IT'S CHRISTMAS on Hallmark, Lifetime, Food Network, and MORE! 🎄

Backgound image via - Amazon - Photography Backdrop Merry Christmas Décor

It's Christmas Thursday on Hallmark, Treat Every Day like Christmas on Lifetime, and Lots of Yummy Christmas Treats on Food Network are coming this Holiday Season!

Check out ALL the details below...

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*UPDATE - BREAKING CHRISTMAS MOVIE NEWS:

Christmas Movies start Friday, October 18th on Hallmark Drama AND Hallmark Movies & Mysteries!

Hallmark put out a notice on social media - sharing this news with all of their viewers! They just couldn't wait for Christmas to begin! So... be sure to tune in early tomorrow morning, at 7am/6c. - as Hallmark Drama begins their 24/7 - night and day - Christmas movie coverage and 7pm/6c. as Hallmark Novies & Mysteries begins theirs! CHRISTMAS IS HERE!!!

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Christmas Thursdays on Hallmark:

Enjoy this "last" Christmas movie for "Christmas Thursdays" to celebrate Hallmark's 10th Anniversary of Countdown to Christmas...

🎄It's Christmas Thursdays🎄
on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries with...

Last Vermont Christmas

image: Hallmark Crown Media

Storyline via Hallmark: When Megan returns home for Christmas, she and her sisters are surprised to learn their parents are selling their childhood home, and that the buyer is her high school sweetheart, Nash. Though Megan, a widow, is hesitant to pursue a new relationship, she and Nash spend time together and begin to develop feelings for one another. Nash questions if he should buy the house, realizing how important it is to Megan. When Nash confesses his feelings toward Megan, she must decide if she’s ready to pursue this newfound happiness and if her trip home will continue after the holidays.

Re-watch "Last Vermont Christmas" again!

Or... see it for the very first time:

Thursday, October 17, 2019

at 9pm/8c. on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

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Treat Every Day like Christmas on Lifetime:

"Flight Before Christmas"
Mayim Bialik & Ryan Mcpartlin  - image courtesy: Lifetime

Each week-day now, leading up to Lifetime's launch of Christmas Movies 24/7 on October 25th, you can see Christmas movies throughout the day on Lifetime, from 12 noon/11c until 4am/3c.!

Some of the movies coming up are: Jingle Belle, A Twist of Christmas, and The Flight Before Christmas! I've included more titles in the Christmas Movie Schedule!

How appropriate that one of the movies is "Flight Before Christmas," since this really feels like the last flight before the big arrival next week of new and classic Christmas movies!

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image: Food Network

Christmas on Food Network:

The Food Network just released news on their annual Christmas Competitions! Get a "taste" below of what's to come this Holiday Season!

Holiday Baking Championship - returns Monday, November 4th at 9pm ET/PT, with a new batch of holiday bakers and even more decadent holiday desserts. Host Jesse Palmer, along with judges Nancy Fuller, Duff Goldman, and Lorraine Pascale, test the skills of ten talented bakers as they whisk, fold and frost their way through difficult challenges throughout the eight episodes.

Holiday Baking Championship: Sweet Revenge airs November 4th at 10pm ET/PT. - Three previous runners up are back in the baking championship kitchen to prove their skills can rise to the top on the new one-hour special.

Christmas Cookie Challenge - premieres Monday, November 4th at 11pm ET/PT. Host Eddie Jackson returns with lead judge Ree Drummond this holiday season to challenge festive and talented cookie makers over a new eight-episode season.

Holiday Baking Championship: Holiday Survival Guide airs on Monday November 11th at 11pm ET/PT. - Jesse Palmer also offers up tips on how to survive the madness of the season while sharing highlights, amazing desserts and hilarious banter from past seasons.

The Great Food Truck Race: Holiday Hustle, hosted by Tyler Florence, premieres on Wednesday, November 27th at 10pm ET/PT. In the four-episode season, five aspiring food truck teams hit wintry New England locations in New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island for high-stakes food challenges that test their cooking chops, business skills and selling strategies. The last truck standing wins a holiday prize of $50,000, while the rest of the teams go home with coal in their stockings.

Santa's Baking Blizzard, an all-new competition series, premieres Thursday, November 28th at 9pm ET/PT. On each episode of this four-part holiday tournament, Casey Webb challenges three teams of the country's most impressive ice sculptors and cake artists to create larger than life Christmas scenes for judges Jocelyn Delk Adams, Amanda Freitag and Zac Young. Teams must push their limit to bring festive holiday themes to life if they want to ice the competition and sleigh their way into the finale where they will compete for a stocking full of $25,000.

Holiday Wars, a new series, where five teams of cake masters and sugar artists face-off to create mind-blowing holiday displays that are as festive as they are delicious, premiering Sunday, December 1st at 9pm ET/PT.

Holiday Gingerbread Showdown premieres Sunday, December 1st at 10pm ET/PT. The best gingerbread artists in the country must create the most incredible and edible gingerbread masterpieces. On this four-part stunt, host Paige Davis tests the skills of three gingerbread artists in each holiday-themed challenge.

Kids Baking Championship: North Pole Edition airs on Sunday, December 8th at 8pm ET/PT. Four beloved kid bakers are back to compete. The bakers must think on their feet, as Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman challenge them to fill a mini fireplace mantel with "Santastic Sweets."

Good Eats, back-to-back holiday-themed episodes, airs Sunday, December 15th at 8pm and 8:30pm ET/PT.

