We don’t have to wait for winter. Hallmark delivers Christmas (movies) in July.
We’re almost there. We’re just a little more than three months out from the launch of Hallmark’s Christmas Movie Season. (It starts Oct. 27, and yes, that’s before Halloween. Deal.)
To give us the frost-covered strength to hang on through summer, Hallmark will once again deliver a little Christmas in July.
Starting Friday (July 13) at noon, Hallmark’s Christmas Keepsake Holiday Preview will feature some of the network’s best original Christmas movies, including “The Christmas Cottage,” which is based on a novel by Wake Forest author Stacey Cotrufo (6 p.m. July 13 for starters, but it’s on the schedule several times).
The Christmas Keepsake Preview runs through Saturday, July 28. (FYI: the network’s “Summer Nights” series starts after the last Christmas Keepsake movie with “Love on Safari.”)
Here are some schedule highlights (full schedule here), but movies run pretty much around-the-clock on the weekends. And when you tune in, don’t forget our trusty Hallmark Christmas Movie Drinking Game — just watch responsibly.
Friday, July 13
Noon.: Miss Christmas
2 p.m.: Sharing Christmas
4 p.m.: A Royal Christmas
6 p.m.: The Christmas Cottage
8 p.m.: Finding Santa
Saturday, July 14
6 a.m.: Let It Snow
8 a.m.: My Christmas Dream
10 a.m.: A Wish for Christmas
Noon: A December Bride
2 p.m.: A Gift to Remember
4 p.m.: Marry Me at Christmas
6 p.m.: With Love, Christmas
8 p.m.: Christmas Next Door
Sunday, July 15
6 a.m.: A Dream of Christmas
8 a.m.: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
10 a.m.: A Royal Christmas
Noon: Christmas Under Wraps
2 p.m.: Switched for Christmas
4 p.m.: Miss Christmas
6 p.m.: Christmas at Holly Lodge
8 p.m.: Coming Home for Christmas
Monday, July 16
Noon: A December Bride
2 p.m.: A Very Merry Mix-Up
4 p.m.: A Gift to Remember
6 p.m.: Christmas Connection
8 p.m.: Marry Me at Christmas
Tuesday, July 17
Noon: The Mistletoe Promise
2 p.m.: The Christmas Cottage
4 p.m.: Enchanted Christmas
6 p.m.: Switched for Christmas
8 p.m.: The Mistletoe Inn
Wednesday, July 18
Noon: Crown for Christmas
2 p.m.: Christmas Getaway
4 p.m.: 12 Gifts of Christmas
6 p.m.: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
8 p.m.: Coming Home for Christmas
Thursday, July 19
Noon: Snow Bride
2 p.m.: Christmas Incorporated
4 p.m.: Royal New Year’s Eve
6 p.m.: Christmas Under Wraps
8 p.m.: The Nine Lives of Christmas
Friday, July 20
Noon: A Christmas Detour
2 p.m.: My Christmas Dream
4 p.m.: A Wish for Christmas
6 p.m.: Christmas Next Door
8 p.m.: Christmas at Holly Lodge
Saturday, July 21
6 a.m.: Royal New Year’s Eve
8 a.m.: Sharing Christmas
10 a.m.: Christmas Connection
Noon: Miss Christmas
2 p.m.: Coming Home for Christmas
4 p.m.: Christmas Getaway
6 p.m.: Finding Santa
8 p.m.: Switched for Christmas
10 p.m.: Christmas: A First Look Preview Special (Premiere)
Sunday, July 22
6 a.m.: Crown for Christmas
8 a.m.: Mistletoe Inn
10 a.m.: Christmas Next Door
Noon: Enchanted Christmas
2 p.m.: The Sweetest Christmas
4 p.m.: The Christmas Cottage
6 p.m.: Christmas in Evergreen
8 p.m.: A Gift to Remember
Monday, July 23
Noon: My Christmas Love
2 p.m.: A Bride for Christmas
4 p.m.: Coming Home for Christmas
6 p.m.: Christmas Getaway
8 p.m.: With Love, Christmas
Tuesday, July 24
Noon: Christmas Land
2 p.m.: Christmas Cookies
4 p.m.: Christmas Under Wraps
6 p.m.: Christmas at Holly Lodge
8 p.m.: The Sweetest Christmas
Wednesday, July 25
Noon: A Wish for Christmas
2 p.m.: Christmas Next Door
4 p.m.: Finding Santa
6 p.m.: Marry Me at Christmas
8 p.m.: A Gift to Remember
Thursday, July 26
Noon: Christmas in Homestead
2 p.m.: A Cookie Cutter Christmas
4 p.m.: A December Bride
6 p.m.: Christmas in Evergreen
8 p.m.: Switched for Christmas