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MARRY CHRISTMAS Trailer (2024) Donna Lawrence, Matthew Lawrence, Andrew Lawrence, Joey Lawrence
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“Marry Christmas,” a holiday film starring brothers Joey Lawrence, Matthew Lawrence, and Andrew Lawrence, hits Digital on December 3 via Shout! Studios. AppleTV, Amazon, YouTube Movies, and Fandago at Home are among the digital retailers that will carry the title.

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The narrative centers on the Wright Brothers (Joey Lawrence, Matthew Lawrence) as they try to navigate a Christmas wedding day with their fiances. With both siblings unwittingly scheduling their nuptials on the same day, chaos is bound to happen.
“Marry Christmas” is a total family affair, as their mother Donna Lawrence is a producer on the project. Andrew Lawrence, who also stars in the movie, directed the project.
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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Japanese theatrical release poster
Directed by Nagisa Ōshima
Screenplay by
Nagisa Ōshima
Paul Mayersberg
Based on The Seed and the Sower
1963 novel
by Sir Laurens van der Post
Produced by Jeremy Thomas
Starring
David Bowie
Tom Conti
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Takeshi Kitano
Jack Thompson
Cinematography Toichiro Narushima
Edited by Tomoyo Ōshima
Music by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Production
companies
National Film Trustee Company
Antares-Nova N.V.
Recorded Picture Company
Oshima Productions
Asahi National Broadcasting
Broadbank Investments
Distributed by
Shochiku Fuji
Nippon Herald Films (Japan)
Palace Pictures (United Kingdom)
Everand Films (New Zealand)
Release dates
10 May 1983 (Cannes)
28 May 1983 (Japan)
25 August 1983 (United Kingdom)
Running time 123 minutes
Countries
Japan[1]
United Kingdom
New Zealand[2]
Languages
English
Japanese
Box office ¥990 million (Japan rentals)
$2.3 million (USA)
2.8 million tickets (overseas)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Japanese: 戦場のメリークリスマス, Hepburn: Senjō no Merī Kurisumasu, lit. 'Battlefield's Merry Christmas'), also known as Furyo (Japanese for "prisoner of war"),[3] is a 1983 war film co-written and directed by Nagisa Ōshima, co-written by Paul Mayersberg, and produced by Jeremy Thomas. The film is based on the experiences of Sir Laurens van der Post (portrayed by Tom Conti as Lt. Col. John Lawrence) as a prisoner of war in Java (Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies) during World War II, as depicted in his books The Seed and the Sower (1963) and The Night of the New Moon (1970). It stars David Bowie, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano and Jack Thompson; Sakamoto also composed and played the musical score including the vocal version of the main theme "Forbidden Colours", with lyrics written and sung by David Sylvian.[4]

The film was entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival in competition for the Palme d'Or.[5] Sakamoto's score won the film a BAFTA Award for Best Film Music.

Plot
In 1942, Captain Yonoi is the commander of the POW camp in Lebak Sembada in Japanese-occupied Java. A strict adherent to the bushido code, his only sources of connection to the prisoners lie in the empathetic Lt. Col. John Lawrence, the only inmate fluent in Japanese, and the abrasive spokesman Gp. Capt. Hicksley, who repeatedly resists Yonoi's attempts to find weapons experts among the prisoners for the Japanese army's interests. Lawrence has befriended Sgt. Gengo Hara, but remains at odds with the rest of the staff. Summoned to the military trial of the recently captured Major Jack Celliers, Yonoi is fascinated by his resilience and has him interned at the camp. After the trial, Yonoi confides in Lawrence that he is haunted with shame due to his absence during the February 26 Incident, believing he should have died alongside the rebels and implying that his focus on honour stems from this. Sensing a kindred spirit in Celliers, Yonoi's fascination grows into a romantic obsession: he treats him specially, watches him sleep, and repeatedly asks Hara about him in private.

