Christmas at the Catnip Café
Merry Thanksgiving Weekend continues to purr right along, and Christmas at the Catnip Café might just be the cozy little furball of joy we didn’t know we needed. Starring Hallmark favorites Erin Cahill and Paul Campbell, this one whisks us to upstate New York, where Olivia inherits half a cat cafe and immediately starts plotting her escape – err, sale – before the holidays. The only hitch? Her co-owner, Dr. Ben Kane, a community-loving veterinarian who’s not about to let this feline haven go without a hissing fight. As they team up to save the cafe, raise funds, and wrangle a town full of adorable cats, sparks fly, hearts soften, and secrets about Olivia’s great aunt just might be the cat-alyst for a change of plans. Grab your cocoa and your lint roller – let’s dig in.
Christmas at the Catnip Café premiered on Sunday, November 30th, on Hallmark Channel as part of MerryThanksgivingWeekend (and is available to stream on Hallmark+.)
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About Christmas at the Catnip Café
- Christmas at the Catnip Cafe was directed by Lucie Guest. This marks Lucie’s 20th directing credit. Her other work includes An Alpine Holiday, Providence Falls, The Santa Class, Jingle Bell Run, and Sealed with a List.
- Writing credit goes to both Tracy Andreen and Elena Valdez.
- This marks the second writing credit for Elena Valdez. Her previous writing credit is for the 2021 Hallmark movie A Very Merry Bridesmaid.
- Tracy Andreen has been working overtime this holiday season. This marks her third movie in the 2025 Countdown to Christmas line up. Her other two were A Grand Ole Opry Christmas and A Keller Christmas Vacation. She has a total of 39 writing credits.
- Erin Cahill stars as Olivia and this marks her 137th acting credit. For 2025, Erin starred in Journey to You as well as had an appearance in A Grand Old Opry Christmas. She also played Nora Jacobs in the limited series Holidazed.
- Paul Campell stars as Ben Kane. This is Paul’s second movie this holiday season and 59th acting credit. We recently saw Paul in Three Wisest Men a few weeks ago.
- Frances Flanagan plays Esther. This movie marks the 71st acting credit for Frances. She’s appeared in tons of Hallmark movies like A Reason for the Season, A Maple Valley Christmas, and The 27-Hour Day.
- Ian Collins plays Frank. Ian has 44 acting credits and appeared last in Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Tale of Three Letters and Family Practice Mysteries: Coming Home.
- Meganne Young plays Meredith. She has 18 acting credits and appeared as Rachel in all three of The Kissing Booth movies. This is her first Hallmark movie.
- Jess Brown plays Victoria. Jess has 26 acting credits and has appeared in other Hallmark movies like An Unexpected Valentine and Santa Tell Me.
- Darren Dolynski plays Walter. He has 54 acting credits with appearances in Chesapeake Shores and Christmas Waltz.
- Kimberley Sustad makes a surprise cameo as Marilee White – her character from The Nine Lives of Christmas movies.
- An original song called “Timeless Christmas” performed by Wes Brown and Ginna Claire Mason appears in this movie, as well as Brad Paisley’s “Santa Claus is Coming To Town.”
- This movie was NOT based on the novel with the same name.
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