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A few years ago I started watching all of the Hallmark and Lifetime Christmas movies. They make new ones each year. This year, I believe the Hallmark channel has an even dozen new Christmas movies in store for us, and Lifetime channel has four.\u00a0They are usually “feel good” types of movies, which I especially enjoy. Here is the schedule of the premiers for these 2014 Christmas movies.<\/p>\n
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\nOne Starry Christmas
\n<\/strong>Starring: Sarah Carter, Damon Runyan, George Canyon, Paul Popowhich
\nAn aspiring astronomy professor finds unexpected Christmas romance when she meets a charming cowboy during her holiday travel. As she decides between this new cowboy and her practical boyfriend, she must decide whether it’s better to play it safe in love, or let an adventurous cowboy steal her heart.\u00a0
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nSaturday – November 8, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nThe Nine Lives of Christmas
\n<\/strong>Starring: Brandon Routh, Kimberley Sustad, Stephanie Bennett, Chelsea Hobbs, Sean Tyson, Dalias Blake, Gregory Harrison
\nWith Christmas approaching, a handsome fireman afraid of commitment adopts a stray cat and meets a beautiful veterinary student who challenges his decision to remain a confirmed bachelor.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nSunday – November 9, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nA Cookie Cutter Christmas
\n<\/strong>Starring: Erin Krakow, Alan Thicke, David Haydn-Jones, Miranda Frigon, Laura Soltis, Genae Marie Charpentier
\nTwo longtime rivals and elementary school teachers duke it out during the holidays in a Christmas cookie bake-off, but their real feud ignites over a shared interest in a handsome single dad. With both determined to win the prize and the romance, their competitiveness could jeopardize what matters most this Christmas season.<\/p>\nSaturday – November 15, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nNorthpole
\n<\/strong>Starring: Tiffani Thiessen, Josh Hopkins, Bailee Madison, Max Charles, Candice Glover, Robert Wagner, Jill St. John
\nNorthpole, the magical city where Santa and his elves live and work is in trouble. Families around the globe have gotten too busy to enjoy the season together, and Northpole depends on their holiday happiness to keep running. In the hopes of turning things around, a determined young elf befriends a little boy with a lot of spirit. His skeptical journalist mom doesn\u2019t have room in her heart for anything but the facts, so it\u2019s going to take a little nudge from his charming teacher to create an unbeatable Christmas team to turn around this town and share the importance of the season with the whole world.
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\nAngels and Ornaments
\n<\/strong>Starring: Jessalyn Gilsig, Sergio Di Zio, Graham Abbey, Samantha Espie, Roger Doche
\nCorrine’s holiday season gets an unexpected dose of romance when she meets the mysterious Harold, who is on a deadline from a higher power to help Corrine find her true love by Christmas Eve. As the clock ticks down to Harold’s deadline, Corrine must decide if she will open up to Christmas love.<\/p>\nSaturday – November\u00a022, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nA Royal Christmas
\n<\/strong>Starring: Lacey Chabert, Jane Seymour, Stephen Hagan, Katherine Flynn
\nA young working girl with a blue-collar background is surprised when her new fianc\u00e9 announces he is actually a prince of a small sovereign country in Europe. After the couple quickly takes off to spend the holidays at his family\u2019s sprawling, royal castle, she must work hard to win over her disapproving and unaccepting future mother-in-law\u2014the Queen\u2014and find out if love truly can conquer all.<\/p>\nSunday – November 23, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nThe Christmas Shepherd
\n<\/strong>Starring: Teri Polo, Martin Cummins, Jordyn Olson, Jill Teed
\nA successful children’s book author and Army widow loses her late husband’s German Shepherd, Buddy, only to later find him adopted by a new family – a single father and his daughter. Each finds a sense of Christmas spirit as they struggle to decide with whom the dog really belongs.<\/p>\nSaturday – November\u00a029, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nChristmas Under Wraps
\n<\/strong>Starring: Candace Cameron Bure
