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Brian is back this week to dive into the latest holiday release: Christmas on Duty.

ABOUT CHRISTMAS ON DUTY

Former rivals Blair and Josh must work Christmas duty together. When a snowstorm threatens holiday deliveries to the base, they’re forced to cooperate and save the season.

AIR DATE & NETWORK FOR CHRISTMAS ON DUTY

November 1, 2025 | Hallmark Channel

CAST & CREW OF CHRISTMAS ON DUTY

• Janel Parrish as Blair Birch
  Parker Young as Josh

BRAN’S CHRISTMAS ON DUTY SYNOPSIS

The movie kicks off with some fun animation — which, by the way, is apparently why we only get 24 movies this year.

We meet Blaire Birch, who’s ready to compete against Josh Cannon. During the competition, there’s plenty of playful banter, but at the end, Blaire drops a bomb: she’s taking Josh’s spot in the infantry. He’s very offended. Turns out, their dads were rivals too.

Six years later, it’s almost Christmas break. Blaire’s only taking two days off — she’s all about that work life. After a training session, she spends time with her dad, a Sergeant, who’s hoping for a more traditional Christmas this year since Blaire’s mom has passed.

They go to the Marine Christmas festival party, and Blaire is shocked to see Josh Cannon there! He’s now a company commander. The two immediately start arguing and, naturally, decide to compete again — right then and there. In their rush outside, they knock over the party cake. Their commanding officer is not amused and assigns them to Christmas duty — meaning they’ll be spending 24 hours straight together.

Meanwhile, a huge snowstorm is threatening to delay the children’s Christmas gifts, though they’re still expected to arrive by Christmas Eve.

When Blaire and Josh show up for their Christmas duty, Josh has brought his own decorations — including an inflatable Santa. But when they find out the toy delivery has been canceled due to the storm, they agree to team up to save Christmas! Their plan: figure out what all the kids want, take a five-ton truck that can handle the roads, and track down the gifts themselves.

As they travel, they start to open up. Blaire shares about the loss of her mom, and the walls start to come down.

At their first stop, they discover the employee forgot to pull all the gifts. At the next, the owner’s accidentally locked out — so Josh climbs through an air duct to grab a skateboard. (Mission: accomplished.)

More driving, more heart-to-hearts. But then they’re delayed by a Christmas Eve parade. Obviously, they take the chance to hop out, enjoy the show, and share a slow dance.

Later, they stop for gas and run into Ezra from Finding Mr. Christmas. He offers to help them find gas if they help him with some Christmas party thing. It’s… weird, but yay for Ezra, I guess.

On the way back, their truck breaks down, leading to an argument just when things were finally going well. Ugh! Luckily, Josh’s sister is a truck expert and walks him through the fix.

They get back on the road and return — but late. Mission failed. The boss blames Josh and threatens to discharge them, but Blaire takes the blame instead. Josh feels terrible and goes to the boss to come clean, saying it was both their fault. The boss agrees to let it go — if they deliver the rest of the gifts dressed as Santa and Mrs. Claus.

When Josh shows up to get Blaire (with his dad in tow), their dads start arguing — but nothing a snowball fight can’t fix.

They deliver the rest of the gifts, share a kiss (or three), and celebrate Christmas together with their families.

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