Great American Family is making sure that everyone’s television screens remain merry and bright this holiday season!
Entertainment Weekly is exclusively revealing the premiere dates for Great American Media’s fifth annual “Great American Christmas” franchise, which features 16 brand-new holiday films that will be available to stream online via Great American Pure Flix or watch on Great American Family and GFAM+ starting Oct. 9. Spooky season? We only know the ho-ho-holidays over here.
This year’s televised tidings see actor and TV host Mario Lopez transform from an unhappy lawyer into a star firefighter in The Christmas Spark; an influencer find love while delivering a WWII nurse’s remains to an English castle in Mistletoe at the Manor; and Full House alum Candace Cameron Bure play the granddaughter of her real-life daughter, Natasha Bure, in Timeless Tidings of Joy. Lopez’s son, Dominic, also stars as a young boy desperate to receive this year’s hottest new toy for the holidays in Mario Lopez Presents: Chasing Christmas.
Find out everything you need to know about Great American Family’s holiday movie lineup below.
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A Wisconsin Christmas Pie
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Katie Leclerc and Ryan Carnes
Premieres: Oct. 9 on Great American Pure Flix; Oct. 11 at 8 p.m. ET on Great American Family and GFAM+
Cast: Katie Leclerc and Ryan Carnes
Official description: “A pastry chef (Leclerc) returns home to Door County, Wis., for Christmas and finds that saving her family’s orchard — and her heart — may depend on the perfect pie and a second chance at love.”
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A Christmas Prayer
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Christopher Russell and Shae Robins
Premieres: Oct. 16 on Great American Pure Flix; Oct. 18 at 8 p.m. ET on Great American Family and GFAM+.
Cast: Shae Robins and Christopher Russell
Official description: “In A Christmas Prayer, Natalie (Robins), a weary children’s book illustrator, rediscovers her creativity and faith when she secretly fulfills the heartfelt prayer-list of a little girl, unknowingly becoming the answer to the girl’s father’s (Russell) Christmas wish for love, healing, and hope.”
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Once Upon a Christmas Crown
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Ellise Roth in ‘Once Upon a Christmas Crown’
Premieres: Oct. 23 on Great American Pure Flix; Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. ET on Great American Family and GFAM+
Cast: Ellise Roth and Callum Buckley
Official description: “In Once Upon A Christmas Crown, Princess Charlotte (Roth) of Marovia, a duty-bound princess, escapes to a New England town at Christmas, where a secret baking contest — and an unexpected romance (Buckley) — teach her that love may be life’s true crowning achievement.”
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Christmas Of Giving (working title)
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Julia Reilly, Ash Tsai, and Marshall Williams
Premieres: Oct. 30 on Great American Pure Flix; Nov. 1 at 8 p.m. ET on Great American Family and GFAM+
Cast: Ash Tsai, Marshall Williams, and Julia Reilly
Official description: “In Christmas of Giving, when a weary non-profit director (Tsai) faces dwindling donations and perceives she may be replaced just days before Christmas, the return of an old love (Williams) and a new and unexpected ally (Reilly) teach her that letting go may be the only way to save both her mission and her heart.”
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Christmas in Midnight Clear
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Alicia Josipovic and Jon McLaren
Premieres: Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. ET on Great American Pure Flix; Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. ET on Great American Family
Cast: Alicia Josipovic and Jon McLaren
Official description: “A high-powered real estate developer (Josipovic), burdened by a costly setback, arrives in the struggling town of Midnight Clear just before Christmas, where she meets a local pastor (McLaren) and learns saving the community may require opening her heart as much as her checkbook.”
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Timeless Tidings of Joy
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Natasha Bure and Candace Cameron Bure in ‘Timeless Tidings of Joy’
Premieres: Nov. 13 on Great American Pure Flix; Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. ET on Great American Family and GFAM+
Cast: Candace Cameron Bure, Natasha Bure, and Paul Greene
Official description: “When Ally (Cameron Bure) returns home to sell her grandmother’s (Bure) letterpress shop — long seen as a burden — she meets an old soul (Greene) determined to preserve its legacy, and together they discover that faith, sacrifice, and love can rewrite both the shop’s fate and their own.”
