Christmas Above the Clouds

Matt Roush says...

The Yule Log: Hallmark Channel takes to the skies and an iconic European river as backdrops for this weekend’s Christmas movies. In Christmas Above the Clouds (Saturday, 8/7c), When Calls the Heart‘s Erin Krakow stars as a workaholic CEO who tries to escape the holiday by taking the long flight to Australia, where, in the tradition of Scrooge, she’s haunted by her past, present, and future life choices. In A Keller Christmas Vacation (Sunday, 8/7c), inspired by star and executive producer Jonathan Bennett‘s own family getaways, a Danube River cruise through European Christmas markets awaits three siblings — Dylan (Bennett), older brother Cal (Brandon Routh), and sister Emory (The Middle‘s Eden Sher) — who’ve grown apart.

More yuletide drama: On Great American Family, A Very Curious Christmas (Saturday, 8/7c) stars Brittany Bristow as a reporter doggedly seeking the culprit responsible for Christmas displays going missing all over town. Ash Tsai stars in GAF’s Christmas of Giving (Sunday, 8/7c) as a non-profit director hoping for a Christmas miracle. On UPtv: A Soldier for Christmas (Saturday, 7/6c) stars Renay Rayes as a military widow who finds new love; and in A Royal Christmas Manor (Sunday, 7/6c), Kirk Barker stars as Prince Alexander of Fredonia, who goes incognito to a cozy inn to experience an all-American Christmas, where he meets and falls for Katie (Brianna Cohen), who runs the inn.

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