THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – OFF SEASON

 

10-year-old, Jackson Mayhew (Rory Culkin) moves in with his Aunt (Sherilyn Fenn) after the death of his parents.

Aunt Patty works the bar at the Coconut Grotto hotel in Florida and its at the Hotel where Jackson befriends an elderly man Sam Clausner (Hum Cronyn) and he begins to suspect that the old man is actually Santa Claus,

The wonderful Hume Cronyn's is brilliant and plays his role with panache and will be remembered as a holiday classic.

His flawless performance was given despite the fact he was almost 90 years old.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS TREE FARM

 

Molly Logan (Lacey Chabert) and Lucas Bishop (Corey Sevier) were childhood friends and high school sweethearts in Danbury Falls, Vermont, where Molly's family founded the town two hundred years earlier, and with her immediately family still living on the same property, where her parents, Gordon and Betty Logan (Eric Keenleyside and Lini Evans), have continued the family business of operating a Christmas tree farm.

Since they were children, Molly knew she wanted to become a writer, a dream which her parents supported while Lucas knew he wanted to become a photographer, something his banker father, Elliot Bishop (James Kidnie) vehemently opposed him pursuing as a career, he believed only in careers like his own, and making money by any and all means.

When he would not follow her to New York, where they would have pursued their professional dreams together, Molly and Lucas broke up and had not seen each other since.

After getting an MBA, Lucas returned to Danbury Falls to work at the bank for his father.

Molly works at a publishing house, where she is treated more as a 24/7 PA by her recently widowed boss, Walter Dunlap (Jim Thorburn) at the expense of her writing career.

When Molly hears from her brother Ryan (Matthew Kevin Anderson) that the bank is foreclosing on a mortgage for the tree farm property they both head back to Danbury Falls to help their parents save the farm from being turned into a golf resort.

On her return, Molly runs into Lucas, who is heading the search for investors for the development proposal and then Christmas begins to work its magic.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (1988)

 

As World War 2 rages on in Europe the Bundy family are making plans for a Christmas reunion in the small town of Rockport.

The matriarch Martha (Eva Marie Saint) cashes in all of her ration-stamps to purchase the best Christmas dinner she can with everyone expected round the table.

Rockport is a small town where everyone knows everyone else and the tough times bring them even closer.
But the one person no one wants to see at their door is the Western Union man, because most of the news he delivers are telegrams from the War Department, reporting the death of a loved one and sadly he makes his rounds far too often.
This is a wonderful Christmas movies with happiness and sadness in equal measure and some strong performances, Hal Holbrook as head of the family, Joseph, Courteney Cox as expectant daughter in law Nora, and the strongest of all Nancy Travis as young widow Leah.

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – 12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS

 

This is very much a case of Groundhog Day meeting Christmas but is an absolute delight.

12 Dates of Christmas is a romantic comedy that follows Kate (Amy Smart) who is forced to relive the same first date on Christmas Eve with Miles (Mark-Paul Gosselaar).

Initially she focuses on trying to win back her ex-boyfriend.

But Kate actually ends up pursuing Miles in an effort to not keep ruining there blind date.

Kate finally sees the light and learns to take risks in her life as there are no consequences when the the slate is wiped clean at midnight.

Everything comes good in the end and Kate finds happiness with the handsome guy she's been set up with.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS COOKIES

 

Aunt Sally's Christmas Cookie Company is sold to a large conglomerate and executive Hannah Harper (Jill Wagner) must seal the deal and shut down the factory in the small town of Cookie Jar, which is the lifeblood of the town.

What was supposed to be a simple assignment for Hannah becomes complicated when she meets Jake Carter (Wes Brown), the factory owner, who is determined to keep the factory in the town.

Despite Jill not being a fan of the holiday, the Christmas spirit in this small town is infectious and she gets swept up in the joy of the season while also falling in love.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS HEART

 

A teenage boy collapses during a high school basketball game after suffering from a heart problem.

As his condition deteriorates it becomes clear that the only thing that will save him is a heart transplant.

