May this Thanksgiving Day
warm Your Hearts and Homes
with Joy and Gladness!
warm Your Hearts and Homes
with Joy and Gladness!
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As I reflect this Thanksgiving... I am beyond grateful for my Faith in the Lord and the overwhelming Love He has for all of His children. I'm also most thankful for my loving, Precious Family, because they are the World to me - each and every one! I love them with all my heart! Words truly cannot express the depth of how much I am grateful for their love in return and genuine friendship. My family means everything to me, and I am truly blessed!
I also want to say Thank You to ALL my "It's a Wonderful Movie" Family and Friends for sharing here - your witty reviews, your sentimental favorites, and also, your Heart! On this Thanksgiving Day, I am saying a Prayer of Thanksgiving for each and every one of You! As I gather around the Thanksgiving table with my dear Family, I'll be thinking of You, as well.
It is such a joy each day to hear from so many of you! May this season bring you great happiness! Below you will find a list of new movies airing throughout the rest of Thanksgiving week and weekend! Hallmark's Thanksgiving Movies continue to fill you up - with 5 more Nights of New Christmas Movies!
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To add to the merriment, Lifetime, ION, and INSP will join Hallmark with new Christmas movie premieres! You can also find all sorts of past Christmas movies & cartoon favorites in the Christmas TV Schedule!
I pray you enjoy a warm holiday season...
lighting the path to Christmas!
lighting the path to Christmas!
NEW CHRISTMAS MOVIES AIRING THANKSGIVING WEEK:
Wednesday, November 21, 2018:
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Storyline via Hallmark: Samantha Murphy’s beloved grandmother plots from beyond the grave to bring the family together for one more hometown Christmas, during which everyone is reminded of the importance of family, love and second chances. When Samantha’s boyfriend, Simon, proposes marriage and she accepts in front of her entire family... click here to read more...
See the Premiere of Reunited at Christmas
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
at 8pm/7c. on the Hallmark Channel
More... Wednesday, November 21, 2018:
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Storyline via Lifetime: With the holiday season in full swing, Jen Taylor (Tia Mowry-Hardict) is about to score a big promotion at the San Francisco ad agency where she works. But her life is unexpectedly turned upside down when she inherits a cozy inn in Alaska from her aunt. When she goes to inspect the property and meets handsome town attorney Steve Anderson (Rob Mayes), she’s surprised to find that... click here to read more...
See the Premiere of My Christmas Inn
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
at 8pm/7c. on Lifetime
More... Wednesday, November 21, 2018:
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Storyline via Lifetime: Flower shop owner Poppy (Nicky Whelan), enters the annual holiday floral show for a chance to win the grand prize but standing in her way of victory is... click here to read more...
See the Premiere of A Christmas Arrangement
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
at 10pm/9c. on Lifetime
More... Wednesday, November 21, 2018:
Thanksgiving
Happy & Friends Yule Log
Happy & Friends Yule Log
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Details via Hallmark: Happy the Cat, Happy the Dog, and adorable adoptable kittens and puppies relax in front of a beautiful roaring fireplace complimented by traditional holiday tunes. Special appearances by Pip Squeak the pig, ducks, bunnies and baby chicks.
Watch the Thanksgiving - Happy & Friends Yule Log
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
beginning at 11pm/10c. on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Thursday, November 22, 2018:
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Storyline via Hallmark: Choreographer Katie and skater Jessica are performing in San Senova, when Katie bumps into Alexander unaware he’s Royalty. As sparks between them ignite... click here to read more...
See the Premiere of Christmas at the Palace
Thursday, November 22, 2018
at 8pm/7c. on the Hallmark Channel
More... Thursday, November 22, 2018:
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Storyline via Lifetime: It’s Jolie’s (Hilarie Burton) first time going back home to Louisiana since her devastating break up with Foster (Hunter Burke). Seeing him is inevitable as their parents run the town’s annual Christmas Market together, but when she discovers Foster is bringing home a new girlfriend, Jolie cannot bear the thought of going home alone and seeing them together. Her best friend Naomi (Danneel Ackles) suggests... click here to read more...
