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Why do we watch Hallmark holiday movies, year in and year out? In 2024 alone, the channel pumped out 32 original films for the holiday season, with new premieres starting in October and continuing every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for the rest of the year. Many of them have interchangeable titles, like "Believe in Christmas," "The Christmas Quest," and "Confessions of a Christmas Letter." It's totally natural to turn on one of these movies and think, "Haven't I seen this before?"

After all, so many of these movies are the same, down to the identical green and red sweaters everyone seems to wear on every poster. They all have the same few types of characters with the same few types of jobs, getting into the same sort of holiday shenanigans while falling into the same types of romances.

But, like a treasured Christmas cookie recipe that we return to every year, having...

We’ve got your soundtrack for a smooth yule with 20 yacht rock Christmas classics. Sit back and relax to these seasonal soft-rock songs from the 1970s and ’80s from Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, Hall & Oates, Chicago, The Pointer Sisters, and more.

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Yacht Rock Christmas Music

1. “That’s What Christmas Means to Me” – Michael McDonald

2. “Jingle Bell Rock” – Hall & Oates

3. “Winter Wonderland” – Air Supply

4. “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” – Christopher Cross

5. “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” – Robert Palmer

6. “White Christmas” – Kenny Loggins

7. “Deck the Halls” – Bertie Higgins

8. “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” – Chicago

9. “Winter Holidays” – America

10. “This Christmas” – The Tribe Band feat. Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald

11. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” – Al Jarreau

12. “The Christmas Song” – Christopher Cross

13. “Jingle Bells” – Peter Cetera

14. “The Joy of Christmas” – Bobby Caldwell

15. “O Holy Night” – Michael McDonald

16. “Christmas...

Brooke D’Orsay is starring in a new holiday movie for Hallmark Channel!

The 41-year-old actress stars opposite Will Kemp in the new movie A Not So Royal Christmas.

Over the years, Brooke has starred in more than 10 Hallmark movies including Beverly Hills Wedding, Christmas in Love, A Fabled Holiday, and Wedding of a Lifetime.

You may also recognize Brooke from her roles in Royal Pains, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, and Drop Dead Diva.

So, is Brooke married?

Keep reading to find out more…

Brooke has never been married and as of right now, it looks like she’s single.

A Not So Royal Christmas premieres on Hallmark Channel on Saturday night, December 2 at 8pm Et.

Make sure to see all the real-life Hallmark Channel couples too.

In The Palace, guests of a luxury hotel prepare to celebrate the turn of the millennium. The caviar is tasted. The fireworks are readied. Soon (you guessed it) indulgence shifts to debauchery. The director, if you haven’t heard, is Roman Polanski, a filmmaker whose marketability in Europe seems to endure almost in spite of its continued non-existence in Britain and the United States. The Palace was made on a budget of €17,000,000, boasts an Alexandre Desplat score and a starry cast, and was shot in the Gstaad Palace of Switzerland, where a basic single room will set you back a grand a night. The Palace premiered this week at the Venice Film Festival, where Polanski’s last film, An Officer and A Spy, opened to cautiously positive reviews in 2019, ultimately winning him the Silver Lion for Best Director. At the time you could almost feel the critical consensus straining against its better judgment.

The holidays are on the horizon, and television networks everywhere are getting ready with a host of Thanksgiving and Christmas specials. Beginning on Thanksgiving Day, CBS will kick off the holiday season with its coverage of the Thanksgiving Day Parade, followed by a host of new holiday films and celebrity specials across broadcast, cable and streaming. To aid in your viewing pleasure, Variety has compiled a list of 2018’s winter holiday programming highlights.

Saturday, Nov. 10

“It’s Christmas, Eve” 8 p.m. on Hallmark Eve (LeAnne Rimes) is a superintendent who needs to trim music teacher Liam’s (Tyler Hines) program. However, her friend finds a way for people to donate to save it, and the newly launched website for the program could provide the Christmas miracle the town needs.

Sunday, Nov. 11

“Christmas in Love” 8 p.m. on Hallmark Ellie, an aspiring crafter works in her small town’s bakery making famous Christmas Kringles.