After a near fatal set back the family are told that he will die if a doner heart doesn’t become available by Christmas Eve.

the quaint street where the family live have a forty-year old tradition of lining it with Christmas luminaries but the lighting of them is put on hold until they get news of a doner heart.

And when on a stormy Christmas Eve when the heart is being flown through a violent snow storm the luminaries are lit and perform an unexpected purpose.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SCROOGE (1970)

 

Albert Finney stars as miser Ebenezer Scrooge in this musical retelling of Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol”.

The classic tale in which he is taught the true meaning of Christmas by three Spirits who visit him, revealing to him the truth about his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current catalogue of cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways.

Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold, death or redemption.

The Spirits are played by Edith Evans (Past), Kenneth More (Present) and Paddy Stone (Future)

The other key characters and portrayed by Alec Guinness (Marley), Suzanne Neve (Belle), David Collings and Frances Cuka (The Cratchit’s), Richard Beaumont (Tiny Tim), Laurence Naismith and Kay Walsh (The Fezziwig’s), Michael Medwin (Fred) and Anton Rodgers (Tom Jenkins).

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS

 

Mark Webber and Marla Sokoloff star in this modern take on the classic tale the Gift of the Magi.

Newlyweds Jim and Della Young move into to their new apartment, that they can barely afford and despite having to make do with second hand furnishings they are happy.

However, after Della’s car is stolen, they have to use up all their saving to buy another one.

As a result, they agree not to buy Christmas presents that year.

Secretly however they both decide to do so anyway.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS NOTE

 

Gretchen Daniels (Jamie-Lynn Sigler) moves back to her hometown with her son Ethan (Dylan Kingwell) but without her serviceman husband and finds her life in disarray as Christmas approaches.

But she discovers new purpose when she helps to deliver a message to her neighbour, Melissa McCreary (Leah Gibson).

Thanks to her son, a friendship begins which ends with her being an ally in the quest to find the neighbour’s sibling she never knew she had.

The women become bonded not only by the search, but by the understanding that being there for each other means they're no longer alone and this friendship becomes the greatest Christmas gift of their lives.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS WISH

 

Martha Evans (Kristy Swanson) is abandoned by her waste of space husband.

Who before taking his leave emptied the bank account and left her homeless and destitute. Martha leaves town with her stepson and two daughters with no destination in mind in the vague hope of finding work and someone to live.

They end up in a small rural town where she rents a room in the motel and manages to find work in a diner.

But that isn’t the end of her trouble theough the warm hearted folk of the town come to her aid.

A nice seasonal tale.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – DIE HARD

 

NYPD cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) goes on a Christmas vacation to visit his wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) in Los Angeles where she works for the Nakatomi Corporation.

He is picked up from the airport by limo driver Argyle (De'voreaux White) who drops him at the Nakatomi Tower where the office Christmas party was taking place.

While they are there amidst a tense reunion, a group of bank robbers, led by Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) takes control of the building and holds everyone hostage, with the exception of John, who escapes up the fire escape while the bad guys plan to perform a lucrative heist.

Unable to escape and with no immediate police response, John is forced to take matters into his own hands.

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE WISHING TREE

 

Jason Gedrick, Erica Cerra, Richard Harmon, Amitai Marmorstein and Emmalyn Estrada star in this festive tale that centers around the towns Wishing Tree.

The story revolves around the local private school, its teachers, its pupils and their lives.

This movie delivers just what you want in a Christmas tale.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SMALL CHAIRS

 

Family friends Sam Reed (Dustin Milligan) and Kat Patton (Danica McKellar) spend every Christmas Eve at the Children's Table from the age of three.

Over the years they grew up together, sharing the highs and lows of young adulthood.

But at the age of thirty, Sam realizes that Kat is the one...but he's afraid that the past will get in the way.

A real gem of a Christmas movie and Danica McKellar is an absolute delight.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – X-MAS (2015)

Three lifelong friends in New York City, Ethan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Isaac (Seth Rogen) and Chris (Anthony Mackie), have for a decade enjoyed their yearly Christmas Eve reunion which has been an annual drug and alcohol fuelled night of debauchery and hilarity.

