"Trading Christmas" on DVD + More Releases!

Trading Christmas was the overall Fan-Favorite "New Christmas Movie" last year on the Hallmark Channel, according to the Poll taken here after Christmas! I think we all fell in love with this romantic comedy - where two people change places for Christmas and unexpectedly find themselves and love in the process! And now, this movie is available on DVD! See it, here.

 Trading Christmas stars:Gil Bellows, Faith Ford, Tom Cavanagh, and Gabrielle Miller.  Along with Trading Christmas, other new releases are: (one of my favorites) A Princess for Christmas, Lucky Christmas, 12 Dogs of Christmas: Great Puppy Rescue, and More - See them ALL Here!

The Poll Results are in - "It's a Wonderful Movie" Awards #2

This is the second year for the the "It's a Wonderful Movie" - Family Movie Awards! Thank you to everyone who participated by voting in the polls for your favorites!

All Nominees and Winners (listed below!) will be from Movies that aired or premiered on TV only in 2011. (We will honor the 2012 movies of this year - next year.) The winners below are highlighted in yellow!

Favorite Family "Made for TV Movie" for 2011:

Nominees (alphabetical order)-

1. Beyond the Blackboard
2. Change of Plans
3. Field of Vision
4. Finding a Family
5. The Lost Valentine
6. Love Begins
7. A Mile in his Shoes
8. Smooch
9. Three Weeks, Three Kids
10. What if


And the Winner is...
The Lost Valentine - Hallmark Hall of Fame
ABC



Favorite Christmas "Made for TV Movie" for 2011:

Nominees (alphabetical order)-

1. 12 Dates of Christmas
2. Annie Claus is Coming to Town
3. Christmas Angel
4. A Christmas Wish
5. Dear Santa
6. Debbie Macomber's Trading Christmas
7. Holiday Engagement
8. Love's Christmas Journey
9. Mistletoe Over Manhattan
10. A Princess for Christmas



And the Winner is...
Trading Christmas
Hallmark Channel Christmas Movie



Favorite Actor from a "Made for TV Movie" for 2011:

Nominees (alphabetical order)-

1. Dean Cain - A Mile in his Shoes
2. Ernest Borgnine - A Christmas Journey
3. John Ratzenberger - What If
4. Jordan Bridges - Holiday Engagement
5. K.C. Clyde - Christmas Angel & A Christmas Wish
6. Kevin Sorbo - What If
7. Luke Perry - Goodnight for Justice
8. Richard Thomas - Time after Time
9. Sam Heughan - A Princess for Christmas
10. Tom Cavanaugh - Trading Christmas


And the Winner is...
Dean Cain - A Mile in his Shoes
GMC

Favorite Actress from a "Made for TV Movie" for 2011:

Nominees (alphabetical order)-

This Winner one was a Tie!

1. Amy Smart - 12 Dates of Christmas
2. Anna Chlumsky - Three Weeks, Three Kids
3. Bonnie Somerville - Holiday Engagement
4. Brooke White - Change of Plans
5. Emily Van Camp - Beyond the Blackboard
6. Faith Ford - Trading Christmas
7. Gabrielle Miller - Trading Christmas
8. Katie McGrath - A Princess for Christmas
9. Kristy Swanson - What If & A Christmas Wish
10. Shelley Long - Holiday Engagement

And the Winners are...
Faith Ford - Trading Christmas
Hallmark Channel

and...

Katie McGrath - A Princess for Christmas
Hallmark Channel



Favorite Young Actor from a "Made for TV Movie" for 2011:

Nominees (alphabetical order)-

1. Drew Koles - Who is Simon Miller 
2. Jared Abrahamson - Finding a Family
3. Liam McKanna - Beyond the Blackboard    

4. Luke Schroder - A Mile in his Shoes  

5. Jakob Davies - Three Weeks, Three Kids
6. Jason Dolley - Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas

7. Kevin Herring III - A Christmas Wish 

8. Ryan Wynott - Love's Christmas Journey

9. Tony Oller - Field of Vision  

10. Travis Turner - A Princess for Christmas  




And the Winner is...
Luke Schroder - A Mile in his Shoes
GMC

 

Favorite Young Actress from a "Made for TV Movie" for 2011:

Nominees (alphabetical order)-

This Winner one was a Tie!

1. Abigail Mavity - Love Begins
2. Danielle Panabaker - The Shunning
3. Emily Osment - Cyberbully (PG-13)
4. Emma Duke - Dear Santa
5. Helen Colliander - The Case for Christmas
6. Isabella Acres - Beyond the Blackboard
7. Kiernan Shipka - Smooch
8. Kirstin Dorn - A Christmas Wish & A Valentine's Date
9. Leilah de Meza - A Princess for Christmas
10. Sydney Stamler - Three Weeks, Three Kids

And the Winners are...
Abigail Mavity - Love Begins
Hallmark Channel

and...

