A Pickleball Christmas

Matt Roush says...

The Yule Log: This was inevitable. Lifetime’s A Pickleball Christmas (Saturday, 8/7c) exploits the trendy sports craze, with One Tree Hill alum James Rafferty starring as a tennis pro who teams with a pickleball coach (Zibby Allen) for a holiday tournament to save his Florida family’s struggling local racquet club. Also on the Christmas movie marquee: On Hallmark Channel, A Make or Break Holiday (Saturday, 8/7c) takes a stressed-out couple (Hunter King and Evan Roderick) to the brink of separation when they host their families for the holidays; and in The Christmas Baby (Sunday, 8/7c), Ali Liebert and Katherine Barrell are a couple who aim to foster and adopt the baby boy who was left on their doorstep. On Great America Family: Another Sweet Christmas (Saturday, 8/7c), which enjoyed a brief run in theaters earlier this month, stars Candace Cameron Bure and Cameron Mathison as a couple whose love story inspires the production of a Christmas movie in their hometown; and Mario Lopez Presents: Chasing Christmas (Sunday, 8/7) stars Trevor Donovan as a morning-show host who joins an artist (Jillian Murray) and their children in a search for the season’s most coveted toy. UPtv’s The Best Thing About Christmas (Saturday, 8/7c) tells the musical story of a singer-songwriter coping with personal loss at the holidays, and Christmas with the Knightlys (Sunday, 7/6c) stars Celeste Desjardins as a teacher who agrees to pose as the girlfriend of a billionaire’s son. For laughs, CNN presents the rescheduled premiere of Roy Wood Jr.‘s Very Very Very Merry Holiday Special (Saturday, 8/7c), with the Daily Show alum making merry in Washington, D.C. with Dulcé Sloan, Craig Robinson, Jesse James Decker, and the U.S. Air Force Band.

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