The Countdown to Christmas will kick off on Friday, Oct. 18, with 'Twas the Date Before Christmas' starring Robert Buckley and Amy Groening

EXCLUSIVE: Angela Kinsey is about to make her Hallmark Channel debut. The Office star will headline Confessions of a Christmas Letter, which will premiere later this year as part of the network’s 15th Annual Countdown to Christmas programming event.

Hallmark Channel is also going to be the home of the highly-anticipated sequel to Three Wise Men and a Baby, with Paul Campbell, Andrew Walker, Tyler Hynes, and Margaret Colin all back for Three Wiser Men and a Boy. And a popular franchise continues with Rachel Boston stepping in as Mrs. Merkel in Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle.