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Next time you have a Bad Movie Night, you NEED to watch one of these: the 10 worst Hallmark Christmas movies of all time!! We’ve got royalty, bootcamp, angels and cringy singing. What more could you ask for?? While all of these Hallmark movies are quite different from each other, they’re all truly bad movies.

So if you need a funny/bad movie for your next Bad Movie Night, you’ll have a great time watching any of these. Also make sure to use these free Hallmark Bingo cards to play along!

10 Worst Hallmark Christmas movies

Let’s jump right into our list with number 10.

10. A Royal Christmas Crush

Synopsis: Ava accepts a unique and significant opportunity to work at the Royal Ice Hotel. This unexpectedly leads her into a surprise whirlwind romance with the Royal Prince, who she only knows as most important guest staying at the hotel.

Review: This was such a horrific waste of time that I had to come here to review it in the hopes of keeping even just one person from not sitting through this torture.

9. Christmas in Harmony

Synopsis: We follow Harmony who finds herself tricked into auditioning for the Holiday Chorus, directed by her ex-boyfriend. As Christmas Eve approaches, is therea possibility that Harmony and her ex-boyfriend could reconcile and find love?

Review: “Hallmark has bombed again. Predictable plot. The only difference was the gospel music and almost all African american cast, which was a little bit refreshing”

8. Mr. Miracle

Synopsis: Heavenly angel Harry Mills, a miracle worker-in-training, arrives on Earth for the first time on a trial assignment. His mission is to help a young woman named Addie find the confidence to change her life. If he fails to change Addie’s perspective on life by Christmas Day, he will say goodbye to his own Earthly existence.

Review: This is just not good. Rob Morrow is unwatchable. His facial expressions, the use of his hands, his odd voice? And the random rules, why urgency of needing to help by Christmas Eve or he’s permanently banished to… Heaven? I love cheesy Christmas movies. This was not that.

7. Undercover Holiday

Synopsis: Mexican-American Jaylen, a newly minted pop star from a small town is the latest surprise winner of Pop Star USA. As Jaylen prepares to go home for the Christmas holidays, the record label assigns her a 24/7 bodyguard indefinitely: ex-Navy SEAL Matt. Worried about what her parents will think of her needed a bodyguard, she introduces Matt to her family as her new boyfriend. Professional and personal lines blur as they start to fall for each other.

Review: This movie was just awful!! The poor acting, the lack of chemistry, the atrocious singing and the unbelievable concept that people have never heard of a song in both Spanish and English. Every time Jaylen tries to sing is cringeworthy. Was anyone in the room while they were filming?

6. Confessions of a Christmas Letter

Synopsis: Settie Rose, an eccentric matriarch, hires struggling novelist Juan to write her holiday contest entry. A mixup sparks gossip of Juan’s engagement to Settie’s daughter Lily, leading the family to play along.

Review: I thought that the movie would get better as it went a long but after about half an hour I couldn’t finish. The characters were so over the top and so unrealistic and child like it was stupid.

5. Private Princess Christmas

Synopsis: Princess Violet adores the privileges of being a royal but consistently avoids its responsibilities. After being disappointed by Violet one time too many, the Queen issues an ultimatum: Violet must pass a vigorous leadership boot camp in Colorado or risk losing her throne to her uncle. At the boot camp, Violet and her fellow cadets are put through a rigorous grind under the uncompromising supervision of Captain Ryan Douglas.

Review: Most of the creatives on this show have done good work elsewhere, but this was inexplicably terrible. A failure at every level, as if not one single person on the show even remotely cared how it turned out. Writing, directing, producing, acting … even wardrobe, were all among the worst I’ve seen in the genre. This was so catastrophically awful I would actually love to have someone dissect how it happened, the way the NTSB investigates an airplane disaster, and why no one stopped it. It’s so much worse than if it was dialed in that you have to wonder if someone made a bet that they could make the worst Hallmark movie ever.

4. A Christmas for the Books

You can find this one under two different titles (love when that happens). Either “A Christmas FOR the Books” or “A Christmas BY the Book”. It honestly doesn’t matter, it’s terrible.

Synopsis: Joanna is a lifestyle guru and romance expert, known for her best-selling book, “The Love Audit,” which details a foolproof strategy for ending holiday loneliness. Joanna is presented with the biggest opportunity of her career: the chance to throw the big Holiday Gala, with the promise that if all goes well, she will land her own TV show. However, Joanna harbors a secret from her fans: she is newly single and unable to apply her own principles to her love life. To avoid embarrassment, Joanna asks newly single co-worker Ted to pretend they are a couple. What could go wrong?

Review: Possibly the worst Hallmark Christmas movie ever. The writing was on par with a third grader. So disappointing. Characters were flat, and surface… please don’t waste your time.

3. Christmas for Keeps

Synopsis: At Christmastime, a close-knit group of childhood friends return home from their busy lives after 10 years away to commemorate the passing of their beloved high-school teacher.

Review: Who “would of thunk it?” This was a very annoying and depressing movie. Why would anybody think this was a good idea! It really sucked so I dumped it.

2. Christmas Bedtime Stories

Synopsis: Left to raise her daughter alone after her husband goes MIA and is presumed dead, Danielle starts to tell her daughter bedtime stories about her father.

This movie actually came up in my “worst hallmark of all time” and all the reviews were angry. But not because it’s slow and boring, but because the movie is super disrespectful. And I thought: I have to watch this movie. So I did. And I get it. I was angry, too. You need to check out my full recap here.

1. A Cheerful Christmas

Synopsis: Lauren, a Christmas enthusiast who has turned her love for the holidays into a career, faces her most important client ever: the aristocratic Anderson family. Sparks start to fly between her and their son James, however, a hurdle emerges in their budding relationship when the son’s old childhood friend and business colleague, enters the scene. Now, Lauren must win James’s heart while simultaneously giving the Andersons their best Christmas ever.

One major thing that puts this movie ahead of the rest: most people couldn’t even finish it. Review after review after review all mention that they physically COULD NOT sit through this one, which makes it a fabulous contender for your next bad movie night.

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I hope you enjoy these 10 worst Hallmark Christmas movies of all time! If you have a movie you think should be included, let me know!