Take a Hallmark Movie Road Trip of These Real-Life Small Towns (2024)

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Visit The Small Town Of Chester In Vermont, The Place That Inspired A Famous Hallmark Film. With old, vibrant townhouses and shops, and quaint streets, the small town of Chester is one of the most charming small towns in Vermont.

Unfortunately, Grandon Falls isn't exactly a real place. But you can still pay a visit to the spot where Candace and the cast made Christmas Town. Hallmark confirmed with CountryLiving.com that it was actually filmed in Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada.

The project required The Greenbrier to host Christmas in July for two weeks while filming took place. Employees say it was a magical experience.

The Washington State town of Leavenworth transforms every December into the Village of Lights: Christmastown, so you know you'll find those romantic twinkling lights to add the sparkle to your getaway.

Solvang was listed as California's best town to visit for Christmas, according to the website. The tiny village, located in the heart of the Santa Ynez Valley in Santa Barbara County wine country, is a sleepy town with European architecture and sensibilities, and the town definitely goes all out for Christmas.

For more than 60 years, residents of McAdenville, North Carolina, have come together to deck the tiny town and 375 trees in more than 500,000 red, white, and green twinkling lights—which is exactly why its known as Christmas Town, USA.

Having 30 Hallmark movies to her name, Lacey Chabert – known for her roles on “Party of Five” and “Mean Girls” – has been called the “Queen of Hallmark Movies,” something the actress takes as a compliment.

While Evergreen is indeed a fictional town, its real-life filming location happens to be an equally charming village in British Columbia. Just 15 minutes from Vancouver, the Burnaby Village Museum in the city of Burnaby is a heritage village designed to mimic the early history of the Canadian province.

B.C.'s moderate weather and tax incentives make it a popular place to film the made-for-TV movies.

Hallmark's Best Lead Movie Actors Are Ryan Paevey and Andrew Walker, Plus Kevin McGarry.

Is Garland Alaska a real place? ›

We hate to break it to you but Garland, Alaska is fictional. There's no such place. Most of the filming of Christmas Under Wraps takes place in Utah or in a studio. Christmas Under Wraps launched Garland, Alaska into the minds of dream vacations back when it released in 2014.

It's the perfect time to cozy up with a mug of hot cocoa and watch a holiday romance blossom on our screens. Forty(!) new original movies will premiere this year across Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies and Mysteries, ensuring your holiday season is merry and bright!

South of this high-rise mini-Financial District, the sad little house, overshadowed by its neighbours' extravagant Christmas lights, is 2 Malabar Street in Millwall, E14, the southwest quadrant of the 'Isle'.

The majority of Hallmark movies are filmed in Canada (didn't see that one coming) and typically set in larger cities near Vancouver. Some filming locations have even gone so far to cross the pond. For example, Christmas in Vienna really was filmed in Austria.

Santa Claus, Indiana

Billed as "America's Christmas Hometown," Santa Claus, Indiana, is a real place that just happens to live and breathe Christmas every day of the year.

For filming, the production headed not for Aspen but for Deer Valley, near Park City in Utah.

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The Griswold house has come to life in northeast Ohio, completely covered from top to bottom with lights, similar to the home in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." It's the work of the Osterland family and is the culmination of the childhood dream of patriarch Greg Osterland.

Snow found its way into the Bay Area in 1932 as it had earlier in the year in Los Angeles, but this time it was in December, on the 11th, and measured 0.8 inches. The photo above from the San Francisco Chronicle shows snow out in the suburbs on Feb.

Vermont has the most Christmas farms per capita in the United States—and has maintained that standing for the past four years.

Salt Lake City, Utah

The most magical Christmas getaways in the USA have got to be Salt Lake City. Downtown Salt Lake turns into a winter wonderland. People from all over flock here this time of year to see the millions of lights downtown.

What is the most Christmassy place in the world? ›

North Pole, Alaska, USA

One of the most Christmassy destinations in the world, year-round you'll find dazzling decorations, twinkling lights and other tributes to Old Saint Nicholas.

Rovaniemi - Lapland, Finland. Rovaniemi in Lapland, Finland, may be the best place on earth to celebrate Christmas. Located just north of the Arctic Circle, Finns argue that it makes a much likelier home for Santa than even the North Pole.

Rovaniemi, Finland

Lapland, the northernmost region of Finland, has become synonymous with Christmas and Santa Claus. The town of Rovaniemi is known as "the official hometown of Santa Claus" and visitors to the charming Santa Claus Village can meet St.

Candace Cameron Bure shocked fans in April 2022 when she announced that she was leaving Hallmark Media for Great American Media. The Full House alum starred in 10 holiday films for Hallmark Channel during her 13 years with the network, earning her the title of “Queen of Christmas” from viewers and critics alike.