See the Premiere of The Christmas Contract
Thursday, November 22, 2018
at 8pm/7c. on Lifetime
Friday, November 23, 2018:
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Storyline via Hallmark: Financial advisor Darcy Fitzwilliam returns home from the for the holidays and quickly reconnects with her high school nemesis, Luke Bennett. They spend time together helping Darcy’s mother plan a Christmas charity gala and realize the hasty judgments they made on one another in high school may be incorrect. As they spend more time together, Darcy feels a connection with Luke and begins to suspect... click here to read more...
See the Premiere of Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe
Friday, November 23, 2018
at 8pm/7c. on the Hallmark Channel
More... Friday, November 23, 2018:
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Storyline via Lifetime: It's just weeks before Christmas when Ellie (Bethany Joy Lenz) gets a call to return home to help her father (John Schneider) on the family’s poinsettia farm. The family business is on the line to deliver tens of thousands of plants for the town's annual parade. The problem is - the poinsettias have yet to... click here to read more...
See the Premiere of Poinsettias for Christmas
Friday, November 23, 2018
at 8pm/7c. on Lifetime
More... Friday, November 23, 2018:
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Storyline via Lifetime: Recently separated parents Tracie (Schuyler Fisk) and Rick (David Clayton Rogers), spend every other holiday with their young daughters Harper and Ava. But this Christmas, the girls have only one thing on their wish lists—to spend Christmas with both Mom and Dad at Tracie’s family farmhouse. The temporary reunion will be no walk in the park for Tracie and Rick, but perhaps... click here to read more...
See the Premiere of Every Other Holiday
Friday, November 23, 2018
at 10:03pm/9:03c. on Lifetime
Saturday, November 24, 2018:
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Storyline via Hallmark: Just before Christmas, Lucy returns to her hometown after the passing of her beloved sister. Because of a clause in the will, Lucy stays through the holidays and sees glimpses of her sister’s joyful life that help relieve guilt she harbored over an accident that left her sister with cognitive difficulties. She celebrates the holidays with her uncle, meets her sister’s friends and reunites with her high school love, Peter. When Peter reveals a secret from her sister’s past... click here to read more...
See the Premiere of Christmas Everlasting
Saturday, November 24, 2018
at 8pm/7c. on the Hallmark Channel
More... Saturday, November 24, 2018:
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Storyline via Hallmark: With her parents passed, Emma returns home for one last Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane before the family home is sold. While doing an appraisal, antiques dealer Morgan discovers love letters hidden in Emma’s mother’s desk, and they’re signed with initials that aren’t her father’s. In researching the mystery man... click here to read more...
See the Premiere of Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane
Saturday, November 24, 2018
at 9pm/8c. on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
More... Saturday, November 24, 2018:
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Storyline via Lifetime: Inspired by the Charles Dickens classic "A Christmas Carol," shrewd money manager Alexis Taylor (Toni Braxton) gets the holiday visit of a lifetime. A self-proclaimed workaholic who "humbugs" love, Alexis ends up embracing the spirit of Christmas when... click here to read more...
See the Premiere of Every Day Is Christmas
Saturday, November 24, 2018
at 8pm/7c. on Lifetime
More... Saturday, November 24, 2018:
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Storyline via Lifetime: Soft-spoken Harmony (Kelley Jakle), is used to living in the shadow of her pop star boyfriend, but when he breaks up with her right before the holiday season, she returns to her quaint hometown to discover... click here to read more...
See the Premiere of Christmas Harmony
Saturday, November 24, 2018
at 10pm/9c. on Lifetime
Sunday, November 25, 2018:
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Storyline via Hallmark: As Christmas approaches, a department store worker whose life lacks fulfillment meets her guardian angel, who offers her a chance to change her circumstances by magically transporting her to Christmases past whenever she tries on a new pair of shoes. But just as things begin to look promising... click here to read more...
