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It's the Greatest Time of Year - and It's Here!

Help us Celebrate it!

Mark your Calendars, Set your DVRs, Tivo's, and Recorders...
as the HALLMARK CHANNEL, and other Stations begin their Countdown to Christmas Movies... in November!

Last year the Hallmark Channel began airing Holiday Movies on November 13th - this year it will be November 5th, 2011. Plus, most of their other New Original Christmas Movies will also premiere in the month of November! I just love it! Can you feel the excitement?

November Highlights:

Love's Christmas Journey (Premiere!)
Mistletoe Over Manhattan (Premiere!)
The Christmas Card,
Eloise at Christmastime,
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (cartoon),
The Santa Clause,
A Season For Miracles,
Lucky Christmas (Premiere!)
Cancel Christmas (Premiere!)
A Christmas Wedding Tail (Premiere!)
And Much Much More!!!

Visit the main New Christmas Movies Page for ALL the New and Upcoming Christmas Movies for 2011.

*See the Christmas TV Schedule for times airing!

Enjoy!

"Love's Christmas Journey" - will be a FOUR HOUR Movie Event!!!

This Newest Movie in the "Love Comes Softly Saga" ~

"Love's Christmas Journey"

...follows the last movie in the series- Love Finds a Home.
It will be a Four Hour Movie this time - so be sure to set your recorders accordingly!

Premieres: November 5, 2011

on the Hallmark Channel

The next chapter in the story is of Ellie King and her brother, Aaron Davis. Both are grown up children of Clark and Marty Davis. See the full Press Release below from Hallmark Channel!

"Love's Christmas Journey" stars Natalie Hall, Greg Vaughan, Sean Astin, JoBeth Williams, Charles Shaughnessy, and one of my favorites, Ernest Borgnine! (Mr. Borgnine portrayed the wonderful character of Marty, in the movie "Marty", and he also was the Grandfather in "A Grandpa for Christmas"! I love those Movies!)

Please Note: before reading the press release below... It gives away quite a bit of the story and I know some people do not like to know all the details before watching a movie. So, if you want to be completely surprised, please do not read any further on this post. Instead, click on my Love's Christmas Journey page for more pictures, cast details, etc...!

---------HALLMARK CHANNEL PRESS RELEASE---------

‘LOVE’S CHRISTMAS JOURNEY,’

A HALLMARK CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIE EVENT WORLD PREMIERE NOVEMBER 5

Four-Hour Movie Event Inspired By Janette Oke’s Book Series Love Comes Softly

Natalie Hall (“All My Children”) and Greg Vaughan (“General Hospital”) star with Academy Award® nominee Sean Astin (“Kangaroo Court,” “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy), Academy Award® and three-time Emmy® Award nominee JoBeth Williams (“On Hope,” “Frasier”), Emmy® Award winner Charles Shaughnessy (“Stanley,” “Days of our Lives”) and Hollywood legend, Academy Award® and Golden Globe winner Ernest Borgnine (“Marty”) in the World Premiere of “Love’s Christmas Journey,” a Hallmark Channel Original Movie Event, Saturday, November 5 (8p.m. ET/PT, 7C). Inspired by Janette Oke’s award winning Love Comes Softly book series, the four-hour, star-studded movie event is an inspiring tale of love, trust and miracles.

While still mourning the loss of her husband and daughter, recently widowed Ellie King (Hall) visits her brother Aaron Davis (Vaughan) and his children for Christmas. Ellie does her best to enjoy the holidays, even making new friends with Mrs. Thompson (Williams), a local shop keeper and handsome admirer Deputy Strode (Dylan Bruce, “The Bay,” “As the World Turns”). Settling in nicely with her brother’s family, Ellie also meets Erik (Bobby Campo, “The Final Destination”), a young man abandoned by his outlaw father whom Aaron has taken in as one of his own. Ellie agrees to watch her niece and nephew when Aaron travels out of town to purchase adjacent land for farming.

