❤ THE HEART OF CHRISTMAS REMAINS WITH US THIS EASTER WEEK!

What an unusual time this is in our world. I know many have been doing some soul-searching and looking for ways to avoid the overwhelming news with this pandemic.

If your heart is needing a little more or a lot more Christmas this week, then you'll love this Hallmark Christmas movie treat!

I believe the spirit of Christmas brings comfort because it centers around the joy of the birth of our Savior, Jesus. On this Holy Easter Week we are reminded of the cross and the incredible significance of Christ's sacrifice for our sins, if we only put our faith in Him and welcome Jesus in to our hearts.

Simply hearing the beloved Christmas carols, such as: Silent Night, Joy to the World, and O Holy Night in the background of one of my favorite Christmas movies, always brings peace to my heart and reminds me of how special it is to be home, surrounded by my loved ones at Christmastime!

Speaking of being home for Christmas, the Christmas movies featured this week - lead off with the re-airing of this year's "Merry Madness" bracket winner: "When Calls the Heart: Home for Christmas" on Hallmark Drama! Then, it's "A Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas" on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries on Thursday and then on FRIDAY, get ready... because the Hallmark Channel will have binge-worthy Christmas movies ALL DAY! See the movies listed below!

UPDATE: It appears there will not be a Christmas movie marathon, after all, on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, but thankfully, we can still enjoy the one Friday on the Hallmark Channel.

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Hallmark Drama's
"Home for the Holidays"
classic Christmas movie feature is...
"When Calls the Heart: Home for Christmas"
on Wednesday, April 8th at 9pm/8c..

image: Hallmark Crown Media

Storyline via Hallmark: Elizabeth prepares for Little Jack’s first Christmas and birthday, missing Jack more than ever. Nathan receives a prestigious job offer in Union City but weighs the downside of leaving Elizabeth and taking his niece away from Hope Valley. Lucas holds a Christmas festival to bring some of his family’s traditions to Hope Valley…and to impress Elizabeth. A detour on his way to see Faith leads Carson to a stranger in need of his help. Meanwhile, Rosemary and Lee search for the perfect gift for Little Jack, while Bill turns Hope Valley upside looking for a special gift that he misplaced.

When Calls the Heart - Season 7

Double Feature DVD

When Calls The Heart: Finding Home / A Moving Picture

*Available to order at Amazon - Click Here*

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Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
"Miracles of Christmas"
classic Christmas movie feature is
"A Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas"
on Thursday, April 9th at 9pm/8c.

image: Hallmark Crown Media

Storyline via Hallmark: Willow Petersen returns to her Blue Ridge Mountain hometown to help prepare for her sister’s wedding, where she learns that the picturesque Eagle Ridge Inn that her family sold following her dad’s passing several years ago is on the market. After talking the inn’s handsome owner, single dad and widower David Lyndon, into letting her repurpose the inn’s barn as a venue for the upcoming Christmas wedding, Willow rediscovers her love for the old inn, and finds unexpected romance in the process.

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Hallmark Channel's
"Countdown to Christmas"
classic Christmas Movie Marathon feature
on Friday, April 10th:

image: Hallmark Crown Media

Hallmark Channel's MERRY MADNESS MARATHON
Friday, April 10th:

Crown for Christmas … 12 PM
The Christmas Club … 2 PM
Holiday Date … 4 PM
Christmas Under the Stars … 6 PM
Christmas at the Plaza … 8 PM
Christmas Town … 10 PM

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries'
"Miracles of Christmas"
classic Christmas Movie feature
on Friday, April 10th:

Murder She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery … 7 PM

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I hope you are able to enjoy many of the Christmas movies airing on this Easter week!

Be sure to check my Christmas TV Schedule for even more Christmas movies airing in April!

Plus, if you haven't already, be sure to take a minute and vote for your Favorite Faith and Inspirational TV Movie - HERE!

Take care, Everyone...
Blessings to You All, Net

Hallmark's Merry Madness Christmas Brackets are Back!

Starting Thursday, February 27 pick your favorite Hallmark Christmas movies in head to head matchups in the Merry Madness Christmas Brackets for a chance to win $10,000!

See a preview of the categories - HERE!

Hope YOU win!!!

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It's CHRISTMAS on HALLMARK AGAIN - with Danica McKellar, Brennan Elliott, Fiona Gubelmann, & Jesse Metcalfe!

As Hallmark continues to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Countdown to Christmas...

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

image: Hallmark Crown Media

Christmas at Grand Valley

Storyline via Hallmark: Struggling artist Kelly Riley returns to her Wyoming hometown for the Christmas holiday and becomes involved in an effort to save the town’s beloved lodge from the wrecking ball. In the process, she finds herself falling for the handsome widower sent to Grand Valley by his company to decide the fate of the lodge.

