Great American Family Christmas Movie Calendar 2024: The Full Schedule

[Update, Oct. 31: Great American Family has shuffled around its schedule and renamed some of its movies. Please find the updated schedule below!]

Don't be a Scrooge! Great American Family, the faith-based cable network, is ringing in the Christmas cheer with a festive lineup of 16 original family-driven holiday movies. (For the record, that's down from 20 in 2023.) "Great American Christmas," its annual programming event, began Saturday, Oct. 12 — one day after Hallmark kicks off its monster holiday schedule — and will premiere new movies every weekend through Sunday, Dec. 22.

Candace Cameron Bure will pull double duty this year, headlining two new films: A Christmas Less Traveled with Eric Johnson (Nov. 16) and Home Sweet Christmas with Cameron Mathison (Dec. 1). Other top stars you can expect to see across the slate include Danica McKellar, Jill Wagner, Jen Lilley, Merritt Patterson, Trevor Donovan, and Gladys Knight, as well as married couples Mario and Courtney Lopez, and Carlos and Alexa PenaVega. 

Great American Family is also offering a robust collection of library titles and acquisitions of past holiday favorites, such as 2013's Let It Snow (interestingly enough, a Hallmark original)starring Bure and Alan Thicke, and 2019's When Hope Calls Christmas. Nearly two dozen movies will be available to stream over the course of the holidays on Great American Family's subscription streaming service, Pure Flix, starting Thursday, Oct. 17.

So pour yourself a cup of peppermint tea, cozy up by the fireplace, and scroll down to see which of the 16 new "Great American Christmas" movies, complete with casts and official loglines, will get you in a merry mood.

More Christmas movies:

• Hallmark's 2024 Christmas movie schedule
• Hallmark's Christmas movies in photos
• Here are all of Lifetime's holiday movies in 2024

Not sure where Great American Family is on your TV dial? You can find out by texting "FAMILY" to 877-999-1225 or typing in your zip code in the channel finder.

"Great American Christmas" Movie Schedule

Premiere times are 8pm ET/PT

Saturday, Oct. 12

Christmas Wreaths and Ribbons (new title; formerly Wreathmaker Christmas)
Stars: Kristin Wollett, Casey Elliott
Logline: A wreathmaker slips on ice and injures her arm which puts her holiday wreath deliveries in jeopardy until a selfless neighbor steps up to keep her business afloat.

Saturday, Oct. 19

A Vintage Christmas
Stars: Merritt Patterson, Christopher Russell
Logline: A dedicated preservationist battles a developer's ambitions to tear down a historic post office with ties to her family. The choice of old versus new threatens to divide the small town unless there is a solution for the greater good of all concerned.

Saturday, Oct. 26

A Christmas Castle Proposal
Stars: Rhiannon Fish, Mitchell Bourke
Logline: Olivia, a commoner, travels with Prince Alexander to his family's magical palace, Torovia, so their families can spend a first Christmas together. The couple's plans for an enchanted Christmas are threatened by comedic mishaps caused by cultural differences between the families.

Saturday, Nov. 2

Tails of Christmas (new title; formerly A Shelter and Season's Greetings)
Stars: Ash Tsai, Eric Guilmette
Logline: Caleb is injured in the army and recovers through help from shelter therapy dogs. As a sign of thanks, Caleb returns home to help Amber run the local shelter and, in the process, discovers his feelings for Amber go beyond gratitude. 

Saturday, Nov. 9

Christmas Under the Northern Lights (new title; formerly Sleigh Bells and Sugarplums)
Stars: Jill Wager, Jesse Hutch
Logline: A historian seeks inspiration for her next project in her family's hometown of Aurora, which is famous for experiencing the Northern Lights. While there, she bonds with a local tour guide who shows her the town's Christmas traditions and witnesses a harbinger of miracles to come.

Sunday, Nov. 10

Coupled Up for Christmas
Stars: Sara Canning, Marcus Rosner
Logline: Two heartbroken strangers pretend to be dating others to win the affection of their true soulmates.

Saturday, Nov. 16

A Christmas Less Traveled
Stars: Candace Cameron Bure, Eric Johnson
Logline: A local business owner finds an audio cassette in the player of her recently departed dad's classic red truck. The message instructs Desi to go on a holiday road trip down memory lane where she meets a man in need of assistance and who offers help in return. 

