Erin Cahill and Paul Campbell to Make a Purr-fect Pair for Hallmark's “Christmas at the Catnip Café” (Exclusive)

Hallmark is officially successful nan paw-liday spirit.

PEOPLE tin exclusively uncover that fan-favorite stars Erin Cahill and Paul Campbell are group to prima successful nan feline-friendly vacation movie Christmas astatine nan Catnip Café, which will premiere connected nan web arsenic portion of nan 16th yearly Countdown to Christmas.

"I americium thrilled to beryllium doing this movie pinch nan 1 and only Paul Campbell," Cahill tells PEOPLE. "When I publication nan script, I could perceive his sound successful my caput and could ideate each nan laughs connected set. Add successful each nan tiny cats and our magnificent director, Lucie Guest, and fabulous accumulation team?! I was a joyful yes!”

"Erin is simply a shot of ray wrapped successful a bundle of joy," Campbell says. "Plus, kittens, Christmas and a beautifully rubbing romance. What’s not to love?"

According to nan charismatic synopsis, nan movie follows Cahill's Olivia Pierce, "a trading executive from Oakland, Calif., who is this close to realizing her dream of purchasing a condo, but she’s a spot short connected nan down payment. When she learns that her precocious awesome aunt near her half of a feline café successful upstate New York, she thinks it’s nan Christmas occurrence she needed — arsenic agelong arsenic she tin waste and adjacent nan woody earlier nan holidays. 

"Olivia’s scheme hits a bump successful nan roadworthy erstwhile she meets Dr. Ben Kane (Campbell), nan veterinarian who owns nan different half. The café serves an important domiciled successful nan municipality — helping bum cats find everlastingly homes — and he has nary volition of closing up shop. Christmas is nan astir important clip of nan twelvemonth arsenic they scheme activities to thief raise costs and get them into nan black. Olivia and Ben onslaught a deal: she agrees to thief him scheme nan fundraising events astatine nan café complete nan adjacent 3 weeks successful speech for Ben promising not to resistance his heels connected trading astatine nan extremity of that time. Unless, Ben notes, she ends up changing her mind — a batch tin hap successful 3 weeks, aft all. 

"As they activity together and a spark betwixt them grows, Olivia becomes portion of nan neighborhood, gains an appreciation for nan café’s adorable feline inhabitants and what it intends to Ben, arsenic good arsenic to nan full community. And erstwhile she learns nan astonishing logic her awesome aunt opened nan café successful nan first place, that conscionable whitethorn beryllium nan cat-alyst for alteration that will springiness them each a Merry Christmas."

Cahill, 45, has been a regular connected Hallmark Channel since appearing successful Sleigh Bells Ring successful 2016. Last year, she starred successful Hallmark's first holiday-centric scripted series, Holidazed, arsenic good arsenic festive flicks Deck nan Halls connected Cherry Lane and The Christmas Quest.

Campbell, 46, besides stars successful Three Wisest Men — nan 3rd installment of nan Brenner brothers franchise he created pinch Kimberley Sustad and costarred successful pinch Andrew Walker and Tyler Hynes — later this year.

Cats aren't nan only pets getting a infinitesimal of vacation glory connected nan web this year: Husky puppies will beryllium costarring pinch Meghan Ory and Benjamin Ayres successful A Christmas Angel Match.

Among nan different Hallmark movies already announced for 2025 are A Grand Ole Opry Christmas starring Nikki DeLoach and Kristoffer Polaha, Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story starring Holland Roden and Matthew Daddario, She's Making a List with Lacey Chabert and Andrew Walker, and Christmas Above nan Clouds pinch Erin Krakow and Tyler Hynes.

Christmas astatine nan Catnip Café will premiere later this twelvemonth connected Hallmark Channel arsenic portion of Countdown to Christmas.