Great news today from Great American Family! The network has released their FULL 2022 NEW CHRISTMAS MOVIE SCHEDULE and ALL the Wonderful Stars you'll see on their channel this Christmas season!
You'll see Christmas movies that take you home again, one's that will make your heart sing, and you'll even visit an old movie drive-in and so much more!
So... bring on the joyful merriment and yuletide cheer... the 18 *NEW* Great American Family 2022 Christmas Movies are Here!
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GREAT AMERICAN CHRISTMAS
2022
(programming details below via GAC Media Press Release)
Destined at Christmas
Saturday, October 22 (8 p.m. ET)
Starring: Shae Robins and Casey Elliott
Storyline: Kim and Theo meet amid Black Friday shopping madness but there’s a definite spark between them. When a power outage causes some panic at a store, the couple gets separated. With Christmas coming, there should be plenty of distractions, but neither Kim nor Theo can forget the other. Both yearn to find each other but how with so little information to go on? It’ll take a little Christmas magic and destiny to bring them back together.
Catering Christmas
Saturday, October 29 (8 p.m. ET)
Starring: Merritt Patterson and Daniel Lissing
Storyline: A fledgling caterer, Molly Frost, is hired by Jean Harrison, the perfectionistic director of the renowned Harrison Foundation, to cater this year’s annual Christmas Gala dinner. Things get complicated when Molly falls for Jean’s nephew, Carson, 30s, a photographer with no desire to take over the family’s foundation — until his aunt assigns him to the task of making sure the catered dinner goes perfectly.
Christmas Lovers Anonymous
*Bonus Christmas Movie on Great American Family!
Sunday, October 30 (8 p.m. ET)
Starring: Brooke Burfitt and Houston Rhines
Storyline: A best-selling author hides her love for Christmas after an ugly break up, but finds love again when she joins a website for people who are crazy about Christmas.
A Royal Christmas on Ice
Saturday, November 5 (8 p.m. ET)
Starring: Anna Marie Dobbins and Jonathan Stoddard
Storyline: Looking to escape his Royal life, a dashing prince comes to the United States to start a business in a small town in upstate New York and winds up falling for a former Olympic ice skater.
Love At the Christmas Contest
Sunday, November 6 (8 p.m. ET)
Starring: Samantha Cope and Ross Jirgl
Storyline: For as long as she can remember, Angie’s favorite part of Christmas has been the Christmas Eve tree lighting in town square. But this Christmas, her first without her mom, Angie doesn’t feel much like celebrating… until she learns her mom had always dreamed of winning the annual tree decorating contest and seeing her tree lit up in town square. Angie realizes winning the contest and decorating the town’s tree is the perfect way to honor her mom. What Angie isn’t expecting is her high school sweetheart David and his adorable daughter Gabby to enter the contest, too.
A Merry Christmas Wish
Saturday, November 12 (8 p.m. ET)
Starring: Jill Wagner and Cameron Mathison
Storyline: An NYC advertising executive returns to her hometown to sell the family farm, but instead reconnects with her childhood friend and gets involved with organizing the yearly Winter Wonderland, which takes place on the property.
Christmas Sweethearts
Previous Title: My Best Friend’s Christmas
Sunday, November 13 (8 p.m. ET)
Starring: Breanne Hill and Colton Little
Storyline: When a woman returns home to find her ex in a relationship, she enlists her best friend to act as her fake boyfriend for the holidays.
Christmas in Pine Valley
Saturday, November 19 (8 p.m. ET)
Starring: Kristina Cole and Andrew Biernat
Storyline: Natalie is the owner of a successful farm and home goods store that garners the attention of a major magazine. The magazine sends a reporter named Josh to profile Natalie’s company thinking it’s a family-run business. Little does he know that Natalie’s business is run by her with the help of longtime family friends. Knowing how much the article will help struggling farm, Natalie must convince Josh that her “family” and Christmas traditions are all real.
My Favorite Christmas Tree
Sunday, November 20 (8 p.m. ET)
Starring: Emma Johnson and Giles Panton
Storyline: Kyla is a skilled genealogy researcher who’s made a thriving business of putting together family trees. When she comes across new information regarding her mother’s mysterious extended family, Kyla and her sister travel to the charming town of Conifer, hoping to piece together their ancestry. The search leads Kyla to a generations-old Christmas tree farm, its stubborn, handsome owner – and potentially, love.
