The data pipe also will offer up its first film centered on a Chinese-American family.

Despite the pandemic, Lifetime still aims to brighten up the holiday season.

The connection announced Monday that it will air 30 new Christmas movies, starting this fall.

Christmas. Glowing fireplace, hearth, tree. Red stockings. Gifts and decorations.

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That figure would matchlast year’s record tally of Yuletide cheer.

In other firsts, Lifetime will bring you its first Yuletide movie centered on a Chinese-American family.

Both films are currently casting.

Lifetime isn’t the only online grid with its eyes on Christmas, of course.

Hallmark (with its Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) recently announced plans for40 new Yuletide movies.