HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES' ORIGINAL MOVIE "SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED FOR CHRISTMAS," FROM "TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL" EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MARTHA WILLIAMSON, WINS A CHRISTOPHER AWARD

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries is pleased to congratulate its Original Movie "Signed, Sealed, Delivered For Christmas" [OAD 11/23/14] for being honored with a Christopher Award. Created, Executive Produced and Written by "Touched By An Angel" Executive Producer Martha Williamson, "Signed, Sealed, Delivered For Christmas" stars Eric Mabius ("Ugly Betty"), Kristin Booth ("Orphan Black"), Crystal Lowe ("Smallville") and Geoff Gustafson ("Primeval: New World") in an emotional holiday story that followed the Postables working overtime to help a struggling family find hope on Christmas Eve, and in turn, the Postables themselves were changed forever. Special guest stars for the holiday movie were Marion Ross ("Happy Days") and Rob Estes ("Melrose Place").

"A huge congratulations to the dedicated family of 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered For Christmas,' led by the inimitable and brilliant Martha Williamson, who poured their hearts and souls into making a beautiful, inspiring and passionate holiday film that was one of the tent poles for the network's 'Most Wonderful Movies of Christmas' this past holiday season," said Michelle Vicary, Executive Vice President, Programming & Publicity, Crown Media Family Networks.

"We are deeply honored to receive the Christopher Award for 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas,'" said Williamson. "When Hallmark asked me to expand our franchise into a series of movies starting with a Christmas story, my goal was to prepare hearts to once again receive the true healing miracle of Christmas. This acknowledgement is encouraging to all of us who worked on the movie."

"Signed, Sealed, Delivered" was part of Hallmark Movies & Mysteries 2014 "Most Wonderful Movies of Christmas" programming slate. The next debut in the "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" movie franchise is "Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From Paris With Love," a Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Original World Premiere Saturday, June 6 at 9pm ET/PT, 8C.

The 66th annual Christopher Awards will be presented in New York on May 13, 2015 to writers, producers, directors, authors and illustrators whose work "affirms the highest values of the human spirit."

"Signed, Sealed, Delivered Christmas" is a Muse Entertainment production in association with MoonWater Productions. Executive Producers are Martha Williamson ("Touched by an Angel"), Joel S. Rice ("Cyberbully") and Michael Prupas ("The Kennedys"). Harvey Kahn ("The Haunting Hour") is the producer. Allen Lewis is supervising producer. Marcie Gold and Kevin Fair are consulting producers. Kevin Fair directed from a teleplay by Martha Williamson. Story by Kerry Lenhart, John J. Sakmar and Brandi Harkonen.

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