By Allison Kendrick
While sports fans have their March Madness brackets and NFL fantasy teams, Great American has the Christmas Challenge! Fans have the opportunity to rank in order of highest watch time our 18 all new original Christmas movies this season.
In the spirit of friendly competition, the Programming Team is playing along. I don't want to admit how long I worked and re-worked my order. This is our strongest slate of movies to date and there is truly not one movie that deserves to be at the bottom of the list from a storyline, cast or production perspective. My list reflects doing my best to predict watch time based on placement in the schedule.
Best of luck to all our competitors. Here is my ranking of Great American Christmas 2026 movies!
1. The Christmas Yes List
- Winning chemistry between Danica and Sam | Fun and comedic storyline | Purely enjoyable Christmas romance
2. A Sweet Christmas Anniversary
- Candace | Thanksgiving Weekend | Third installment in franchise
3. Christmas at Moose Lake
- Great ensemble cast | Emotional depth in story
4. The Greatest Christmas Gift
- More Danica! | Thanksgiving weekend | Strong secondary characters
5. The Christmas Ornament Library
- Merritt + Paevey | Unique storyline | Prime premiere weekend
6. A Christmas Prayer Tradition
- Sequel to fan favorite | Uncontested Weekend
7. A Second Chance Christmas
- More dramatic storyline | Beautiful faith throughline | Early in the schedule
8. A Christmas Rescue
- Dono fans | Thanksgiving weekend | Dogs!
9. The Christmas Ring
- Karen Kingsbury | Faith + Family + Country all around
10. A Very Arctic Christmas
- Jill and Cameron chemistry | Funny! | Early in the schedule
11. Silver Bells at Christmas
- Great ensemble cast | Original music | Early in the schedule
12. Three Generations, One Christmas
- Tony Danza | Nostalgic Christmas vibe | Family first
13. An Ozark Mountain Christmas
- Filmed on location | Beautifully filmed | Story plot twist
14. Letters This Christmas
- Fan favorite talent | Filmed in snow | Straight ahead Christmas romance
15. Making Christmas Bright
- Strong faith storyline | Emphasis on giving back | First time leads paired together
16. A Very Evergreen Christmas
- Filmed in snow | Beautiful set décor | Familiar secondary character
17. Christmas By the Spoonful
- Beautifully filmed | Straight ahead Christmas romance
18. Christmas Wrapped in Love
- Unique storyline | Premiere date late in the season
Enter the Christmas Challenge today and rank all 18 Great American Christmas movie premieres based on the order you think America will watch them! Then, follow along all season on Great American Journal to see how your predictions stack up. Think you can win the Christmas Challenge? Make your picks for a chance to win the $100,000 Grand Prize! Let The Christmas Challenge begin!
Great American Christmas can be part of your Christmas traditions! Sign up for Great American Pure Flix and enjoy new Christmas movie premieres every week, filled with faith, family, romance, and plenty of Christmas cheer. Gather the family for a movie night and celebrate Christmas as it’s meant to be with us!