Wednesday, 26 March 2025

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ESTELLA SCROOGE: A CHRISTMAS CAROL WITH A TWIST! (2020)

 

A Broadway musical reworking of Charles Dickens well spun yarn of redemption.

In this modern retelling of the classic Christmas story in which a descendant of Ebeneezer Scrooge, Estella (Betsy Wolfe).

A cold and heartless grasping bitter business tycoon who is visited in her old hometown of Pickwick, on Christmas Eve by the ghost of her aunt, Marla Havisham (Carolee Carmello), who scares her with tales of doom and warns her she will have further visitations to give her a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show her the errors of her ways with the unique use of some of Dickens’ most beloved characters.

Between them they force her to face the consequences of her ways, and as a result she becomes a caring, generous, amiable woman and discovers the true spirit of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2006)

 

An animated reworking of Charles Dickens well spun yarn of redemption.

In this retelling of the classic Christmas story all the characters are featured as animals in which Ebeneezer Scrooge (Tim Bentinck) a heartless grasping bitter old miser who is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his old partner Jacob Marley (Keith Wickham), who scares him with tales of doom and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Teresa Gallagher), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Keith Wickham) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come (Keith Wickham).

Between them they force him to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and as a result he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man and discovers the true spirit of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CAROL- SCROOGE'S GHOSTLY TALE (2006)

 

An animated reworking of Charles Dickens well spun yarn of redemption.

In this retelling of the classic Christmas story all the characters are featured as animals in which Ebeneezer Scrooge (Tim Bentinck) a heartless grasping bitter old miser who is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his old partner Jacob Marley (Keith Wickham), who scares him with tales of doom and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Teresa Gallagher), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Keith Wickham) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come (Keith Wickham).

Between them they force him to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and as a result he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man and discovers the true spirit of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A BULLDOG FOR CHRISTMAS (2013)

 

Eric and Stephanie Kroger (Mike Canestaro and Amy Taint) head to the old family home for their usual Christmas vacation in the house built by “Grandpa” (Geoff Burkman), with their daughters Sally, Peggy and Tippie (Marylee Osborne Erin R. Ryan and Serendipity Lynch).

Everyone is excited about the trip apart from eldest daughter Sally who is a cynical college student who was very close to “Grampa” and is in danger of ruining the holiday for everyone until she is visited by a Christmas Spirit called Chips (Henrique Couto) who magically transforms her into a bulldog called Arthur.

It’s while she is trapped in her canine form that she gets to hear from her family how missed and loved she is and learns what makes her family tick and experiences the true meaning of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A KIWI CHRISTMAS (2017)

 

As Christmas approached Santa (Kari Väänänen) was feeling the strain he finally snapped in the week before Christmas when he feels disillusioned with the materialism of Christmas and escapes as far from the North Pole as he can possibly get and goes to New Zealand.

He ends up at a camping site where Liz and Pete (Sia Trokenheim and Xavier Horan) and having their proper Kiwi Christmas with their kids Molly and Sam (Luca Andrews and Samuel Clark).

The kids soon discover his real identity, and it soon becomes apparent that it’s up to them to keep him out of the grasp of his pursuers and get him back to the North Pole in time for Christmas Eve.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – KIWI XMAS (2017)

 

As Christmas approached Santa (Kari Väänänen) was feeling the strain he finally snapped in the week before Christmas when he feels disillusioned with the materialism of Christmas and escapes as far from the North Pole as he can possibly get and goes to New Zealand.

He ends up at a camping site where Liz and Pete (Sia Trokenheim and Xavier Horan) and having their proper Kiwi Christmas with their kids Molly and Sam (Luca Andrews and Samuel Clark).

The kids soon discover his real identity, and it soon becomes apparent that it’s up to them to keep him out of the grasp of his pursuers and get him back to the North Pole in time for Christmas Eve.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – KIWI CHRISTMAS (2017)

 

As Christmas approached Santa (Kari Väänänen) was feeling the strain he finally snapped in the week before Christmas when he feels disillusioned with the materialism of Christmas and escapes as far from the North Pole as he can possibly get and goes to New Zealand.

He ends up at a camping site where Liz and Pete (Sia Trokenheim and Xavier Horan) and having their proper Kiwi Christmas with their kids Molly and Sam (Luca Andrews and Samuel Clark).

The kids soon discover his real identity, and it soon becomes apparent that it’s up to them to keep him out of the grasp of his pursuers and get him back to the North Pole in time for Christmas Eve.