Christmas Cowboy: A Texas news producer runs into her former college crush when the celebrity host returns to town.

• November 14 — The Night Before Christmas: A man wishing for more time wakes up to find himself reliving Christmas Eve.

• November 15 — Mistletoe and Mimosas: A consultant inherits her uncle’s Christmas-themed bar and competes with the neighboring owner for customers.

• November 20 — Our Holiday Playbook: A family’s annual Christmas flag-football game pulls a reluctant daughter back into the action.

• November 21 — Christmas in Blue Dog Valley: A Hollywood veterinarian buys a small-town clinic and meets its former owner’s son.

• November 22 — Double Booked for the Holidays: Identical twins travel to Wales for their first Christmas without their mother, where they meet another pair of twins.

Thanksgiving Week Gets Especially Busy

There are seven premieres from November 26 through November 29, with two films each on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. If you like holiday viewing marathons, this is the stretch to watch.

• November 26 — Christmas Delivered: Visiting her grandmother in Canada, a tech expert helps a tree-farm owner with his Christmas delivery app.

• November 27 — The Christmas Eve Feast: A New York chef returns to Boston to prepare her family’s Feast of the Seven Fishes.

• November 27 — Return to Santa: Santa discovers a letter lost decades ago and sets out to make things right for its now-grown writer.

• November 28 — The Most Wonderful Secret: A burned-out art teacher becomes the recipient of a town’s Christmas scavenger hunt.

• November 28 — Holiday Ever After: A Disney World Wish Come True: A family Christmas at Walt Disney World gets awkward when Lindsey finds herself next door to a disastrous former date.

• November 29 — Eight Nights for Love: A New York auction-house employee’s Hanukkah plans change when a friend brings her a major Judaica sale.

• November 29 — Miles to Christmas: After snow disrupts her flight, Cassidy hits the road toward Tennessee to spend Christmas with her father.

December Saves Some Big Twists for Last

The final nine premieres include a magical trip from 1895, an angelic intervention and a romance sparked by a snow globe town’s proposal tradition. Hallmark’s last movie in the lineup airs December 20, just five days before Christmas.

December Premiere Dates

• December 4 — The Snowflake Effect: An attorney buys an antique glass snowflake that carries an unexpected Christmas tradition.

• December 5 — A Grand Biltmore Christmas: Childhood friends from 1895 reunite and are whisked into the modern world by a magical hourglass.

• December 6 — An Angel in My Stocking: Still unhappy about Christmas years after her marriage ended, Amanda receives a visit from her guardian angel.

• December 11 — Christmas in Canterbury: A visitor to England leads a children’s choir and meets its boys’ choir master.

• December 12 — Snow Globe Town: In a town famous for proposals, Emily is paired with a journalist investigating its romantic reputation.

• December 13 — Noelle Nomads: Before a Hawaiian vacation, a father and daughter stop at a remote campground to deliver a package.

• December 18 — Hearts All Aglow: A music historian attends a Christmas gala determined to interview a legendary singer and producer.

• December 19 — Barking all the Way: A mischievous dog complicates a realtor’s trip home and nudges her toward her high-school ex.

• December 20 — Save the Date for Christmas: Two longtime single friends face a Christmas wedding together.

How to Watch

The premieres are part of Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas. If you miss a movie when it airs, you can watch the lineup the following day on Hallmark+. A subscription costs $7.99 per month.