🎄⛄ 2024 CHRISTMAS MOVIE DVD RELEASES from HALLMARK and MORE COMING SOON 🌟🎁 SEE HERE:

Wonderful Christmas DVD News!

Here come the 2024 CHRISTMAS DVD RELEASES! I'm sharing below the family-friendly Christmas movies that have been released, thus far, and I’ll be adding more holiday-themed movies to the list below as they become available!

I've been asked numerous times if A Biltmore Christmas is available on DVD, and now I'm delighted to share... it is!

Although the spotlight has been on fan-favorite A Biltmore Christmas, many more Christmas movies are being released on DVD, too!

Please click my links below to see the current availability of these DVDs at Amazon.


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Hallmark Christmas 3 Film DVD Collection:

A Biltmore Christmas

A Merry Scottish Christmas

Christmas In Vienna

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Hallmark Christmas 3 Film DVD Collection:

Flipping For Christmas
Sealed With A List
Everything Christmas

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Hallmark Christmas 3 Film DVD Collection:

Heart of the Holidays
Christmas Island
The Secret Gift of Christmas

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Hallmark Christmas 3 Film DVD Collection:

Catch Me If You Claus
The Santa Summit
Haul Out The Holly: Lit Up

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Hallmark Christmas 3 Film DVD Collection:

To All A Good Night
Miracle In Bethlehem, PA
Five More Minutes: Moments Like These

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Never Been Chris’d

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Hallmark 4-Movie Collection:

Ms. Christmas Comes to Town
Navigating Christmas
A Season For Family
The Secret Gift of Christmas

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Hallmark 2-Movie Collection:

Holiday Road
Heaven Down Here

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Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up

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Christmas Island

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Hallmark Countdown to Christmas 3-Movie Collection
Mystery on Mistletoe Lane
Catch Me If You Claus
To All A Good Night

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The Perfect Christmas Present

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A World Record Christmas

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The Santa Summit

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Hallmark 2-Movie Collection: A Very Vermont Christmas / Falling Like Snowflakes

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Holiday Hotline

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Sealed With A List

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My Christmas Guide

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A Merry Scottish Christmas

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*Also available on Blu-ray.


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Time For Her to Come Home For Christmas

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Miracle in Bethlehem, PA

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A Biltmore Christmas

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*Also available on Blu-ray.


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Stay tuned for more information on DVD releases; be sure to bookmark this page and check back for any updates. Please know I do my best to only promote movies that are family-friendly.

I'm hoping we'll also see some Great American Family, Lifetime, and UPtv Christmas movies become available on DVD. Which Christmas movies are you still hoping to see on DVD this year? Please share in comments below.

Wishing You the JOY of Christmas All Year Round,

Net🎄

The Winter has Passed ❄ and Springtime has Come🌹

Happy First Weekend of Spring, Everyone!

Since we transitioned this week from Winter to Spring, I thought it would be an ideal time to take a look at the Wintery Christmas movies airing Friday night, along with the first Spring into Love movie airing on TV this weekend and the upcoming Great American Family Easter movie premiere, Just in Time—coming early next week, and more!

By the way, two of my Christmas movie favorites are airing Friday night on the Hallmark Channel... The Christmas Secret is a classic, charming Christmas movie that always captures my heart, and A Biltmore Christmas is a new favorite from the 2023 Christmas movie season! I must say, I enjoyed the old Hollywood references, and Bethany and Kristoffer were spectacular! (You were right, Joyce, I loved it!!!) I'm sooo looking forward to this encore airing.

This Sunday is Palm Sunday, marking the beginning of Holy Week. On Palm Sunday we commemorate Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem for the Jewish feast of Passover as the people waved palm branches and placed them along the road as Christ entered the city. I've included various Easter movies and specials in the Programming Notes in this post.

See all of the details below...


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Saturday, March 23, 2024:

Hallmark *Springs into Love* this weekend with...

Shifting Gears

Storyline: After female mechanic Jess reluctantly agrees to participate in a car restoration show, she is shocked to learn that her ex-boyfriend, Luke, is her main competitor. Will sparks reignite?

Shifting Gears

Premieres Saturday, March 23, 2024

at 8pm/7c. on the Hallmark Channel

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Sunday, March 24, 2024:

Into the Wild Frontier

Season 4 premiere

Details via INSP...

About Into The Wild Frontier: As America expands westward, intrepid explorers and rugged mountain men risk their lives to blaze new trails into the wild frontier, and their epic tales of adventure and survival become the stuff of myths and legends.

