The Hallmark Channel is partnering with Brad Paisley and many more to be among the latest outlets joining in to help the Grand Ole Opry celebrate its 100th birthday and beyond.
Christmas 2025 will feature “A Grand Ole Opry Christmas,” a new, original movie starring Nikki DeLoach and Kristoffer Polaha. The film will premiere during the Hallmark Channel’s 16th annual Countdown to Christmas programming event occurring at a yet-to-be-disclosed time later this year.
Production begins later this month at the Opry House.
The film tells the story of the daughter of a country music icon who distanced herself from her father’s legacy after he tragically died. The Grand Ole Opry invites her to represent him at their centennial Christmas celebration, but she’s hesitant to return. Once she does, she’s transported back three decades prior. A press statement adds that “some Christmas magic” allows father and daughter to spend time together. The result? She’s inspired to finish a song she began working on decades earlier as a teenager.
Brad Paisley to be a major player in Hallmark’s 2025 holiday season offerings
Grammy-winning Opry member Brad Paisley will be busy during Hallmark’s holiday season.
Brad Paisley performs during the CMT Giants: Alabama show at The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts in Nashville on Jan. 17, 2024.
Not only will he record the official anthem for the Hallmark Channel’s 2025 “Countdown to Christmas” on-air campaign, but he will also contribute original music for “A Grand Ole Opry Christmas” and appear in the film.
“The Hallmark Channel to me is a major part of finding the joy and the spirit of the holidays. We turn it on and leave it on in our house like Christmas tree lights or decorations, it’s a major part of the atmosphere for us,” Paisley said in a press statement.
The “Whiskey Lullaby” performer added that he “loved the challenge of creating that same magic with this music by letting it take you to the same place that these movies and this world Hallmark has built.”
Movie not the only Hallmark, Grand Ole Opry pairing during 2025 holiday season
“Our goal in this milestone year is to put the Opry, its artists and the rich songwriting traditions that have made country music a global sensation in front of more people than ever before,” added Colin Reed, Executive Chairman of Ryman Hospitality Properties, the Opry’s parent company.
“Our partnership with Hallmark brings these elements to life this holiday season through a creative and uplifting take on a uniquely Nashville story.”
That partnership is also set to include an exclusive collection of Hallmark and Opry co-branded products, including greeting cards, apparel, accessories, jewelry and gifts.
The collection will be available to shop later this year at Hallmark.com, Shop.Opry.com, The Opry Shops and at Kansas City’s Hallmark Christmas Experience.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry to get Hallmark movie: Cast, plot details
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