See the Premiere of A Shoe Addict’s Christmas
Sunday, November 25, 2018
at 8pm/7c. on the Hallmark Channel
More... Sunday, November 25, 2018:
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Storyline via INSP: Christmas on the Coast tells the story of tough and cynical New York celebrity novelist Drucinda “Dru” Cassadine (Emery), who is famous for romance stories but is desperate after a string of flops. With her publisher about to drop her, she has just weeks to turn out a best seller. To spark her creativity, Dru retreats to her childhood home on the ocean for the holidays. As the coastal town prepares for Christmas, Dru struggles to write while a flood of emotions come over her. When handsome local widower Brysen Flynn enters her life... click here to read more...
See the INSP Premiere of Christmas on the Coast
Sunday, November 25, 2018
at 8pm/7c. on INSP
*Extra: Click Here to see my Interview with the lead actress in this film, Julie Ann Emery!
*Also, the Two Winners of "The Christmas on the Coast" DVD have been contacted and will be revealed next week!
More... Sunday, November 25, 2018:
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Storyline via Lifetime: Every year, Isabelle (Tatyana Ali) and her high school sweetheart Mike (Cornelius Smith Jr.), rocked their small town’s annual Christmas Eve Pageant with a sweet Christmas duet. But after graduation, Isabelle left to study at Juillard in New York – leaving Mike behind. Years later, when Isabelle returns to her hometown... click here to read more...
See the Premiere of Jingle Belle
Sunday, November 25, 2018
at 8pm/7c. on Lifetime
More... Sunday, November 25, 2018:
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Storyline via Freeform: Kali Hawk (“New Girl”) stars as Jillian, a successful political consultant, confident in her ability to put a spin on anything whose next big project is the upcoming mayoral campaign for her boyfriend, George (Damon Dayoub, Freeform’s “Stitchers”). On the way to meet George’s family for the first time during the holidays, an unusual confrontation with a toy store Santa results in... click here to read more...
See the Premiere of The Truth About Christmas
Sunday, November 25, 2018
at 9pm/8c. on Freeform
More... Sunday, November 25, 2018:
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Storyline via ION: Haley Foster built a big city life in Los Angeles as a top wedding planner at an elite and powerful company run by Ms. Reynolds. When her sister, Angela, insists on getting married Christmas Day on the tree farm in their old hometown of Truxton, Haley is resigned to make her sister’s dreams come true and her parents happy. Returning to her hometown not only brings back fond memories, but also reunites Haley with... click here to read more...
See the Premiere of A Wedding for Christmas
Sunday, November 25, 2018
at 9pm/8c. on ION
More... Sunday, November 25, 2018:
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Storyline via Lifetime: As a kid, Darcy (Caitlin Thompson) had no control over her family’s holidays and thus, has grown up to be a Christmas control freak – so much so that she loses sight of what the holidays actually mean. Suddenly, she finds herself... click here to read more...
See the Premiere of Christmas Perfection
Sunday, November 25, 2018
at 10pm/9c. on Lifetime
*Please Note: I have NOT previewed all of these NEW Christmas Movies above; therefore, please be sure to check ratings before viewing any of these new films with your family.
On this Thanksgiving Day,
let us count our blessings, one by one...
let us count our blessings, one by one...
Giving thanks for God's gift of Love
and the Joy we share through Christ the Lord!
God's Blessings to You All, Net
and the Joy we share through Christ the Lord!
God's Blessings to You All, Net
🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲
"Give THANKS to the LORD, for He is good;
His love endures forever."
His love endures forever."
~Psalms 107:1
Thanks for all your hard work putting this list together. I've already picked out the ones I'll be watching. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Kathy! Oh, I hope you and Joe enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and all the new Christmas movies, too!