About the Episode: The Season 4 premiere, “Jim Baker: A Born Leader,” tells the story of Jim Baker, a young adventurer heading west, who quickly develops a reputation as a skilled marksman and mountain man. When a party of trappers is surrounded and attacked by Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors, Baker proves that he is also a leader.

Into the Wild Frontier

Season 4 

Premieres Sunday, March 24, 2024

at 6PM ET on INSP

*Please note: These shows will have some violence as they depict historical stories of rugged life on the early frontier.



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Programming Notes:

(This is a highlight of some of the best movies and more airing on TV this weekend and beyond...)




Great American Family:

Friday:
An Autumn Romance, Love Can Surprise You, and Christmas at the Drive-In

*NOTE: Be sure to set your DVR this weekend for these upcoming premieres-

Monday:
County Rescue Season Finale

Tuesday:
Just in Time Premiere!




Hallmark Channel:

Fa-La-La Fridays:
The Christmas Secret, A Biltmore Christmas

Saturday:
Love in Winterland, Sand Dollar Cove, The Perfect Catch, Fourth Down and Love, Shifting Gears (premiere), Royal Matchmaker, and more

Sunday:
October Kiss, Pearl in Paradise, Shifting Gears (encore), and more




Hallmark Mystery:

Saturday:
Garage Sale Mysteries marathon

Hallmark Family:

Friday:
Love in the Limelight, Unexpected Grace

Saturday:
The Color of Rain, Sweet Carolina, Royal Hearts, and more

Sunday:
The Waltons Reunion marathon, including A Walton Easter




UPtv:

Saturday:
Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Love Finds You in Charm, Runaway Romance, Plus One at an Amish Wedding

Sunday:
The Ten Commandments (2006 mini-series, starring Dougray Scott)


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I hope you all have a wonderful first weekend of Spring and a peaceful Palm Sunday!

You'll find more Easter programming in the Christmas/Holiday Schedule, including The Ten Commandments starring Charleston Heston on ABC, The Passion of Christ on UPtv, Just in Time, The Passion Play, and The History of Easter on Great American Family, plus, An Easter Bloom, Easter Under Wraps, and The Blessing Bracelet on the Hallmark Channel and more.

Please note: I haven't pre-screened the new movie listed above. If you'd like to post a review on whether this film is family-friendly, please share in the comments below.

Blessings on your Weekend,

Net

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☀️ SHINING HIS LIGHT: ☀️

"The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,

“Hosanna!”

“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”

“Blessed is the king of Israel!” "

~John 12:12-13

❄⏳🎄 It's Time to Look Back on Hallmark's 2023 Christmas Movie Ratings 🎄⏳❄ SEE HERE:

Flip the hourglass, it's time to look back in time...

As I write to you this afternoon, we have a gorgeous snowfall outside our window. It is so picturesque; it makes me feel like singing, Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland! We've had so little snow this past November and December; it is a welcome sight from the safety and warmth inside on this cozy Saturday afternoon. My heart does go out to those who must work and travel in it, though. Be safe, everyone, if you live in one of the places receiving snow or bad weather today.

Seeing the snow outside truly puts my mind back into the Christmas spirit, with reminiscing thoughts of Snow Days and White Christmases of the past. What a perfect time this is to reflect on the Christmas movies from 2023.

In their latest press release, Hallmark shares their grand accomplishment of high ratings success over the 2023 holiday season:

[Press Release - excerpt via Hallmark Media:]

"Hallmark Channel rings in the new year by celebrating its title as the #1 most-watched entertainment cable network of 2023 among key demographics. The channel’s Countdown to Christmas holiday programming event continued its annual domination of the cable charts last quarter, elevating it to be the most-watched entertainment cable network in Q4 among Women 18+ for an entire decade running.

The 31 all-new Countdown to Christmas premieres lifted Hallmark Channel’s holiday programming to be the #1 most-watched program on entertainment cable among key demos throughout its 9-week run. The network’s standout original holiday movie premiere, A Merry Scottish Christmas starring Party of Five costars Lacey Chabert and Scott Wolf, set records across the cable industry as the #1 most-watched cable movie of the year in 2023.

What’s more, sister network Hallmark Movies & Mysteries was the #2 most-watched entertainment network – second to only Hallmark Channel – among key demos during the holiday season in December 2023."