Christmas at the Drive-In
Friday, November 25 (8 p.m. ET)
Starring: Danica McKellar and Neal Bledsoe
Storyline: A property lawyer works to prove that her town’s Drive In Theater, a local institution is not closed down at the holidays, finding romance with the very person who is trying to sell the property.
I’m Glad It’s Christmas
Previous title: Someday at Christmas
Saturday, November 26 (8 p.m. ET)
Starring: Jessica Lowndes, Paul Greene, and Gladys Knight
Storyline: An aspiring Broadway singer is convinced to participate in a small-scale production for her local Christmas celebration. Along the way, she finds hope and unexpected mentorship towards her dream career. But will her professional success come at the cost of her chance at love?
A Christmas… Present
Sunday, November 27 (8 p.m. ET)
Starring: Candace Cameron Bure and Marc Blucas
Storyline: Maggie and Eric are busy parents of teenagers who embark on a trip to the home of Maggie’s widowed brother to celebrate Christmas. Everyone has different expectations of the perfect holiday. Through a series of transformative events, Maggie learns to embrace the season.
Christmas on Candy Cane Lane
Saturday, December 3 (8 p.m. ET)
Starring: Andrea Barber and Dan Payne
Storyline: Ivy struggles with the long shadow cast by her late mother, Muriel, the darling of Icicle Falls; head of the Candy Cane Lane Lights Extravaganza, owner of The Christmas Haus, and a former TV star known adoringly as the “Christmas Maven.” This Christmas, a series of comical and mysterious events bring the town together in a masterstroke of perfection only the “Christmas Maven” herself could appreciate. A Candy Rock Entertainment production.
B&B Merry
Previous title: Stay for Christmas
Sunday, December 4 (8 p.m. ET)
Starring: Jen Lilley and Jesse Hutch
Storyline: Renowned luxury travel blogger, Tracey Moore, is invited to a Christmastime getaway in exchange for a review of a smalltown B&B. Despite her initial reservations, she finds herself wanting to help the property… and falling for the owner’s handsome son, Graham, who helps her to learn that every experience can be five-star when shared with kindred spirits.
The Art of Christmas
Friday, December 9 (8 p.m. ET)
Starring: Brigitte Kingsley and Joe Towne
Storyline: After her latest gallery exhibition literally goes up in flames, struggling artist Liv James accepts a teaching job at a local elementary school to make ends meet. Through this reluctant career move she discovers her true self, a new sense of purpose and a surprising romance.
Crown Prince of Christmas
Previous title: A Prince for the Holidays
Saturday, December 10 (8 p.m. ET)
Starring: Cindy Busby and Jilon VanOver
Storyline: Madison, an aspiring musician, jokingly tells her overbearing family that she is dating the prince of a small European nation. The joke goes too far as her friend and co-worker Sebastian is roped into impersonating the prince while visiting her family in New Jersey. Little does Madison know that Sebastian happens to be hiding a royal secret.
Aisle Be Home for Christmas
Previous title: Big Box Christmas
Saturday, December 17 (8 p.m. ET)
Starring: Jennifer Freeman and Garrett Watson
Storyline: Two exes finally reconnect when a snowstorm leaves them stranded in a superstore (without cell service or Wi-Fi) just before Christmas.
A Brush with Christmas
Previous title: Crafting Christmas / A Brush with Christmas Romance
Saturday, December 17 (8 p.m. ET)
Starring: Jillian Murray and Joseph Cannata
Storyline: Over the week leading up to Christmas, Charlotte tries to capture her own unique style in the local art scene while also helping her mother run the family restaurant. Disheartened and struggling to find time for her art, Charlotte throws out her latest painting, only to discover that it has been anonymously submitted to the Christmas art festival. It turns out that Wyatt, a visiting artist, stumbled upon her discarded work and is now using the festival’s exposure to find its mysterious creator who has stolen his heart with her craft.
I hope you find many delightful Christmas movies you are looking forward to seeing during this Christmas Season! It is nice to see so many heartwarming stories coming again to Great American Family, plus many familiar names and some new ones, too! I'm soooo looking forward to the second Great American Christmas season! How 'bout you? Please share in comments below...
Joyous Christmas Blessings to You All!
