What Was the Best New Hallmark Holiday Movie of 2024? (POLL)
Every year, you know you can tune in to Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Mystery and have quite the pick of holiday movies between “Countdown to Christmas” and “Miracles of Christmas.” And every year, you know you end up having your favorite and the one you think was the best of the batch (sometimes the same one, sometimes not). With 47 new movies across the two linear networks and the streaming service Hallmark+, there are quite a number of contenders.
There were new movies in fan-favorite franchises (Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle was a great addition), sequels to big hits (Three Wiser Men and a Boy was just as entertaining as the first), long-awaited cast reunions (Santa Tell Me finally brought When Calls the Heart‘s Erin Krakow and Daniel Lissing back onscreen together), and even some sports mixed in (football in Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, with a Donna Kelce cameo, dog sledding in The Finnish Line). Hallmark got very meta (in all the best ways) in Sugarplummed, a rare holiday movie in which romance is not the main plot.
Hallmark took on The Amazing Race with Jingle Bell Run, which also partnered network faves Ashley Williams and Andrew Walker. Also working together (surprisingly!) for the first time were Lacey Chabert and Kristoffer Polaha in The Christmas Quest, which added a bit of a mystery to the tale that brought exes back together, and Kimberley Sustad and Benjamin Ayres in The Santa Class, in which they hid who looked to be the real Santa Claus among would-bes in their training program.
Let us know what you think the best Hallmark holiday movie of 2024 was in our poll below. And if your choice isn’t listed, head to the comments section. Also, share in the comments which was your favorite if that’s a different pick for you.
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Santa Class was so good Love Kimberly Sustad
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Santa Class
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A dance in the snow
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Holiday Crashers
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I loved Howlidays. Was very good.
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It wasn't a bad story, but beyond horrible acting....at least, in my opinion.
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Hanukkah On The Rocks
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Howlidays
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Five Year Christmas Party was very good, especially Katie Findley, and Holiday Crashers was fun. Anything that Kimberly Sustad is in is usually excellent, and fun when Paul Campbell pops in for a cameo.
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The Christmas Quest
I liked the different story line. Love any movie with Lacy.
Also enjoyed Hanukkah on the Rocks. Never seen a movie about Hanukkah, especially in a bar. Particularly good since it falls on the night of the 25th this year.
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I love them all ond watch more than once..Hallmark makes you smile and in the world we need to feel good and smile..favorite is Tyler. Andrew. And Paul..Kimberly Sustad is great great in Christmas by Starlight and To all a Good Night. She is great. Loved Margaret Colon in the 3 men and baby and boy movies. Love them all
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I am a Hallmark fan but I'd like to know why all Christmas movies are in fairly affluent areas?
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Because if you want to see one in a poor neighborhood, look out your window.
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I’d have to say my number one favorite was Happy Howlidays then 2nd Three Wisermen and a boy.
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A Dance in the Snow
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CHRISTMAS Quest
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I also really liked Same Time Next Year with Alison Swenson. I love the actor who plays her husband. He is great in anything he does!
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The Santa Class
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Santa Class
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Operation Nutcracker
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The Santa Class was Excellent!!!
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As much as I like most of the Hallmark holiday movies I think my all time favorite has got to be A Biltmore Christmas, hands down, followed by Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater.
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Santa Class. Kimberly Sustad and Paul Campbell collaborations are always excellent.
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I loved The Christmas Charade! More movies like this … let them do another caper!!
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Joyful Mrs.Miracle
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Holiday Crashers
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I thought the best one was ‘Twas the Date before Christmas- laugh out loud funny and poignant as well!
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I’m behind on watching the new Hallmarks this year. I’m most looking forward to whatever Ashley Williams is in but we’ll see. I’m no Chiefs fan but that one could be fun too. I also like Kimberly Sustad. Guess I’ve just planned out Christmas Day tv lol.
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Believe in Christmas
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my favorites were Santa Tell Me, 90s Christmas, and Tis the season to be Irish, but I liked novel Noel, twas the date before Christmas, Five gold rings, and Carol for Two. Sometimes I like the movie more for the concept than the acting but it's a plus if there's good chemistry. I wanted to be more into Hanukkah on the rocks but wasn't as strong as Round and Round or Hanukkah on Rye.
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A '90s Christmas was my favorite.
Great Christmas time travel story and love Eva Bourne.
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All the movies were terrible! Couldn't watch any of them
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Santa Class
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A Carol for Two and Holiday Crashers! Hanukkah on the Rocks is great too!
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Believe in Christmas was adorable. The characters were likable and it was a pleasure to watch. Megan Ory and John Reardon were a terrific leading couple. I would watch them again !
Also Leah’s First Christmas was entertaining and interesting.
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Santa Class…hands down!
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The Christmas Quest
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"Sugarplummed" sort of mocked the Hallmark holiday movies. I liked that the network can make fun of itself.
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I don’t think Hallmark did good this year. Not much in the way of movies related to kids and not much older movies added. Do better next year
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Three Wisermen and a Boy. So funny. The first one was just as funny. Love them both.
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My husband and I liked, " The Christmas Charade".
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This was a tough one. I keep a tracker with emoji ratings and tags by type of movie for every year's original movie. I watch them all so friends and fam don't have to. Thanks pandemic, for giving me the time to track and rate, useless hobby. I also found myself watching movies over again and not realizing until I was a half an hour in since so many are the same premise.
So far, only have 3 that got the elusive ❤️ emoji.
To Have and To Holiday for it's earnestness and feeling like I know every type of person in that movie, and loved the actors.
Sugarplummed for it's awareness of everything made fun of in the hallmark movies of the last 10 years,i call it the formula.
A Reason for the Season because it was the kind of story I started watching Hallmark movies for 20 years ago. The actors were authentic, it's usually hard to like the entitled, brat character, they write them so stereotypically. The writing and Taylor Cole in this one...i just loved the storytelling.
I still have 6 left to watch, so another may make it in. The closer to Christmas, the better quality movies usually come out.
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Christmas Island
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I enjoy all Hallmark movies and deciding on just one is just not done.
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The Christmas Quest - a mixture of adventure & rekindled romance.
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It's a tie between the Santa Class and a dance in the snow. The first was really funny and cute and the second was a really lovely story about inclusion.
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I watched them all but I really liked Five Gold Rings. I watched it the most. Definitely underrated. Thanks Hallmark for another good year. Happy Holidays to you
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A Novel Noel, This Time Each Year and Santa Tell Me were my favorites this season. The Chiefs Love Story was a good follow-up. A few of the others were ok. Just too predictable and slow. Looking forward to next year.
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All I Need for Christmas. Good writing and excellent acting!
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A Dance in the Snow!!
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Christmas with the singhs
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Best three didn't make their mediocre list above : Twas the date before Christmas, Trivia at St. Nicks, and To have and to holiday.
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Holiday Crashers
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The Santa Class was hilarious! It’s my favorite so far, even though I’m a huge Tyler Hynes admirer! 😉�
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Trivia at St Nicks.
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5 Year Christmas Party avoided many of the Christmas movie clichés about someone sacrificing their career to be with their person, immediately staying in town, etc.
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Holiday crashers for sure!!
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Scouting for Christmas!
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Holiday Crashers
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They were all great but I really loved Santa Tell Me and Howlidays.
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They are basically all the same... Put a little more effort and you may get more real men to watch
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