Great American Family is back with even more for its original Christmas movie lineup for the holidays.
With autumn upon us, we’re even closer to the holiday season and the channel, Great American Family, is getting ready to kick off its annual event titled “Great American Christmas”, which features original Christmas movies premiering every weekend. In addition to this, Christmas films will be on the air, “24/7 throughout the end of the year.” In its second year, it has increased by 50%.
Every weekend will feature a new film, and there look to be numerous choices and a variety of stories to fit every person’s taste. All new film premieres will air at 8 p.m. ET.
First up, on October 22, there’s Destined at Christmas. The characters of Kim and Theo meet with a spark during Black Friday shopping, but after they get separated following a power outage, it’ll take, “a little Christmas magic and destiny to bring them back together.” Many can relate to the idea of meeting someone amazing by happenstance and losing touch with them, so this film sure looks to be one to garner attention for its relatable quality.
There’s Catering Christmas on October 29 where the character of Molly Frost gets a gig that can help her struggling catering career by working for the annual Christmas Gala dinner for the Harrison Foundation. Frost soon develops feelings for Carson, the nephew of Jean Harrison, director of the Harrison Foundation, who is assigned in making sure all goes well with the dinner, leading to a more complicated situation. Any film when things get complicated is always one to grab one’s attention.
A Royal Christmas on Ice on November 5 has a prince coming to the United States and falling for a former Olympic ice skater and Love At the Christmas Contest on November 6 has a woman reluctant to celebrate the holidays after losing her mother and soon looking to the annual tree decorating contest to honor her memory, but things get tricky when her high school sweetheart and his daughter are also in the contest. From the inclusion of an athletic woman to seeing how much has changed with the passage of time since high school, both films look to have storylines that warm the heart.
A Merry Christmas Wish on November 12 has an advertising executive from NYC selling her hometown family farm which soon becomes the site for the annual Winter Wonderland in the town, an event she’s running with a childhood friend. This is a film that can relate to anyone who returns home after being born and raised in a small town and moving away to the big city.
My Best Friend’s Christmas on November 13 features a woman who has her best friend masquerade as her fake boyfriend after her former partner has moved on and Christmas at Pine Valley on November 19 features a woman who must convince a magazine reporter profiling her farm and home goods store that it is a family-run business as opposed to only run by her and family friends. Movies, where things are presented to not be as they really are, are relatable and a good option for captivating audiences.
November 20 has My Favorite Christmas Tree which has the character of Kyla and her sister going to the town of Conifer to help figure out her family history whereas November 25 has Christmas at the Drive-In, which has a property lawyer fighting to keep the local Drive In Theater open for the holidays, all while finding romance with the person trying to sell the theater.
I’m Glad It’s Christmas on November 26 has an aspiring Broadway singer choose between her professional dreams and love. The film’s cast includes Jessica Lowndes, Paul Greene, and the legendary Gladys Knight.
Candace Cameron Brue Presents A Christmas…Present on November 27 follows Maggie and Eric, who, “are busy parents of teenagers who embark on a trip to the home of Maggie’s widowed brother to celebrate Christmas.”
Christmas on Candy Cane Lane on December 3 is a comedy/mystery following Ivy, who, “struggles with the long shadow cast by her late mother, Muriel, the darling of Icicle Falls; head of the Candy Cane Lane Lights Extravaganza, owner of The Christmas Haus, and a former TV star known adoringly as the “’Christmas Maven.’” Each film shows how different holiday celebrations can be with different families, towns, and situations.
B&B Merry on December 4 has a luxury travel blogger who covers a small town learn all experiences can be five-star, “when shared with kindred spirits,” while Big Box Christmas on December 9 has two former partners stuck together after being stranded in a superstore before Christmas with no cell service.
A Prince for the Holidays on December 10 has an aspiring musician’s joke about dating a prince going too far and her having a friend impersonate the prince, while unbeknownst to her, he has a royal secret. Different circumstances can easily change how one can view a particular holiday season, as these films show.
December 11 has A Belgian Chocolate Christmas, which has a photographer replacing her friend’s spot at a Belgian culinary school but complications arise as with this different identity, validity is challenged when she falls for the chocolatier who leads the class.
A Brush with Christmas Romance on December 17 has a struggling artist toss away an art piece that is soon discovered and submitted to the Christmas art festival, thus beginning a search from a visiting artist to find who painted the piece.
The holiday movies wrap up with The Art of Christmas on December 18, where a new career choice in education for an artist leads to her discovering a new positive sense of purpose. As these films showcase, some things are meant to happen for a reason.
With so many movies, there looks to be plenty for audiences to enjoy, all with films that are positive for the entire family.