Ultimate Hanukkah Challenge airs Saturday, December 21st at 9pm ET/PT. Molly Yeh hosts the first-ever special Hanukkah competition. Inspired by the Festival of Lights, four seasoned chefs must pull out all the stops as they craft deliciously innovative dishes for judges Duff Goldman and Sharone Hakman.

Cake-Off: New Year's Eve airs Sunday, December 29th at 9pm ET/PT. Duff Goldman is ringing in the New Year early with a special edition of Cake Off as four professional bakers from around the country compete in unconventional baking and design challenges where flavor is only the tip of the icing.

Looks like there is a lot to "dish" over this Christmas season on the Food Network! I have included the Premiere Times for these new Christmas Baking Competitions and Shows in the Christmas Schedule!

Wishing You All the Joy of Christmas -

Every Day of the Year! Net

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Sandra Lee's Christmas Specials on HGTV

FOOD NETWORK'S SANDRA LEE CELEBRATES THE HOLIDAYS WITH HGTV

-Released by HGTV

[NOTE: The following article is a press release issued by the aforementioned network and/or company. Any errors, typos, etc. are attributed to the original author. The release is reproduced solely for the dissemination of the enclosed information.]

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FOOD NETWORK'S SANDRA LEE CELEBRATES THE HOLIDAYS WITH HGTV

First of Four Specials Premieres on Saturday, November 28, at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Knoxville, Tenn. [For Immediate Release--October 21, 2009] Acclaimed home and food expert Sandra Lee, host of Food Network's Emmy-nominated Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee and the new hit series, Sandra's Money Saving Meals, will cook up four one-hour primetime specials for HGTV this holiday season. In each of the Sandra Lee Celebrates specials, airing on consecutive Saturdays beginning Saturday, November 28, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, Sandra will work with deserving families to make their holidays memorable. From planning a spectacular family reunion party for a recently-returned Peace Corps volunteer to a family's sweet celebration for special children, Sandra will offer viewers dazzling seasonal recipe and dcor ideas to create heartwarming holiday celebrations.

"Whether celebrating a holiday or the cherished company of family and friends, Sandra's practical approach to cooking and party planning will empower our viewers during this busy time of year," said Freddy James, senior vice president, program development & production, HGTV. "Our audience will appreciate the abundance of savvy holiday entertaining ideas and the inspirational stories about bringing families together through food and celebration."

Here is what viewers will see in each Sandra Lee Celebrates special:

Sandra Lee Celebrates: Holiday Homecoming

Saturday, November 28 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Christina Sobiloff, a Peace Corps Volunteer stationed in Burkina Faso, Africa, will return home to Creskill, N.J., for the holidays--and her family and friends want to welcome her with a fantastic holiday homecoming party. Sandra will work with the Sobiloff family to create a beautiful celebration that honors Christina's service and embraces the familiar meals and Christmas dcor she has missed while overseas. Sandra also will show the Sobiloff family how to take their favorite family photographs and keepsakes and turn them into memorable tablescapes, ornaments and gifts.

Sandra Lee Celebrates: Magical Merry Christmas

Saturday, December 5, at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Following their 18-year-old daughter Kelsea through her recovery from cancer at age 13, the Henderson family now spends their holiday time brightening the lives of those still in need. Not only will Sandra teach the Hendersons how to create the perfect food, decorations and tree trimmings for their own family, she also will arm them with useful tips on how to use their favorite holiday items to craft a moving 'pay it forward' tribute to the hospital where Kelsea spent so much time.

Sandra Lee Celebrates: Season of Surprise

Saturday, December 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Last year, the Morgner family's newborn triplets were barely well enough to be brought home for the holidays. This season, as the family gets ready for the holidays with three active one-year-olds, Sandra will show them creative ways to preserve lifelong family memories, incorporate heirloom party dcor and prepare unforgettable holiday recipes. HGTV Design Star finalist Dan Vickery makes a special guest appearance and uses his carpentry skills to help Sandra create unique dcor items for each child.

Sandra Lee Celebrates: Winter Wonderland Party

Saturday, December 19 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

Vy Higginsen not only is the leader of an organization that provides musical training to underprivileged youth, but she also is known as the first lady of Harlem. Vy, still living with her family in the brownstone her grandmother bought almost 100 years ago, will work with Sandra to throw an over-the-top holiday party for her neighborhood. With a classic holiday menu that will feed a large crowd - along with festive, budget-friendly dcor ideas - viewers will see Sandra transform the family's traditional New York dwelling into the ultimate winter wonderland party.

"Sandra Lee Celebrates is a return to all the things I love and that my company stands for," said Sandra Lee. "Combining creative design elements and delicious food to create spectacular memorable celebrations for family and friends that go beyond the scope of what people think they can afford or do."

About Sandra Lee

Acclaimed home and food expert Sandra Lee has revolutionized the term "homemade" as a popular Food Network host, editor-in-chief of Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade magazine, and best-selling author. Sandra's trademark 70/30 Semi-Homemade philosophy translated to television with Food Network's Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee and to the Internet with SemiHomemade.com. Sandra attended University of Wisconsin - La Crosse as well as Le Cordon Bleu; launched several lines of home, garden, and craft products including Kurtain Kraft; worked with QVC; and produced a successful DIY home improvement series. With a commitment to service and charity, Sandra participates in numerous philanthropic organizations including Share Our Strength, UNICEF, Project Angel Food, and God's Love We Deliver. Since 2002, Sandra has written 19 cooking and entertaining books."

About HGTV

HGTV, America's leader in home and lifestyle programming, is distributed to more than 97 million U.S. households and is one of cable's top-rated networks. HGTV's website, HGTV.com, is the nation's leading online home-and-garden destination, which attracts an average of 5 million unique visitors per month.


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