The Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas is an annual tradition that only seems to get bigger and more robust with every passing year. The holiday-themed slate of shows and movies typically begins in October — before Halloween is even over, the audacity! — and runs for more than two months, offering holiday-themed romantic comedies, frosty winter adventures, festive competition shows and murder mysteries. (Murders just go down easier when they’re Christmas-themed.) The Countdown to Christmas is already underway, but there are still dozens of great shows and movies to watch between now and Dec. 25.
While the Hallmark Channel comes standard with many cable plans, if you’ve cut the cord and are looking for a way to watch Countdown to Christmas, there are plenty of options. You can find Hallmark Channel favorites on Philo, Frndly, YouTube TV or Fubo, or get the standalone Hallmark Plus plan that includes a vast library of this year’s releases and older hits. Trying to save some money? You can watch all of this year’s new releases free with a Hallmark Plus BingePass on Hoopla if you have a library card.
Here’s a look at everything still to come on the 2025 Countdown to Christmas and the best ways to watch.
The first season of Mistletoe Murders was released on the Hallmark Channel in October, and season 2 arrives just a few weeks later, showing you just how addictive this mystery series is. The show stars Sarah Drew as Emily, the proprietor of a Christmas-themed gift shop in the small town of Fletcher’s Grove (that’s an Easter egg for you Murder, She Wrote fans). Emily’s an excellent sleuth, a good thing as there’s a disproportionate number of murders in this town that need solving. Two new episodes of the show will drop weekly on Nov. 7, 14 and 21.
Christmas Above the Clouds (Nov. 8)
Jonathan Bennett has become a familiar face on Hallmark, and in A Keller Christmas Vacation, he stars with Brandon Routh and Eden Sher as siblings who have drifted apart but reunite when their parents take them (force them?) on a holiday cruise down the Danube. A fun family comedy, the film premieres on Nov. 9. (The movie is actually a pretty good advertisement for river cruises. Send help, I’m turning into my parents.)
Finding Mr. Christmas, season 2 (Nov. 10)
Tamera Mowry-Housley hosts Hallmark’s baking competition Baked With Love: Holiday, where she and judges Anna Haugh and Vaughn Vreeland set out to determine the best home bakers who compete in a series of holiday-themed challenges using their own family recipes. The show premiered on Oct. 27 and airs weekly on Mondays through Dec. 15.
Three Wisest Men (Nov. 15)
Tamera Mowry-Housley stars as Lucy, a single mom taking care of her son Robbie (Elijah-Justus Lewis) in Tidings for the Season, out on Nov. 16. Robbie’s a big fan of a local newscaster named Adam (B.J. Britt) and is excited when he gets to meet his hero and, this just in, it turns out Lucy and Adam might just be the perfect co-anchor to one another.
Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story (Nov. 22)
A glassblower named Holly James (Laura Vandervoort) secretly displays her work at a holiday fair under a pseudonym and when her work takes off and her identity is revealed, the people she’s closest to, including the fair’s director, Jack (Stephen Huszar), feel betrayed. Has she … blown her chances at love with Jack? Will she be able to melt his heart by the end? Can she renew his faith in her? My glass terminology is limited but I’m guessing they make it work. The film premieres on Sunday, Nov. 23.
We Met in December (Nov. 27)
In The Snow Must Go On, a former Broadway star agrees to direct his niece’s high school Christmas musical in the hopes of impressing an influential Broadway producer. The film, which stars Heather Hemmens and Corey Cott, premieres as part of a Black Friday double feature on the Hallmark Channel, along with The More the Merrier. If you’re into musical theater backdrops, check out last year’s A Carol for Two, another Broadway-themed holiday romance.
The More the Merrier (Nov. 28)
Sisters Faith and Kelly decide to honor their grandmother’s dying wish by traveling to the French Alps for Christmas to re-create her first trip there with their grandfather. While the two women rekindle their sisterly bond, Kelly and their French mountaineer guide, Frederic, also spark a romance. Ashley Williams and Laci J. Mailey co-star.
A Grand Ole Opry Christmas (Nov. 29)
Romance blooms between a marine (Rhiannon Fish) and a local fire chief (Ben Rosenbaum) when they join forces to lead the annual Christmas Cup competition between their town and the rival town nearby. The film arrives on Hallmark on Nov. 29.
Christmas at the Catnip Cafe (Nov. 29)
Mae Whitman stars as Kate, a textile designer in England whose best friends sign her up for a holiday-themed dating service without her knowing. She reluctantly joins, but has no idea just how much her life is about to change as a result. This six-episode series premieres on Dec. 5 and airs two episodes weekly, with new episodes dropping on Dec. 12 and Dec. 19. Jane Seymour, Mary McDonnell and Nathaniel Parker co-star.
A Suite Holiday Romance (Dec. 13)
In the pantheon of wonderfully silly, punny titles of Hallmark movies, Oy to the World! might be my second favorite of all time. (First place always and forever will be Roux The Day: A Gourmet Detective Mystery.) Oy to the World! is, as the name subtly implies, an interfaith romance between an Episcopal choir director and a Jewish choir director, who also happen to be longtime rivals, forced to work together for a fundraiser to help with construction of the local temple. They connect through the power of song and … I think I might have just described the perfect movie.
A Make or Break Christmas (Dec. 20)
The Christmas Baby is the second film on the Hallmark holiday calendar that riffs on Three Men and a Baby. That 1980s movie, about a baby dropped on the doorstep of three unsuspecting bachelors, loosely inspired the Hallmark film Three Wise Men and a Baby (which evolved into the 2025 sequel Three Wisest Men), and now it also seems to have inspired The Christmas Baby. The film stars Ali Liebert and Katherine Barrell as two women who unexpectedly have a baby dropped at their door and have to figure out how to care for him while juggling their already complicated lives.
Ready, Set Glow! (Dec. 22)
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