Scotty McCreery's 'Five More Minutes' Inspires Second Hallmark Christmas Movie. Country star Scotty McCreery recently took to social media to remind his fans that another Hallmark Christmas movie inspired by one of his hit songs is set to air next month.

Seen by many as essentially the face of Hallmark's lineup, with 29 films under her belt, Cameron Bure signed a deal with GAF's parent company, Great American Media, in mid-April 2022, according to Variety.

Minden is known as Nebraska's Christmas City for good reason. Beginning in 1915 when City Light Commissioner J.C. Haws aspired to impress the state convention of the G.A.R., lights were strung from the railroad depot to the town square.

Santa Claus, Indiana - The town that celebrates Christmas all year round.

Christmas is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Orange County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,146 at the 2010 census.

According to the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) pay scale, for a leading role, a Hallmark actor could make between $1,251.00 to $3,575.00 per week. Of course, for bigger stars, that amount could be more. Keep scrolling to find out the net worths of some of the network's most popular actors.

Is the snow in Hallmark movies real? ›

The fictional small town where this Hallmark Christmas movie takes place is actually Mapleton, Utah, a mountain town in the northern part of the state. For once, the snow in the movie is real—according to Deseret News, it snowed throughout the film's production!

The short answer? They make a ton of money. The typical pitch-to-delivery cycle for these low-budget, high-volume Hallmark-style movies is less than three months.

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Bure, who portrayed D.J. Tanner on the popular sitcom, told Variety in September “it didn't work out with Hallmark” and “it just so happened that my contract was expiring when Great American Family started up.” The faith-promoting company plays holiday specials as part of its religious programming.

Meet the Hallmarkies: How these Vancouver actors ended up in the Hallmark 'stable' The community of actors that star in Hallmark movies are known as Hallmarkies. As Vancouverites, it's our prerogative to pause a movie or TV show and point out landmarks in the background.

It doesn't take long for visitors to North Pole, AK, to realize that this town takes its association with Santa's home quite seriously. If there's a pole, it's striped like a candy cane. The main street is Santa Claus Lane.

Dahlonega is a charming town in North Georgia that has become the ultimate holiday destination. This small town gets into the holiday spirit tenfold, so much so that it was chosen by Hallmark as the location for one of their Christmas movies, Christmas in Homestead.

Into the Wild is another movie filmed and set in Alaska. This biographical film is based on the best-selling book, “Into the Wild,” by Jon Krakauer. The movie and book follow the true story of Christopher McCandless.

"Always Amore," will premiere Spring 2022 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.

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The Last Christmas crew built an entirely new shop in Covent Garden called 'Yuletide' for the movie, which is where Kate works as an elf. In reality the shop does not exist, however shopping opportunities are plentiful in this historic location.

As for Tom's “secret garden”, it's The Phoenix Garden, an urban retreat hidden away between Soho and Covent Garden (the entrance is on St Giles Passage). Georgian columns festooned with twinkling lights in Last Christmas starring Henry Golding and Emilia Clarke.

The Black Christmas house is located on a fairly hidden wraparound street just off of the historic intersection of Saint Clair and Avenue Road in Toronto. Originally built in 1906, the official address is 6 Clarendon Crescent.

While some of the movies may feature fictional towns, many have been shot in real-life locations that are just as charming as they seem on TV — and would make for the perfect destination to ring in the holidays for true Hallmark lovers.

Middleton filming locations are based in Hamilton and Niagara-on-the-Lake in Ontario, Canada. Grey House is Foxbar House in Dundas, Ontario. According to a map on the wall in the police station, Middleton is located north-west of Chicago, around DuPage County.

Although Mystic Falls is pretty much just a fictional town, the real town behind the name isn't. Located 35-miles east of Atlanta, in the beautiful state of Georgia, you'll find the cozy town of Covington - AKA, the real Mystic Falls.

Leavenworth, Washington is the most Christmassy town in America, and it's not surprising why. The town is designed to resemble a Bavarian village and goes big for Christmas, with 21 miles of Christmas lights decorating the town.

The majority of Hallmark movies are filmed in Canada (didn't see that one coming) and typically set in larger cities near Vancouver.

What is the town used for most Hallmark movies? ›

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

According to Tourism Vancouver, the city has been Hallmark's background for 60 films every single year. Movies like Hope at Christmas, Christmas Joy, and Road to Christmas have all been filmed throughout Vancouver's many magical locations.

You may have heard Murray, Kentucky is considered the Friendliest Small Town in America. Even if you agreed, you may not know how that title was given to the town.

If you're really craving a legitimate Virgin River experience, head over to Snug Cove in Bowen Island, Burnaby, or Port Coquitlam (all small towns in British Columbia), where several scenes were shot.

Tours are $55.00 per person for a 3 hour guided tour, the Lockwood mansion is exclusive to Mystic Falls Tours and amazing to see. Tons of photo ops!