UP FAITH & FAMILY’S “COZY UP FOR CHRISTMAS”
HOLIDAY CELEBRATION INCLUDES FIRST EVER VIRTUAL “CHRISTMASFEST” WITH ERIN BETHEA, SHAUN JOHNSTON, FRANCO LO PRESTI, EMILY ALATALO, JULIAN HAIG AND BRIGITTE KINGSLEY
ATLANTA (Nov. 12, 2024) – UP Faith & Family, the leading streaming service for commercial-free, faith and family movies and series, has over 200 Christmas favorites as part of “Cozy UP for Christmas” with 32 new titles being added this season including Christmas in Rockwell (Nov. 8), Festival of Trees (Nov. 8), A Very English Christmas (Nov. 15), A Bluegrass Christmas (Nov. 22), 12 Dares of Christmas (Nov. 29), Dial S for Santa (Nov. 29), Country Roads Christmas (Dec. 6), A Novel Christmas (Dec. 6) and Jingle Smells (Dec. 20).
In celebration of the holiday season, UP Faith & Family will hold the first ever virtual ChristmasFest on Monday, Nov. 25 at 2 p.m. ET. Moderated by The Wild Adventure Girls, fans will be able to ask UP Faith & Family stars about their favorite Christmas movies and holiday traditions while also seeing trailers and sneak peeks of new movies. Fans can visit upfaithandfamily.com for more information.
Stars set to appear:
- Erin Bethea (Festival of Trees)
- Franco Lo Presti/ Emily Alatalo (Christmas Time Capsule)
- Shaun Johnston (A Bluegrass Christmas)
- Brigitte Kingsley (A Novel Christmas)
- Julian Haig (Dial S for Santa)
UP Faith & Family’s holiday season programming highlights include:
Christmas in Rockwell – Begins streaming Nov. 8
When a big town star goes home to her small town to celebrate Christmas, confusion and romance lead the holiday festivities.
Stars: Trish Stratus, Stephen Huszar, Sheila McCarthy
Festival of Trees – Begins streaming Nov. 8
Jacquie Miller is an interior designer desperate to catch a break. The city’s annual Festival of Trees decorating competition, known for putting local artists on the map, may be just the answer! But competing with the city’s top designers is not for the faint of heart. With the help of her quirky assistant, a charming stranger and an inspirational young girl, Jacquie embarks on a humor-filled and heart-warming journey to create a tree that will knock the stockings off Santa himself.
Stars: Kate Miner, Greg Perrow, Josie Davis
A Very English Christmas – Begins streaming Nov. 15
Christmas in the English countryside wasn’t in Emma’s plans until her sister, Amy, plans her wedding for Christmas Eve. Dylan, Amy’s co-Christmas market owner, teams up with Emma to bring order to the whirlwind wedding.
Stars: Kimberly Nixon, Poppy Gilbert, Lewis Griffiths
A Bluegrass Christmas – Begins streaming Nov. 22
Katie’s family’s horse sanctuary is on the brink of closure, and in a last-ditch effort to raise money, Katie must coax her reclusive grandfather, Bluegrass legend, Ben Pendleton, back onto the stage for a Christmas benefit concert.
Stars: Amanda Jordan, David Pinard, Shaun Johnston
12 Dares of Christmas – Begins streaming Nov. 29
A teacher’s quiet holiday season gets a jolt of spice when she accepts a 12 Dares of Christmas challenge from her sister while scrambling to ready her town for a Christmas exchange program with a suave, opinionated French teacher.
Stars: Brittany Underwood, Sean Yves Lessard, Marnie Mahannah
Dial S for Santa – Begins streaming Nov. 29
When insurance investigator Lana Lawton returns home Christmas, her only goal is to spend time with her mom and cheer up her nephew who is upset that his military father won’t make it home for Christmas. When she arrives, however, she discovers that a string of robberies along Main Street has the shop owners scratching their heads over who could have done it. Seeing her chance to earn a big promotion by doing some real P.I. work, Lana puts all her efforts into trying to solve the case by any means necessary. Now, with Christmas Eve approaching and her suspect list narrowing, Lana must convince Nick, the police chief, to let her help on the investigation. As the pair start spending more time together on the case, they begin to see each other as more than co-investigators. Can Lana and Nick solve the case in time for Christmas and will Lana’s lead suspect disappear on Christmas, even with a sleigh full of stolen goods? It may take a lot of faith and a good bit of Christmas magic for a happily ever after!
Stars: Sarah Dugdale, Julian Haig, Lynda Boyd
A Novel Christmas – Begins streaming Dec. 6
When a successful children’s book author, Chloe Anderson, heads to the cozy town of Noelville to spend time with her sister’s family and help care for her recently widowed father, she didn’t expect the instant connection with the local bookstore owner and single dad, Ethan; or find her number one fan in his daughter, Alex. Will the small town’s charms be enough to rekindle a grieving family’s Christmas spirit, along with Chloe’s dreams of writing her first novel – let alone a chance at love?
Stars: Brigitte Kingsley, Landy Cannon, Alys Crocker
Country Roads Christmas – Begins streaming Dec. 6
When the daughter of a country singer loses her job at a record label, she ventures off to become her estranged father’s manager and finds love along the way.
Stars: Lanie McAuley, Bo Yokely, Bailey Chase
Jingle Smells – Begins streaming Dec. 20
War vet Nick Gutman is forced to take a job with his dad’s quirky garbage men buddies. When tasked to destroy canceled toys before Christmas, Nick takes on the secret identity Jingle Smells and becomes a Robin Hood for the Holidays.
Stars: Eric Roberts, John Schneider, Victoria Jackson
UP Faith & Family serves over a million families and continues to grow, adding hundreds of thousands of new customers this year. The UP Faith & Family app is available on iOS or Google Play and can be streamed through FireTV, AndroidTV, Roku, Apple TV, Xbox and Samsung. The service can also be purchased through these distributors: AppleTV+, Contour, DirecTV, Dish, Prime Video Channels, Sling, The Roku Channel, Xfinity, YouTube, YouTube TV and +play.
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