Lifetime’s Summer Christmas Movie Marathon 2019 Schedule: TV Listings For June 28

Get ready because Christmas in July is starting early this year!

Not only does Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Gold Crown Christmas event, which features classic Hallmark holiday flicks airing on the network for a few weeks, begin on Friday, but Lifetime will also be getting in on the Christmas action today (June 28) with its 2019 Treat Every Day Like Christmas Holiday Movie Marathon.

The annual It’s a Wonderful Lifetime event doesn’t start for another few months, but Lifetime’s helping hold viewers over until then with its one-day Christmas movie marathon on Friday where six of its original flicks from over the years will air back to back. And what’s a holiday marathon without Will Ferrell’s classic “Elf”? Nothing, which is why Lifetime will finish out its big day with two airings of the comedy.

Check out the full TV schedule (all times in EDT) for Lifetime’s 2019 Treat Every Day Like Christmas Holiday Movie Marathon, as well as what the flicks are all about (per Lifetime):

8 a.m. “A Gift Wrapped Christmas”

Personal shopper Gwen’s (Meredith Hagner) newest client, Charlie (Travis Milne), is a high-rolling, workaholic, single father. When Gwen meets his 8-year-old son, Owen, during a package drop, she is saddened to see just how little time Charlie spends with him. Determined to get Charlie to appreciate his family, Gwen makes it her Christmas mission to get him into festive spirit. As she gets closer to Charlie and Owen, she also discovers what she wants for the holidays.

10 a.m. “The Christmas Contract”

It’s Jolie’s (Hilarie Burton) first time going back home to Louisiana since her devastating break up with Foster (Hunter Burke). Seeing him is inevitable as their parents run the town’s annual Christmas Market together, but when she discovers Foster is bringing home a new girlfriend, Jolie cannot bear the thought of going home alone and seeing them together. Her best friend Naomi (Danneel Ackles) suggests that Jolie bring her flaky brother, Jack (Robert Buckley), home for Christmas as he has no plans this year. Jolie, a professional web designer, is hesitant; so, Naomi, a lawyer, creates a Christmas contract to give them both something they want–a buffer for those awkward moments around Jolie’s ex and a website to help sell Jack’s upcoming novel. Unbeknownst to them, the Christmas contract proves to be so much more than what they signed up for.

12 p.m. “Poinsettias for Christmas”

It’s just weeks before Christmas when Ellie (Bethany Joy Lenz) gets a call to return home to help her father (John Schneider) on the family’s poinsettia farm. The family business is on the line to deliver tens of thousands of plants for the town’s annual parade. The problem is – the poinsettias have yet to turn red! As Ellie searches for the solution, she is reminded of where her heart truly lies as she falls in love with both her roots and a local botanist (Marcus Rosner).

2 p.m. “My Christmas Inn”

With the holiday season in full swing, Jen Taylor (Tia Mowry-Hardict) is about to score a big promotion at the San Francisco ad agency where she works. But her life is unexpectedly turned upside down when she inherits a cozy inn in Alaska from her aunt. When she goes to inspect the property and meets handsome town attorney Steve Anderson (Rob Mayes), she’s surprised to find that nothing is what she expected. The small town community is full of fun and festive Christmas traditions and soon, Jen starts wondering if the inn might just be the place she belongs, and if Steve could be the Mr. Right she has been waiting for.

4 p.m. “The Flight Before Christmas”

When a snowstorm strands their flight in Montana on Christmas Eve, two strangers (Mayim Bialik and Ryan McPartlin) who do not see eye to eye, are forced to share the last available room at a bed-and-breakfast. Also starring Family Matters’ veterans Reginald VelJohnson and Jo Marie Payton, The Flight Before Christmas is produced by Hybrid.

6 p.m. “A Christmas in Tennessee”

Allison Bennet (Rachel Boston), along with her daughter Olivia and mother Martha (Patricia Richardson), run a bakery in the small mountain town of White Pines, Tennessee. When Matthew (Andrew Walker), a charming real estate developer, tries to buy the town for a corporate ski resort, Allison and the townspeople must work together to prevent that from happening. And just when the Bennet ladies seem out of luck, an unexpected visitor–with a well-known sweet tooth for cookies and milk–comes to the bakery and may in fact be the key to solving everything. A Christmas in Tennessee is produced by Smokey Mountain Films Inc. and Juliette Hagopian. Howard Braunstein serves as executive producer. Gary Yates directs with a script written by Cassie Doyle.

8 p.m. and 10 p.m. “Elf”

As a baby, Buddy (Will Ferrell) was accidentally transported to the North Pole and raised among Santa’s elves. When he discovers that he is actually human, Buddy travels to New York, to search for his real father – Walter Hobbs (James Caan), a cynical businessman. Walter reluctantly begins spending time with the childlike Buddy and hilarious holiday fun results.