All the Christmas Movies Coming to Great American Family in 2022
Great American Christmas — which started on October 21 — is underway, and so we’re rounding up all the films, starring your holiday movie favorites, coming this season.
Great American Family’s holiday programming franchise returned on Friday, October 21, with a slate of new original holiday movie premieres every Saturday and Sunday. Plus, Christmas movies will be airing all day and all night through the end of 2022.
This year’s selections include Candace Cameron Bure’s first Christmas film with the network, as well as one she developed that stars Andrea Barber (it’s a Full House reunion!). Other familiar Christmas movie faces include Danica McKellar, Jill Wagner, Cameron Mathison, and Jen Lilley.
Scroll down to check out everything we know about the 2022 Great American Christmas movies, from the casts to air dates. Check back for updates.
Destined at Christmas
Stars: Shae Robins, Casey Elliott
Air date: Saturday, October 22
Kim and Theo meet amid Black Friday shopping madness but there’s a definite spark between them. When a power outage causes some panic at a store, the couple gets separated. With Christmas coming, there should be plenty of distractions, but neither Kim nor Theo can forget the other. Both yearn to find each other but how with so little information to go on? It’ll take a little Christmas magic and destiny to bring them back together.
Catering Christmas
Stars: Merritt Patterson, Daniel Lissing
Air date: Saturday, October 29
A fledgling caterer, Molly Frost, is hired by Jean Harrison, the perfectionistic director of the renowned Harrison Foundation, to cater this year’s annual Christmas Gala dinner. Things get complicated when Molly falls for Jean’s nephew, Carson, 30s, a photographer with no desire to take over the family’s foundation — until his aunt assigns him to the task of making sure the catered dinner goes perfectly.
A Royal Christmas on Ice
Stars: Anna Marie Dobbins, Jonathan Stoddard
Air date: Saturday, November 5
Looking to escape his Royal life, a dashing prince comes to the United States to start a business in a small town in upstate New York and winds up falling for a former Olympic ice skater.
Love At the Christmas Contest (working title)
Stars: Samantha Cope, Ross Jirgl
Air date: Sunday, November 6
For as long as she can remember, Angie’s favorite part of Christmas has been the Christmas Eve tree lighting in town square. But this Christmas, her first without her mom, Angie doesn’t feel much like celebrating… until she learns her mom had always dreamed of winning the annual tree decorating contest and seeing her tree lit up in town square. Angie realizes winning the contest and decorating the town’s tree is the perfect way to honor her mom. What Angie isn’t expecting is her high school sweetheart David and his adorable daughter Gabby to enter the contest, too.
A Merry Christmas Wish
Stars: Jill Wagner, Cameron Mathison
Air date: Saturday, November 12
An NYC advertising executive returns to her hometown to sell the family farm, but instead reconnects with her childhood friend and gets involved with organizing the yearly Winter Wonderland, which takes place on the property.
My Best Friend’s Christmas
Stars: Breanne Hill, Colton Little
Air date: Sunday, November 13
When a woman returns home to find her ex in a relationship, she enlists her best friend to act as her fake boyfriend for the holidays.
My Favorite Christmas Tree
Stars: Emma Johnson, Giles Panton (above in Christmas on Holly Lane)
Air date: Sunday, November 20
Kyla is a skilled genealogy researcher who’s made a thriving business of putting together family trees. When she comes across new information regarding her mother’s mysterious extended family, Kyla and her sister travel to the charming town of Conifer, hoping to piece together their ancestry. The search leads Kyla to a generations-old Christmas tree farm, its stubborn, handsome owner – and potentially, love.
Christmas at the Drive-In
Stars: Danica McKellar, Neal Bledsoe
Air date: Friday, November 25
A property lawyer works to prove that her town’s Drive In Theater, a local institution is not closed down at the holidays, finding romance with the very person who is trying to sell the property.
I’m Glad It’s Christmas
Stars: Jessica Lowndes, Paul Greene, and Gladys Knight
Air date: Saturday, November 26
An aspiring Broadway singer is convinced to participate in a small-scale production for her local Christmas celebration. Along the way, she finds hope and unexpected mentorship towards her dream career. But will her professional success come at the cost of her chance at love?
A Christmas…Present
Stars: Candace Cameron Bure, Marc Blucas
Air date: Sunday, November 27
Maggie (Bure) and Eric Larson (Blucas), professionals and parents of a busy family who make the decision to travel to Maggie’s widowed brother’s home for Christmas. Everyone in the family has different expectations for the holiday. Through a series of transformative events, Maggie learns to embrace the reason for the season.
Christmas on Candy Cane Lane
Stars: Andrea Barber, Dan Payne
Air date: Saturday, December 3
Ivy 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.” This Christmas, a series of comical and mysterious events bring the town together in a masterstroke of perfection only the “Christmas Maven” herself could appreciate. A Candy Rock Entertainment production.
B&B Merry
Stars: Jen Lilley, Jesse Hutch
Air date: Sunday, December 4
Renowned luxury travel blogger, Tracey Moore, is invited to a Christmastime getaway in exchange for a review of a smalltown B&B. Despite her initial reservations, she finds herself wanting to help the property… and falling for the owner’s handsome son, Graham, who helps her to learn that every experience can be five-star when shared with kindred spirits.
Big Box Christmas (working title)
Stars: Jennifer Freeman, Garrett Watson
Air date: Friday, December 9
Two exes finally reconnect when a snowstorm leaves them stranded in a superstore (without cell service or Wi-Fi) just before Christmas.
A Prince for the Holidays (working title)
Stars: Cindy Busby, Jilon VanOver
Air date: Saturday, December 10
Madison, an aspiring musician, jokingly tells her overbearing family that she is dating the prince of a small European nation. The joke goes too far as her friend and co-worker Sebastian is roped into impersonating the prince while visiting her family in New Jersey. Little does Madison know that Sebastian happens to be hiding a royal secret.
A Belgian Chocolate Christmas
Stars: Jaclyn Hales, Zane Stephens
Air date: Sunday, December 11
A photographer takes her best friend’s place at a Belgian culinary school at the holidays and connects with the chocolatier leading the class. As romance begins to bloom, the only problem is a case of mistaken identity.
A Brush with Christmas Romance (working title)
Stars: Jillian Murray, Joseph Cannata
Air date: Saturday, December 17
Over the week leading up to Christmas, Charlotte tries to capture her own unique style in the local art scene while also helping her mother run the family restaurant. Disheartened and struggling to find time for her art, Charlotte throws out her latest painting, only to discover that it has been anonymously submitted to the Christmas art festival. It turns out that Wyatt, a visiting artist, stumbled upon her discarded work and is now using the festival’s exposure to find its mysterious creator who has stolen his heart with her craft.
The Art of Christmas
Stars: Brigitte Kingsley, Joe Towne
Air date: Sunday, December 18
After her latest gallery exhibition literally goes up in flames, struggling artist Liv James accepts a teaching job at a local elementary school to make ends meet. Through this reluctant career move she discovers her true self, a new sense of purpose and a surprising romance.
