Hallmark kicked off holiday season with new "Countdown to Christmas" movies, featuring a "Kelce" surprise in schedule lineup. Here's when to watch.

Hallmark Channel will debut 32 new "Countdown to Christmas" originals and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries will debut nine new movies in their "Miracles of Christmas" lineup. Faces familiar to Hallmark fans pop up throughout the Christmas schedule this year including legends Lacey Chabert, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Alison Sweeney and Caroline Rhea.

Get ready to cozy up with a cup of cocoa and a warm blanket because the 2024 holiday season brings an exciting lineup of Christmas movies!Read More: Zendaya and Tom Holland to Star in New Christoper Nolan Film This year,

Holidays are usually meant for time with family, which is obviously why so many people elect to go to the movies on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Thanks to theaters being open, you now have a ready-made excuse to avoid talking to loved ones for a solid two hours.

From "Wicked" to "Gladiator," this holiday season is packed with blockbusters at the movies. Here are some of the movies that are going to be released before the end of the year: "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" follows a family putting on the local church Christmas pageant for the holidays and welcoming six unruly siblings who are deemed unlawful to join in on the fun.