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Christmas on Every Page
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Jake Allyn and Rose Reid
Premieres: Nov. 20 on Great American Pure Flix; Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. ET on Great American Family and GFAM+
Cast: Rose Reid and Jake Allyn
Official description: “An advertising executive (Reid) returns to her hometown to help save her family’s struggling bookstore. While there, she partners with a local craftsman (Allyn) to design and paint a Christmas mural that not only brings the community together but also rekindles her own sense of creativity and connection.”
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The Christmas Spark
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Ali Cobrin and Mario Lopez
Premieres: Nov. 26 on Great American Pure Flix; Nov. 28 at 8 p.m. ET on Great American Family and GFAM+
Cast: Mario Lopez and Ali Cobrin
Official description: “At Christmastime, a passed-over corporate lawyer (Lopez) joins his small town’s fire department, where he competes with a fallen hero’s son — and finds unexpected sparks with his widowed mom (Cobrin).”
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There’s No Place Like Christmas
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Sam Page and Cindy Busby
Premieres: Nov. 27 on Great American Pure Flix; Nov. 30 at 8 p.m. ET on Great American Family and GFAM+
Cast: Cindy Busby and Sam Page
Official description: “A big city realtor (Busby) returns to her hometown to lead the local real estate office during its most crucial revenue season. But when she clashes with a charming photographer (Page), she must decide if success means chasing her career – or following her heart.”
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Cranberries and Carols
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Jill Wagner and Trevor Donovan
Premieres: Dec. 4 on Great American Pure Flix; Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. ET on Great American Family and GFAM+
Cast: Jill Wagner and Trevor Donovan
Official description: “When a devoted café owner (Wagner) returns home to help her family host the town’s cherished Yuletide Potluck, she unexpectedly reunites with the man from a disastrous blind date 20 years ago — a military engineer (Donovan) — only to discover that Christmas may serve them both with a second chance at love.”
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Have We Met This Christmas?
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Jesse Hutch and Danica McKellar
Premieres: Dec. 11 on Great American Pure Flix; Dec. 13 at 8 p.m. ET on Great American Family and GFAM+
Cast: Danica McKellar and Jesse Hutch
Official description: “After a car accident leaves ambitious real estate executive Katie Sloan (McKellar) with amnesia at a cozy mountain inn, she unexpectedly falls for the innkeeper’s son (Hutch) from her forgotten past — while helping his family fight to save their beloved lodge before her memory returns and threatens their second chance at love.”
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Coupled Up for Christmas
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Sara Canning and Marcus Rosner
Premieres: Dec. 12 on Great American Pure Flix
Cast: Sara Canning and Marcus Rosner
Official description: “Two heartbroken singles (Canning, Rosner), desperate to win back their exes, hatch a scheme to pretend they are madly in love – only to discover that the real sparks flying may be between them.”
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A Royal Christmas Tail
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Brittany Underwood and Jonathan Stoddard
Premieres: Dec. 14 at 8 p.m. ET on Great American Family and GFAM+
Cast: Jonathan Stoddard and Brittany Underwood
Official description: “When a dashing prince trades a glass slipper for a dog tag, he embarks on a heartwarming Christmas quest to find the mysterious woman — and her adorable pup — who captured his heart in one magical holiday moment.”
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Mario Lopez Presents: Chasing Christmas
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Jillian Murray and Trevor Donovan
Premieres: Dec. 19 on Great American Pure Flix; Dec. 21 at 8 p.m. ET on Great American Family and GFAM+
Cast: Jillian Murray, Trevor Donovan, and Dominic Lopez
Official description: “A wish tree unites a morning show host (Donovan) and an artist (Murray) as they race across Buffalo with the host’s daughter and the artist’s son (Lopez) to find the season’s hottest toy — discovering love and family along the way.”
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