Weaver (Shaughnessy), a corrupt attorney, sees the Mayor (Astin) hide design plans for the town’s new railroad in his barn. Weaver sneaks in to steal the plans and inadvertently burns the barn down. Deputy Strode believes Erik to be the culprit, but Ellie believes Weaver is guilty and begins spying on him. Ellie breaks into Weaver’s office and discovers the missing railroad documents, but Weaver has followed Ellie and threatens her. Ellie is safe only because Deputy Strode has also had suspicions about Weaver and arrives in time to take the real perpetrator to jail. Ellie has more concerns than Erik. It’s been weeks since Aaron left to buy farmland and no one has heard from him. Ellie begins to fret. When all seems lost, Ellie receives a holiday miracle—her brother is delivered home safely on Christmas morning by a jovial man named Nicholas (Borgnine). Nicholas seems to have brought Christmas cheer to all as Ellie and Deputy Strode begin their romance in earnest.

“Love’s Christmas Journey” is a Mediapool Production in association with Larry Levinson Productions. Larry Levinson is executive producer and Lincoln Lageson is producer. David S. Cass, Sr. directed from a script written by George Tierney.

Hallmark Channel, owned and operated by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., is a 24-hour basic cable network that provides a diverse slate of high-quality entertainment programming available in high definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) to a national audience of 87 million subscribers. The top tier program service is distributed through approximately 5,492 cable systems and communities as well as direct-to-home satellite services across the country. Hallmark Channel is the nation's leading network in quality family programming with an ambitious slate of original TV movies, lifestyle and general entertainment content, and is the home of "The Martha Stewart Show", which anchors the channel's daytime original programming block. Hallmark Channel's sibling network is Hallmark Movie Channel, also available in HD and SD, which focuses on the family-friendly movies with a mix of classic theatrical films, presentations from the acclaimed Hallmark Hall of Fame library, original Hallmark Channel movies and special events.

---------END OF PRESS RELEASE---------

*Visit the "Love's Christmas Journey" Page for more Movie Details!

*Visit the New Christmas Movies Page for more New Movies like this!

Love Comes Softly Movie Order

The order of the Love Come Softly Movies below, will be listed in the chronological order of the characters lives.

MOVIE #1:

Love Begins -

the prequel to “Love Comes Softly,” the first in a series of highly-rated “Loves” movies from Hallmark Channel. It is the story of Clark Davis falling in love with his first wife, Ellen.

Available on DVD

MOVIE #2:

Love's Everlasting Courage

In the second prequel to “Love Comes Softly,” when Clark’s beloved wife, Ellen, dies from scarlet fever, he and his daughter, Missy, must find a way to survive this hardship while also saving the barren land from drought.

NOT Available on DVD, YET!

MOVIE #3:

Love Comes Softly

By covered wagon, Marty and Aaron Calridge have come west in search of fortune. But unforeseen tragedy leaves Marty a widow facing bleak prospects for the future. With a bitter winter season approaching and no safe passage back home, she finds herself stranded yet befriended by settlers Ben Graham and his wife Sarah. They encourage her to take up widower Clark Davis on his unusual offer—join him in a temporary marriage of convenience. Marty will have a roof over her head until the spring thaw when she can return home. In the meantime, Clark’s nine-year-old daughter Missie, will have a teacher.

Available on DVD

MOVIE #4:

Love's Enduring Promise

Facing the risk of losing their crop, Marty and the kids pull together. But for nineteen-year-old Missie, life is offering something else as she discovers a new beginning of her own… two new suitors are vying for the attention of the lovely young schoolteacher.

Available on DVD

MOVIE #5:

Love's Long Journey

After two years of marriage, and with a child on the way, Missie and Willie LaHaye part with family ties to start a new life and new family of their own. As part of a wagon train heading west across beautiful, desolate country, their trek begins.