Re-watch "Christmas at Grand Valley" again!

Or... see it for the very first time:

Thursday, April 4, 2019

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

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🎄It's Christmas Fridays🎄
on the Hallmark Channel with...

image: Hallmark Crown Media

Storyline via Hallmark: A confirmed bachelor’s life is turned upside down when he takes in his young niece and nephew a week before Christmas, his absolutely least favorite time of year. As he struggles to “make Christmas” for the kids, with a little help from his lovely next door neighbor, April, he learns some valuable lessons about the value of family, love, and the joy of Christmas, as seen through the eyes of children.

Christmas Next Door is available on DVD and Prime Streaming Video - Click Here!

Re-watch "Christmas Next Door" again

or See it for the very first time...

Friday, April 5, 2019

at 8pm/7c. on the Hallmark Channel

Hope you all enjoy both of the Christmas movies this week! These are two I really like (hope you do, too!) - especially because of who's in them! So, I can't wait to sit back, relax, and re-watch them again!

I was also wondering, for those of you who played the Merry Madness bracket, how are you doing? Mine messed up - because I kept choosing movies I thought would most definitely be winners, like: "The Nine Lives of Christmas" and "Signed, Sealed, Delivered: For Christmas" and others, too! Unfortunately, I'm definitely not on the leader board, but I sure hope you are!

Enjoy walkin' in a winter wonderland again!!!

Joyous Blessings to You All! Net

Join along and "Mark the 25th" at *It's a Wonderful Movie*!

Merry "Mark the 25th" Day of the Month, Everyone!

Here at "It's a Wonderful Movie" we highlight every 25th day of the month - as we countdown to Christmas! We started doing this last year, long before Hallmark started playing Christmas movies two nights of the week!

I so appreciate all the devoted Christmas movie watchers- who continue to join in every 25th!

For the huge Christmas movie fans who wish to join along, simply pick something Christmassy to watch today on the 25th! It can be a Christmas movie, cartoon, family sitcom or anything you like. (There's only one stipulation - it must be family friendly.) Please share in comments below your Christmas choice for the day!

On this day, March 25th, there are 274 days and so many hours & minutes - until December 25th, Christmas day!

My pick for this "Mark the 25th" is the UP Christmas movie "Paper Angels." This is an inspiring film - in which a struggling high school boy discovers a much needed friendship through basketball.

I thought this would be a great time to re-watch this movie during this March Madness basketball season! Also, don't forget to create your Merry Madness Bracket on Hallmark's web-site by 3pm PT./6pm ET. Thursday, March 28, 2019! You can make up to ten brackets - and a winner will be chosen to win $10,000!


Hallmark viewers will recognize one of the lead actresses in the movie - Josie Bissett, of "When Calls the Heart" and the "Wedding March" movies.

Paper Angels storyline: In Paper Angels, abused wife Lynn (Josie Bissett), leaves her alcoholic husband Darryl (Russell Porter), with her two kids, Thomas (Rustin Gresiuk) and Sara (Farryn Van Humbeck) and move to another town where she works as a waitress to make ends meet. In that same town, we meet Kevin (Matthew Settle), whose Marketing & Design company is on the brink of shutting down due to the economy. Plus, Kevin’s wife Jenny (Kendra Anderson) is in a difficult pregnancy with twins. Thomas starts a new school and becomes the target of a bully who is threatened by how well he plays basketball. Unable to join the high school team, Thomas goes to the community center where he meets Kevin and the two of them become unlikely friends through pickup basketball games. Little do they know the tremendous impact they will have on each other’s families this Christmas through The Salvation Army’s Angel Tree Program. Inspired by the hit holiday song by country star Jimmy Wayne and book by Wayne with Travis Thrasher.

The movie Paper Angels is available on DVD and Streaming!

Merry "Mark the 25th" Day, Everyone!
Please share your Christmas choice in comments below!

Joyful Blessings to you all, Net

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Hallmark's Merry Madness is Back + See 2 Faith-Filled Christmas Movies this Week!

It's a miracle tonight (Thursday, February 28th) on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, with the airing of "Once Upon a Christmas Miracle," starring Aimee Teagarden and Brett Dalton.

Then on Friday night, (March 1st) the Hallmark Channel will have a special encore airing of the inspirational story, "A Shoe Addict's Christmas," starring Candace Cameron Bure, Luke Macfarlane, and Jean Smart!

images: Hallmark Crown Media

The Hallmark movie “Once Upon a Christmas Miracle” is based on the true life story of Heather Krueger and Chris Dempsey.

