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Hallmark Channel is bringing some Christmas cheer to Nashville with the premiere of the new original holiday movie, A Grand Ole Opry Christmas.
Airing Nov. 29 live on Hallmark Channel, the new film features some familiar faces from country music, while helping to celebrate the Opry’s 100th anniversary. Those stars include Opry member Brad Paisley, who also wrote the original music for A Grand Ole Opry Christmas and performs in the film. Other country singers appearing in the movie include Megan Moroney, Pam Tillis, Drew Baldridge and Mickey Guyton.
Want to watch A Grand Ole Opry Christmas? Here’s what you need to know.
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A Grand Ole Opry Christmas airs Friday, Nov. 29 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel and you can watch the country-themed holiday movie on TV with any cable package that includes Hallmark Channel.
How to Watch A Grand Ole Opry Christmas Streaming Online
Don’t have cable? You can stream A Grand Ole Opry Christmas live as it airs on Hallmark Channel with DirecTV, which is a streaming service that lets you watch live TV over the internet without needing cable. All of DirecTV’s packages include a live feed of Hallmark Channel that you can stream on your computer, phone, tablet or smart TV. Even better: DirecTV has a five-day free trial that you can grab here to watch A Grand Ole Opry Christmas online free.
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All of the above streaming services will let you watch A Grand Ole Opry Christmas live online when it airs on Hallmark Channel. Want to watch A Grand Ole Opry Christmas on-demand? While the movie is sure to repeat on TV, you can also watch it on-demand whenever you want through Hallmark+, Hallmark Channel’s official streaming service.
A subscription to Hallmark+ is just $2/month right now as part of a Black Friday streaming deal. Use your subscription to stream A Grand Ole Opry Christmas and hundreds of other Hallmark movies and special online.
What Is A Grand Ole Opry Christmas About?
A Grand Ole Opry Christmas followes Gentry Woods (Nikki DeLoach), the daughter of late (fictional) country music icon Jett Woods, who is invited to perform at the Opry to honor her father. But Gentry ditched her dream of a songwriting career and distanced herself from her father’s legacy following his tragic car accident, and isn’t sure she’s ready to confront her family demons. Fortunately, she reunites with lifelong friend Mac (Kristoffer Polaha) and meets a few country music superstars along the way, who convince her that there’s no better time to shine — and find love — that at the Opry’s centennial celebration at Christmas.
Of course it wouldn’t be a Hallmark movie without some holiday magic sprinkled in too, and the official film description teases a little time travel. “Gentry visits the Opry and, while seated in one of the vaunted venue’s oak church pews, is suddenly transported to 1995. Gentry’s lifelong friend Mac (Polaha) a country music talent manager, finds himself in 1995 as well. Thanks to some Christmas magic, Gentry gets precious time with her father, creative inspiration to finish the song she began decades earlier as a teen and learns surprising answers to questions about her father that have followed her for the last three decades.”
In addition to DeLoach, Polaha, Paisley and the country singers mentioned earlier, the film stars Desperate Housewives fave James Denton and features longtime Opry stars Riders in the Sky, Nashville legend Bill Anderson, Opry inductees Jamey Johnson and Dailey and Vincent, and singer Suzy Bogguss, who was officially invited to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry in October.
“The Hallmark Channel to me is a major part of finding the joy and the spirit of the holidays,” Paisley says in a press release. “I loved the challenge of creating that same magic with this music by letting it take you to the same place that these movies and this world Hallmark has built. Can’t wait for you to hear what all we’ve done. Also, knowing the Opry is the setting for one of these movies is very inspiring.”
The movie is part of Hallmark’s “Countdown to Christmas” event, which went viral last year for the Taylor Swift-inspired Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story.
Of course, you can also experience Christmas IRL at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. The venue’s famous “Opry Country Christmas” show is running all through December, and you can find tickets here.