DeleteHappy Thanksgiving! Blessings, Net
There are SO many great movies to watch now that this month and next! I love having 2 Hallmark channels and your blog helping us keep up with the crazy schedule! YAY! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your sweet family! We have so much to be thankful for this year! Hugs, Diane
ReplyDeleteIt is an enormous blessing to be so blessed! (sorry to be redundant there!) I'm so glad I can help you navigate through all the Hallmark Christmas movie choices throughout the season. It is quite a task to keep up with them all!
DeleteHope you had a very Happy Thanksgiving! Blessings, Net
And thank you Net for sharing your insight into these family-friendly movies throughout the year, but also for sharing your faith and love of God with all of us!
ReplyDeleteMany blessings to you and your family this Thanksgiving and throughout this Advent season!
Mark25
Thank you so much, Mark25! It brings me even greater joy to share the Love of our Savior here than anything else! I'm so glad you share this!
DeleteHope you had a very nice Thanksgiving, as well! God's Blessings! Net
Lovely post, Net, and Happy Thanksgiving to you and all our "It's a Wonderful Movie" family!! May God bless you, enrich you and bring love, joy and peace to our homes and families everywhere this special Thanksgiving day!!
ReplyDeleteAlways wonderful to hear from you, Linda! You are certainly one of the dearest members of the "It's a Wonderful Movie" family! The door is always open here for you! May the Lord bless you richly in return for all the joy and encouragement you bring to others!
DeleteI hope you had a very nice Thanksgiving, as well. God blessings to you!!! Net
Oh Net! Such beautiful heart felt words! Love the picture with the open Bible and pumpkin! I wish all that visit here a very Happy Thanksgiving! And to you Net...dear sweet Net! You are so awesome and bring such joy to us. Thank you and may God continue to bless you richly!
ReplyDeleteBless You, Joyce! What a sweet, thoughtful message! Oh, I'm glad you liked the image of the Bible and pumpkin. That picture is one I took from my home.
DeleteI'm so touched by all your warm words of kindness! Blessings to you - this Thanksgiving week and Christmas season! I'm so happy you are a special part of this It's a Wonderful Movie family, too!
Blessings, Net
God's blessing to you and your family this Thanksgiving. So much to be thankful for including all of your work on this Blog. So many Christmas movies this weekend and not enough time.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Joe... I hope you had a very nice Thanksgiving, as well. It has been such a gift to watch all these Christmas movies and share them with all of you! You are so right - there is definitely not enough time to watch them all, but I know we'll do our best! :)
DeleteMany Blessings to You... the rest of this Thanksgiving Week!!! Net
Hello Jim! I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving! It brings me great joy to help you and others find all these new Christmas movies. Watching almost all of them is not an easy task, but it's doable if we plan accordingly! So happy my schedule is a help to you. :)
ReplyDeleteBlessings & a Joyous Christmas Season ahead!!! Net
I'm watching Christmas Everlasting right now. I'll watching Reunited for Christmas, Pride, Prejudice, & Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane
ReplyDeleteI'll miss 1/2 hour of Chrisrmas on Honeysuckle Lane but I'll watch on Thursday night because I'll watching A Shoe Addict's Christmas
Aren't encore airings the best! Thank goodness Hallmark and Lifetime have plenty of them! :)
DeleteNet, I have been enjoying the Hallmark Christmas shows. I get a hot drink and a goody, and sit and watch them. Some of my favorites are Cameron Mathison and Candace Cameron Bure. Thanks for all your reviews on the movies. It was good to see Kathie Lee Gifford again, haven't seen her in awhile. It's such a splendid season of shoes! This is the most wonderful time of year, isn't it, Net?
ReplyDeletelove, ~Sheri
Oh, Sheri... I'm so glad to hear you are enjoying so many good ones! I, too, so enjoyed "A Godwink Christmas" with Kathie Lee, and I thought Candace was wonderful in "A Shoe Addict's Christmas!" The faith aspect in both stories touched my spirit!
DeleteBlessings & Merry Christmas, Net
I was watching A Shoe Addict's Christmas
ReplyDeleteI love the movie
Jean Smart as Charlene "Charlie" Pennymar
I hope enjoyed it! I thought Jean Smart was so fun in "A Shoe Addict's Christmas!" I always liked her sweet character on "Designing Women," so it was fun to see her again in this!
