Which HALLMARK ACTRESS Stars in TWO Christmas Movies this Week??

She's a brunette with a sweet, warm smile
and an energetic spirit.

She's portrayed a maid,

a governess,

florist,

designer,

painter,

matchmaker,

event planner...

and much more!

Plus, she has a new movie premiering this Saturday night!

Is that enough clues?

Have you solved this mystery?

It's...

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... Danica McKellar!

Christmas at Grand Valley:
Credit: ©2018 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: Ben Mark Holzberg
Christmas at Dollywood:
Credit: ©2019 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: David Dolsen

Leading up to the premiere this Saturday night of "Matchmaker Mysteries: A Fatal Romance," which will be simulcast on both the Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, you can see Danica McKellar star in two of her Christmas movies on each of these channels! See all the details below...

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Hallmark Drama's
"Home for the Holidays"
classic Christmas movie feature is...
"A Dog Named Christmas"
on Wednesday, April 22nd at 9pm/8c..

Credit: Crown Media

Storyline via Hallmark: This holiday movie tells the tale of a developmentally challenged young man, with a penchant for caring for animals in need, who sets out to convince his family - and their whole rural community - to participate in a local shelter's inaugural "Adopt a Dog for Christmas Program."

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Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
"Miracles of Christmas"
classic Christmas movie feature is
"Christmas at Grand Valley"
on Thursday, April 23rd at 9pm/8c.

Credit: ©2018 Crown Media United States

Storyline via Hallmark: Struggling artist Kelly Riley returns to her Wyoming hometown for the Christmas holiday and becomes involved in an effort to save the town’s beloved lodge from the wrecking ball. In the process, she finds herself falling for the handsome widower sent to Grand Valley by his company to decide the fate of the lodge.

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Hallmark Channel's
"Countdown to Christmas"
classic Christmas movie feature is
"Christmas at Dollywood"
on Friday, April 24th at 8pm/7c.

Credit: ©2019 Crown Media United States

Storyline via Hallmark: Event planner Rachel Davis returns to her Tennessee hometown to take on the biggest job of her career – Dollywood’s 30th Smoky Mountain Christmas celebration – and is teamed up with unimaginative operations director Luke Hakman to plan the event that has to be as bombastic and glamourous as Dolly Parton herself. And when Dolly gets involved in a little matchmaking, Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas event lights up the sky with joy, laughter and love.

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I hope you like all of the Christmas movies airing this week! I plan to enjoy all three!

*By the way, we'll be "Marking the 25th" on April 25th - this Saturday, as we continue to Countdown to Christmas!

Do YOU have a TOP Christmas Movie Pick of the week? If so, please share in comments below...

Be sure to check my Christmas TV Schedule for even more Christmas movies airing in April and May!

Be safe and take care, everyone...
Blessings to You All, Net

Christmas Comes to the Hallmark Movie Channel, too!

The Hallmark "Movie" Channel will be giving Viewers

this Christmas Season...

Something Old, Something New,

Something Borrowed,

and Something from 5th Avenue!

Available on DVD

Again this year, the Hallmark Movie Channel will be airing many Hallmark Christmas Movies and "Something New" - their new film, "Christmas with Tucker" on November 25th. This is a prequel to the Hallmark Hall of Fame Movie, "A Dog Named Christmas."

Along with this new movie, the Hallmark Movie Channel will air Classic Christmas Film Favorites: "Holiday Affair," "Christmas in Connecticut," "The Bishop's Wife," "Babes in Toyland," and as I alluded to before, "It Happened on 5th Avenue."

Please Note: the Hallmark Movie Channel is referred to as HMC in the Christmas Schedule, to prevent any confusion with the regular Hallmark Channel. You can see the air dates for these movies and more, listed on the Christmas TV Schedule.

New Hallmark Channel Movies on DVD...

I thought I would share today - some Hallmark Movies (below) that were recently released on DVD.

Come Dance at my Wedding




I liked this movie... stars John Schneider and Roma Downey.
You can Read my Review and see more Images from the film, Here.


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A Dog Named Christmas




This was a well loved Christmas Movie last year.
You can Read my Review and see more Images from the film, Here.


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Bridal Fever



A Sweet Romantic Comedy starring Delta Burke & Andrea Roth.
You can Read my Review and see more Images from the film, Here.


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For the Love of Grace



Another Sweet Romantic Comedy from Hallmark, starring Mark Consuelos and Chandra West.
You can Read my Review and see more Images from the film, Here.

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Your Favorite Christmas Movies from 2009

The Last POLL was...

What was your Favorite "New" Christmas Movie on TV in 2009?
(You could choose More than One!)

Hallmark Channel's Mrs. Miracle and Christmas in Canaan tied for first place Favorites with 40% of the voting for each!




Picture from Debbie Macomber's Mrs. Miracle


Here are the Official Results:

Mrs. Miracle 18 (40%)

Christmas in Canaan 18 (40%)

A Dog Named Christmas 12 (26%)

A Golden Christmas 8 (17%)

The National Tree 7 (15%)

The Dog Who Saved Christmas 5 (11%)

Other 5 (11%)

Santa Baby 2 Christmas Maybe 4 (8%)

The Christmas Hope 4 (8%)

The Three Gifts 3 (6%)

Lanny and Wayne the Christmas Elves in Prep & Landing 2 (4%)

Merry Madagascar 2 (4%)

Yes, Virginia 1 (2%)

Holly and Hal Moose: Our Uplifting Christmas Adventure 0 (0%)

Gotta Catch Santa Claus 0 (0%)



I personally enjoyed Hallmark Channel's Mrs. Miracle and Disney's new animation, Lanny and Wayne, the Christmas Elves in Prep & Landing. Both were fun and delightful Christmas Programs... and I look forward to seeing both again next Christmas!