Credit: ©2018 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: Allen Fraser

Storyline via Hallmark: After receiving a medical diagnosis before the holidays, Heather Krueger discovers she is in urgent need of a life-saving liver transplant. Facing incredible odds against finding a donor, she’s shocked when a stranger, Chris Dempsey, volunteers to donate half his liver to her. As Heather and Chris get to know one another and their families before and after the transplant, they form a deep connection and begin to wonder if the closeness they feel goes beyond the special connection between organ donor and recipient. The two must decide if Chris’s selfless act is the beginning of a beautiful, true love story.



The Hallmark movie "A Shoe Addict's Christmas" is based on the book, by the same name, by author Beth Harbison.

Credit: ©2018 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: Steven Ackerman

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 — and she moves toward landing her dream job, improving a family relationship and finding love with a handsome fireman — challenges arise and she begins to lose faith in the Christmas spirit. When she once again revisits a Christmas past, she’s offered one last chance for her holiday wishes to come true.

Hallmark's Merry Madness Christmas Movie Bracket Challenge is back again this year! The game will begin Friday, March 1st on HallmarkChannel.com! For all the rules and how to play... please visit Hallmark's web-site - for all the details!

Hallmark's Merry Madness Bracket

There are 16 movies from the Hallmark Channel, from 2018:

Mingle All the Way
A Shoe Addict's Christmas
Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa
Christmas at Pemberley Manor
Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe
Christmas Joy
Christmas Made to Order
It's Christmas, Eve
Christmas in Love
Christmas at Graceland
Christmas at the Palace
When Calls the Heart: The Greatest Christmas Blessing
Christmas Everlasting (Hallmark Hall of Fame)
Homegrown Christmas
Welcome to Christmas
Jingle Around the Clock


There are 16 movies from Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, from 2018:

Northern Lights of Christmas
Once Upon a Christmas Miracle
Marrying Father Christmas
A Veteran's Christmas
Christmas at Grand Valley
Christmas Bells are Ringing
Return to Christmas Creek
Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas
A Godwink Christmas
Last Vermont Christmas
Hope at Christmas
Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane
Christmas Wonderland
Memories of Christmas
Small Town Christmas
A Christmas for the Books


There are 16 movies from Hallmark Movies Now:

Christmas Comes Home to Canaan
Christmas in Conway (Hallmark Hall of Fame)
The Santa Suit
One Christmas Eve (Hallmark Hall of Fame)
Fallen Angel (Hallmark Hall of Fame)
Finding Father Christmas
Silver Bells (Hallmark Hall of Fame)
The Case for Christmas
An Old Fashioned Christmas
Christmas in Canaan
Angels and Ornaments
Cancel Christmas
A Season for Miracles (Hallmark Hall of Fame)
Baby's First Christmas
Broadcasting Christmas
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: For Christmas


There are 16 movies from Hallmark Classics:

Engaging Father Christmas
Christmas Under Wraps
A Royal Christmas
A Christmas to Remember
The Christmas Secret
Christmas in Angel Falls
Crown for Christmas
A December Bride
A Bramble House Christmas
Romance at Reindeer Lodge
Christmas in Evergreen
Switched for Christmas
Karen Kingsbury's Maggie's Christmas Miracle
Rocky Mountain Christmas
The Nine Lives of Christmas
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year


Remember to check out all the details on Hallmark's web-site and start voting Friday, March 1st! You could win the grand prize of $10,000!

Also, I hope you thoroughly enjoy watching "Once Upon a Christmas Miracle" - Tonight on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries AND "A Shoe Addict's Christmas" - Friday night on the Hallmark Channel!

Credit: ©2018 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: Steven Ackerman

Have a Merry Day, Everyone!

Blessings, Net

Hallmark Christmas Movies on DVD:

It's Hallmark Channel's Merry Madness CHRISTMAS Movie Marathon Day... Plus, Happy Birthday Candace Cameron Bure!

Candace Cameron Bure image: Hallmark Crown Media  / background door image: whitecarousel.com / balloon images: balloontime.com / birthday banner: Amazon 

Happy Birthday
to Hallmark's Movie Darling...

Candace Cameron Bure!

We so enjoy your Hallmark movies... whether it's a new Aurora Mystery ("Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery" is coming April 15th!) or a new Hallmark Christmas Movie... we feel right at home when watching you! Thank you for lighting up our screens with your sweet spirit!

We all receive a gift today on Candace's birthday... a Merry Madness Movie Marathon that ends with Candace's latest Hallmark Channel Christmas movie "Switched for Christmas"!

