How to Watch 40 New Hallmark Christmas Movies (If You Don't Have Cable!)

While plenty of folks are spending the holiday season watching their favorite Christmas classics, you and I have a different tradition: Hallmark Christmas movies. And every year we can expect a brand-new crop of young professionals spending Christmas in a small town, where they’ll rediscover a love for the holiday in the embrace of the rugged townie.

Hallmark just announced their 2023 holiday movies, and six of them drop before Halloween, starting on Oct. 20. In total there will be 40 new flicks. The Hallmark Channel is debuting 31 new movies in their Countdown to Christmas event, and their sister channel Hallmark Movies & Mysteries will feature nine new movies for their Miracles of Christmas lineup.

Put on a comfy onesie, find a cozy spot on your couch, and let Hallmark Christmas movies ignite the holiday spirit in you. Download the Krazy Coupon Lady app for the latest holiday news, smart shopping tips, and deals.

 

31 new Christmas movies are hitting the Hallmark Channel in 2023.

As usual, Hallmark is dropping their first holiday movie right before Halloween. The Hallmark Channel kicks off their Christmas movie season on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, with Checkin’ It Twice. This lineup is full of the standard formula of rom-coms and holiday miracles.

Here’s the Hallmark Channel’s release schedule for 2023:

• Checkin It Twice (Oct. 20)
• Where Are You, Christmas? (Oct. 22)
• Under the Christmas Sky (Oct. 22)
• Christmas By Design (Oct. 27)
• Mystic Christmas (Oct. 28)
• Joyeux Noel (Oct. 29)
• Flipping for Christmas (Nov. 3)
• Never Been Chris’d (Nov. 4)
• The Santa Summit (Nov. 5)
• Everything Christmas (Nov. 10)
• Christmas Island (Nov. 11)
• A Heidelberg Holiday (Nov. 12)
• Navigating Christmas (Nov. 17)
• A Merry Scottish Christmas (Nov. 18)
• Holiday Hotline (Nov. 19)
• Catch Me If You Claus (Nov. 23)
• Letters to Santa (Nov. 24)
• Holiday Road (Nov. 24)
• Christmas in Notting Hill (Nov. 25)
• Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up (Nov. 25)
• Our Christmas Mural (Nov. 26)
• A Biltmore Christmas (Nov. 26)
• My Norwegian Holiday (Dec. 1)
• A Not So Royal Christmas (Dec. 2)
• Christmas with a Kiss (Dec. 3)
• Magic in Mistletoe (Dec. 8)
• Christmas on Cherry Lane (Dec. 9)
• Round and Round (Dec. 10)
• The Secret Gift of Christmas (Dec. 15)
• Sealed with a List (Dec. 16)
• Friends and Family Christmas (Dec. 17)

Tip: Print out this festive little checklist to make sure you don’t miss a single movie. There’s also an app for Countdown to Christmas.

 

Need more holiday cheer? Hallmark Movies & Mysteries adds another nine to the list.

Hallmark has more than one network, you guys, and they’ll be premiering nine additional movies on their Movies & Mysteries station. It’s a little more difficult to get (especially if you don’t have cable) — but it could be worth it for the holiday season. You can get the channel usually as a live TV package add-on, but it rarely comes in a standard package. Also, if you want to see snippets of the Hallmark newbies, go to the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries calendar.

Here’s the lineup for 2023 Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas event:

• Ms. Christmas Comes to Town (Oct. 26)
• My Christmas Guide (Nov. 2)
• Mystery on Mistletoe Lane (Nov. 9)
• A World Record Christmas (Nov. 16)
• A Season for Family (Nov. 22)
• Time for Her to Come Home for Christmas (Nov. 30)
• To All a Good Night (Dec. 7)
• Heaven Down Here (Dec. 14)
• Miracle in Bethlehem, PA (Dec. 21)

 

If you don’t have cable, you can stream the 2023 Hallmark holiday movies.

If you have cable, chances are you’re already set for Hallmark Channel (and Hallmark Channel Television). But if you don’t, there are a few options to stream the Hallmark movies.

• The best deal we found is getting the $7.99 per month Frndly TV subscription service, which offers 40+ channels with live and on-demand options. This includes the regular Hallmark Channel and the Movies and Mystery sister channel. You’ll also get access to the History Channel, Lifetime, A&E, Lifetime Movie Network, and more.
• Another deal is via Sling TV. You gotta add the Lifestyle Extra package, which includes the Hallmark Channel and the Movies & Mysteries channel. It’s an extra $6 per month on top of the base Sling subscription, which starts at $40 a month.

 

From Oct. 20 until New Year’s, it’s Hallmark Christmas movies all day, every day.

On the Hallmark Channel, you’ll get a new movie every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 8 p.m. ET in October, November, and December. Look for new movies on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET from Oct. 26 to Dec. 21. Christmas everlasting while we prep for Black Friday? Yes, please.

 

 

Watch Hallmark’s older holiday hits on their very own streaming service.

You can sign up for Hallmark Movies Now for just $5.99 a month (plus you can get a free trial week). The bummer is that you won’t be able to watch new Hallmark movies, just those from previous years.

If you enjoy Hallmark’s touchy-feely glory all year, sign up for a 12-month subscription for just $59.99 (that’s a 16% savings). Or you can just buy the movies you can’t live without.

RELATED: Check out our full list of ways to watch TV without cable.

 

Need even more of the Hallmark vibe? Netflix and Lifetime have tons more rom-com holiday movies to add to your watch list.

Netflix even has a shortcut so you don’t have to spend tons of time scrolling. Use the genre code 1394527 or head to this link and it’ll take you straight to the romantic Christmas movies section. You can also cruise to general holiday movies with genre code 107093. There you’ll find a bunch of Netflix originals for the season.

For Lifetime, you can add the Lifetime Movie Club channel for $4.99 on Prime Video or Hulu to access dozens of Christmas movies. I’m keeping my eye out for new-for-2023 “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” films, which haven’t been announced yet.