THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SANTA BEAR'S HIGH-FLYING ADVENTURE (1987)

 

“Santa Bear's High-Flying Adventure” is a delightful, animated tale set on Christmas Eve, when all the children of the world are dreaming of the toys Santa Claus (John Malkovich) will bring, but Santa has a special assignment for his helper Santabear (Bobby McFerrin) as he wants him to deliver his toys where they have never celebrated Christmas before, at the South Pole,

After Santa drops him off, he encounters Missy Bear (Kelly McGillis), a new friend, and they head to the town together but along the way, they encounter a troublemaker named Bully Bear (Bobby McFerrin) who steals the toys, so he and Missy follow him in her plane, but they crash and Bully Bear steals Santabear's identity and the police arrest him.

Luckily Missy is on hand to help him escape and they catch the villain intime for Santa to pick them up and take them home.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MEET JOHN DOE (1941)

 

When the Bulletin is taken over, reporter Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) is fired by managing editor Henry Connell (James Gleason) so as a parting shot, she prints a fake letter from unemployed “John Doe,” who threatens suicide on Christmas Eve in protest of social ills.

Because the story causes such a stir the paper is forced to rehire Ann and recruit a penniless drifter Long John Willoughby (Gary Cooper) to impersonate “Doe.”

After making a radio broadcast a social movement grows up behind him so a rival newspaper attempts to expose him and eventually the Bulletin publisher D.B. Norton (Edward Arnold) turns on John himself.

In his despondency Willoughby attempts suicide by jumping from the roof of the City Hall on Christmas Eve, as indicated in the original John Doe letter, by which time Ann has fallen in love with John and desperately tries to talk him out of jumping, but she faints sway.

Eventually members of the John Doe Club convince him not to kill himself, and John leaves, carrying a fainted Ann in his arms.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – NICK & NOEL (1993)

 

“Nick & Noel” is a delightful, animated tale about widowed writer Barnaby (Paul Williams) who lives happily with his daughter Sarah (Anndi McAfee), cat Noel (Kath Soucie) and resident mouse Howard (Mark L. Taylor).

Then world famous singer Leslie (Lorna Patterson) and her dog Nick (Jerry Houser) move in next door, and they immediately fall out and a feud develops.

Then as Christmas approached Sarah writes her letter to Santa asking for a mother by Christmas.

But when Barnaby forgets to post it, Noel take decisive action and after asking Nick for directions the two of them set off for the north pole to deliver the letter.

When Barnaby and Leslie realise their pets are missing, they put their hostilities aside and go off in search with Sarah and they see each other in a different light.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – YOUR JEWELER'S SHOWCASE - CHRISTMAS IS MAGIC (1953)

 

On Christmas Eve, war widow Julie (Frances Rafferty) and her son, Sonny (Harvey Grant) are shopping when they meet a war veteran with amnesia John Doe (Robert Hutton).

There is an immediate magical connection between then, though he was a stranger who had just got off a train, but as he had nowhere to go, she took pity on him and invited him home, much to the annoyance of her would be boyfriend Brad (David Alpert) who walks out angrily.

So will the connection between Julie and John last beyond the holidays or will it be a Christmas anecdote for the future.  

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – WHY THE BEARS DANCE ON CHRISTMAS EVE (1977)

 

The want to keep Santa from delivering toys on Christmas Eve. A shy bear cub must thwart the plans of the evil Snerps and save Santa.

“Why the Bears Dance on Christmas Eve” is a delightful, animated tale a young bear called Bashful who after playing with his friends on Christmas Eve crosses the mountain to get home but falls down a crevasse and lands in the lair of the Snerps, evil imps who cause all the trouble in the world.

Bashful overhears their evil plan to sabotage Santa Claus to prevent him from delivering toys and ruin Christmas but he also discovers their Achilles heel, they laugh uncontrollably when they see bears dance,

So, when he returns home, he leads the rest of the bears to where the Snerps lived and danced them into hysterics and drive them back underground and thwart their plans,

So having saved Santa they pledged to dance every Christmas Eve to make sure their evil never threatens Christmas again.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IS MAGIC (1953)

 

On Christmas Eve, war widow Julie (Frances Rafferty) and her son, Sonny (Harvey Grant) are shopping when they meet a war veteran with amnesia John Doe (Robert Hutton).

There is an immediate magical connection between then, though he was a stranger who had just got off a train, but as he had nowhere to go, she took pity on him and invited him home, much to the annoyance of her would be boyfriend Brad (David Alpert) who walks out angrily.

So will the connection between Julie and John last beyond the holidays or will it be a Christmas anecdote for the future.  

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE BEARS WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS (1994)

 

“The Bears Who Saved Christmas” is a delightful, animated tale about siblings Suzie and Tom (Haven Hartman and Adam Hendershott) who are heading to their Grandparents for Christmas with their parents (Pam Dawber and Brad Garrett) when their car gets stuck in the snow so they take shelter in an abandoned cabin.

When the children are asleep their Teddy Bears Christopher & Holly (Charlie Adler and Mary Kay Bergman) magically come to life and attempt to save Christmas for the children.

They decide to get a Christmas tree from the forest with the help of Flashy Flashlight, Charlie Compass and Mrs. Bucktooth (Henry Gibson, Jonathan Winters and B.J. Ward) but they must avoid a hibernating bear, Black Bart (Brad Garrett) along the way.