Unfortunately, inspite of "When Calls the Heart: The Christmas Wishing Tree" movie winning Hallmark's Merry Madness bracket challenge, it will not be airing during the marathon, as was initially announced. I understand the disappointment of Hallmark fans and Hearties, who were eagerly anticipating this re-airing. Thankfully, the WCTH Christmas movie is available on DVD and through on-line streaming.

"When Calls The Heart: The Heart of Homecoming" on DVD

(A.K.A.: "When Calls the Heart: The Christmas Wishing Tree")

For the Christmas movie marathon today
the Hallmark Channel will be playing...

"A Very Merry Mix Up" ... 2pm/1c.

Click here for DVD / Streaming

"A Royal Christmas" ... 4pm/3c.

Click here for DVD / Streaming

"A December Bride" ... 6pm/5c.

Click here for DVD / Streaming

and "Switched for Christmas" ... 8pm/7c.

Switched for Christmas is not available, yet, on DVD
Click here to see Candace's other Christmas movies on DVD / Streaming

I must say it is rather interesting that after they decided not to re-air the WCTH Christmas movie, they replaced it with titles like: "A Very Merry Mix-up" and "Switched for Christmas"! How ironic and appropriate!

I do hope all of you who love Christmas movies enjoy this Christmas Movie marathon on the Hallmark Channel today! May it hold you over until Christmas in July comes our way this Summer!

Hallmark recently announced- Hallmark Channel’s Keepsake Christmas Week will run from July 6, 2018 until July 15, 2018. Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Gold Crown Christmas programming block will air from June 29, 2018 to July 8, 2018! Please note: It is possible these dates may change, and at this time, no new Christmas movies are currently planned for July. However, Hallmark officially announced 22 New Christmas Movies will be coming on the Hallmark Channel and 12 New Christmas Movies will be coming on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries ... for the 2018 Christmas Season!!!

With another snowfall coming this weekend in the Midwest... instead of Spring... it's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas... all over again!!!

Merry Christmas in April, Everyone!!! Net

Happy MARCH! Hallmark's #MerryMadness Christmas Movie Bracket Challenge is on! @hallmarkchannel

READY FOR A FUN CHRISTMAS GAME?

HALLMARK BRINGS BACK
MARCH "MERRY MADNESS"
CHRISTMAS BRACKET!

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The Merry Madness Christmas Bracket opens today - March 1st, 2018! The competition includes 64 movies in four categories this year, with 16 movies in each category. The ultimate winner could win 10,000!!!


The Four Categories are:

Hallmark Channel

Christmas in Evergreen
Switched for Christmas
A Gift to Remember
Finding Santa
The Sweetest Christmas
Miss Christmas
Coming Home for Christmas
Enchanted Christmas
Marry Me at Christmas
The Christmas Cottage
The Christmas Train
The Mistletoe Inn
When Calls the Heart: The Christmas Wishing Tree
Christmas at Holly Lodge
With Love, Christmas
Christmas Getaway


Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Rocky Mountain Christmas
A Joyous Christmas
Finding Father Christmas
A Christmas to Remember
Christmas in Angel Falls
Christmas in the Air
Engaging Father Christmas
Christmas Homecoming
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Magical Christmas Ornaments
Christmas Encore
Hearts of Christmas
Karen Kingbury's Maggie's Christmas Miracle
Romance at Reindeer Lodge
A Song for Christmas
A Bramble House Christmas


Hallmark Movies Now

Christmas Comes Home to Canaan
Christmas in Conway
Anne Tyler's Saint Maybe
One Christmas Eve
Fallen Angel
Battle of the Bulbs
A Season for Miracles
The National Tree
Northpole
Silver Bells
November Christmas
The Case for Christmas
An Old-Fashioned Christmas
A Dog Named Christmas
Christmas in Canaan
Debbie Macomber's Mr. Miracle


Hallmark Classics

The Christmas Ornament
A Heavenly Christmas
Angel of Christmas
Ice Sculpture Christmas
A Dream of Christmas
Christmas with Holly
Love You Like Christmas
A December Bride
A Very Merry Mix Up
A Royal Christmas
A Christmas Detour
A Princess for Christmas
A Christmas Melody
Christmas Under Wraps
A Bride for Christmas
The Christmas Secret


See Hallmark's web-site for more details on how to get started and play the game! *Starts at 5pm EST. - TODAY!*

It's truly a great list of Hallmark Christmas movies, but it is missing some of my favorites... "Window Wonderland," "The Nine Lives of Christmas," "Matchmaker Santa," "Moonlight and Mistletoe," "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year," "Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade," and more! Plus, as Eddie P. mentioned, last years winner "The Christmas Card" is not on the list this year. Guess they wanted to give another movie the chance to win.