While A Merry Scottish Christmas was the Hallmark Channel's number #1 movie in ratings with 3.33 million viewers, A Biltmore Christmas, starring Bethany Joy Lenz and Kristoffer Polaha, was a very close second with 3.12 million viewers, and in third place, was Christmas Island, starring Rachel Skarsten and Andrew Walker, with 2.62 million viewers.

Whether you loved all three movies or not is basically irrelevant. All that matters truly, when it comes to ratings - is that you watched the movie.

Of course, there's the question now of whether or not we were entertained as viewers with enough holiday films with heart and humor to return to the Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries next year? For me, the answer is... yes! Even though I am hesitant these days when it comes to watching most network and cable television, Hallmark has continued to produce numerous heartwarming stories that my family and I have been easily drawn to. As might be expected, there were some I didn't care for, as well (and I'm sure many of you felt the same), but a higher majority were likable and enticing enough to garner my full attention and make me look forward again to this upcoming Christmas!

As for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, I'm pleased to say that their number #1 Christmas movie (and movie in general) for 2023, according to ratings, was the Day Spring presentation, Miracle in Bethlehem, PA., starring Laura Vandervoort and Benjamin Ayres, with 1.91 million viewers! (I must say, I find it to be peculiar that Hallmark didn't even mention this title in their press release. Any thoughts?) Heaven Down Here came in second with 1.38 million viewers, and third place was nearly a tie with 1.35 million viewers for To All a Good Night and 1.30 million viewers for Mystery on Mistletoe Lane.

I sincerely hope, based on the ratings success of Miracle in Bethlehem, PA, and Heaven Down Here, that networks can see how viewers are drawn to inspirational films that contain unique characters, uplifting stories, and elements of faith!

Blessings to You All!

I'll just be here singing... 

"Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland"! ❄🎶

Net

🎄 Hallmark Releases 3 Christmas Movie Posters + Story Details! 🎄 SEE HERE:

While it's mid-August now and Labor Day is in a few weeks, we all know Hallmark's Countdown to Christmas is right around the corner!!!

As we await details on all of the Christmas movies premiering this year, Hallmark released the key art/posters for three of their NEW 2023 Christmas movies!

Check out the images & storyline details...

Checkin' It Twice

Previous title: Christmas Goals

Cast: Kevin McGarry, Kim Matula

Storyline: A journeyman hockey player falls for a real estate agent in a career crisis when he's traded to her hometown and moves into the cottage in her hockey-loving family's backyard.

A Biltmore Christmas

Cast: Bethany Joy Lenz, Kristoffer Polaha, Jonathan Frakes

Storyline: Screenwriter Lucy Hardgrov lands the job of a lifetime when she is hired to remake the beloved holiday movie "His Merry Wife!" First filmed in 1947 at the beautiful Biltmore Estate, it has long been considered a Christmas classic.

A Heidelberg Holiday

Cast: Ginna Claire Mason, Frederic Brossier

Storyline: Heidi heads to the Heidelberg Christmas market to sell her hand-painted ornaments. While there, she falls for a local artisan who helps her reconnect with her lost heritage.

I hope you enjoyed this 

Christmas movie news!

Have a Merry Day!

Net🎄

🌟ICYMI: NEW Christmas Movie Images -- SEE HERE:

Hello, movie friends! As Christmas in July will soon be coming to an end, there have been some wonderful Christmas movie images released lately for Hallmark and Great American Family's upcoming 2023 Christmas movie season - that I wanted to be certain you've seen.

First up is A Biltmore Christmas, starring Bethany Joy Lenz and Kristoffer Polaha, which is filled with classic elegance, the glow of Christmas, and a hint of nostalgia, as Kristoffer stands in between two worlds - black and white and color.

Note: The official key art/poster has not been released yet, but will surely be a version of this image...

Click here to enlarge

I'm also captivated by many of the photos that have been released for A Biltmore Christmas, as I'm typically quite taken when it comes to vintage, retro-type films set in a different time period.

A Biltmore Christmas synopsis: Lucy Hardgrove (Joy Lenz) is a screenwriter who lands the job of a lifetime when she’s hired to pen the script for a remake of the beloved holiday movie, His Merry Wife! First filmed in 1947 at the beautiful, historic Biltmore House, it has long been considered a Christmas classic. When the head of the studio isn’t satisfied with the ending Lucy wrote because it deviates from the original’s feel-good conclusion, he sends Lucy to Biltmore Estate for research and inspiration. While there, she unwittingly discovers the ability to travel to the 1947 set of His Merry Wife! through the help of an hourglass. After shaking off the initial shock of this turn of events, Lucy embraces this as her chance to uncover the truth about the movie’s original ending. While on set, she and Jack Huston (Kristoffer Polaha), one of the film’s stars, spend time together and become close. But her sudden appearance has set off a chain of events that put the production in jeopardy. Before she can return to the present, Lucy must make things right or threaten to alter the future forever.

