The Hallmark Channel planned ahead.

Back at the beginning of the year, the holiday movie purveyors determined that the strikes that are currently shuttering all Hollywood productions was inevitable, so they sped up production of their holiday movie slate.

“Christmas is a year-round business at Hallmark, so we were able to mitigate early in the year understanding that the strikes were unfortunately imminent,” Lisa Hamilton Daly, EVP of programming at Hallmark Media said recently. “We’re grateful to meet all our goals for a full, all-new holiday slate and to bring our viewers the content they love most to celebrate the season.”

As a result, Hallmark will have 40 all-new, original movies for both its flagship channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, as well as special content for Hallmark Movies Now, the company’s subscription streaming service, beginning on October 20th.

Some of the highlights of this season’s holiday movie schedule include A Merry Scottish Christmas, which reunites Party of Five siblings Lacey Chabert and Scott Wolf, who will once again play brother and sister. In the film, the two star as estranged sibs Lindsay (Chabert) and Brad (Wolf), who travel to Scotland at Christmas to reunite with their mother Jo (Fiona Bell), and uncover a big family secret.

Among the cast of Hallmark’s upcoming holiday movies include Chabert in yet another film, (Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up); Benjamin Ayres, Katherine Barrell, Catherine Bell, Jonathan Bennett, Krystal Joy Brown, Warren Christie, Cindy Busby, Erin Cahill, Paul Campbell, Nikki DeLoach, James Denton, Brooke D’Orsay, Jaicy Elliot, Brennan Elliott, Tyler Hynes, Dan Jeannotte, Hunter King, Bethany Joy Lenz, Luke Macfarlane, Chandler Massey, Niall Matter, Barbara Niven, Ryan Paevey, Janel Parrish, Brendan Penny, Kristoffer Polaha, Michael Rady, Marcus Rosner, Ronnie Rowe Jr., Jessy Schram, Kimberley Sustad, Andrew Walker, and Victor Webster.

The following films are among the offerings this year.

OCTOBER
Friday, October 20th: Checkin’ It Twice starring Kim Matula and Kevin McGarry.
Saturday, October 21st: Where Are You, Christmas? Starring Lyndsy Fonseca, Michael Rady, Jim O’Heir, and Julie Warner.
Sunday, October 22nd: Under the Christmas Sky starring Jessica Parker Kennedy, and Ryan Paevey.
Friday, October 27th: Christmas by Design starring Rebecca Dalton, and Jonathan Keltz.
Saturday, October 28th: Mystic Christmas starring Jessy Schram, Chandler Massey, Patti Murin, and William R. Moses.
Sunday, October 29th: Joyeux Noel stars Jaicy Elliot, and Brant Daugherty.

NOVEMBER
Friday, November 3rd: Flipping for Christmas starring Ashley Newbrough, and Marcus Rosner.
Saturday, November 4th: Never Been Chris’d starring Janel Parrish, Pascal Lamothe-Kipnes, and Tyler Hynes.
Sunday, November 5th: The Santa Summit starring Hunter King, and Benjamin Hollingsworth.
Friday, November 10th: Everything Christmas starring Katherine Barrell, Cindy Busby, Corey Sevier, and Matt Wells.
Saturday, November 11th: Christmas Island starring Rachel Skarsten, and Andrew Walker.
Sunday, November 12th: A Heidelberg Holiday starring Ginna Claire Mason, and Frédéric Brossier.
Friday, November 17th: Navigating Christmas starring Chelsea Hobbs, and Stephen Huszar.
Saturday, November 18th: A Merry Scottish Christmas starring Lacey Chabert, and Scott Wolf.
Sunday, November 19th: Holiday Hotline starring Emily Tennant, and Niall Matter.
Thursday, November 23rd: Catch Me If You Claus starring Italia Ricci, and Luke Macfarlane.  
Friday, November 24th: Letters to Santa starring Katie Lecler, and Rafael de la Fuente.
Friday, November 24th: Holiday Road starring Sara Canning, and Warren Christie.
Saturday, November 25th: Christmas in Notting Hill starring Sarah Ramos and William Moseley.
Saturday, November 25th: Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up starring Lacey Chabert, Wes Brown, Stephen Tobolowsky, Melissa Peterman, Ellen Travolta, Seth Morris, and Jennifer Aspen.
Sunday, November 26th: Our Christmas Mural starring Alex Paxton-Beesley and Dan Jeannotte.  
Sunday, November 26th: A Biltmore Christmas starring Bethany Joy Lenz and Kristoffer Polaha.

DECEMBER
Friday, December 1st: My Norwegian Holiday starring Rhiannon Fish and David Elsendoorn.
Saturday, December 2nd: A Not So Royal Christmas. Starring Brooke D’Orsay and Will Kemp.
Sunday, December 3rd: Christmas with a Kiss starring Mishael Morgan, Ronnie Rowe Jr. and Jaime M. Callica.
Friday, December 8th: Magic in Mistletoe starring Lyndie Greenwood and Paul Campbell.
Saturday, December 9th: Christmas on Cherry Lane starring Catherine Bell, Jonathan Bennett, John Brotherton, Erin Cahill, James Denton, and Vincent Rodriguez III.
Sunday, December 10th: Round and Round starring Vic Michaelis, Bryan Greenberg and Rick Hoffman. Thursday, December 14th: Heaven Down Here starring Krystal Joy Brown, Tina Lifford, Juan Riedinger, Richard Harmon, and Phylicia Rashad.
Friday, December 15th: The Secret Gift of Christmas starring Meghan Ory and Christopher Russell.
Saturday, December 16th: Sealed with a List starring Katie Findlay and Evan Roderick.
Sunday, December 17th: Friends & Family Christmas starring Humberly Gonzalez and Ali Liebert.