We have had some filmed in CT. They film early so all fake snow
The Lifetime and ION networks also do Christmas movies. I think they tend to film around the U.S. vs Canada.
In fact, it looks like Lifetime pulled one over on Hallmark this year. Normally they show their stalker/obsessed neighbor, nanny, babysitter, teacher, ex-spouse movies year round. I always wonder how a network that originally was supposed to be about empowering & uplifting women turned into a 24-hour network that shows movie after movie of clueless women being stalked & in danger all the time.
And sometimes by other wacko women.
That their network viewpoint is how many crazed stalkers there are out in the world, that they just might be in your backyard.
Then a few years ago, both Lifetime & ION started airing brand new Christmas movies on Sat nights. Then about 2 years ago, Lifetime added an extra Christmas movie each weekend. I always wondered why they didn't get a clue that, since Hallmark is so popular showing only feel good movies year round, over crazed stalker movies, that why didn't Lifetime air more feel good movies?
I almost never watch Lifetime because of that - except when they have a Christmas movie or lighthearted romance.
Well, this year, Lifetime got the message. A couple weekends before Halloween, I was scrolling though channels on my TV guide. I noticed Lifetime's line up that weekend was all Christmas movies. It was a little too early for me, as Halloween hadn't even come yet. But, they had one older Christmas movie I liked, so I recorded it for later.
Then the following week, I had my DVR set to record a Hallmark mystery series. They had advertised for months that October would be a full "Mysteries month," on their mystery channel, until both Hallmark channels started their Christmas season starting Oct 26 - with big fanfare. Yet it didn't record Episode 2. I checked my DVR and it had definitely been set right. But, the DVR listed that the movie had been CANCELLED, so I had definitely scheduled it right.
I thought that was odd. But, I figured, I'll just record Episode 3 and wait to watch it after Episode 2 airs again. Then Episode 3 completely blipped off the schedule. No where to be found.
That's when I noticed that Lifetime had promos saying they are airing Christmas movies 24/7 through Christmas. TWO weeks before Halloween. No advanced advertizing (I think,) they just started showing Christmas movies. ONE week before Hallmark was set to start. Then Hallmark changed their schedule, dumped all the mysteries that were set to air that week, (probably re-scheduled for Jan,) and started showing old Christmas movies on their Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel, too.
I have a feeling that with these network wars, Christmas movies may start to air Labor Day weekend in the coming years,
as they try to get the jump on each other.
Yes, I have no life, that I noticed all this.