God bless us, everyone! Net
I find it interesting that these aren't all new movies as some of these were on showtime before, but Candace's movie looks really fun
ReplyDeleteOn the face of it as Net has listed these, this is a cracking line-up.
ReplyDeleteGAC has come up with many surprises here, they've actually bought in many Christmas movies instead of producing them themselves.
My Best Friend's Christmas is from 2019 and My Favourite Christmas Tree with Giles Panton is from Reel One.
I suppose Cindy Busby was bound to turn up on GAC at some stage - she's literally everywhere these days!
I'm delighted to see Marvista's Christmas In Pine Valley - it was one I was really hoping would turn up somewhere.
Also excited to see Jonathan Stoddard in a Royal Christmas On Ice - I really enjoyed him in Finding Love In Big Sky, Montana.
Strangely, it's the ones with lesser known actors which appeal to me most.
My Best friend's Christmas - love it where the best friend is asked to be a fake fiance and Big Box Christmas where the theme is "lovers' reunited".
The one I'm pinning my hope's on most is I'm Glad It's Christmas with Jessica Lowndes, Paul Greene and Gladys Knight.
My one worry though is what hasn't been said and nasty surprises may turn up - I have a terrible feeling although there is no mention of it the lead character in Destined At Christmas is a single father so it leaves me worried for other movies too.
So while I'm initially excited at this line-up I'm also filled with a deal of trepidation - Florence
Cindy Busby was in the GAC movie Joy for Christmas last year so it is not her first.
DeleteDefinitely looking forward to" A Merry Christmas wish" and "B&B merry". I can't wait for everything to begin. Coffee & Christmas movies, if theres a better combination, I haven't found it yet.
ReplyDeleteWell I was wrong. What a HUGE bummer that Trevor Donovan doesn't have a new Christmas movie this year anywhere!! Going to be the first time in 4 years he doesn't have a new Christmas movie.
ReplyDeleteI love this whole lineup! Can't wait to get to know some of these new faces. -Maria
ReplyDeleteNot a lot of familiar names. Hope that’s a start of a growing GAC family.
ReplyDeleteAlso don’t see Trevor Donnavan mentioned.
DeleteA lot of these movies are acquired, some of the ones with not popular old Hallmark actors most of them are acquired. Not all acquired movies are good so it will be interesting to see, hopefully they will be good
ReplyDeleteDitto on the comments above. Hopefully these will be family friendly in faith movies.
ReplyDeleteI would like to send a big thank you to everyone that leaves reviews. It is a big plus to know what to except in a film. We plan a few weekends during the holidays to settle back and enjoy a great Christmas movie. It is a bummer if it doesn’t meet expectations due to content.
Take care all.
Gabe’s Mom
Excited, with one exception as was stated before missing Trevor. However love to see Marc Blucas included and I think Candace will be a good fit. Looking forward to all of them.
ReplyDeleteBummer there’s no New Year’s Eve movies
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Trevor Donovan is Candace Cameron Bure’s on screen Brother named Paul in A Christmas Present
ReplyDeleteThat would've been fun, but Candace posted on Instagram a picture with the actor who portrayed her brother, Paul Fitzgerald.
DeleteHere's a screen-grab of that post:
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it should be an interesting Christmas movie season
ReplyDeleteI’m Glad It’s Christmas By Carl Marshall
ReplyDeleteRecently I watched "Identical Love" and thought the lead actress did a really nice job. Fun to realize now that she is Shae Robins, in Great American Family's "Destined at Christmas!"
ReplyDeleteMany of these sound good! I'm hoping to find a way to watch. :-)
~Alicia
I was excited to see her in another movie too! We were partway through identical love when I looked up from my puzzle and went- wait, I know her! Never thought someone who grew up around the corner from me would star in one of these movies!
DeleteHow crazy--that must have felt so surreal to suddenly realize you knew her!
Delete~Alicia
This list of movies is quite impressive. There are enough movies here to keep us entertained for months.
ReplyDeleteSuper excited to see Marc Blucas in a new movie. We didn't see him in any last year. Not sure about the pairing with Candace. We shall see...
ReplyDeleteI'll give Destined at Christmas a try. I've been a fan of Casey Elliott for years for his singing with Gentri.
ReplyDeleteCatering Christmas has Merritt and Daniel so it's a given.
A Merry Christmas Wish has Jill and Cameron so it makes the list.
