Set to premier tonight is Kirk Franklin’s The Night Before Christmas. It’s a part of Lifetime’s holiday movie schedule, “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime 2022.” The movie stars Naturi Naughton, Lorea Turner, Luke James, and Kirk Franklin.
During a blizzard on Christmas Eve an estranged mother and daughter take shelter inside a church. With only a few members in attendance, the church makes plans on cancelling their annual holiday concert. But with the help of an unlikely group of strangers, they band together to keep the holiday tradition.
See below for other new and returning shows premiering tonight and check out other TV and streaming shows are debuting in December.
Kirk Franklin's The Night Before Christmas
It follows an estranged mother and her daughter as they get caught in a snowstorm on Christmas Eve and are forced to take refuge inside a church. They meet a handsome pastor and a music teacher who motivate them to reconnect.
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Where to watch: Lifetime
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Christmas Class Reunion
High school classmates, who once dubbed themselves the “cursed class,” reconnect at Christmas for their 15-year reunion. Over the course of their time reconnecting, the classmates challenge each other to remember who they were, who they are, and who they want to be.
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Where to watch: Hallmark Channel, Peacock
Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Gift of Peace
Artist Traci is a once-devout Christian who has stopped believing in God after her husband tragically died despite her prayers. As her second Christmas without him approaches, she tries going to a support group for inspiration and comfort.
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Where to watch: HMM, Peacock
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Atsuko Okatsuka: The Intruder
Comedian and actress Atsuko Okatsuka brings her brand of ingenious, offbeat storytelling to the Elsewhere stage in Brooklyn, New York where she dishes on the futile art of impressing teenagers, attending a “Magic Mike Live” show with her grandmother, and the alarming reactions that she and her husband had to the unwanted presence of an intruder.
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Where to watch: HBO, HBO Max
Rated: R
Comedy
Alchemy of Souls - Season 2
A powerful sorceress in a blind woman’s body encounters a man from a prestigious family, who wants her help to change his destiny.
Learn more about Alchemy of Souls – Season 2
Where to watch: Netflix
Rated: TV-14
Drama, Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
House of Chains
Abused, neglected and imprisoned in their own home, siblings hatch a plan to escape from the clutches of their fanatical parents and alert the authorities.
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Where to watch: LMN
Drama, Thriller