\nWhen a driven doctor doesn’t get the prestigious position she planned for, she unexpectedly finds herself moving to a remote Alaskan town. While she meets the locals and even starts a new romance, she has to learn to let the life she planned for give way to a love she never could have imagined, and finds this festive small town is hiding one big holiday secret.<\/p>\nSunday – November\u00a030, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nOne Christmas Eve<\/strong>
\nAnne Heche plays Nell Blakemore, a newly\u2010single mom who wants this Christmas to be extra\u2010special for her two kids. It turns out to be special, indeed, but it\u2019s not what she had in mind. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Chaos reigns in this entertaining comedy, and the notion of `family\u2019 takes on a whole new meaning.<\/p>\nSaturday – December\u00a06, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nDebbie Macomber’s Mr. Miracle
\n<\/strong>Starring: Rob Morrow, Michelle Harrison, Britt Irvin, Sarah-Jane Redmond, Andrew Francis
\n<\/strong>Heavenly angel Harry Mills is sent to Earth on a trial assignment to intervene in the life of a woman who needs help getting her life on track after the death of her father. With a deadline of Christmas day, he attempts to help her heal in order to embrace a new future, and an unexpected love, just in time to celebrate the miracle of the holiday season.<\/p>\nSunday – December 7, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nChristmas at Cartwright’s
\n<\/strong>Starring: Alicia Witt, Wallace Shawn
\nWith Christmas approaching, a struggling single mom finds herself working as a department store Santa Claus, as a real-life angel delivers good fortune and the possibility of holiday romance.<\/p>\nSaturday – December 13, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nBest Christmas Party Ever
\n<\/strong>Starring: Torrey DeVitto, Steve Lund, Linda Thorson, Harmon Walsh
\nWith the holidays approaching, a young party planner arranges a special Christmas party for a New York toy store. When a powerful corporation threatens to shut her down, she decides to follow her heart, moving forward with the party plans and finding true love in time for Christmas.<\/p>\nSunday – December 14, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nThe Christmas Parade
\n<\/strong>Starring: AnnaLynne McCord, Jefferson Brown, Drew Scott
\nA popular network morning host finds herself humiliated on the air by her fianc\u00e9 and disappears to a small town. While there, she helps a budding artist save a community art center for the town’s kids, by helping them with their float for the annual Christmas Parade.\u2003
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I copied and pasted the descriptions from the Hallmark channel Christmas movies from the Hallmark channel’s \u00a0television schedule online. (I’m glad I got this entry ready before they changed to their new online television schedule page. I find their new one extremely convoluted and difficult to navigate!) Hallmark channel changed their schedule, so I just updated this entry. (Nov. 21, 2014)<\/p>\n
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Saturday – November 22, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nAn En Vogue Christmas
\n<\/strong>Starring: Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron, Rhona Bennett, Genelle Williams
\nOver the years, the funky divas of En Vogue have gone their separate ways, until they are asked to perform a benefit concert to save the club that made them stars. They put aside their hesitations to reunite for the special night, but first must overcome their challenging history with Marty (David Alan Grier, “In Living Color”), their former manager and the man responsible for breaking them up. In the spirit of the holidays, the ladies find forgiveness and come together for an epic En Vogue Christmas concert to keep the club from closing its doors forever. Stars Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron, Rhona Bennett as themselves and features some of En Vogue\u2019s biggest hits and two new original songs. Genelle Williams also stars.<\/p>\nSaturday – November 29, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nGrumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever
\n<\/strong>Starring: Grumpy Cat, Aubrey Plaza
\nIt\u2019s not a wonderful life for Grumpy Cat, the Internet meme sensation with nearly six million Facebook friends! The infamous kitty, with the naturally, but endearing sad looking facial expression, will star in her very own live-action Christmas movie, “Grumpy Cat\u2019s Worst Christmas Ever,” premiering November 29 at 8\/7c.
