Here’s What You Should Know about Hallmark Channel’s Sugarplummed

Hallmark Channel’s Sugarplummed is one of those holiday movies that messes with the stereotypical formula. It stars Maggie Lawson from Psych and Janel Parrish from Pretty Little Liars. And it’s fun, sweet, and about as meta as a Hallmark Media movie can get.

Not Your Typical Holiday Movie

Every once in a while, Hallmark loves to release a different kind of movie—one with a higher concept that defies the average holiday flick. Sugarplummed is one of those. It’s magical and super meta, yet it’s still sweet and family-oriented. Lessons are learned, snowballs are thrown, gingerbread houses are made, relationships are repaired, cookies are baked, and Christmas trees are decorated.

Synopsis: When Emily (Maggie Lawson) wishes for a perfect Christmas like the ones found in the popular “Sugarplum” movies, she’s shocked when Sugarplum (Janel Parrish) herself appears to help her fulfill it.

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At the heart of this story are two women: Emily, the lawyer who really wants to give her husband and two kids the perfect Christmas. Of course, it goes incredibly wrong before it all goes incredibly right. And this is because of Sugarplum, the star of countless Sugarplum movies that air on a Hallmark-type channel. Through magic, Sugarplum steps right out of her perfect holiday movie universe and into Emily’s chaotic and perfectly imperfect life.

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And that’s where the fun starts. So, be prepared for a different spin on these types of seasonal feel-good movies, all while learning the tried and true rules of holiday rom-coms. Plus, there’s something Hallmark has been doing more and more of lately. And that’s fun cameos featuring some of your favorite Hallmark regulars. This movie is no different, so keep your eyes open for them.

Here’s a look at Sugarplummed, which premieres tonight at 8/7c on Hallmark Channel.