Leilah de Meza - A Princess for Christmas
Hallmark Channel

Favorite Supporting Character, from a Family Movie, 2011:

1. Carrie Wiita - Holiday Engagement
2. Chonda Pierce - 12 Wishes of Christmas
3. James Dugan - Dear Santa
4. Jayne Eastwood - 12 Dates of Christmas
5. Marion Ross - Keeping up with the Randalls
6. Mike Bell - Lucky Christmas
7. Miles Richardson - A Princess for Christmas
8. Olivia Wickline - Smooch
9. Oxana Moravec - A Princess for Christmas
10. Page Petrucka - A Christmas Wish



And the Winner is...
Miles Richardson - A Princess for Christmas
Hallmark Channel




Congratulations to all the Nominees & Winners!

Thank You, again... to everyone who voted - hopefully many of you agreed with the ultimate Winners!

Also... Thank You to the Networks who air these great Family Movies on TV... Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movie Channel, GMC, Lifetime, ABC Family, Hallmark Hall of Fame Movies on ABC, Family Movie Night Films on NBC, FOX, and more!

I hope you enjoy your next Family Movie Night ~

so you can say...

"It's a Wonderful Movie!"

The Favorite 2011 "Made-for-TV Christmas Movie" - so far!

The Poll to Vote for your 'Favorite New Christmas Movie for 2011' will close on January 25, 2012 ~ so if you haven't voted yet, be sure to do so - Today! (poll is located in right column)

So far, it looks like Trading Christmas from the Hallmark Channel, is in the lead and I agree - it was one of the best! Be sure - to let your favorites be known, so the networks know which types of Christmas Movies you and your family enjoyed the most!

The Result of this Poll will be part of the upcoming 2011 "It's a Wonderful Movie" Awards. There will be 5 More Poll Categories coming soon!


*Click Here to see the results of the 2010 "It's a Wonderful Movie" Awards.

*Click Here to see the list of New 2011 Christmas TV Movies, with their links to Plot details, Pictures, etc... if you would like to refresh your memory on which Movie Title - Matches each Movie!

Hallmark Channel's New 2011 Christmas Movies!

The Newest Made-for-TV Christmas Movies Coming to the Hallmark Channel - for this Christmas Season, 2011:


Debbie Macomber's Trading Christmas

Christmas Returns to Canaan

A Princess for Christmas

Lucky Christmas

Annie Claus' Year Off

Christmas Pageant

Cancel Christmas


Jingle All the Way - a new Cartoon Animation


Click on the Titles above for more details!

Oh, how I look forward each year to see the new Hallmark Christmas Movies and I know how much you all love them, too!


Which ones sound the most interesting to you? I think I'm interested the most in A Princess for Christmas. Although, Debbie Macomber's Trading Christmas sounds intriguing, too!

Debbie Macomber's Trading Christmas - Hallmark Channel Christmas Movie

MOVIE REVIEW

Debbie Macomber's Trading Christmas

Based on her popular book: When Christmas Comes - renamed Trading Christmas

Network: Hallmark Channel

Original Air Date: November 26, 2011

Available on DVD


CAST:

Tom Cavanagh ... Charles
Faith Ford ... Emily
Gil Bellows ... Ray, Charles' brother
Gabrielle Miller ... Faith
Emma Lahana ... Heather

PLOT:

Christmas travel calamities that lead to cross-country romances when widowed Washington State teacher Emily Springer engineers a house-swap with Boston history professor Charles Brewster in order to visit her daughter at Harvard. Too bad Emily's daughter Heather is headed to Florida with her new boyfriend!

More...

Emily (Ford) misses her daughter Heather (Lahana) who is attending college in Boston. Since her father died, Heather is sensitive to her mom's dependence on long-standing holiday traditions. This Christmas, Heather has planned a trip to Phoenix with her boyfriend, but tells her mother she is staying on campus to study. After arranging a house-swap with Charles (Cavanagh), an English professor from Boston who wants Washington State's solitude in order to finish his novel, Emily hops on a flight to Boston to surprise Heather for Christmas. Unaware of the house swap, Emily's best friend, Faith (Miller) walks in on Charles at Emily's house and in Boston, Ray, Charles' brother (Bellows) responds to a 911 call only to find Emily at Charles' condo. Will Christmas travel calamities lead to cross-country romances? Or have there been one too many surprises already?

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Movie Review:

I must say... I love Faith Ford & Tom Cavanagh - so I'm really looking forward to seeing this one, plus, I have really enjoyed all the other Debbie Macomber Movies - so I hope I'll like this one, too!

See or Skip:

Coming...



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