The Hallmark Channel Christmas Movies Countdown is back and that means the season has officially started. We may not be curled up in the same living room, but we both watch these movies like it is a personal holiday tradition. One presses play on a quiet evening. The other catches a movie while folding laundry or winding down for the night. Either way, once December hits (well, when November hits), Hallmark becomes part of the daily rotation.

There is something comforting about these movies. The storylines are familiar. The town is always charming. Someone is usually returning home, finding love or learning a sweet lesson. We already know how things will end, but that is the best part. Life brings enough surprises. Hallmark gives us two hours of warm predictability and we take it with open arms.

Hallmark Christmas movies have become our way of kicking off the season. They remind us to slow down. They remind us to enjoy the small things. They give us a reason to pause whatever is happening that day and just sink into something joyful.

So if you are watching along, pull up a blanket and join us. The Countdown is officially underway and Cousin Chaos is settled in for every meet cute, every cookie baking scene and every last-minute holiday miracle.

So if you are watching along this year, enjoy every sweet little storyline. Holiday season has arrived and Hallmark is here to carry us straight through it.