By President & CEO Bill Abbott
Here are my ranking predictions of this year’s Great American Christmas 2026 movies!
- A Sweet Christmas Anniversary - The Queen of Christmas reigns
- The Christmas Yes List - Danica and Sam’s comedic timing flat out works
- A Second Chance Christmas - Candace, Candace, Candace
- The Christmas Ring - Beautiful Karen Kingsbury movie with great moments of faith, family & country
- Three Generations, One Christmas - Mario Lopez….and Tony Danza!
- The Greatest Christmas Gift - Sweet story with great talent led by Danica
- A Very Arctic Christmas - Cameron & Jill ’s chemistry in very cold weather
- A Christmas Ornament Library - This movie’s ranking with Paevey & Patterson is indication of schedule strength
- Christmas at Moose Lake - Heartfelt story on a strong day/date
- Silver Bells at Christmas - Music perfectly compliments this intriguing story
- A Christmas Prayer Tradition - Good sequel to the beloved original from last year
- A Christmas Rescue - Trevor and dogs always win, but airing during height of the season
- Making Christmas Bright - A feel-good celebration of Christmas
- Christmas Wrapped In Love - Any other year could be in the Top 5
- Letters at Christmas - Jesse could surprise us
- An Ozark Mountain Christmas - Who doesn’t love Branson?!
- A Very Evergreen Christmas - Trees and snow for all
- Christmas by the Spoonful - Cooking for the Thanksgiving celebration
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