Hallmark Channel's Holiday Unplugged premiered as part of Countdown to Christmas on Saturday, November 7, 2026, at 8/7c. Per Hallmark's official movie page, it streams on Hallmark+ starting the next day, November 8. It stars Nikki DeLoach and Juan Pablo Di Pace. We are not republishing the full November list. That already lives in our Countdown to Christmas November watch list. This is a tight preview of one film.
What the movie is about
Hallmark's About page lays out the story: Sally (DeLoach), an art teacher, has spent 10 years honoring her late husband Jake while raising their kids, Keegan and Boo. Ready to date again, she matches with Damon (Di Pace), a former colleague. Jake had co-founded a platform that stored family home videos. A server migration wipes Sally's videos of him, and her phone with the backups shatters. To buy time while she searches for the original tapes, she institutes a screen-free Christmas. Damon joins the hunt after they reconnect at his uncle's antique store. The kids discover the joys of unplugging with their grandparents. The movie is about what happens when the videos might be gone for good.
That is Hallmark's synopsis, not our speculation.
Who it's for
Watch it if you like Nikki DeLoach leads, want a holiday movie about parenting and grief that still leaves room for romance, or you are already mid-Countdown and missed the November 7 premiere.
Watch it with kids in the room if the screen-free Christmas hook sounds like a conversation starter. The official synopsis is family-forward.
Skip it if you only want frothy meet-cutes with zero heavy backstory. Sally's late husband and the lost tapes are central, not a side note.
Stream it if you missed the premiere. Hallmark says it streams on Hallmark+ the day after the November 7 airing.
How it fits Countdown to Christmas 2026
Holiday Unplugged is one premiere inside a long November slate. If you want every dated November title in one place, use our full November watch list. Hallmark's own page listed encore airings on Hallmark Channel on Sunday, November 8 and Friday, November 13, 2026 at 10/9c; the next listed one is Tuesday, November 17, 2026 at 8/7c, for anyone who missed the first airing.
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- Holiday Unplugged on Hallmark Channel
- About Holiday Unplugged (official synopsis)
- Holiday Unplugged cast page
- BCL: Hallmark Countdown to Christmas 2026 November watch list
Premiere details checked on Hallmark Channel on November 6, 2026; encore showtimes rechecked November 8, 2026 (evening).
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