When the inmates are made to fast as punishment for insubordination during the forced seppuku of a guard (Okura), Celliers sneaks in food. The guards catch him and find a smuggled radio during the subsequent investigation, forcing him and Lawrence to take the blame. Yonoi's batman, realizing the hold Celliers has on him, attempts to kill Celliers in his sleep that night, but fails after he wakes up and escapes, freeing Lawrence too. Yonoi catches Celliers and challenges him to a duel in exchange for his freedom, but Celliers refuses; the batman returns and kills himself for his failure, urging Yonoi to kill Celliers before his feelings overpower him.

At the funeral, Lawrence learns that he and Celliers will be executed for the radio, despite the lack of evidence, to preserve order in the camp; enraged, he trashes the funeral altar and is forced back into his cell. That night, Celliers reveals to Lawrence that as a teenager, he betrayed his younger brother, long bullied for his hunchback, by refusing to spare him a humiliating and traumatizing initiation ritual at their boarding school. Confronting his past, he describes the lifelong shame he felt towards his actions, paralleling Yonoi's predicament. During their conversation, the pair are released by a drunken Hara, as a different prisoner confessed to delivering the radio. As they leave, Hara calls out in English, "Merry Christmas, Lawrence!" Although Yonoi is angry at Hara for exceeding his authority, he only mildly reprimands him.

Hicksley, realizing that Yonoi wants to replace him with Celliers as spokesman, confronts him. The two argue over their withholding of information from one another before an enraged Yonoi orders the whole camp to form up outside the barracks, including the sick bay's ailing patients, resulting in one's death. Hicksley, who refused to bring out the patients, is to be punished for his insubordination with an on-the-spot execution. Before he can be killed, Celliers breaks rank and kisses Yonoi on each cheek, choosing to save Hicksley's life at the cost of his own. Caught between a desire for vindication and his feelings for Celliers, a distraught Yonoi collapses and is ultimately relieved from duty; the guards beat Celliers and drag him out of the area. His more rigid replacement has Celliers buried in the sand up to his neck and left to die. Before leaving, Yonoi sneaks into his pen and cuts a lock from his hair, moments before his death.

Four years later, Lawrence visits Hara, who is now a prisoner of the Allies. Hara has learned to speak English and reveals he is to be executed the following day for war crimes. Expressing confusion over the harshness of his sentence given how commonplace his actions were among both sides of the war, he and Lawrence both conclude that while the Allies officially won, morally "we are all wrong." The two reminisce on Celliers and Yonoi, the latter of whom was reported to have been killed after the war, before bidding each other goodbye. As he is leaving, Hara calls out, "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence!".

Cast
David Bowie as Maj. Jack "Strafer" Celliers
Chris Broun as Jack Celliers (aged 12)
Tom Conti as Lt. Col. John Lawrence
Ryuichi Sakamoto as Capt. Yonoi
Takeshi Kitano as Sgt. Gengo Hara
Jack Thompson as Gp. Capt. Hicksley
Johnny Okura as Kanemoto
Alistair Browning as De Jong
James Malcolm as Celliers' brother
Yuya Uchida as Commandant of military prison
Ryunosuke Kaneda as Colonel Fujimura, President of the Court
Takashi Naitō as Lt. Iwata
Yuji Honma as PFC. Yajima
Tamio Ishikura as Prosecutor
Rokko Toura as Interpreter
Kan Mikami as Lt. Ito
Hideo Murota as New commandant of the camp
Production

David Bowie was cast as Jack Celliers on the strength of his performance in The Elephant Man.
David Bowie was cast as Jack Celliers after director Nagisa Ōshima saw him in a production of The Elephant Man on Broadway. He felt that Bowie had "an inner spirit that is indestructible". While shooting the film, Bowie was amazed that Ōshima had a two- to three-acre camp built on the remote Polynesian island of Rarotonga, but most of the camp was never shot on film. He said Ōshima "only shot little bits at the corners. I kind of thought it was a waste, but when I saw the movie, it was just so potent – you could feel the camp there, quite definitely."[6] Bowie noted how Ōshima would give an incredible amount of direction to his Japanese actors ("down to the minutest detail"), but when directing him or fellow Westerner Tom Conti, he would say "Please do whatever it is you people do."[7] Bowie thought his performance in the film was "the most credible performance" he had done in a film up to that point in his career.[6]

