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

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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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🌟 CHRISTMAS MOVIES air MONDAYS - on LIFETIME!!! #ItsAWonderfulLifetime @lifetimetv 🎁 SEE HERE:

image: Lifetime

Are you looking forward to and waiting for It's a Wonderful Lifetime Christmas movies to begin? Well... now you can get your Christmas movie fix Monday nights on Lifetime!

A special thanks to our dear friend, Sabrina, for sharing this exciting news here with us!

From 6pm to 4am EST. Lifetime is airing 5 Christmas movies! (FYI: Two of the movies are encore airings from PrimeTime).

Tonight's Christmas Movies on Lifetime -

for Monday, SEPTEMBER 30, 2019:

🌟The Christmas Gift - 6 PM


🌟The Flight Before Christmas - 8 PM


🌟Christmas in Mississippi - 10 PM


🌟The Flight Before Christmas - 12:01 AM


🌟Christmas in Mississippi - 2:04 AM

*Please note: These Lifetime films are rated TV-PG. My main caution on these films is Flight Before Christmas. The main lead female character talks about moving in with her boyfriend as the film begins. They break up - so it doesn't happen, however, that is the premise for the story. The rest of the movie is quite enjoyable and funny!   

Hope you enjoy Christmas tonight on Lifetime!

Joyous Blessings! Net

🌟🎄 LIFETIME ANNOUNCES SPECIAL CHRISTMAS MOVIE MARATHON TREAT 🌟🎄

LIFETIME PRESS RELEASE:

LIFETIME ANNOUNCES SPECIAL

TREAT EVERYDAY LIKE CHRISTMAS

HOLIDAY MOVIE MARATHON ON JUNE 28

Los Angeles, CA (June 24, 2019) -- It may be June, but Lifetime is providing a sneak peek at the It's a Wonderful Lifetime holiday programming slate with a movie marathon to celebrate Christmas in the Summer. With back-to-back airings of six Lifetime Original Holiday movies from years' past, the special all-day marathon concludes with the beloved holiday film Elf. Full slate below.

images courtesy: Lifetime

Elf
June 28th at 8pm AND 10pm EST/PST

As a baby, Buddy (Will Ferrell) was accidentally transported to the North Pole and raised among Santa's elves. When he discovers that he is actually human, Buddy travels to New York, to search for his real father - Walter Hobbs (James Caan), a cynical businessman. Walter reluctantly begins spending time with the childlike Buddy and hilarious holiday fun results. ELF is directed by Jon Favreau and produced by New Line Cinema.


A Gift Wrapped Christmas
June 28th at 8am EST/PST

Personal shopper Gwen's (Meredith Hagner) newest client, Charlie (Travis Milne), is a high-rolling, workaholic, single father. When Gwen meets his 8-year-old son, Owen, during a package drop, she is saddened to see just how little time Charlie spends with him. Determined to get Charlie to appreciate his family, Gwen makes it her Christmas mission to get him into festive spirit. As she gets closer to Charlie and Owen, she also discovers what she wants for the holidays. A Gift Wrapped Christmas is produced by Annuit Coeptis Entertainment II and Johnson Production Group.


The Christmas Contract
June 28th at 10am EST/PST

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 that Jolie bring her flaky brother, Jack (Robert Buckley), home for Christmas as he has no plans this year. Jolie, a professional web designer, is hesitant; so, Naomi, a lawyer, creates a Christmas contract to give them both something they want—a buffer for those awkward moments around Jolie’s ex and a website to help sell Jack’s upcoming novel. Unbeknownst to them, the Christmas contract proves to be so much more than what they signed up for. The Christmas Contract is produced by Active Entertainment. Ken Badish and Daniel Lewis serve as executive producers. Monika Mitchell serves as director with a script by Cassie Doyle.