Three New Christmas Movies airing this Weekend!

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The First New Christmas Movie is...
The National Tree.

This Movie premieres Saturday Night, November 28th at 8 PM est on the Hallmark Channel and has an encore presentation at 10 PM est and 12 AM est.

See the Christmas TV Schedule for additional airings.



"Willful Oregon teenager Rock Burdock (Evan Williams, “Save the Last Dance 2”) wins a national Christmas tree contest and convinces Corey (Andrew McCarthy, “Lipstick Jungle”), his overprotective father, to move the fifteen-year-old tree that commemorates Rock’s birth to Washington, D.C. Corey, in turn, persuades Rock to transport the tree on a road trip across the country so he and his son can enjoy some quality time together. Although not excited about the idea, Rock agrees, and the journey turns out to be an adventure that strengthens the bonds between father and son."

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The Second New Christmas Movie is...
A Dog Named Christmas

This Movie premieres Sunday Night, November 29th at 9 PM est on CBS.

This Movie will air on TV Only Once this Christmas Season.



"This Hallmark Hall of Fame holiday movie tells the tale of a developmentally challenged young man, with a penchant for caring for animals in need, who sets out to convince his family - and their whole rural community - to participate in a local shelter's inaugural "Adopt a Dog for Christmas Program."


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The Third New Christmas Movie is...
The Dog Who Saved Christmas

This Movie premieres Sunday Night, November 29th at 8 PM est on ABC Family and has an encore presentation at 10 PM est.

See the Christmas TV Schedule for additional airings.



"Christmas chaos ensues for the Bannister family when they adopt a misguided guard dog, Zeus, to try and keep their home safe from neighborhood prowlers in the new ABC Family holiday movie, "The Dog Who Saved Christmas."


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I hope you will be able to catch one of these movies with your family!

A Dog Named Christmas

MOVIE REVIEW


A Dog Named Christmas
A Hallmark Hall of Fame Christmas Movie

Network: CBS

Original Air Date: Sunday, November 29, 2009


CAST:

Bruce Greenwood ... George McCray
Linda Emond ... Mary Ann McCray
Noel Fisher ... Todd McCray
Sonja Bennett ... Hannah McCray
Nathaniel Baptiste ... Soldier
Derek J. Finnik ... Soldier
Carrie Genzel ... Brianna Lewis
Wesley MacInnes ... Young George
Joel Mamchur ... Soldier
Andrew J. Nagy ... Soldier
Carrie Ruscheinsky ... Hailey






PLOT:

from Hallmark-

This holiday movie tells the tale of a developmentally challenged young man, with a penchant for caring for animals in need, who sets out to convince his family - and their whole rural community - to participate in a local shelter's inaugural "Adopt a Dog for Christmas Program."

Todd McCray (Fisher), a responsible and developmentally challenged 20-year-old, lives on a farm in Kansas with his loving parents, George (Greenwood) and Mary Ann (Emond). Both Mary Ann and George are forever inspired and impressed by the upbeat Todd, who assists with numerous chores on the farm and is known for regularly rescuing and nursing wounded wild animals back to health. George often describes Todd as having "his own way of thinking about things." However, Todd's way of thinking ends up clashing with George's when a radio promotion for the local animal shelter's first-ever "Adopt a Dog for Christmas Program" - which entails caring for a dog during Christmas week, with the option of keeping the dog for good - creates a keen desire in Todd to adopt a lonely pup for the holiday.

Though George stubbornly opposes the idea, Todd's special gifts of persuasion result in their bringing home a yellow Labrador, whom Todd names "Christmas" and bonds with immediately. Todd soon makes it his mission to ensure that all of the shelter's numerous caged dogs are brought into friendly homes for the holiday, and he uses creative and persistent means of inspiring the families in his community to do their part.




Movie Review:

This movie was sweet and heartwarming. The story centered around a young developmentally challenged man, Todd, (20 years old) who desperately wants a dog, and his father, who desperately doesn't want anything to with dogs and the sad memories they bring him from his past.

The best scene to me - was when all of the family came together to celebrate an early Christmas. I kept hoping there would be more scenes with the entire family - they were all so sweet together - the two brothers... teasing one another, the two sisters... chatting away, and the grandchildren, of course, were so adorable!

The story stays focused on Todd and his relationship with the dog he takes in for Christmas, ironically also named Christmas, by the boy.... and his desire to get more dogs adopted before Christmas.

SPOILER:
The father, though tormented by his past memories (during childhood and the Vietnam War) with dogs, overcomes his feelings, and eventually comes around and lets his son keep the dog. It seems the Mother had no say in the matter here, though she desperately wants to keep the dog, too. That didn't seem fair to me.
Fortunately, everything worked out, and after all, there was a Happy Hallmark ending!



See or Skip:
If you are a dog lover, then you should see this movie.

This Movie is available on DVD, Click Here to Order.

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