Hallmark Countdown to Christmas 2026 Schedule: All 34 New Movies, Dates and a Printable Checklist

The Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas 2026 runs from Friday, Oct. 16 to Sunday, Dec. 20, with 34 new original movies, most premiering at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). The lineup, the 17th annual edition, was unveiled Sept. 17, 2026, and the full schedule below is as published by TVLine. New movies stream on Hallmark+ the day after they air.

The season opened the weekend of Oct. 16, so the first movies have already aired. “Forgotten Holiday” premieres Saturday, Oct. 24, and “What If Christmas” follows Sunday, Oct. 25. The table below counts the days to every movie and marks the next one up.

Hallmark Christmas movies 2026: full schedule and days until each

Dates and premiere times are as published by TVLine. Movies air at 8 p.m. ET unless a time is listed. The last column counts from today in Eastern Time, and the next premiere is highlighted.

Date	Day	Premiere	Days from Oct. 24
Oct. 16	Friday	‘Tis the Season for Setups	Passed
Oct. 17	Saturday	Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story	Passed
Oct. 18	Sunday	Mr. & Mrs. Christmas	Passed
Oct. 23	Friday	Winter Wonderlanes	Passed
Oct. 24	Saturday	Forgotten Holiday	Today
Oct. 25	Sunday	What If Christmas	1
Oct. 30	Friday	Who’s Coming for Christmas?	6
Oct. 31	Saturday	Adopting St. Nick	7
Nov. 1	Sunday	A Danish Christmas	8
Nov. 6	Friday	Merry Memories	13
Nov. 7	Saturday	Holiday Unplugged	14
Nov. 8	Sunday	A Season of Promises	15
Nov. 13	Friday	My Christmas Cowboy	20
Nov. 14	Saturday	The Nights Before Christmas	21
Nov. 15	Sunday	Mistletoe and Mimosas	22
Nov. 20	Friday	Our Holiday Playbook	27
Nov. 21	Saturday	Christmas in Blue Dog Valley	28
Nov. 22	Sunday	Double Booked for the Holidays	29
Nov. 26	Thursday	Christmas Delivered	33
Nov. 27	Friday	The Christmas Eve Feast (6 p.m.)	34
Nov. 27	Friday	Return to Santa (8 p.m.)	34
Nov. 28	Saturday	The Most Wonderful Secret (6 p.m.)	35
Nov. 28	Saturday	Holiday Ever After: A Disney World Wish Come True (8 p.m.)	35
Nov. 29	Sunday	Eight Nights for Love (6 p.m.)	36
Nov. 29	Sunday	Miles to Christmas (8 p.m.)	36
Dec. 4	Friday	The Snowflake Effect	41
Dec. 5	Saturday	A Grand Biltmore Christmas	42
Dec. 6	Sunday	An Angel in My Stocking	43
Dec. 11	Friday	Christmas in Canterbury	48
Dec. 12	Saturday	Snow Globe Town	49
Dec. 13	Sunday	Noelle Nomads	50
Dec. 18	Friday	Hearts All Aglow	55
Dec. 19	Saturday	Barking All the Way	56
Dec. 20	Sunday	Save the Date for Christmas	57

That is 34 new movies in all. The weekend of Nov. 27 to 29, over Thanksgiving, is the busiest: each night carries two premieres, one at 6 p.m. and one at 8 p.m. ET.

October premieres

The season opened Friday, Oct. 16 with “‘Tis the Season for Setups,” starring Amanda Schull, Victor Webster and Barbara Niven. “Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story,” with Lyndsy Fonseca and Robert Buckley, followed on Oct. 17, “Mr. & Mrs. Christmas” on Oct. 18 and “Winter Wonderlanes” on Oct. 23. Those premieres have aired and are on Hallmark+. The rest of October brings “Forgotten Holiday” (Oct. 24), “What If Christmas” (Oct. 25), “Who’s Coming for Christmas?” (Oct. 30) and “Adopting St. Nick” (Oct. 31).

November premieres

November opens with “A Danish Christmas” on Sunday, Nov. 1 and fills every weekend through the month. “Holiday Ever After: A Disney World Wish Come True,” with Lacey Chabert and Travis Van Winkle, premieres Saturday, Nov. 28 at 8 p.m. The Thanksgiving weekend doubles up: Nov. 27, 28 and 29 each air a 6 p.m. and an 8 p.m. movie. The third season of “Mistletoe Murders,” with Sarah Drew and Peter Mooney, premieres Thursday, Nov. 5 and airs Thursdays; it is a returning series, not one of the 34 new movies, so it is not in the count above.

December premieres

December runs nine more movies to the finish. “A Grand Biltmore Christmas,” with Holland Roden, Niall Matter, Andie MacDowell and Jonathan Frakes, premieres Saturday, Dec. 5. A “Hallmark Christmas Experience: A Hometown Holiday” special airs the same night at 10 p.m. The season closes with “Save the Date for Christmas” on Sunday, Dec. 20.

Print the full 2026 checklist

The free printable below lists all 34 movies by month with a tick box for each, on one US Letter page. Use the ink-saver version for a home printer. It is a static sheet drawn from the schedule above and uses no network or channel logos. Mark the nights you want to watch, and keep it by the television through the season.

To plan the weeks around the premieres, print a November 2026 calendar or a December 2026 calendar, or a weekly planner to block out movie nights. For the rest of the holiday season, see our Thanksgiving 2026 television schedule, the Advent calendar 2026 dates and the New York City holiday calendar.

How we keep this accurate

The dates and times above are as published by TVLine on Sept. 17, 2026. Networks move holiday premieres, so check the Hallmark Channel listing on the day. If the schedule changes, this story, the table and the printable will change together.