The holidays are nearly here and that means Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas movie series is almost finished. This holiday season, every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through Dec. 17, Hallmark has given us three new holiday movies. Plus, in addition to Countdown to Christmas weekends, fans also got holiday movies every Thursday with Hallmark Movies and Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas series and Hallmark Movies Now’s Movies & Mistletoe series. All together, we’ve gotten 40 new Christmas movies from Hallmark in 2023.
For the final week of Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas series, Thursday night we’re getting the premiere of Heaven Down Here with Krystal Joy Brown, Tina Lifford, Juan Riedinger, Richard Harmon and Phylicia Rashad. Then, on Friday, Hallmark kicks off the weekend with The Secret Gift of Christmas with Meghan Ory and Christopher Russell. Saturday brings Sealed With a List starring Katie Findlay, Evan Roderick. Then, closing out the weekend this Sunday is Friends & Family Christmas with Humberly Gonzalez and Ali Liebert.
Keep reading to check out the full Hallmark Christmas movie schedule, find out where to watch Hallmark movies without cable and more.
How to watch Hallmark Christmas movies in 2023
If you’re already a cable subscriber and are looking for more ways to watch the Hallmark Channel, you should be able to login with your cable credentials on WatchHallmarkTV.com and tune into a free livestream of the new Christmas movies as they premiere. Don’t have cable? Here’s what we recommend subscribing to if you want the Hallmark Channel:
Where to stream Hallmark Christmas movies in 2023:
(Peacock)
(Hallmark Now)
If you want to just subscribe straight to the source, Hallmark Movies Now will have all the new Hallmark Christmas movies available to stream. You can subscribe monthly for $5.99 per month, or annually for $59.99.
2023 Hallmark Christmas movie Countdown to Christmas schedule and previews:
Premieres are 8 p.m. ET/PT unless otherwise noted.
Friday, Dec. 15
The Secret Gift of Christmas (working title)
Cast: Meghan Ory, Christopher Russell
Plot: Bonnie (Ory) is a personal shopper who helps her new, widowed client Patrick (Russell) reconnect with his young daughter. Though Bonnie and Patrick’s ideas of shopping couldn’t be more different, she is determined to get Patrick and his daughter everything on their wish list.
Saturday, Dec. 16
Sealed With a List
Cast: Katie Findlay, Evan Roderick
Plot: This holiday season, festive Carley (Findlay) sets out to conquer her list of abandoned resolutions from last year. Aided by coworker Wyatt (Roderick), she finds love and the confidence to chase her dreams.
Sunday, Dec. 17
Friends & Family Christmas
Cast: Humberly Gonzalez, Ali Liebert
Plot: Daniella (Gonzalez) has recently moved to New York to pursue an art career and decides to stay in town to share the holidays with her circle of artist friends, instead of going home to see her sweet, if overbearing parents. Amelia (Liebert) is a talented entertainment lawyer trying to stay focused on her work after a broken engagement. When Daniella and Amelia are set up by their parents, they agree to pretend that they are dating, to appease them for the holidays. However, as they spend time in each other’s worlds, they soon build a connection that is deeper than either of them could have hoped for.
Hallmark Movies and Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas Schedule
Premieres at 8 p.m. ET/PT unless otherwise noted
Thursday, Dec. 7
To All a Good Night
Cast: Kimberley Sustad, Mark Ghanimé
Plot: A small-town photographer (Sustad) saves the life of a mysterious man (Ghanimé), who may just be in town to buy her family’s parkland — which is also the location of the annual Christmas celebration.
Thursday, Dec. 14
Heaven Down Here
Cast: Krystal Joy Brown, Tina Lifford, Juan Riedinger, Richard Harmon, Phylicia Rashad
Plot: Inspired by Mickey Guyton’s song of the same name, “Heaven Down Here” tells the story of four disparate people who find themselves stranded in a local diner on Christmas Eve when a snowstorm hits the town. Imami (Brown) is a widowed mother of two who’s having trouble making ends meet and reluctantly agrees to work the Christmas Eve shift, where she clashes with her boss Dan (Harmon), who doesn’t exactly embody the Christmas spirit. Felix (Riedinger) is a local pastor desperately trying to secure food for parishioners while his faith is challenged by his alienation by his son. Clara (Lifford) is a hospice nurse with an obstinate patient (Rashad) and whose daughter is moving away, causing her to question her place in this world. Throughout the evening, these four bicker, bond and unwittingly provide each other with the answer to their respective prayers.
Thursday, Dec. 21
Miracle in Bethlehem, PA
Cast: Laura Vandervoort, Benjamin Ayres
Plot: A New DaySpring Movie. Successful and fiercely independent, Mary Ann Brubeck (Vandervoort) adopts a baby girl to raise on her own just before Christmas. Due to weather, she and the baby get stuck in Bethlehem, Pa., for the holidays. When there is no room at the inn, her only option is to stay with the innkeeper’s brother Joe (Ayres), a quintessential bachelor who lives in a house that he treats like a barn. As Mary Ann learns the value of community by spending time with Joe’s family and participating in the local church’s Christmas events, Joe starts getting his act together with new motivation… and the two begin to see each other in a new light.
Hallmark Movies Now’s Movies & Mistletoe Schedule
Thursday, Dec. 14
An Ice Palace Romance
Cast: Celeste Desjardins, Marcus Rosner
Plot: A journalist (Desjardins) faces old fears when she returns to her hometown ice rink to cover a story. With the help of the owner (Rosner) and his young daughter, she begins to reevaluate her life’s purpose.
Thursday, Dec. 21
A Holiday Spectacular (extended cut)
Cast: Ginna Claire Mason, Derek Klena, Eve Plumb, Ann-Margret, the Radio City Rockettes
Plot: In 1958, Maggie (Mason) is an heiress from Philadelphia who puts her high-society wedding plans on hold in order to sneak up to New York City and make her secret dream come true: dancing live on stage in the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall.
