October is here and that means Christmas is right around the corner, but you can get your holiday fix in just a couple of weeks.

One of the best parts of the Christmas season besides family, food, music, and presents are the Christmas movies.

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The Hallmark Channel is helping you get an early jump on the "Countdown to Christmas" as they released their Christmas movie schedule and it starts this month.

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The first new Christmas movie of the year will air on the Hallmark Channel on Friday, October 18th. It is titled "'Twas The Date Before Christmas"

The Hallmark Channel will air new Christmas movies every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday leading up to Christmas. They will be airing over 30 new Christmas movies this year.


The Hallmark Channel isn't the only place you will get new Christmas movies in the month of October.

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The "Great American Christmas," from GAC will also kick off in October. Their first new Christmas movie will air on October 19th and they will premiere a new Christmas movie every weekend through Sunday, December 22nd.

It looks like the wait for Christmas will end very soon for New Yorkers.

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