DeleteMerry Christmas to You and Your Family..........!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Merry Christmas to You!!! :)
DeleteI didn't watch Reunited At Christmas (because, I wanted it to be Christmas At Grand Valley), but my sister did and she didn't like it. I just saw the ratings, and it has the lowest ratings so far for the Christmas movies!
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Reunited may have had lower ratings because of the day it was on, Wednesday night before thanksgiving, people are busy. I watched it and loved it, I love Nikki Deloach. Christmas at Grand Valley is on the Hallmark Mysteries channel I think December 22, I guess they wanted to move Brennan and Danica to that channel since they both will have series on that network.
DeleteI just bet it was hard for a lot of people to watch the movies during the week. I was exhausted Tuesday and Wednesday from staying up till 11 to watch the Monday and Tuesday HMM movies. And then the other networks were playing Holiday stuff so families may have been tuning into that and not Hallmark.
I love that Hallmark did movies all week this year, there were a lot to catch, and with Lifetime and Ion in the mix, my DVR got a workout.
One of my favorites of the week: Poinsettias for Christmas and Every Other Holiday on Lifetime.
I haven't watched this one, yet, but I'm always happy to know when others enjoyed them! Thank you for sharing, Misty and Sabrina! I'll look forward to watching it - sometime!
DeleteBlessings & Merry Christmas to You, Net
It was great to see a mini Waltons reunion while watching Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane! "Erin" played the Mom in flashback scenes and "Elizabeth" had a blink-and-you-missed-it scene as well!
ReplyDeleteBefore watching this movie I had no idea that Mary McDonough, the actress who played Erin on The Waltons, was the author of the book that this movie was based on!
Yes, Mary McDonough wrote the book the movie "Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane" is based on! Isn't that fun! I, too, just love The Waltons! I have a note of this on my "Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane" post, but with all these new movies - I know it is very hard to see everything. I'm so glad you mentioned it, in case others haven't seen the movie or this bit of news, yet!
DeleteEnjoy all the Movies!
Blessings & Merry Christmas!!! Net
Mary Elizabeth McDonough as Caroline Reynolds - Emma's Mother alongside with Emma's Father named Cliff Reynolds in flashbacks on "Christmas on Honeyshuckle Lane"
DeleteGot around to Christmas Perfection last night, I really enjoyed this too. Kind of like the Snowglobe Christmas movies, except they are in the Christmas village the main character sets up, very cute. And a good topic too, with so many people, me included, wanting to make everything "Perfect" for the holidays and there is no such thing as perfect and that is good too.
ReplyDeleteAwwwwe, that sounds so cute! I love movies where people think everything needs to be perfect... then they come to terms with reality! I think I get caught up in that, too, Sabrina... especially at Christmas!
DeleteBy the way, I watched Nicky Whelan (from "Romance at Reindeer Lodge") in Lifetime's "A Christmas Arrangement." For some odd reason it is rated TV-14, but I personally saw absolutely nothing to make it that. No language, adult situations, other than a sweet kiss. And, Nicky was lovely, along with Daphne Zuniga ("On Strike for Christmas").
Happy Christmas Movie Watching!!! :)
Merry Christmas!!! Net
I'll watch A Shoe Addict's Christmas again & after that I'll watch Christmas on Honeysuckle Land tonight
ReplyDeleteRatings since the Christmas in Graceland have been lower than last year's. Even Candace's movie did worse than Christmas in Graceland. The Hallmark Hall of Fame had less than 4 million. Lifetime's movies aren't doing that great. Too many movies?
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That sounds right, Misty. I've been wondering if everyone was going to be to be too overwhelmed to keep up. I've been feeling that myself lately, even with all my lists & calendars! I still love the Christmas movies, of course, old and new..., but it's quite a lot to take in all at once.
DeleteMerry Christmas!!! Net