Sunday, Nov. 17

A Christmas Quilt (new title; formerly The Fabric of Christmas)
Stars: Ferelith Young, Harmon Walsh
Logline: Liam and Amy, a quilting teacher, come together to make the perfect quilt for Liam's sister's Christmas wedding. Two headstrong people discover the importance of putting personal differences aside to create what is most important at Christmas.

Saturday, Nov. 23

A Little Women's Christmas
Stars: Trevor Donovan, Jen Lilley, Jillian Murray, Laura Osnes, Julia Reilly, Jesse Hutch, Gladys Knight
Logline: A modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel. 

Sunday, Nov. 24

Christmas by Candlelight
Stars: Erin Agostino, Harmon Walsh
Logline: Juliet pitches Christmas candles to her boss to earn a promotion and enlists the help of a candle store owner, Tom, who refuses at first but reluctantly agrees when he realizes the money will help make his daughter's Christmas wish come true. 

Thursday, Nov. 28

I Heard the Bells — NETWORK PREMIERE 
Stars: Stephen Atherholf, Jonathan Blair, Rachel Day Hughes
Logline: Airing commercial-free, the 2022 film is the inspiring, true story behind the beloved Christmas carol and the song's author, America's beloved poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Known as "America's poet," Henry leads an idyllic life… until the day his world is shattered by tragedy. With a nation divided by Civil War and his family torn apart, Henry puts down his pen, silenced by grief. But it's the sound of Christmas morning that reignites the poet's lost voice as he discovers the resounding hope of rekindled faith. 

Friday, Nov. 29

A Cinderella Christmas Ball
Stars: Danica McKellar, Oliver Rice; choreography by Gleb Savchenko
Logline: With only the internet, a plane ticket, and a lifelong determination to find her birth family, Chelsea travels to a royal hamlet, Havenshire, at Christmas. Along the way, Chelsea sneaks into a castle, teaches a stubborn prince how to dance, and looks to be in the perfect place when the bells toll Christmas Eve. 

Thursday, Nov. 28

I Heard the Bells (encore presentation)

Sunday. Dec. 1

Home Sweet Christmas
Stars: Candace Cameron Bure, Cameron Mathison
Logline: Two former childhood friends reunite after a beloved family member passes, leaving the future of his magical maple sugar farm in their hands.

Saturday, Dec. 7

Once Upon a Christmas Wish
Stars: Mario Lopez, Courtney Lopez
Logline: A local mayor discovers his childhood Christmas wishes are coming true. With his childhood friend, the pair can inspire residents to showcase the town's warmth and values while pushing back a major developer's desire to take the community in a different direction.

Sunday, Dec. 8

Let It Snow — NETWORK PREMIERE
Stars: Candace Cameron Bure, Jesse Hutch, Alan Thicke
Logline: Premiering on the network, the 2013 movie — which premiered on Hallmark Channel — follows an executive who evaluates her company's property and begins to draw up plans for transforming a rustic old lodge into a hot tourist attraction.

Sunday, Dec. 15

Christmas in Scotland
Stars: Jill Wintemitz, Dominic Watters
Logline: A New York installation designer helps a small Scottish community create a dazzling light display to win the "Best Christmas Village" festival. The designer is forced to work with a wealthy heir who doesn't like Christmas, though feelings may change if the pair succeeds in creating joy for the community.

Saturday, Dec. 21

Get Him Back for Christmas
Stars: Alexa PenaVega, Carlos PenaVega; special appearances by Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, Mario Lopez, Victoria Jackson, Natasha Bure
Logline: Bella made it big in music. Jack stayed behind in his hometown working at the Salvation Army to help his family after his dad passed. Bella returns home after a heartbreaking split with her chart-topping singing partner and asks Jack to write the perfect song to get her boyfriend back. Carlos PenaVega writes and performs an original song, "Get Him Back for Christmas," for the film at AT&T Stadium. 

Sunday, Dec. 22

A Royal Christmas Ballet
Stars: Brittany Underwood, Jonathan Stoddard
Logline: A retired ballerina is pressed into service working with a visiting team of royal ambassadors to put on the season's performance of The Nutcracker and finds herself center stage in an unexpected Christmas romance. 

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