Christmas in July! Hallmark Is Premiering 2 Holiday Movies This Summer

Hallmark is kicking off the Christmas season early.

The channel will air two original Christmas films next month, PEOPLE confirms. The two new movies are part of the record-breaking 40 Christmas films that Hallmark will release this year.

The second film,A Merry Christmas Match, will debut on the Hallmark Channel on July 13 at 9 p.m. as part of the channel’s “Keepsake Christmas” campaign, which celebrates being halfway to Christmas.

StarringKyle Dean Massey, known for his recurring role onNashville, and Ashley Newbrough fromPrivileged, the movie will follow Corey (Newbrough) who lives in a ski village, works at her mom’s antique shop and puts together a Christmas pageant for kids in honor of her late father. When a man named Ryder (Massey) visits the store, Corey wonders if she should have left town and followed her dreams of becoming a theater director.

Along withA Merry Christmas Match, Hallmark Channel’s “Keepsake Christmas” will feature other Christmas classics.

source: people.com