The 17 Most Popular Lifetime Christmas Movies To Enjoy in 2022

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What is the festive season without a few quaint, sweet Christmas movies to sit down and watch?

Well, Lifetime has plenty to offer viewers looking for their favorite festive films, or even just a fun film that will help get them into the holiday spirit, with their It's A Wonderful Lifetime season.

Here is everything that you need to know.

The 17 most popular Lifetime Christmas movies to enjoy in 2022

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In this composite image are stills from the films "Steppin Into the Holidays," "Reindeer Games Homecoming," "A New Orleans Noel" and "The 12 Days of Christmas Eve" which are featured in Lifetime's "It's A... LifeTime/A+E Networks

Lifetime's holiday film slate began on November 9 and will be featured until December 17, bringing a host of new festive films to the network every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Most are original productions for Lifetime, and the 11 films already released during the season have been given ratings by the public on platforms like IMDb.

The most popular of Lifetime's new festive films is Reindeer Games Homecoming, which received a 7.0 rating on IMDb and stars Grey's Anatomy's Sarah Drew and Justin Bruening, who reunited for the Christmas film after previously starring as a couple on the ABC drama.

Mario Lopez stars in the next most popular film, Steppin into the Holidays, which follows his character Billy Holiday, a former Broadway star who returns home for Christmas after losing his job on a dance reality series, only to meet a dancer named Rae (Jana Kramer) who owns a dance studio.

Another popular pick in Lifetime's Christmas slate is The 12 Days of Christmas Eve, which stars Kelsey Grammer and his daughter Spencer. This sees the Frasier star play a businessman who is given 12 chances by Santa to fix his strained relationships in time for Christmas after he is involved in a car accident on Christmas Eve.

A New Orleans Noel was executive produced by Whoopi Goldberg and stars Keshia Knight Pulliam and Brad James. It follows the budding romance between architects Grace Hill (Pulliam) and Anthony Brown (James) as they are forced to work together on Christmas.

Here's How Lifetime's 2022 Films Rank on IMDb:

  1. Reindeer Games Homecoming - 7.0
  2. Steppin into the Holidays - 6.9
  3. The 12 Days of Christmas Eve - 6.7
  4. Well Suited for Christmas - 6.4
  5. A New Orleans Noel - 6.4
  6. Scentsational Christmas - 6.3
  7. A Christmas Spark - 6.1
  8. Merry Textmas - 6.1
  9. Six Degrees of Santa - 6.1
  10. Cloudy With a Chance of Christmas - 6.1
  11. Santa Bootcamp - 5.9
  12. Baking All the Way - 5.6
  13. Merry Swissmas - 5.5
  14. Christmas on Mistletoe Lake - 5.5
  15. The Dog Days of Christmas - 5.3
  16. A Country Christmas Harmony - 5.1
  17. A Show-Stopping Christmas - 4.7

Lifetime will be releasing more films in the run up to December 17.

The new films include Single and Ready to Jingle, Kirk Franklin's The Night Before Christmas, which comes out on the 10th, Record Breaking Christmas, which is released on December 15, LGBTQ festive film A Christmas to Treasure, which comes out on December 16 and The Holiday Dating Guide, which is released on December 17.

It's a Wonderful Lifetime continues on Lifetime until Saturday, December 17.

Update 12/06/22, 12:34 p.m. ET: This article was updated to add a picture.

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Roxy Simons is a Newsweek TV and Film Reporter (SEO), based in London, U.K. Her focus is reporting on the latest TV shows and films, conducting interviews with talent, reporting news and doing deep dives into the biggest hits. She has covered entertainment journalism extensively and specializes in sci-fi and fantasy shows, K-pop and anime. Roxy joined Newsweek in 2021 from MailOnline and had previously worked as a freelance writer for multiple publications including MyM Magazine, the official magazine of MCM Comic Con. She is a graduate of Kingston University and has degrees in both Journalism and Criminology. Languages: English.

You can get in touch with Roxy by emailing r.simons@newsweek.com.

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