Hallmark is setting its holiday table early, announcing a two-month “Countdown to Christmas” slate for 2026 that includes 34 original movies and three new episodes of the series Mistletoe Murders.
The cable and streaming outlet unveiled the full lineup Thursday, with movies scheduled from Oct. 16 through Dec. 20. The rollout includes three titles Hallmark is positioning as major movie events: Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story on Oct. 17, Holiday Ever After: A Disney World Wish Come True on Nov. 28 and A Grand Biltmore Christmas on Dec. 5.
Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story marks Hallmark’s third collaboration with the NFL. Holiday Ever After: A Disney World Wish Come True filmed on location at Disney World. A Grand Biltmore Christmas is a follow-up to 2023’s A Biltmore Christmas and was filmed at the Biltmore estate in Asheville, North Carolina.
“We’re thrilled to offer viewers exciting new movies that feature the heartfelt and inspiring storytelling synonymous with a Hallmark Christmas movie,” said Darren Abbott, president of Hallmark Media and Hallmark’s chief brand officer. “The worlds and cultures of the NFL, Walt Disney World Resort and Biltmore present special opportunities for us to bring fans unique tales of romance, family and community that are sure to be highlights of this holiday season.”
The 2026 slate brings back a long list of familiar Hallmark faces, including Lacey Chabert, Lyndsy Fonseca, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Paul Campbell, Luke Macfarlane, Holly Robinson Peete, Autumn Reeser and Ashley Williams.
The lineup begins Oct. 16 with ’Tis the Season for Setups, starring Amanda Schull, Victor Webster and Barbara Niven. The next night, Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story stars Fonseca, Robert Buckley, Marsha Mason, Barbara Alyn Woods and Khary Payton. In the movie, freelance reporter Avery Clark travels to Chicago for Christmas and ends up profiling Darlene Donnelly, a Chicago Bears superfan preparing to attend her 500th game. Avery, who knows little about football or Chicago, is guided into Bears culture by Darlene’s grandson Matt, a Chicago firefighter and devoted fan.
October continues with Mr. & Mrs. Christmas on Oct. 18, starring Brendan Penny and Pascale Hutton; Winter Wonderlanes on Oct. 23, starring Ashley Newbrough and Franco Lo Presti; Forgotten Holiday on Oct. 24, starring Janel Parrish and Daniel Lissing; What If Christmas on Oct. 25, starring Lori Loughlin and Tom Cavanagh; Who’s Coming for Christmas? on Oct. 30, starring Rhiannon Fish, Jake Foy and Mila Morgan; and Adopting St. Nick on Oct. 31, starring Amy Groening and Michael Rady.
November opens with A Danish Christmas on Nov. 1, starring Emilie Ullerup and Corey Sevier, followed by Merry Memories on Nov. 6, starring Lindura and Brendan Morgan; Holiday Unplugged on Nov. 7, starring Nikki DeLoach and Juan Pablo Di Pace; A Season of Promises on Nov. 8, starring Brooke D’Orsay, Ali Liebert and James Denton; My Christmas Cowboy on Nov. 13, starring Amy Acker, Luke Macfarlane and Sara Canning; and The Nights Before Christmas on Nov. 14, starring Tyler Hynes and Laci J. Mailey.
On Nov. 15, Mistletoe and Mimosas stars Tamera Mowry-Housley, Kristoffer Polaha and Jennifer Robertson. Mowry-Housley plays Claire Bennett, a Manhattan business consultant who inherits her uncle’s Christmas-themed bar, The Tipsy Reindeer, in upstate New York. Facing debt and competition from an upscale new club called Algorithm, Claire enters a 12 Days of Christmas-inspired business contest with Zach, Algorithm’s part owner and manager, as rivalry gives way to romance.
The month continues with Our Holiday Playbook on Nov. 20, starring Taylor Cole and Charles Michael Davis; Christmas in Blue Dog Valley on Nov. 21, starring Erin Cahill and Andrew Walker; Double Booked for the Holidays on Nov. 22, starring Rachael Leigh Cook, Owain Yeoman and Stephen Hagan; and Christmas Delivered on Nov. 26, starring Autumn Reeser and Wes Brown.
Hallmark has two movies dated Nov. 27: The Christmas Eve Feast, starring Daniella Monet and Kevin McGarry, and Return to Santa, starring Paul Campbell and Rachel Boston. In Return to Santa, an eight-year-old named Jake writes Santa a letter that is lost in the North Pole. Decades later, Santa finds it and tries to fulfill Jake’s childhood wishes, upending the adult Jake’s life as his childhood best friend Julie unexpectedly returns to town.
Nov. 28 brings The Most Wonderful Secret, starring Tammin Sursok and Peter Porte, as well as Holiday Ever After: A Disney World Wish Come True, starring Lacey Chabert, Travis Van Winkle, Richard Kind, Christy Carlson Romano, Bryce Durfee and Taegen Burns. In the Disney World-set film, Chabert’s Lindsey arrives with her extended family for Christmas, only to find her room is next to Philip, a recent bad first date who is also vacationing with family.
The final November titles are Eight Nights for Love on Nov. 29, starring Hunter King and Dan Jeannotte, and Miles to Christmas, also on Nov. 29, starring Ashley Williams, Steve Lund and Alison Sweeney.
December’s schedule starts with The Snowflake Effect on Dec. 4, starring Heather Hemmens and Mark Ghanimé. A Grand Biltmore Christmas follows Dec. 5 with Holland Roden, Niall Matter, Andie MacDowell, James Trevena, Jonathan Frakes, Rachel Boston and Wes Brown. The story begins at Biltmore House on Christmas Eve 1895 before moving across time, as Elizabeth reunites decades later with Michael and is transported into the modern world through a magical hourglass in Biltmore’s library.
The remaining December premieres are An Angel in My Stocking on Dec. 6, starring Fiona Gubelmann, Marco Grazzini and Nancy Robertson; Christmas in Canterbury on Dec. 11, starring Jessy Schram and Will Kemp; Snow Globe Town on Dec. 12, starring Kimberley Sustad and Scott Michael Foster; Noelle Nomads on Dec. 13, starring Benjamin Ayres and Torrey DeVitto; Hearts All Aglow on Dec. 18, starring Mishael Morgan, B.J. Britt and Holly Robinson Peete; Barking All the Way on Dec. 19, starring Ian Harding and Tori Anderson; and Save the Date for Christmas on Dec. 20, starring Jonathan Bennett and Italia Ricci.