Lifetime Christmas Movies 2026: 11 New Films, Nov. 28-Dec. 20

Lifetime’s “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” Christmas movie event starts Saturday, Nov. 28, 2026, with 11 new movies on Saturdays and Sundays through Sunday, Dec. 20, according to Lifetime’s schedule page. TVLine, which first reported the lineup on Oct. 15, 2026, writes that the network “is unwrapping nearly a dozen new Christmas movies in 2026.” The weekend-by-weekend table below lists every date and time, and a free printable watch list follows it.

What is the Lifetime Christmas movies 2026 schedule?

Lifetime puts the first premieres on Saturday, Nov. 28. Each movie airs at 8 p.m. or 10 p.m. ET (7 p.m. or 9 p.m. CT). Lifetime says new movies are available on TV Everywhere and video on demand the day after they premiere. Titles marked “working title” are labeled that way by Lifetime and may change.

Weekend	Day and date	Time (ET)	Movie
Nov. 28 to 29	Saturday, Nov. 28	8 p.m.	Christmas Everyday: Married and Bright
Nov. 28 to 29	Saturday, Nov. 28	10 p.m.	Checking Inn for Christmas
Nov. 28 to 29	Sunday, Nov. 29	8 p.m.	A Firefighter’s Christmas Calendar
Dec. 5 to 6	Saturday, Dec. 5	8 p.m.	Christmas from the Heart
Dec. 5 to 6	Saturday, Dec. 5	10 p.m.	The Toymaker’s Christmas Romance
Dec. 5 to 6	Sunday, Dec. 6	8 p.m.	Mending Hearts for Christmas (working title)
Dec. 12 to 13	Saturday, Dec. 12	8 p.m.	Mistletoe in Mexico
Dec. 12 to 13	Saturday, Dec. 12	10 p.m.	An Inseparable Christmas (working title)
Dec. 12 to 13	Sunday, Dec. 13	8 p.m.	A Second Chance Christmas Letter (working title)
Dec. 19 to 20	Saturday, Dec. 19	8 p.m.	Love on the Christmas List
Dec. 19 to 20	Sunday, Dec. 20	8 p.m.	Christmas at Mistletoe Hall

How many new movies are on each weekend?

Counting the table above, the first three weekends carry three movies each and the last carries two, for 11 in all.

Weekend	New movies
Nov. 28 to 29	3
Dec. 5 to 6	3
Dec. 12 to 13	3
Dec. 19 to 20	2
Total	11

Which Lifetime Christmas movies are on the app first?

Lifetime says six vertical-format microdramas start Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2026, on the Lifetime app and website. Two are originals, “Casting Christmas” and “Arrives Before Christmas.” The other four are library films: “Dancing Through the Snow,” “Ghosts of Christmas Past,” “Match Made in Mistletoe” and “Planes, Trains, and Christmas Trees.” Lifetime’s Oct. 15 schedule page listed “Christmas, Delivered” as the second original; its Nov. 12 update names “Arrives Before Christmas.” None of the microdramas are part of the 11 movies counted above. The two originals are on the printable.

When does the run end?

The last movie on Lifetime’s schedule, “Christmas at Mistletoe Hall,” premieres Sunday, Dec. 20, at 8 p.m. ET. Some coverage gives the end of the run as Saturday, Dec. 20, but Dec. 20, 2026 is a Sunday, so we use Sunday here.

Print the Lifetime Christmas movies 2026 watch list

The printable lists each movie with its date and time and a tick box, on one US Letter page. Print it for the fridge or the television stand, and mark the nights you plan to watch. The two original app films are on it under Wednesday, Nov. 25.

To plan around the premieres, print a November 2026 calendar for the first weekend and a December 2026 calendar for the other three. For another network’s movie dates, see our Hallmark Countdown to Christmas 2026 schedule. For the days left before the holiday, see the Christmas 2026 calendar and countdown, and for Thanksgiving week viewing, the Thanksgiving 2026 television schedule.

How we keep this accurate

The dates, times and titles above match Lifetime’s schedule page, which we read on Nov. 14, 2026, and TVLine’s Oct. 15 report. Networks can move premieres and rename working titles, so check Lifetime’s listing on the day. If the schedule changes, this story, the tables and the printable will change together.