A.K. Benninghofen, who plays super fan Margaret in the recent ratings giant "A Biltmore Christmas", stops by to talk about the character and about returning to acting from a near twenty year break. We'll find out what it was like to make a movie at the iconic Biltmore and working with the her amazing co-stars. Be prepared to be inspired in the Hallmark cafe today, your table is ready!

Award-winning composer Jerome Leroy joins us in the cafe to talk about his music scores for three recent Hallmark movies, "A Paris Proposal," "A Very Venice Romance" and "Joyeux Noel." He shares how he created these romantic and musically authentic scores by playing selections from each movie. To top it off, Jerome recounts how he got the job of conducting the studio orchestra on the new Beatles single, "Now and Then." It's all about movies and music in the cafe today and your table is ready!

On this episode, a van full of strangers find themselves on a Holiday Road in search of the true meaning of family, friendship and Christmas. The road has plenty of laughs and tears along the way but there's still room for you in the van.

For dessert, we travel to London where love blooms for two strangers who find themselves caught up in a shared family event that takes them by surprise in, Christmas in Notting Hill.

And we find a place at the table for one more movie that we still had room for. It's a holiday feast on The Hallmark Cafe and your table is ready!

Today in the Cafe we serve up two recent Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Christmas delights that truly capture the spirit of the holidays. A World Record Christmas will have you cheering on the young hero of this movie as he takes on a Guinness World Record and My Christmas Guide will remind us how love can overcome our toughest challenges. Welcome, your table ready!

In this episode, we escape to the Hollywood of old in a classic time travel romance with Kristoffer Polaha and Bethany Joy Lenz. A Biltmore Christmas unfolds at the beautiful Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. For dessert, we meet Santa's son as he bungles his first night on the job in Catch Me if You Claus. Luke Macfarlane and Italia Ricci deliver the laughs in this new Christmas holiday classic. Your table is ready!

Merry Thanksgiving from The Hallmark Cafe! In this episode, we travel to Scotland, where Michael visits his roots, for A Merry Scottish Christmas. Lacey Chabert is paired with one time co-star Scott Wolf in a story of royalty and romance in Scotland. The story takes pace in a Scottish castle where the pipes are gently calling (and we're not talking about the hundreds of years old plumbing) Throw in a scene stealing cameo from a fellow Hallmark star and it’s whimsy galore in the highlands.

For dessert, we talk movies and turkey with our own call-in to the very funny, Holiday Hotline. Emily Tennant and Niall Matter cook up some steam in this homage to the classic films, The Shop Around The Corner and You've Got Mail by putting a modern spin on a timeless plot. Your place at the table is ready!

Director Jeff Beesley is one of our favorite Hallmark directors. On this edition of the Hallmark Cafe, we talk about his early inspiration to be a film director and how his work in Canadian television led to his teaming up with Hallmark. We explore audience favorites such as, Love Strikes Twice, A Kiss Before Christmas, Holiday Date, Made For Each Other, The Santa Summit and more. Along the way we also talk Matty Finochio, Reba and that pine tree costume in the Santa Summit. Jeff also shares much about how he gets the job done making the Hallmark movies we love. Your table is ready!

On this episode we travel to Germany for a A Heidelberg Holiday then make a stop on the way home in Nova Scotia for visit to Christmas Island. We are wracking up the frequent flyer miles on this edition of The Hallmark Cafe and we've got a seat at the table just for you.

On the menu this week we find out what the titles of both of these unique Hallmark movies mean. Tyler Hynes plays a pescatarian with a choice to make in, "Never Been Chris'd" and Hunter King finds out how many Santa suits it takes to find her soul mate in, "The Santa Summit." It's all in the cafe this week. Welcome, your table is ready!

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We continue serving up our thoughts on this years offering of Christmas movies from Hallmark. Our main course today features a visit to Connecticut to discover what a Mystic Christmas is all about. For dessert, we travel to France to unravel a Christmas mystery with all the trimmings in Joyeux Noel. Welcome in, your Christmas table is ready!