It's never too early to get into the holiday spirit! This July, Hallmark will bring good tidings with two new movies [1] to help viewers feel the Christmas cheer early on. According to Entertainment Weekly, the first film, Christmas Camp, will premiere on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel on July 7. The story revolves around an advertising executive (Lily Anne Harrison) who must land the account of a traditional toy company for a promotion. She decides to attend a "Christmas Camp" where she meets the camp owner's son (Bobby Campo), who teaches her about the holidays. And considering how romantic Hallmark's Christmas movies tend to be [2], we're sure sparks will fly between the two.
Then on July 13, A Merry Christmas Match — starring Ashley Newbrough and Kyle Dean Massey — will debut on the Hallmark Channel. The movie will centre on a woman named Corey (Newbrough) who lives in a ski village while working at her mom's antique shop. Every year, she puts on an annual children's Christmas pageant to honour her late father. But when a man named Ryder (Massey) stops by her store, Corey begins to wonder if she should have moved out of town and followed her dreams of being a theatre director.
Christmas Camp and A Merry Christmas Match are just two out of the 40 new holiday flicks Hallmark is dropping [3] this year — a record-breaking amount [4]. So get ready to have yourself a merry little Christmas while it's still 80 degrees outside.