Available on DVD

MOVIE #6:

Love's Abiding Joy

Missie and Willie LaHaye have put down roots and raised a fine family in a homestead in the far West. While Missie fulfills her ambition for teaching twelve eager students, fours days a week, Willie tends to their youngest daughter Kathy, and with the help of his sons Jeff and Matthew, keeps their growing ranch as stable and prosperous as he can.

Available on DVD

MOVIE #7:

Love's Unending Legacy

Two years after the death of her husband, Missie knows that it is time to move on. She heads home with her son to be near her parents and to return to teaching. Certain she will never find love again.

Available on DVD

MOVIE #8:

Love's Unfolding Dream

Living happily with her adopted parents Missie and Zach Tyler, Belinda Tyler has blossomed from a timid orphan into a confident young woman, a natural born caretaker who believes it is her purpose to serve her community as a doctor. But her resolution is tested when she falls in love with Drew Simpson, an attractive New York lawyer who expects a traditional wife and family back East.

Available on DVD

MOVIE #9:

Love Takes Wing

Wounded by the recent death of her husband, Dr. Belinda Simpson arrives in the tiny town of Sikeston to take up the post of town physician. Once there, she discovers that many of the town’s residents, including children at an orphanage run by Miss Hattie Clarence, have fallen ill to or died from an unknown ailment. Ultimately, it’s clear that a little bit of faith – in oneself and in one another – can go a long way.

Available on DVD

MOVIE #10:

Love Finds a Home

The story continues of Belinda, a rare female doctor working in a quaint Missouri town. When her longtime friend and colleague, Annie, arrives so that Belinda can watch over her in the last stages of her pregnancy, Annie brings along her mother-in-law, Mary, a seen-it-all nursemaid whose homeopathic remedies and folksy wisdom are at odds with Belinda’s scientific knowledge.

Available on DVD

MOVIE #11:

Love's Christmas Journey

While still mourning the loss of her husband and daughter, recently widowed Ellie King visits her brother Aaron Davis, a sheriff in the small town of Haddonton, and his two children during the Christmas holiday. When all seems lost, Ellie not only gets the perfect holiday miracle, but also the chance at a new life, when she finds herself falling in love again.

NOT Available on DVD, YET!

Each endearing story is about the faith, hope, and love of the Davis family!

I hope you enjoy the list. I do not know, yet, if there will be any more movies after Love's Christmas Journey.... We will have to wait and see!

God Bless You All !

Love's Christmas Journey - Hallmark Channel Movie

MOVIE REVIEW

Love's Christmas Journey

Network: Hallmark Channel

Original Air Date: November 5, 2011

*This will be a FOUR HOUR MOVIE - like a Mini-series!

Inspired by Janette Oke’s award winning Love Comes Softly book series, the four-hour, star-studded movie event is an inspiring tale of love, trust and miracles.

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CAST:

Sean Astin ... Mayor Wayne
JoBeth Williams ... Mrs. Beatrice Williams
Natalie Hall ... Ellie King
Dylan Bruce ... Deputy Strode
Greg Vaughan ... Aaron Davis
Bobby Campo ... Erik
Charles Shaughnessy ... Weaver
Ernest Borgnine ... jovial man named Nicholas

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PLOT:

from Hallmark:

"While still mourning the loss of her husband and daughter, recently widowed Ellie King (Hall) visits her brother Aaron Davis, (Vaughan) a sheriff in the small town of Haddonton, and his two children during the Christmas holiday. Ellie does her best to enjoy the holidays, even making new friends with Beatrice (Williams), a local shop keeper and Deputy Strode (Bruce). Settling in nicely with her brother's family, Ellie agrees to watch her niece and nephew when Aaron travels out of town to purchase adjacent land for farming. But when a corrupt attorney in town leaves a young man to blame for Mayor Wayne's (Astin) barn catching fire and burning, Ellie ignores distrusting townspeople and steps in to help to prove his innocence. To her dismay, the season's festivities are threatened when Aaron goes missing. When all seems lost, Ellie not only gets the perfect holiday miracle-her brother delivered home safely on Christmas morning-but also the chance at a new life when she finds herself falling in love again."