Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas Turns Sweet 16! Here’s A Look At The 2025 Holiday Line Up
Don your ugliest Christmas sweater and get cozy on the couch! Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas is turning Sweet 16, proving holiday cheer never goes out of style. The #1 destination for holiday viewing kicks off October 17 on Hallmark Channel with 80 hours of holly jolly content across 29 movies and shows. Among the selection are collaborations with the Buffalo Bills marking their final season at Highmark Stadium and a celebration of 100 years of Nashville’s iconic Grand Ole Opry, as well as new holiday entries featuring Lacey Chabert, Mae Whitman, Wes Brown, Tyler Hynes, Jonathan Bennett, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Holland Roden, Janel Parrish, and more.
Mistletoe Murders Season 1
The first season of the Sarah Drew-led Mistletoe Murders makes its Hallmark Channel debut after premiering last year on Hallmark+. While Emily Lane seems like the friendly, optimistic shop owner of a year-round Christmas-themed story, her inner voice reveals a sardonic and cunning individual with a big secret. When she finds herself investigating a local murder, a detective (Peter Mooney) wonders if there’s more to her than meets the eye.
Mistletoe Murders season 1 airs October 17, with two episodes dropping every week.
A Royal Montana Christmas
Princess Victoria of Zelarnia (Fiona Gubelmann) skips out on her royal duties during the Christmas season to visit a ranch in Montana that she used to go to with her late father as a child. There she gets her hands dirty with her guide Huntley Blaylock (Warren Christie) who is trying to decide if he wants to carry on the family ranch’s legacy as his parents approach retirement. Things get complicated when the two begin to fall for each other and Victoria’s secret princess identity comes out.
A Royal Montana Christmas premieres October 18.
A Christmas Angel Match
Two Christmas Angels — one straight laced and the other spontaneous — are tasked with working together to bring destined soulmates together during the most magical season. Will their differences stop them from completing the mission, or lead to a surprising Christmas connection no one expected? Meghan Ory and Benjamin Ayres star.
A Christmas Angel Match premieres October 19.
Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper!
Robert Buckley is weatherman Ted Cooper who loves Christmas, even if he hasn’t had good luck during the holiday season. With relentless optimism, he has made up his mind that things will be different as he faces major obstacles to travel to his hometown for the holidays. Kimberley Sustad also stars.
Merry Christmas, Ted Cooper! premieres October 25.
Finding Mr. Christmas Season 2
Created and hosted by Jonathan Bennett, Finding Mr. Christmas returns with 10 more aspiring actors competing in an outrageous Christmas-theme competition to prove they have what it takes to lead one of this year’s Countdown to Christmas movies.
New episodes drops weekly starting October 27.
Baked With Love: Holiday
Tamera Mowry-Housley hosts Baked With Love: Holiday, which finds 10 talented home baking pairs facing off in a family-recipe bake-off. The winners will be crowned the Christmas Baking Champions and win $50,000 and a chance to have one of their bakes featured in a Countdown to Christmas movie. Guest judges include renowned chef Anna Haugh and New York Times cooking producer Vaughn Vreeland.
New episodes drops weekly starting October 27.
Christmas On Duty
Janel Parrish and Parker Young play bitter rivals who have hated each other since their training days in Quantico. Years later, they cause a scene when their paths cross at a base holiday party. As punishment, they’re assigned Christmas Duty and must team up to save the holiday season when a snowstorm prevents Christmas presents from being delivered to base.
Christmas on Duty premieres November 1.
A Newport Christmas
When her father intends to marry her off to a man she’s never met, a charitable and spirited Newport socialite from 1905 wishes on a shooting comet for a different life — only to end up in 2025! With the help of a local Newport historian, she learns about what her future in 1905 would be like and becomes reluctant to return. But the longer she stays, the bigger the risk of her legacy being erased. Ginna Claire Mason and Wes Brown star.
A Newport Christmas premieres November 2.
Mistletoe Murders Season 2
Lucky for us, Mistletoe Murders is already back for season 2! Cheery Christmas shop owner Emily Lane once again proves her sleuthing skills, but this season the biggest mystery may be Emily herself. Secrets from her past come out as a shadowy group known as CH1M3RA resurfaces.
New episodes drop weekly starting November 7.
Christmas Above The Clouds
In a comedic, modern retelling of A Christmas Carol, workaholic CEO Ella Neezer is haunted by her past, present, and future when she tries to skip Christmas by flying to Australia. Throw in a surprise reunion with her ex and she might just rediscover the magic of Christmas. Erin Krakow and Tyler Hynes reunite on screen for the first time since 2021’s It Was Always You.
Christmas Above The Clouds premieres November 8.
A Keller Christmas Vacation
Inspired by Jonathan Bennet’s own family excursions, three siblings go on a European Christmas market cruise with their parents that they’ll never forget. Bennett stars alongside Brandon Routh and Eden Sher.
A Keller Christmas Vacation premieres November 9.
Three Wisest Men
Our favorite brothers are back for the holiday season! This year, the Brenner family is in the midst of growing families, job opportunities, and wedding planning when they learn their mother is selling the family house. Paul Campbell, Tyler Hynes, Andrew Walker, and Margaret Colin star.
Three Wisest Men premieres November 15.
Tidings For The Season
The life of a reporter who is known for being the serious face of local news takes an unexpected turn when he gets a request from a 10-year-old who is his biggest fan. The boy wants his favorite newscaster to talk more about what’s wrong in the world. This leads him on a journey to cover the good news. B.J. Britt, Tamera Mowry-Housley, and Elijah-Justus Lewis star.