The boarding school sequence was shot on location at King's College, a private high school in Auckland, New Zealand. In a shot of two students playing billiards, another boy in the room can be seen wearing a King's blazer. Other scenes were filmed in various locations around Auckland including Auckland Railway Station.[8]

Ōshima chose Ryuichi Sakamoto after seeing his photographs in a photo book Fifty Representative Figures of Today, and without even meeting him. The film was Sakamoto's debut soundtrack just as it was his inaugural acting role. It was also Takeshi ‘Beat’ Kitano's debut movie acting role, having only been known up to that point as a comedian on TV variety shows in Japan.[4]

Contrary to usual cinematic practice, Ōshima shot the film without rushes and shipped the film off the island with no safety prints. "It was all going out of the camera and down to the post office and being wrapped up in brown paper and sent off to Japan", said Bowie. Ōshima's editor in Japan cut the movie into a rough print within four days of Ōshima returning to Japan.[6]

On set, David Bowie made a bond with his on-screen brother, James Malcolm, whom he later called his “New Zealand brother”. For one pivotal scene, Malcolm had to sing for Bowie. The next year, Bowie invited Malcolm to join him on stage at Western Springs in Auckland for the Serious Moonlight tour, where they released a dove together as a sign of peace.[9]

Soundtrack
This section is an excerpt from Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (soundtrack).[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [10]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music [11]
Smash Hits 6/10[12]
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence is the soundtrack from the film of the same name, released on 1 May 1983 in Japan and towards the end of August 1983 in the UK. It was composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto, who also starred in the film. It was Sakamoto's first film score, though it was released several weeks after the film Daijōbu, My Friend, for which he also composed the music.

Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film has since become a cult classic, largely due to its soundtrack.[13] For the film's soundtrack, Sakamoto won the 1984 BAFTA Award for Best Film Music as well as the 1984 Mainichi Film Award for Best Film Score.[14] David Sylvian contributed lyrics and vocals on "Forbidden Colours", a vocal version of the main theme, "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence", both of which were released as singles. A special 30th anniversary edition, which included a second CD of tracks, was released in November 2013 in Japan.[15]
Reception
Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gives Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence an 86% approval rating and an average rating of 6.60 out of 10 based on 28 reviews. The site's consensus states: "Worthy themes and strong performances across the board make Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence an impactful story about bridging cultural divides."[16] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 53 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[17]

The New York Times critic Janet Maslin wrote:[18]

David Bowie plays a born leader in Nagisa Ōshima's Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, and he plays him like a born film star. Mr. Bowie's screen presence here is mercurial and arresting, and he seems to arrive at this effortlessly, though he manages to do something slyly different in every scene. The demands of his role may sometimes be improbable and elaborate, but Mr. Bowie fills them in a remarkably plain and direct way. Little else in the film is so unaffected or clear.

On the film's Japanese actors, Maslin wrote that

the two main Japanese characters who have brought [Lawrence] to this understanding are Sergeant Hara, a brutal figure who taunts Lawrence while also admiring him, and Captain Yonoi, the handsome young camp commander, who has a fierce belief in the samurai code. Both of these actors perform at an obvious disadvantage, since their English is awkward and the motives of their characters are imperfectly revealed. However, they can convey the complex affinity between captors and prisoners, a point that is made most touchingly in a brief postwar coda.

Directors Akira Kurosawa and Christopher Nolan named Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence as among their favorite films.[19][20]

Box office
In Japan, the film earned ¥990 million in distributor rentals.[21] In the United States, it grossed $2,306,560 (equivalent to $7,100,000 in 2023).[22]

It sold 2,385,100 tickets in the United States, France and Sweden[23] (including 1,579,223 in France[24]). It also sold 423,778 tickets in Germany,[25] and 54 tickets in Switzerland and Spain since 2007,[26] for a combined 2,808,932 tickets sold in overseas territories outside of Japan and the United Kingdom.