Please share... Are there any of your Hallmark Christmas movie favorites missing, too?

Will you play this year by strategy? Or, will you simply choose your personal favorites?

However you play the game, have FUN!

Happy March "Merry Madness"

Christmas Movie Challenge, EveryONE! Net

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Hallmark Royal Movies, Hallmark Hall of Fame The Beach House, Highlights, Christmas & More!

If you love the grandeur of a Hallmark Royal Movie, such as "A Princess for Christmas," "A Crown for Christmas," and "A Royal Christmas," then you are going to love this news! In addition to the royal-themed movie "Royal Hearts," premiering this weekend, the Hallmark Channel will be premiering 2 more royal movies this Spring!

Look for "Royal Matchmaker" in March and "Once Upon a Prince" is said to premiere in April!

"Royal Hearts" and "Royal Matchmaker" / images: Crown Media

THREE ROYAL MOVIES:

Royal Hearts

Storyline: Kelly, a hopeless romantic in Montana eager to finish her dissertation, and her father, Hank, a rancher, receive news that he has inherited an estate from a faraway land. When they travel there, they discover that Hank has not only inherited the estate, but the title that goes along with it – KING!

Starring: Cindy Busby, Andrew Cooper, and James Brolin

Premiere Date: February 24, 2018


Royal Matchmaker

Storyline: A struggling NYC matchmaker is hired by a king to find his son a suitable wife in time for a national celebration. As the clock ticks towards her deadline, the matchmaker finds him the perfect wife -- only to realize that she’s fallen in love with him!

Starring: Bethany Joy Lenz, Will Kemp, Brittany Bristow.

Premiere Date: March 24, 2018


Once Upon a Prince

Storyline: Susanna gladly accepts help one day from handsome stranger Nate at her parents’ garden store in small-town Georgia. Sparks between them fly, but when a photo of them gets leaked to the press, Susanna is in for the shock of her life when Nate is called back home by his mother…for his coronation as the King Nathaniel of Cambria!

Starring: Megan Park and Jonathan Keltz

Premiere Date: April 7, 2018



HALLMARK CHANNEL BRINGS BACK MARCH "Merry Madness" CHRISTMAS BRACKET:

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The Merry Madness Christmas Bracket opens on March 1st! The Competition will include four categories this year - the Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, Hallmark Movies Now, and Hallmark Classics!

See Hallmark's web-site for more details - and which movies are included in this years challenge!

Let's hope the ultimate winning movie will be played on TV again this year during Hallmark Channel's Prime Time, as the 2017 Merry Madness champion "The Christmas Card" aired last year.


EASTER and CHRISTMAS in APRIL:

Besides all the wonderful new family premiere TV movies, my heart still remains with some of the dear old classics one can discover on TCM. On Easter Sunday, TCM will be airing both the "Easter Parade" starring Fred Astaire and Judy Garland and "Holiday Inn" starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire! These two amazing Movie Musicals are a delight any day of the year, especially "Holiday Inn" which takes you along throughout the Calendar year, celebrating each Holiday, including Easter, the Fourth of July, Christmas, and so much more!!!

'Easter Parade' / 'Holiday Inn' DVD Covers

See the classic musical movie Easter Parade

Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018

on TCM at 8pm/7c.

See the classic musical movie Holiday Inn

Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018

on TCM at 10pm/9c.

HALLMARK HALL OF FAME "The Beach House":

The Hallmark Hall of Fame original film, "The Beach House," starring Andie MacDowell, Minka Kelly, Chad Michael Murray and Makenzie Vega, will have its premiere on the Hallmark Channel- Saturday, April 28th, according to Hallmark's Press Release.

"The Beach House" - image: Crown Media

"The Beach House" storyline via Hallmark: "The movie sees Cara Rutledge, played by Minka Kelly, thinking she’d left her Southern roots and troubled family far behind. She returns to the South Carolina Lowcountry of her childhood summers after losing her job in Chicago and reconnects with her mother Lovie (Andie MacDowell). Before long, the rhythms of the island open Cara’s heart. She becomes a “turtle lady” who conserves the area’s wildlife, repairs the family beach house and renews a past romance with Brett (Chad Michael Murray)."


Hope you enjoyed this update & highlight of upcoming movie details! I just love a good Royal Movie... so I'm thrilled we have three coming up! Most of Hallmark's past Royal Movies have been for Christmas; therefore, it's good to see them expand this theme to the rest of the year!

Plus, how fun that we can look forward to a bit of Christmas in March with Hallmark's "Merry Madness" event once again!

Have a Wonderful Day, Everyone!
Blessings, Net