A sneak-peek video for A Biltmore Christmas has been playing throughout *Christmas in July* on the Hallmark Channel, but in case you missed it or you'd just like to watch it again, here it is...

Speaking of sneak peeks, in case you missed it, here is the new sneak peek of the Haul Out the Holly sequel, starring Lacey Chabert and Wes Brown, that was played recently during the special encore airing of the original film.

Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up - Sneak Peek:

Great American Family has also released some wonderful images via Parade for their upcoming Christmas movie, Blessings of Christmas, starring Lori Loughlin and James Tupper.

(The first one we've seen, but the rest are new!)

Blessings of Christmas synopsis: Renowned TV star Mandy Gilmore (Lori Loughlin) says goodbye to her hit culinary series, A World of Food, with plans to travel the globe dining in all 142 Michelin-starred restaurants. Before jetting to Paris, Mandy stops in Milwaukee for a simple transaction: to hand over the deed to her deceased aunt’s food pantry, Angel’s Fare, which was recently purchased by adjacent business owner, Adam Carraway (James Tupper). Things change when pantry volunteer, Otto Nessen (Jesse Hutch) reminds all that Aunt Susie’s love of cooking was truly her love of feeding and inspires one more holiday feast for those who need it most.

Jesse Hutch posted the image of himself (below) from the set of Blessings of Christmas. He said he believes we viewers will find his character to be... "fun, quirky, and mysterious."

Here's also a promo of 'Twas the Text Before Christmas, starring Merritt Patterson and Trevor Donovan, coming this holiday season to Great American Christmas...

Also, be sure to look for a new promo for Jill Wagner and Paul Greene's Christmas movie, which is currently airing on Great American Family during random commercial breaks.

I sincerely hope you have enjoyed these Christmas images and videos!

Happy Christmas in July!!!

Net

Hallmark Announces 🎄Christmas Movie🎄 for 2023 with Bethany Joy Lenz and Kristoffer Polaha

In case you missed this announcement with all the hustle and bustle of Christmas, I wanted to be sure you heard the latest movie scoop... Bethany Joy Lenz (Five Star Christmas, The Christmas Secret) and Kristoffer Polaha (Mystery 101, A Dicken's of a Holiday) will be starring in an all-new Hallmark Christmas movie, “A Biltmore Christmas!”

The movie will begin filming at the beginning of the year ~ 2023. It will actually be filmed at the Biltmore Estate, which is a beautiful and grand national historic landmark in Asheville, North Carolina.

Hallmark shared this news via Variety along with the official movie description: "Lucy Collins (Lenz) is a screenwriter who lands the job of a lifetime when she’s hired to write the script for a remake of the beloved holiday movie “His Merry Bride!” First filmed in 1947 at beautiful Biltmore House, it has long been considered a Christmas classic. As Christmas approaches, Lucy travels to Biltmore Estate for research. She joins a guided tour of the grounds where she gets insights into the history of the location and the filming of “His Merry Bride!,” and once inside the house, she’s drawn to a beautiful hourglass. When Lucy accidentally knocks it over, she finds herself transported back in time to 1946 – the Golden Age of Hollywood – as cast and crew prepare to film “His Merry Bride!” at Biltmore. Lucy does her best to navigate an unfamiliar place as a woman out of time, charming some and raising suspicions of others. It’s not long before Lucy catches the eye of the film’s dashing lead Jack Huston (Polaha) and although she initially rebuffs his advances, their connection soon becomes undeniable. Lucy’s sudden appearance sets off a chain of events that put the production in jeopardy. Before she can return to the present, she must make things right or threaten to alter the future forever. Lucy has one chance to go home but must say goodbye to the man who might be her soulmate unless some Christmas magic can keep the curtain from closing on their love story."


My Take:

Not only do I look forward to seeing the gorgeous Biltmore Estate on screen, I think Bethany Joy Lenz and Kristoffer Polaha should make an excellent on-screen pairing, since they both have such vibrant, cheerful personalities. Plus, I love the traveling back in time aspect of the story. Please share your thoughts in comments below.

Merry Christmas, everyone! Net