See also
List of anti-war films
List of Christmas films
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Lawrence of Shinjuku: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence an essay by Chuck Stephens at the Criterion Collection
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Pearls Mike Simms
Pédalo Stéphane E. Roy Marc Fournier, Catherine Proulx-Lemay, Camille Felton [84]
perfectly a strangeness Alison McAlpine [8]
Phoenixes (Phénix) Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr Maxime Genois, Aksel Leblanc, Evelyne Brochu, Alexandre Landry [20]
Plastic People Ben Addelman, Ziya Tong [52]
Please, After You Rob Michaels [20]
Preface to a History Devan Scott, Willa Harlow Ross [17]
Really Happy Someday J Stevens Breton Lalama, Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, Xavier Lopez, Ali Garrison, Katharine King So [7]
Red Fever Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge [85]
Replacer Randall Okita [10]
Rumours Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander, Charles Dance, Roy Dupuis, Denis Ménochet [86]
Russians at War Anastasia Trofimova [71]
Sacred Creatures Frieda Luk [10]
Scared Shitless Vivieno Caldinelli Steven Ogg, Daniel Doheny, Julian Richings, Mark McKinney [87]
Scratches of Life: The Art of Pierre Hébert (Graver l'homme: arrêt sur Pierre Hébert) Loïc Darses Pierre Hébert [88]
Seeds Kaniehtiio Horn Kaniehtiio Horn, Graham Greene, Meegwun Fairbrother, Peter Keleghan [7]
Seguridad Tamara Segura [3]
Self Driver Michael Pierro Nathanael Chadwick, Catt Filippov, Lauren Welchner, Reece Presley [89]
Send Kelp! Blake McWilliam Frances Ward [90]
Serve the Country Fabián Velasco, Miloš Mitrović [8]
Sharp Corner Jason Buxton Ben Foster, Cobie Smulders [5]
Shepherds (Berger) Sophie Deraspe Félix-Antoine Duval, Solène Rigot, Younes Boucif, Bruno Raffaelli, Véronique Ruggia Adaptation of the novel D'où viens-tu berger? by Mathyas Lefebure [91]
Shook Amar Wala Saamer Usmani, Bernard White, Amy Forsyth, Pamela Mala Sinha [7]
The Shrouds David Cronenberg Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, Sandrine Holt [92]
The Silent Planet Jeffrey St. Jules Elias Koteas, Briana Middleton [93]
Simply Johanne (Johanne, tout simplement) Nadine Valcin Johanne Harrelle [94]
Sisters and Neighbors! (Nos belles-sœurs) René Richard Cyr Geneviève Schmidt, Guylaine Tremblay, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Ariane Moffatt, Debbie Lynch-White, Véronic DiCaire, Véronique Le Flaguais Adaptation of Michel Tremblay's play Les Belles-sœurs [95]
Skeet Nik Sexton Sean Dalton, Lawrence Barry, Jay Abdo [58]
Slay Jem Garrard Trinity the Tuck, Heidi N Closet, Crystal Methyd, Cara Melle [96]
So Surreal: Behind the Masks Neil Diamond, Joanne Robertson [97]
The Soldier's Lagoon Pablo Álvarez-Mesa [3]
Solemates James Rathbone, Mike Feswick [8]
Sons Justin Simms [98]
Soul's Road Joel Stewart Dallas Smith, Allan Hawco, Charlie Gillespie [99]
The Spoils Jamie Kastner [13]
The Stand Christopher Auchter [100]
Stealing Vows Bobby Singh Brown [4]
Stories from My Gay Grandparents J Stevens [23]