\nIn “Grumpy Cat\u2019s Worst Christmas Ever,” Grumpy Cat is a lonely cat living in a mall pet shop. Because she always gets passed over and never gets chosen by customers, this kitty develops a sour outlook on life until\u2026one day during the holidays, a very special 12-year-old girl named Chyrstal enters the pet store and falls in love with Grumpy Cat. A unique friendship is formed between the two when Chyrstal finds she is the only person who can hear this unique feline talk. In the middle of the holiday rush, Grumpy reluctantly thwarts the kidnapping of an expensive exotic dog she can\u2019t stand and rescues Chyrstal after the mall closes on Christmas Eve. Will Grumpy Cat learn the true meaning of Christmas, or will it be in Grumpy\u2019s words, \u201cWorst. Christmas. Ever?\u201d
\nIn the last year and a half, Grumpy Cat, whose real name is Tardar Sauce, has arguably become the most famous cat of all time. The adorable Internet celebrity was named the most influential cat by MSNBC, most important cat by Mashable and Buzzfeed, and has appeared in news and television shows around the world. She is the author of A Grumpy Book, currently in print in 14 languages, and has a second book coming out this August. Grumpy Cat has numerous merchandising deals and is Friskies official \u2018Spokescat.\u2019<\/p>\nSaturday – December 6, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nWally Lamb’s Wishin’ and Hopin’
\n<\/strong>Starring: Molly Ringwald, Chevy Chase, Annabella Sciorra, Cheri Oteri, Wyatt Ralff, Danny Nucci, Conchata Ferrell, Michael Lee Aday (aka Meat Loaf), Camila Banus, Blanche Baker, Sosie Bacon, Krysta Rodriguez
\nBased on the New York Times best-selling Christmas novel by Wally Lamb comes the new Christmas classic, starring Molly Ringwald and featuring Chevy Chase as the narrator. Set in the 1960s, “Wishin\u2019 and Hopin\u2019” is the story of 10-year-old Felix Funicello (Wyatt Ralff, “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby”), who is doing his best to navigate fifth grade at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Parochial School. His father (Danny Nucci, “The Fosters”) runs the local diner, and their family\u2019s claim to fame is their cousin, Annette Funicello (Krysta Rodriguez, “Smash”), the famous teen star and Mouseketeer. With the dreaded Christmas pageant on the horizon, the holiday season gets even more exciting with the sudden arrivals of a substitute teacher (Ringwald) and a feisty Russian student, Zhenya, and promises to be one Christmas Felix will never forget. Also stars Meat Loaf (“Fight Club”), Annabella Sciorra (“CSI”), Cheri Oteri (“Saturday Night Live”), Conchata Ferrell (“Two and a Half Men”) and Camila Banus (“Days of Our Lives”).<\/p>\nSaturday – December 13, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nThe Santa Con
\n<\/strong>Starring: Barry Watson, Melissa Joan Hart, Jaleel White, John Ratzenberger, Wendy Williams
\nSmall-time con man Nick DeMarco (Barry Watson, “Hart of Dixie”) is ordered by his parole officer to take a minimum-wage job as a department store Santa during the holidays\u2026and he hates it. Near the end of his first shift, he hastily promises a young boy, Billy (“Tucker Meek”), that Santa will bring his estranged parents back together by Christmas. When his sister Rosemary (Melissa Joan Hart, “Melissa and Joey”) hears this, she is livid and can\u2019t believe he would break a little boy\u2019s heart with an empty promise. After a long night of soul searching \u2013 and with the help of an insightful female pastor (Wendy Williams) \u2013 Nick decides to make good on his promise to the child, somehow. But after meeting the boy\u2019s mother Carol (Melissa Sagemiller, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”), will Nick ultimately choose to put the happiness of others ahead of his own? Jaleel White (“Family Matters”), Scott Grimes (“Party of Five”) and John Ratzenberger (“Cheers”) also star. Hart also directs this film.<\/p>\n![\"christmas333370708-=8=\"](\"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/christmas333370708-81-e1414022702487.jpg\")
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Sunday – November 30, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nA Christmas Mystery<\/strong>
\nCast: Esm\u00e9 Bianco, Ryan Bittle, John Ratzenberger, John Colton, Anne Leighton, Kristen Miller, Ben Trotter
