HOPE VALLEY RECEIVES SPECIAL HOLIDAY VISITORS IN ‘WHEN CALLS THE HEART: THE GREATEST CHRISTMAS BLESSING’ A TWO-HOUR CHRISTMAS EVENT PREMIERING DECEMBER 25 ON HALLMARK CHANNEL

HOPE VALLEY RECEIVES SPECIAL HOLIDAY VISITORS IN ‘WHEN CALLS THE HEART: THE GREATEST CHRISTMAS BLESSING’ A TWO-HOUR CHRISTMAS EVENT PREMIERING DECEMBER 25 ON HALLMARK CHANNEL

Part of the Network’s #1-Rated Annual “Countdown to Christmas” Programming Event

STUDIO CITY –November 20, 2018– “When Calls the Heart” returns with another highly anticipated Christmas tale in “When Calls the Heart: The Greatest Christmas Blessing,” a two-hour Christmas event premiering Tuesday, December 25 (8 p.m. ET/PT) on Hallmark Channel as part of the network’s #1-rated annual programming event, COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS.  Hallmark Channel is historically the #1 television network in all of Q4.

 Erin Krakow, Lori Loughlin, Jack Wagner, Pascale Hutton, Kavan Smith and Paul Greene star in this holiday special. As Christmas approaches in Hope Valley, newly widowed Elizabeth (Krakow) prepares for the birth of her baby while Abigail (Loughlin) prepares for the town’s Christmas gathering.  Filled with the holiday spirit, the town welcomes orphans and their caretakers, who have been stranded on their journey to a new orphanage.  Abigail, Rosemary (Hutton) and Lee (Smith) take the visitors into their homes, and Dr. Carson Shepherd (Greene) pays special attention to an orphan that is apparently unable to speak.  However, when Bill (Wagner) makes a troubling discovery about these newcomers, he is forced to make a difficult decision that will affect all their lives.  As Bill decides what to do with Hope Valley’s guests, Elizabeth, Abigail and Rosemary get stuck in a storm and face a Christmas Eve emergency.  Hope Valley must rely on the courage of some of its strongest women, and the Christmas spirit, to guide them to a safe and happy holiday. “When Calls the Heart: The Greatest Christmas Blessing” is an All Canadian Entertainment Production in association with Brad Krevoy Television and Believe Pictures.  Alfonso H. Moreno, Neill Fearnley, Brad Krevoy, Brian Bird, Michael Landon Jr., Susie Belzberg, Eric Jarboe, Michael Shepard, Jimmy Townsend, Vicki Sotheran and Greg Malcolm are executive producers.  Lori Loughlin, Erin Krakow, Derek Thompson, Elizabeth Stewart, Annie Brunner and Amanda Phillips Atkins serve as co-executive producers. Peter Deluise, Mike Rohl and Martin Wood are supervising producers. Neill Fearnley directed from a script by Alfonso H. Moreno.