Sugarcane Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie [101]
Sunburnt Unicorn Nick Johnson Kathleen Barr, Tabitha St. Germain, Brian Drummond, Laara Sadiq, Diana Kaarina [102]
Sway Charlie Hamilton, Zachary Ramelan Emmanuel Kabongo, Mishael Morgan, Lovell Adams-Gray, Brittany Raymond [103]
Sweet Angel Baby Melanie Oates Michaela Kurimsky, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Peter Mooney [70]
Sweet Summer Pow Wow Darrell Dennis Tatyana Rose Baptiste, Joshua Odjick, Graham Greene [104]
Tenderness Helen Lee [8]
The Thawing of Ice (La fonte des glaces) François Péloquin Christine Beaulieu, Lothaire Bluteau, Marc Béland, Jean-Luc Kanapé [105]
There, There Heather Young Marlene Jewell, Katie Mattatall [17]
Things Behind the Sun Giran Findlay
This Too Shall Pass Rob Grant [10]
A Thousand Cuts Jake Horowitz Jonas Chernick, Storm Steenson, David Hewlett, Julian Richings, Varun Saranga, Tommie-Amber Pirie [106]
To the Moon Kevin Hartford Jacob Sampson, Phoebe Rex, Amy Groening [107]
Universal Language (Une langue universelle) Matthew Rankin [108]
Unusually Normal Colette Johnson-Vosberg [23]
Us, Our Pets and the War Anton Ptushkin [109]
Vile and Miserable (Vil et Misérable) Jean-François Leblanc Fabien Cloutier, Pier-Luc Funk, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Alexis Martin, Éric Robidoux, Chantal Fontaine [110]
Village Keeper Karen Chapman Oluniké Adeliyi, Maxine Simpson, Zahra Bentham, Micah Mensah-Jatoe [111]
Wake Up François Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell [112]
We Forgot to Break Up Karen Knox Lane Webber, Daniel Gravelle, June Laporte, Jordan Dawson, Hallea Jones [113]
welima’q shalan joudry [8]
What Comes Next Alex Caulfield Alison Thornton, Mena Suvari, Aaron Ashmore, Maya Chariandy, Stephen Lobo [114]
What Good Canadians Do Stephanie Joline
Where My Branches Stem Teresa Kuo
Who by Fire (Comme le feu) Philippe Lesage Noah Parker, Aurélia Arandi-Longpré, Antoine Marchand-Gagnon, Arieh Worthalter, Paul Ahmarani [115]
Who Do I Belong To (Mé el Aïn) Meryam Joobeur Salha Nasraoui, Mohamed Grayaâ, Malek Mechergui [69]
Who Loves the Sun Arshia Shakiba [8]
Wild Flowers (Les Fleurs sauvages) Rodolphe Saint-Gelais, Thierry Sirois [116]
Wilfred Buck Lisa Jackson Wilfred Buck [117]
Winter Spring Summer or Fall Tiffany Paulsen Jenna Ortega, Percy Hynes White, Marisol Nichols, Adam Rodriguez, Jacqueline Emerson [118]
The Wolf (Le Loup) Theodore Ushev [8]
Words Left Unspoken Josiane Blanc Joze Piranian [4]
Yintah Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell, Michael Toledano [119]
You Are Not Alone (Vous n'êtes pas seul) Marie-Hélène Viens, Philippe Lupien Pier-Luc Funk, Marianne Fortier, François Papineau, Sandrine Bisson, Blaise Tardif, Micheline Lanctôt [120]
Young Werther José Lourenço [5]
Your Tomorrow Ali Weinstein [71]
See also
2024 in Canadian television
2024 in film
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Lifetime has given a green light to A Very Merry Beauty Salon, a new original movie starring and executive produced by Tia Mowry, the final installment of Mowry’s three-picture deal with the network.

