Catherine Bell stars as Cassandra “Cassie” Nightingale, an enchanting witch with a big heart, in the third installment of the original Good Witch series. It airs Saturday, Nov. 13, at 9 p.m. on the Hallmark Channel.

Chris Potter reprises his role as Cassie’s fiancé, chief of police Jake Russell.

In “The Good Witch’s Gift,” Cassie is surprised when Jake proposes they set their wedding date for Christmas Eve, which is only six days away. The two hurry to plan their magical holiday wedding in time to spend Christmas morning together as a family, but they run into trouble when a criminal from Jake’s past, Leon (Graham Abbey), returns to town. Jake fears Leon is planning to ruin the nuptials, but he isn’t prepared for the problems that arise in his own family when his two teenage kids get into a huge argument, and grandpa George (Peter MacNeill), feeling unwanted in the family, threatens to move out.

Cassie must deal with her own dilemma when the selfishly snobby mayor’s wife, Martha (Catherine Disher), searching for a job in the bad economy, promotes herself from partygoer to wedding planner. On the day of the big event, things only get worse as the minister cancels at the last minute and the marriage license arrives in the mail bearing the wrong names. Just when it looks like Jake won’t be able to give Cassie the family she has always wanted for Christmas, he finds out there is more to his magical bride than meets the eye.

“It’s basically about a woman who may or may not be a witch, but she’s a little different than everybody else, and so people in this small town wanted to label her a witch … she never really lets on although she has this witch’s broom that sort of appears out of nowhere, little things that happen that make you wonder … She’s very fun to play,” Bell says. “It’s very fun and whimsical. She’s just got a great heart she sees the best in people and brings out the best in people. And it’s neat. There’s not a lot of shows on TV that you can watch with your kids and all enjoy. It’s either the kids are loving it, and the parents are bored or vice versa. This is one that the whole family can get into.”