THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A ROYAL CHRISTMAS TAIL (2024)

 

Prince Edward of Valenberg (Jonathan Stoddard) is in America to meet up with an old College friend Andrew (Josh Nuncio) to discuss a business deal, and as he is walking from the hotel to the meeting he literally runs into Riley Morningside (Brittany Underwood) runs an animal shelter for unwanted animals in need of new homes and is immediately smitten.

Because he is interested in getting to know her, he takes an interest in the shelter she runs and spends a lot of time with her while his valet Martin (Jarod Brock) is laid up with a severe cat allergy.

Riley tells him that the shelter is threatened with closure as the landlord is demanding a higher fee when the lease is up for renewal at the end of the year.

However there is a twist in the tail which could ensure everyone gets what they desire, well almost everyone.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CANDLE IN THE WINDOW (2019)

 

In the first Christmas since Molly Memmott (Weixin Le) died her husband John (Darin Scott) and three young daughters Catherine, Sarah and Emily (Sophia, Isabella and Ava Jarque) struggle to face their first Christmas without her and eight-year-old Emily is convinced her mother will come and visit her at Christmas and the others don’t know how they will deal with her disappointment, or will they have to.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CANDLE IN THE WINDOW (2019)

 

In the first Christmas since Molly Memmott (Weixin Le) died her husband John (Darin Scott) and three young daughters Catherine, Sarah and Emily (Sophia, Isabella and Ava Jarque) struggle to face their first Christmas without her and eight-year-old Emily is convinced her mother will come and visit her at Christmas and the others don’t know how they will deal with her disappointment, or will they have to.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS DRESS (2016)

 

Mary and Leland Jeppson (Tiffani DiGregorio and Steve Luna) are losing hope of giving their family a special Christmas.

The expected gifts from her sister Rose are on board a train which has been caught in a blizzard and is nowhere in sight.

But when the Jeppson's' packages unexpectedly arrive at the post office on Christmas Eve George Schow (Alan Petersen) is persuaded by his son Sidney (Gavin Barker) to brave the storm and deliver the gifts to the Jeppsons, and ask their daughter, Ellen (Ariana Bagley) to the New Year's Eve dance.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS APRON (2018)

 

It's nearly Christmas in 1942, and Millie (Afton Grace Higbee) learns in her dance class that in the new year she will be able to dance on pointe, and excitedly runs home to tell her parents, but before she can she overhears them discussing their finances, and there is no money for presents, so she knows that she won’t get her point shoes.

Her and her siblings Grace and William (Scarlett Hazen and Manning Hazen)  still excitedly wait for Gramma (Pam Eichner) to arrive with her special Christmas apron, newly pressed and filled with generations of holiday memories.

It was the family tradition, for each child in the house to write down the gift they want the most and then put the pieces of paper into the apron's frilled pocket.

But on Christmas morning in 1942, will those wished-for gifts be waiting under the tree?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS (2024)

 

Once Upon a Christmas is a cross between A Christmas Carol and Freaky Friday in which Carroll Coleman (Garry Nation) is a millionaire miser who hates Christmas.

One night he is visited by an Angel (Reilly Licht) who told him he has been granted an intervention and that he has until the 18th of December to learn the true meaning of Christmas or his fate will be sealed forever.

The next day he wakes to find he is a high school age boy (Hunter Fine) and with the help of his housekeeper Odette Marchand (Jewel Christian) he is enrolled in high school so he can get close to his niece and nephew, Olivia and Matthew Baker (Kayla Blair and Kaleb Hiller).

After a few failed attempts to change things, he finally realises that he is the one that needs to change.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE GIFTS OF CHRISTMAS (2024)

 

Taya Orchard (Teagan Vincze) is the hardworking owner of the busy but struggling Elk Ridge resort when she reconnects with former beau Bradley Palmer (Clayton James) who books into the resort with his colleague Miranda (Brenna Coates).

There are obvious sparks at the reunion and they end up spending a lot of time together but Taya is worried about the resorts financial challenges and her unscrupulous accountant Jeff (Thomas Perras), fortunately Miranda is a forensic accountant so she easily untangles the fraud while becoming tangled with Chef Phillipe (Alex Rose) so they all manage to save Elk Ridge and find love in the process.