RonReaco Lee, Donna Biscoe, Cocoa Brown and Ashli Auguillard also star.

The movie follows the lively women of an Atlanta beauty salon owned by Sienna (Mowry) who must prepare for the annual Tinsel Ball, but is Sienna also prepared for love when Lawrence (Lee) arrives to town?

The film reunites Mowry and Lee who previously starred together in the sitcom Sister, Sister.

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In A Very Merry Beauty Salon, Sienna (Mowry), the owner of the bustling Divine Beauty Salon is preparing for Atlanta’s Tinsel Ball, where she will be honored for her charitable work in the community. The annual event takes a glamourous turn with the arrival of Lawrence, a charismatic CEO whose family’s wine brand is now co-sponsoring the Ball. Sparks fly between them, but Sienna’s mother Georgia (Biscoe) who is the head of the Ball’s committee, worries his involvement may ruin the event’s traditions. As Sienna and Lawrence are unexpectedly paired as dance partners, romance blooms, setting the stage for a steamy romance that challenges Sienna’s thoughts on love and family and makes this year’s Tinsel Ball the most memorable yet.

Cocoa Brown and Ashli Auguillard star as Miss Kimmy and Ella, hairdressers at the salon.

A Very Merry Beauty Salon is produced for Lifetime by Fox Entertainment Studios’ Mar Vista Entertainment in association with GroupM Motion Entertainment. Adam Shepard, Larry Grimaldi, Hannah Pillemer and Fernando Szew executive produce for FES. Richard Foster and Chet Fenster executive produce for GroupM Motion Entertainment. Mowry, Adam Griffin and Mychael Chinn also executive produce. Bobby Yan directs from a script by Tara Knight.

Upcoming, Mowry is set to star in the upcoming WeTV reality series Tia Mowry: My Next Act. She recently appeared in the Netflix series Family Reunion, which won two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Children’s Program. Her previous Lifetime collaborations include Miracle in Motor City and Yes, Chef! Christmas. Mowry is represented by UTA, Vault Entertainment and Felker Toczek Suddleson McGinnis Ryan.

Lee is repped by Reliant Talent and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher.

A Very Merry Beauty Salon joins the slate of the previous announced movies including FES’ The Holiday Junkie starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, as well as Christmas in the Spotlight starring Jessica Lord, Laith Wallschleger, Jennie Mai and Haley Kalil. Lifetime’s full slate will be announced in the coming weeks.

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Prepare for yuletide overload.

Beginning Saturday, Oct. 12 and extending through Wednesday, Dec. 25, your favorite basic cable networks and streaming services are serving up 100 original holiday movies, and TVLine has compiled a comprehensive list (don’t worry, we’ve checked it twice) to help you keep track of ’em all.

The following guide details every made-for-TV Christmas movie that’s already been announced by nearly a dozen platforms — including BET+, CBS, Disney+, Great American Family, Hallmark Channel, Lifetime, Netflix, OWN, Prime Video, The Roku Channel and UPtv.

Scroll down to browse our extensive Christmas movie preview — which is broken down by network and airdate — then hit the comments with your reactions to this year’s growing slate. Additional titles will be added as they’re confirmed.

LAST UPDATE: TUESDAY, NOV. 5

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🎄 A Christmas Miracle
Release Date: Thursday, Nov. 7
Cast: Noree Victoria, Blue Kimble, Victoria Rowell, Nadia Simms, Aaron D. Spears, Marc Jones, Javon Johnson, Cayen Martin, Tiffany M. Show, Kenneth Okolie, Addie “The Bam” Benson, Michelle Lamb, Lennox Simms, Cayen Martin, Christopher A. Nolen
Premise: When the Christmas Jubilee at the local community center is in danger of losing funding, the family must band together to make sure everyone, including the kids, have a Merry Christmas.

🎄 Style Me for Christmas
Release Date: Thursday, Nov. 14
Cast: Raven Goodwin, Pretty Vee, Mario
Premise: A boutique owner facing eviction at Christmas gets the fashion assignment of a lifetime when she’s chosen to style a handsome celebrity who’s a playboy.

🎄 A Wesley South African Christmas
Release Date: Thursday, Nov. 21
Cast: Dorien Wilson, Jasmine Guy, Terrence “TC” Carson, Jesse Suntele, Ayanda Banda-Ngubane, Kiki Haynes, Rolonda Rochelle, Judi Johnson, Novi Brown, Terayle Hill, Bheki Mkhwane, Baby Cele, Dineo Langa, Bohang Moeko, Trevor Gumbi, Nay Maps, Chazitear
Premise: When his international business venture comes to a screeching halt, Todd must stick around Durban, South Africa during the Christmas holiday to close the deal, but not without the Wesley family and all their holiday shenanigans.

🎄 The Day Before Christmas
Release Date: Thursday, Nov. 28
Cast: Tristan Wilds, Candace Maxwell, Finn Maloney, Ava Marie Threat, Gerard Catus, Palmer Williams Jr., Ashley Forrestier, Perri L. Camper, Trell Woodberry, Heiress Harris, Ace Tucker, Joyce Glenn, Towanda Braxton, Chinai Routte, Darren Brand
Premise: When two single parents accidentally swap phones and their children’s backpacks on a hectic Christmas Eve, they find themselves covering for each other in a series of chaotic yet heartwarming events, leading to unexpected romance.

