Danielle Fishel Is QVC’s Mrs. Claus: What the Role Is and Her Gift Picks

• QVC named Danielle Fishel, 45, its Mrs. Claus for the 2026 holidays, a title Kathy Hilton held first last year.
• Her first big on-air stretch is QVC’s Nonstop Holiday Party, Nov. 6 to 8, with Martha Stewart, John Legend and Teri Hatcher as guests.
• Her picks so far: a Le Creuset Dutch oven, Barefoot Dreams throws, a Dr. Denese serum and her own line, Be Free by Danielle Fishel.

Danielle Fishel is QVC’s Mrs. Claus for 2026. The home shopping network announced the title on Wednesday, Oct. 21, three months after the Boy Meets World star co-hosted its Christmas in July celebration with Lance Bass.

“I loved joining QVC as Co-Chief Cheer Officer for Christmas in July, and I’m thrilled to step into the Mrs. Claus role for the first time this holiday season,” Fishel said in QVC’s announcement.

What does QVC’s Mrs. Claus actually do?

It’s a seasonal title, not a show. QVC started the tradition in 2025 with Kathy Hilton as the first Mrs. Claus, and the network says it celebrates “the women who make the holidays memorable.” Fishel is the second.

The job is gift picks. Through the season she shares what she’s buying for everyone on her list, on air and on QVC’s apps and social accounts, and she appears at the network’s holiday events.

She described her version of the character to NewBeauty: “Mrs. Claus does everything. I’m pretty sure Santa just drives the sleigh!”

When can you watch Danielle Fishel on QVC?

The biggest date is QVC’s Nonstop Holiday Party, which runs Friday, Nov. 6, through Sunday, Nov. 8. QVC calls it its best shopping weekend of the year, with early Black Friday prices and bundles.

The guest list QVC announced includes Martha Stewart, John Legend and Teri Hatcher, with appearances subject to change. The party airs on QVC and QVC2, streams on QVC.com, the QVC app and QVC+HSN, and runs more than 90 hours of holiday programming on QVC’s TikTok Shop.

What is Danielle Fishel picking for gifts this year?

Four picks have come out of her first interviews as Mrs. Claus. Each comes with the reason she gave.

• Le Creuset 3.5-quart Signature Cast Iron Round Wide Oven: for almost anyone, because it’s made for “soup season,” she told People.
• Barefoot Dreams throws and pillows: a host or white-elephant gift, “worth every single penny,” she told Soaps.com.
• Dr. Denese serum: her mom introduced her to it. She keeps one in use and a backup, and buys extras to give friends.
• Be Free by Danielle Fishel: her own hair and body care line, which she recommends for self-care.

Her rule for shopping is “one for you, one for me.” When she likes something enough to give it, she buys a second one for herself.

What is Be Free by Danielle Fishel?

Be Free is Fishel’s hair care and body care brand, sold on QVC. The hair side includes a shampoo, conditioner and detangler set and Be Voluminous, a root volumizing cream she has demonstrated on air with before-and-after photos of her own hair.

In August she added body care: the Be Ageless body serum and body butter. In winter she uses both, the serum first on damp skin and then the butter, she told NewBeauty.

A body wash is next. “QVC will get it first!” she said.

Where do you know Danielle Fishel from?

Most viewers know her as Topanga Lawrence on Boy Meets World (ABC, 1993 to 2000), a role she played again on Disney Channel’s Girl Meets World from 2014 to 2017.

She now co-hosts the rewatch podcast Pod Meets World with former castmates Rider Strong and Will Friedle, and the three made the documentary Doc Meets World, which premiered at the Tribeca Festival in June.

Next up is a tour with Strong and Friedle for Book Meets World, their inside story of the sitcom. “My kids call them Uncle Will and Uncle Rider,” she told Soaps.com.

Last fall she competed on Season 34 of Dancing With the Stars with pro Pasha Pashkov. On Dedication Night, Oct. 14, 2025, William Daniels, the show’s Mr. Feeny, then 98, appeared in her jive. The couple went home on Nov. 4, 2025, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Night, the seventh pair eliminated.

She now co-hosts Ballroom Breakdown, an iHeart podcast about the show, with former pro Kym Johnson Herjavec.

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— Bruno Monteiro

Sources: QVC (Mrs. Claus and holiday season announcement, Oct. 21, 2026); Danielle Fishel’s interviews with Hedy Phillips (People), Amaya Garcia (NewBeauty) and Kristyn Burtt (Soaps.com), Oct. 21, 2026; Dancing With the Stars (ABC), Season 34; E! News (Corinne Heller, Nov. 5, 2025). Photos: QVC; Dancing With the Stars/ABC.