\nWhile searching through her late mother\u2019s attic, Rebecca uncovers sealed cards from a mysterious suitor that had been addressed to her widowed Mom over the past 12 Christmases. As she begins to wonder the identity of man, Rebecca hires a handsome, yet mysterious, detective, Andrew, to help solve the mystery behind the letters. While working to unravel the family mystery, Rebecca and Andrew begin to fall for one another, but soon learn there\u2019s more to the case than either expected.<\/p>\nSunday – December\u00a07, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nMerry Ex-Mas<\/strong>
\nCast: Dean Cain, Kristy Swanson, Lochlyn Munro, Shannon Kummer, Sharon Thomas Cain, Jodi Lyn O\u2019Keefe, Ernie Hudson, Rebecca Grant
\nWhen misleading photos are published of security company chief Jessie Rogers purportedly caught in a love nest with his rock star client, his humiliated wife, No\u00eblle, throws him out of the house and swiftly files for divorce. Unable to convince her of his innocence, Jessie fights in vain to win No\u00eblle back. A year later at the family ski cabin, a Christmastime blizzard snowbounds Jessie, his daughter, ex-mother-in-law, No\u00eblle and her wealthy suitor, Flynn, who is plotting a surprise wedding.<\/p>\nSaturday – December\u00a013, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nA Christmas Kiss II<\/strong>
\nCast: Elisabeth Harnois, Adam Mayfield, Elisabeth R\u00f6hm, Lola Glaudini, Jonathan Bennett, Celesta Hodge, Ray Laska
\nAt a Christmastime event, Jenna shares an impromptu, unforgettable kiss under the mistletoe with the dashing Cooper Montgomery, a billionaire playboy who recently returned to the city. Although she doesn\u2019t know him, Cooper learns that Jenna works for Cooper\u2019s sister at the designer fashion house founded by their dad. Fearful of getting hurt in another relationship, Jenna vows to resist Cooper\u2019s charms and feigns a romance with her heartbroken next door neighbor. As the two begin spending more time together, Jenna realizes that Cooper\u2019s affection is real, but still worries that he won\u2019t be able to shed his former ways.<\/p>\nSunday – December\u00a014, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nA Perfect Christmas List<\/strong>
\nCast: Ellen Hollman, Marion Ross, Aaron Hill, Beth Broderick, Richard Karn
\nJust two weeks before Christmas, Sara Smith gets a call from home about her grandmother Evie, who has been sent to the hospital. Having always been close, the health scare is enough to get Sara to do the unthinkable… come home for Christmas. While Sara plans to get a hotel room for her stay, her mother won\u2019t allow it. Sara eventually relents, but it\u2019s clear that time has not repaired their relationship, and her mother returns to her overbearing ways. With her handsome doctor\u2019s approval, the convalescing Evie conjures up a curious challenge. As a \u201clast wish,\u201d she tasks her daughter and granddaughter with list of festive accomplishments to do together before Christmas, hoping that the adventure of the experience will repair their relationship. Along the way, Sara discovers an unlisted Christmas adventure with Evie\u2019s physician.<\/p>\nSaturday – December\u00a020, 2014<\/h2>\n
\nBack to Christmas<\/strong>
\nCast: Kelly Overton, Michael Muhney, Jonathan Patrick Moore, Jennifer Elise Cox, Moses Jacob Storm, Gloria Loring, Mark Hutter
\nSaddened about spending another Christmas alone, Ali meets Ginny, a quirky and spunky woman, at a diner on Christmas Eve. Ali tells Ginny that she was to be married on New Year’s Eve last year, but over the course of the holidays she and her fianc\u00e9 unexpectedly split. When Ali explains that she would do everything differently if she could go back in time, Ginny tells her that “sometimes people do get second chances.” The following morning, Ali wakes up to find herself transported back to that Christmas before her planned wedding. While she sets out to avoid the mistakes of her past, she learns that changing the course of history is no easy task.<\/p>\n
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I copied and pasted the description of the ION channel Christmas movies\u00a0from a September 22, 2014 article entitled “ION Television Invites Viewers to \u2018Get Wrapped Up in the Holidays!\u2019 with Five Original Holiday Movies” found on the