🎄 Brewster’s Millions: Christmas
Release Date: Thursday, Dec. 5
Cast: China Anne McClain, Romeo Miller, Richard Pryor Jr., Rain Pryor, Telma Hopkins, Tequan Richmond, Sierra McClain
Premise: A reimagining of the 1985 comedic classic Brewster’s Millions starring the late Richard Pryor that follows Morgan Brewster (China McClain) as she embarks on a unique and challenging journey of delightful chaos to inherit her uncle Montgomery’s fortune before Christmas. Along the way, she discovers the true meaning of love, faith, and family through the act of giving rather than receiving.

🎄 Too Many Christmases
Release Date: Thursday, Dec. 12
Cast: Denzel Whitaker, Porscha Coleman, Jackie Harry, Michael Colyar, Valarie Pettiford, Adele Givens, DeShawn Bowens, Juhahn Jones, Russell G. Jones, Willie C. Carpenter, Jordan Babbs, Ratoya Banks, Jonath Davis
Premise: Jerome and Kayla are excited to spend their first Christmas together as husband and wife. The only problem is that they’ve never celebrated Christmas without their respective families. This Christmas, instead of deciding on one event, they agree to attend two at the same time, to appease their families.

🎄 Queen of Christmas
Release Date: Thursday, Dec. 19
Cast: Terri J. Vaughn, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Essence Atkins, Hannah Whitley, Tyler Whitley, Aasha Davis, Gary Budoff, Bear Jackson, Isaiah Romain, Carl Gilliard
Premise: Doris and Julia, life-long friends and feuding neighbors, learn the true meaning of “sisterhood” and Christmas while hilariously competing for the annual title of “Queen of Christmas.”

🎄 Blended Christmas
Release Date: Wednesday, Dec. 25
Cast: Jennifer Freeman, Anthony Dalton, Dream Doll, Victoria Rowell
Premise: After a freak accident, a new bride cancels her tropical Christmas honeymoon to take care of her husband’s ex-wife and kids with a little help from a holiday angel.

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🎄 Nugget Is Dead? A Christmas Story
Premiere Date: Thursday, Nov. 21 at 8/7c
Cast: Vic Zerbst
Premise: When her beloved family dog, Nugget, falls sick over Christmas, Steph Stool must abandon her very elegant holiday plans with her boyfriend’s family, and return instead to her small Australian coastal hometown to confront the chaos of her own…less elegant family. In the week leading up to Christmas, each member of the Stool family must grapple with the mortality of the one thing that unifies them.

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🎄 An Almost Christmas Story
Release Date: Friday, Nov. 15
Cast: Cary Christopher, Estella Madrigal, Jim Gaffigan, Mamoudou Athie, Alex Ross Perry, Gianna Joseph, Phil Rosenthal, Natasha Lyonne, John C. Reilly
Premise: The third and final installment in Alfonso Cuarón’s holiday shorts collection for Disney+ is inspired by the true events of a tiny owl rescued from the New York City’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in 2020. Moon, a curious young owl, attempts to escape the bustling city and befriends a lost little girl named Luna. Together, they embark on a heartwarming adventure, discovering the magic of the holiday season and forming an unlikely bond as they journey back home to their parents.

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A Christmas Less Traveled
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🎄 Christmas Wreaths and Ribbons
Premiere Date: Saturday, Oct. 12 at 8/7c
Cast: Kristin Wollett, Casey Elliott
Premise: A wreathmaker slips on ice and injures her arm which puts her holiday wreath deliveries in jeopardy until a selfless neighbor steps up to keep her business afloat.

🎄 A Vintage Christmas
Premiere Date: Saturday, Oct. 19 at 8/7c
Cast: Merritt Patterson, Christopher Russell
Premise: A dedicated preservationist battles a developer’s ambitions to tear down a historic Post Office with ties to her family. The choice of old versus new threatens to divide the small town unless there is a solution for the greater good of all concerned.