Poinsettias for Christmas
June 28th at 12pm EST/PST

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 turn red! As Ellie searches for the solution, she is reminded of where her heart truly lies as she falls in love with both her roots and a local botanist (Marcus Rosner). Poinsettias for Christmas is produced by Annuit Coeptis Entertainment, Inc. Christie Will Wolf directed from a script written by Barbara Kymlicka.


My Christmas Inn
June 28th at 2pm EST/PST

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 nothing is what she expected. The small town community is full of fun and festive Christmas traditions and soon, Jen starts wondering if the inn might just be the place she belongs, and if Steve could be the Mr. Right she has been waiting for. My Christmas Inn is produced by HYBRID, LLC.


The Flight Before Christmas
June 28th at 4pm EST/PST

When a snowstorm strands their flight in Montana on Christmas Eve, two strangers (Mayim Bialik and Ryan McPartlin) who do not see eye to eye, are forced to share the last available room at a bed-and-breakfast. Also starring Family Matters' veterans Reginald VelJohnson and Jo Marie Payton, The Flight Before Christmas is produced by Hybrid.


A Christmas in Tennessee
June 28th at 6pm EST/PST

Allison Bennet (Rachel Boston), along with her daughter Olivia and mother Martha (Patricia Richardson), run a bakery in the small mountain town of White Pines, Tennessee. When Matthew (Andrew Walker), a charming real estate developer, tries to buy the town for a corporate ski resort, Allison and the townspeople must work together to prevent that from happening. And just when the Bennet ladies seem out of luck, an unexpected visitor—with a well-known sweet tooth for cookies and milk—comes to the bakery and may in fact be the key to solving everything. A Christmas in Tennessee is produced by Smokey Mountain Films Inc. and Juliette Hagopian. Howard Braunstein serves as executive producer. Gary Yates directs with a script written by Cassie Doyle.

-- LIFETIME PRESS RELEASE --

So... here's the take: Lifetime is getting into the Christmas spirit for this one special day! Our friend, Sabrina, shared this news with us here at It's a Wonderful Movie just the other day when she caught it in the schedule! (You beat the press release, girl!)

This is also the same day - Hallmark Movies & Mysteries will begin Gold Crown Christmas with Christmas in July!

You can see the full schedule,

with Hallmark & Lifetime - *HERE*!

Joy to the World! Net

Christmas Movies: Hallmark versus Lifetime

I just had to share this very fun article, "Comparing Mayim Bialik and Candace Cameron Bure's Cancelled-Flight Christmas Movies" by Mandi Bierly -Deputy Editor, Yahoo TV.

It's a fun read as she compares the two movies... Hallmark Channel’s A Christmas Detour and Lifetime’s The Flight Before Christmas!

image via: Lifetime/Hallmark/YahooTV

Click Here to check out the comparison- but then please come back here and share in the comments below which movie you loved! Which movie failed. Which one made you laugh. Which one you would watch again. Etc...

Lifetime Christmas Movie "The Flight before Christmas" starring Mayim Bialik & Ryan Mcpartlin

MOVIE REVIEW

Movie: The Flight before Christmas

Previously titled: Accidental Trip

Network: Lifetime

Original Air Date: December 5, 2015

CAST:

Mayim Bialik
Ryan McPartlin
Reginald VelJohnson
Jo Marie Payton
Gib Gerard

PLOT:

via Lifetime:

Excited to take the next step in their relationship and move in with her boyfriend, Stephanie is crushed when he drops the bombshell that he wants to break up. Faced with spending the holidays heartbroken and homeless, she decides to fly home to Connecticut. On a red-eye the day before Christmas, Stephanie finds herself seated next to Michael, who is planning to propose to his college girlfriend. The two get off to a rocky start but things get even worse when the pilot announces that a huge, unexpected snowstorm is crossing the country. Their flight is diverted to a small town in Montana where Stephanie snags the last available room at the town's bed and breakfast. Despite their differences, she offers to share the room with Michael and try their best to get along.

 

Mayim Bialik & Ryan Mcpartlin - having fun with props, between takes
Image via: Mayim Bialik's Instagram

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