Tidings For The Season premieres November 16.
Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story
Neighbors and lifelong Buffalo Bills fans Morgan and Gabe team up to uncover the mystery of her uncle’s longtime secret benefactor. Along the way, their friendship turns to something more as the Bills help them pull off the Christmas surprise of a lifetime. Holland Roden and Matthew Daddario lead the second Holiday Touchdown installment that finds Hallmark in collaboration with the NFL.
Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story premieres November 22.
Melt My Heart This Christmas
Despite being rejected from an art fair every year, a passionate glassblower finds a way to secretly display her work under a pseudonym and becomes a surprise hit. Laura Vandervoort and Stephen Huszar star.
Melt My Heart This Christmas premieres November 23.
We Met In December
Autumn Reeser and Niall Matter play two strangers who meet on an unexpected layover in December. It’s love at first sight, but, when they fail to exchange numbers, they end up on separate quests to find each other for the next holiday season.
We Met In December premieres November 27.
The Snow Must Go On
Desperate to get back to Broadway, an actor finds himself directing his niece’s annual Christmas musical and doing whatever it takes to impress a Broadway producer’s daughter who is in the school production. Heather Hemmens and Corey Cott star.
The Snow Must Go On premieres November 28.
The More The Merrier
A small town emergency room doctor full of holiday cheer and a newly hired cardiologist are tasked with helping three women give birth on Christmas when the hospital gets snowed in. Rachel Boston and Brendan Penny star.
The More The Merrier premieres November 28.
An Alpine Holiday
A grandmother’s last wish brings two estranged sisters back together to travel to the French Alps for Christmas to recreate her first trip there with their grandfather. Ashley Williams, Laci Mailey, and Julien Samani star.
An Alpine Holiday premieres November 29.
A Grand Ole Opry Christmas
Nikki DeLoach plays the daughter of a country music icon who is reluctant to return to the Grand Ole Opry to represent him for its centennial Christmas celebration. A touch of holiday magic transports her and her lifelong friend (Kristoffer Polaha) back to 1995, giving her more time with her late father and a chance to rediscover her songwriting dreams. Featuring original music from Brad Paisley and cameos from country music legends like Rhett Akins, Megan Moroney, Mickey Guyton, and more, Hallmark partners with the legendary Opry to celebrate their real-life 100th anniversary.
A Grand Ole Opry Christmas premieres November 29.
The Christmas Cup
After a knee injury threatens her career, a Staff Sergeant returns to her hometown to compete in their annual Christmas Cup against a rival town. But when she gets a call the Marines need her to report to the Hawaii base on the day of the competition, she realizes there is more than one way to serve a community. Rhiannon Fish and Ben Rosenbaum star.
The Christmas Cup premieres November 30.
Christmas at the Catnip Café
When a marketing executive learns her late great aunt left her half of a cat café, she think its a Christmas miracle that will help her with a down payment on her dream condo. That is until she meets the other owner, a veterinarian who believes it serves an important role in the town and won’t let it close without a fight. Erin Cahill and Paul Campbell star.
Christmas at the Catnip Café premieres November 30.
Twelve Dates ‘Til Christmas
When Kate’s best friend signs her up for The 12 Days Of Christmas matchmaking program, she finds her world — and heart — opening up in unexpected ways. Mae Whitman, Julian Morris, Toby Sandeman, Nathaniel Parker, Jane Seymour, Lucy Eaton, and Mary McDonnell star.
New episodes drop weekly starting December 5.
She’s Making A List
Seven years after My Secret Valentine, Lacey Chabert and Andrew Walker reunite in She’s Making A List. Things get complicated when a Naughty or Nice inspector investigating a case unexpectedly falls for the child’s widowed father.
She’s Making A List premieres December 6.
Single On The 25th
Inspired by Lauren Spencer Smith’s song “Single On The 25th,” a woman finds strength in being single around the holidays, while her neighbor realizes he’s missing out on real connection. Lyndsy Fonseca and Daniel Lissing star.
Single On The 25th premiers December 7.
A Suite Holiday Romance
It’s a case of mistaken identity for the holiday season! A struggling ghostwriter and the personal secretary to a Lord meet at a fancy hotel only to assume she is a wealthy writer and he is a British aristocrat. Jessy Schram and Dominic Sherwood star.
A Suite Holiday Romance premieres December 13.
Oy to the World!
With the last night of Hanukkah and Christmas Eve falling on the same day, a reverend and rabbi offer a joint service for their congregations after a water line breaks at the temple. Now two youth choir directors, who are old high school rivals, are forced to work together to lead the temple’s fundraising efforts through song. Brooke D’Orsay and Jake Epstein star.
Oy to the World! premieres December 14.
A Make Or Break Holiday
A couple reach a boiling point in their relationship and decide to take a break. The only problem is, they’re already planning to host their families for the first time for the holidays. Instead of relaying the news of their break up, they fake being a happy couple while everyone is under one roof. Although in the midst of the celebration, maybe they won’t have to pretend for long. Hunter King and Evan Roderick star.
A Make Or Break Holiday premieres December 20.
The Christmas Baby
A lesbian couple face the complications of fostering to adopt when a baby boy shows up on their doorstep days before Christmas with a note written specially for them. Ali Liebert, Katherine Barrell, and Barbara Niven star.
The Christmas Baby premieres December 21.