🎄 A Christmas Castle Proposal
Premiere Date: Saturday, Oct. 26 at 8/7c
Cast: Rhiannon Fish, Mitchell Bourke
Premise: Olivia, a commoner, travels with Prince Alexander to his family’s magical palace, Torovia so their families can spend a first Christmas together. The couple’s plans for a enchanted Christmas are threatened by comedic mishaps caused by cultural differences between the families.

🎄 Tails of Christmas
Premiere Date: Saturday, Nov. 2 at 8/7c
Cast: Ash Tsai, Eric Guillmette
Premise: Caleb is injured in the Army and recovers through help from shelter therapy dogs. As a sign of thanks, Caleb returns home to help Amber run the local shelter and, in the process, discovers his feelings for Amber go beyond gratitude.

🎄 Christmas Under the Northern Lights
Premiere Date: Saturday, Nov. 9 at 8/7c
Cast: Jill Wagner, Jesse Hutch
Premise: A historian seeks inspiration for her next project in her family’s hometown of Aurora, which is famous for experiencing the Northern Lights. While there, she bonds with a local tour guide who shows her the town’s Christmas traditions and witnesses a harbinger of miracles to come.

🎄 Coupled Up for Christmas
Premiere Date: Sunday, Nov. 10 at 8/7c
Cast: Sara Canning, Marcus Rosner
Premise: Two heartbroken strangers pretend to be dating others to win the affection of their true soulmates.

🎄 A Christmas Less Traveled
Premiere Date: Saturday, Nov. 16 at 8/7c
Cast: Candace Cameron Bure, Eric Johnson
Premise: A local business owner finds an audio cassette in the player of her recently departed dad’s classic red truck. The message instructs Desi to go on a holiday road trip down memory lane where she meets a man who needs her help and who offers help in return.

🎄 A Christmas Quilt
Premiere Date: Sunday, Nov. 17 at 8/7c
Cast: Ferelith Young, Harmon Walsh
Premise: Firefighter Liam and quilting teacher, Amy, come together to make the perfect quilt for Liam’s sister’s Christmas wedding. Two headstrong people discover the importance of putting personal differences aside to create what is most important at Christmas.

🎄 A Little Women’s Christmas
Premiere Date: Saturday, Nov. 23 at 8/7c
Cast: Jillian Murray, Trevor Donovan, Jen Lilley, Laura Osnes, Julia Reilly, Jesse Hutch, Gladys Knight
Premise: A modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel.

🎄 Christmas by Candlelight
Premiere Date: Sunday, Nov. 24 at 8/7c
Cast: Erin Agostino, Harmon Walsh
Premise: Juliet pitches Christmas candles to her boss to earn a promotion and enlists the help of a candle store owner who refuses at first but reluctantly agrees when he realizes the money will help make his daughter’s Christmas wish come true.

🎄 A Cinderella Christmas Ball
Premiere Date: Friday, Nov. 29 at 8/7c
Cast: Danica McKellar, Oliver Rice
Premise: With only the Internet, a plane ticket and a lifelong determination to find her birth family Chelsea travels to royal hamlet, Havenshire, at Christmas. Along the way, Chelsea sneaks into a castle, teaches a stubborn Prince how to dance, and looks to be in the perfect place when the bells toll Christmas Eve.

🎄 Home Sweet Christmas
Premiere Date: Sunday, Dec. 1 at 8/7c
Cast: Candace Cameron Bure, Cameron Mathison
Premise: Two former childhood friends reunite after a beloved family members passes, leaving the future of his magical maple sugar farm in their hands.

🎄 Once Upon a Christmas Wish
Premiere Date: Saturday, Dec. 7 at 8/7c
Cast: Mario Lopez, Courtney Lopez
Premise: A local mayor discovers his childhood Christmas wishes are coming true. With his childhood friend, the pair can inspire residents to showcase the town’s warmth and values while pushing back a major developer’s desire to take the community in a different direction.

🎄 Christmas in Scotland
Premiere Date: Sunday, Dec. 15 at 8/7c
Cast: Jill Winternitz, Dominic Watters
Premise: A New York installation designer helps a small Scottish community create a dazzling light display to win “Best Christmas Village” festival. The designer is forced to work with a wealthy heir who doesn’t like Christmas, though feelings may change if the pair