Christmas at the Drive-In. Neal has been a favorite from his other movies so it'll make Danica bearable.
I'm Glad it's Christmas will make the list for it's duo but I probably won't rush to watch it.
I feel like sometimes they forget the actors make the movies and I've watched so many over the years I've really narrowed down who I will watch.
Kay
Yes, if you like the lead actors it definitely does give a head start as to whether yoiu will enjoy the movie - Florence
DeleteKay, That's a good idea to narrow down your viewing list, especially this year when we are swamped with Christmas movies from every direction. Hopefully, with the incredible quantity of movies we have this year, there will still be some quality films to watch.
Deletewhat does (wt) mean?
ReplyDeleteChris, (wt) means working title, which means the movie title may or may not change before the movie premieres.
DeleteQuite enjoyed Destined at Christmas. Thought the actors/actresses were very natural (including the young girl); I felt like I was watching a story unfold instead of watching them acting out a story. One of the only negatives for me was that it felt like the directors dragged out the search between the star-crossed lovers for way too long; it became a bit frustrating, although the story was still entertaining. And then when they finally found each other it all ended quite abruptly and a bit oddly with some loose ends. Not sure if this one's a keeper for me but it's definitely worth a re-watch at some time. This one would probably be good for the whole family to watch, partly due to the refreshing young girl and the dinosaur angle and partly because there wasn't an overkill of sappy romance or long lingering looks at each other's lips.
ReplyDelete~~Jane
This was a nice family friendly story. I thought the case did a fine job. The families were believable. The story line had a leisurely pace and wasn't choppy. This is one of those movies that sets the scene for Christmas. I would watch this again or having it playing as a backdrop to my own Christmas preparations.
ReplyDeleteA Dogwalker's Christmas Tale was pretty cute. -Maria
ReplyDeleteA MERRY CHRISTMAS WISH. For starters, I'm never a fan of love triangle, so I couldn't love this as much as I wished. Cameron Mathison was so charming and Jill Wagner was just wonderful, and I'd watch anything they're on. Both are really great actors and perfect for the roles. The plot is wayyy overdone though. It's another "cookie cutter" type of Christmas movie to me. I wished the storyline was more interesting but it's same old "city girl going back to country" story. It was enjoyable to watch but not a keeper for me.
ReplyDeleteRewatched The Christmas Calendar today. Still such a sweet movie. :) -Maria
ReplyDeleteChristmas Sweethearts was a bit of a dud for me. -Maria
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to the movie on the list A Belgian Chocolate Christmas shown as GAF on 12/11/22? Did they decide to pull it? It's not on the list of Christmas Movies anymore.
ReplyDeleteGary J, Yes, Great American Family removed A Belgian Chocolate Christmas from their line-up. From what was mentioned on their Facebook page it sounded like it didn't fit their standards.
DeleteThank you for clearing this up. I’d say I’m glad I wasn’t going crazy. But :-). Seriously, I’m glad great American family is holding to their family friendly values standard.
DeleteReview: A Christmas...Present -
ReplyDeleteFamily-friendly? Of course! -
Keeper? By all means! -
Nothing really to add that hasn't already been said! A pure joy! I hope this is the first of many faith-themed movies that will be coming our way!
B and B Merry was quite charming. (even though I was mostly distracted because the time that my mom decided to turn it on was when I was busy on my computer). -Maria
ReplyDeleteMy rankings of this year's wonderful lineup:
ReplyDelete1, A Christmas Present
2, The Art of Christmas
3, Aisle be Home for Christmas
4, Christmas at the Drive In
5, I'm Glad it's Christmas
6, Catering Christmas
7, A Merry Christmas Wish
8, Christmas on Candy Cane Lane
9, Crown Prince of Christmas
10, Destined at Christmas
11, A Brush with Christmas
12, B and B Merry
13, My Favorite Christmas Tree
14, A Royal Christmas on Ice
15, Christmas in Pine Valley
16, Christmas Lovers Anonymous
17, Love at the Christmas Contest
18, Christmas Sweethearts
-Maria
My Christmas picks for today were Christmas is You and A Brush with Christmas. -Maria
ReplyDeleteRewatched Christmas on Candy Cane Lane today. :) -Maria
ReplyDeleteRewatched I'm Glad it's Christmas. :) -Maria
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