Love Hallmark Christmas movies? Here's how to spend a night inside one

Ilana Keller
Asbury Park Press

Have you wanted to step inside a Hallmark Christmas movie? The holiday cheer, the freshly baked cookies, blankets of snow, decorations as far as the eye can see, and the unexpected expected romance?

Well, they can't help with the last part, but here's how you can spend a night inside a holiday dream.

Vacation club Club Wyndham teamed up with the Hallmark Channel to celebrate the annual Countdown to Christmas movie fest and bring the essence of the beloved movies to life in the shape of Christmas Holiday Suites in New York City, Vail, Colorado, and Nashville.

New York offers a "Classic Hallmark Channel Christmas," while you can experience a "Snowy Mountain Christmas" at Club Wyndham Resort at Avon in Vail, and a "Country Christmas" at Club Wyndham Nashville.

Club Wyndham is teaming up with Hallmark Channel to debut custom-designed "Countdown to Christmas" holiday suites.

The suites were crafted by Hallmark Channel’s set designers. The New York location includes cookies- and cocoa-making stations, gingerbread house kits, an ornament crafting station, and goodies including a new signature wine.

Other locations include themed draws, including a karaoke machine, record player, snow projector and fireplace.

Also on tap are a curated holiday experience checklist, which is sure to include the nearby Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree and Bryant Park Holiday Market for the Club Wyndham Midtown 45 location in Manhattan.

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And of course you can binge-watch as many Hallmark Christmas movies as you can handle in the suite. 

Club Wyndham is teaming up with Hallmark Channel to debut custom-designed "Countdown to Christmas" holiday suites.

Hallmark Channel plans to debut 41 new holiday movies this season, including a sequel to last year's "The Christmas House," which was the first installment to feature a gay couple. "Countdown to Christmas" begins Friday, Oct. 22, with new movies debuting every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m. Eastern. Visit hallmarkchannel.com/christmas for more information.

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Rates for the suites start at $295 a night and stays are available from Nov. 1 to Jan. 1.

Visit clubwyndham.wyndhamdestinations.com/us/en/deals-and-offers/hallmark-christmas-holiday-suites to take 360-degree tours of all three suites.

Ilana Keller is an award-winning journalist and lifelong New Jersey resident who loves Broadway and really bad puns. She highlights arts advocacy and education, theater fundraisers and more through her column, "Sightlines." Reach out on Twitter: @ilanakeller; ikeller@gannettnj.com