But now that they're entering a more passive phase of adulthood, the tradition is to come to an end, and to make it as memorable as possible, they set out to find the Nutcracker Ball - the Holy Grail of Christmas parties that they have never managed to find in ten years of trying.

Jillian Bell, Lizzy Caplan, Heléne Yorke, Mindy Kaling and Ilana Glazer make up an excellent supporting cast along with Michael Shannon as Mr Green and James Franco and Miley Cyrus appear as themselves. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MY FIRST MIRACLE (2015)

 

Angelica (Katya Martín), is a 16-year-old girl who's battling a rare kind of cancer called Myelodysplastic Syndrome, and it will claim her life if she doesn’t get a bone marrow transplant and on top of her struggles to try to live a normal life is the very real prospect of never finding a donor match, but higher on her priority list are her hopes of finding her first true love before it's too late.

But then she meets homeless teenager Sean (Juan Castano).

A heart-warming film in which the acting is only surpassed by the Cinematography, well worth a watch.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER

 

In Budapest, Hungary, Matuschek and Company’s store is owned by Mr. Hugo Matuschek (Frank Morgan) and the bachelor Alfred Kralik (James Stewart) is his best and most experienced salesman.

But everything seems to go awry when Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan) is hired by Mr Matuschek, but from the first moment Kralik and she do not get along.

Over the weeks that follows the lonely and dedicated Kralik has an unknown pen pal and through their correspondence he falls in love with her and intends to propose to her.

However simultaneously his relationship with his employer deteriorates and he is fired without explanation by Mr Matuschek on the night that he is going to meet his secret love and propose.

He goes to the bar that night regardless where they have scheduled their meeting with his colleague Pirovitch (Felix Bressart) and he surprisingly finds that Klara is his correspondent, he chooses not disclose his identity to her because he feels ashamed after being sacked.

But following a shocking incident, Matuschek has a change of heart and hires him back again but this time to manage the shop.

However as Klara is still fascinated with her correspondent she pays little or no attention to Alfred so it would take all his guile and cunning to work out a plan to reveal himself to Klara's who his is.

But anything is possible, it is Christmas after all and everyone loves a happy ending.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE OF JONATHON TOOMEY

 

This is a story of the coming together of sad and lonely people in a gentle, moving and heart-warming way.

Jonathan Toomey (Tom Berenger) is a lonely ill-tempered and reclusive woodcarver who lives in a cabin in the woods.

He is lonely because he has lost his wife and child and he is ill-tempered because he is angry about his loss.

Thomas McDowell (Luke Ward-Wilkinson) is sad because he lost his father in the war.

When he moves to the country with his mother and he suffers further heart break when, on the journey, he loses the treasured wooden nativity set that held a special meaning for him and his dead father,

So his worried mother, Susan (Joely Richardson), persuades the curmudgeonly woodcarver to create a replacement set, and to allow her son to watch him work on it.

A curious relationship then develops during the commission as the young boy makes greater and more difficult demands of the woodcarver's ability, and as Christmas approaches, the three of them struggle to come to terms with each other and their painful memories of the past.

A lovely and very enjoyable, film beautifully shot with idyllic chocolate box scenes of the country.

There is also a strong supporting cast and even a small part for the always excellent Saoirse Ronan who never disappoints.

All in all a very good watch. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MY SANTA, MY DAD (1998)

 

Gordon Covington (D.L. Green) doesn't get to spend enough time with his family because of his job as a used-car salesman.

It’s a tough job made worse by the fact he has a mean boss Mr Ambrose (Robert Quarry) who is forcing him to sell stolen cars.

So work pressures keep him from his family obligations, and he even misses the Christmas play his son Teddy (Harrison Myers) is performing in, and cancels the promised trip to the mountains for Christmas.

As a result his wife Carla (Debra Rich) moves out and takes Teddy to her sisters.

Teddy responds by writing a letter to Santa (Bennett Curland) asking for help, which prompts him to assign Lilith, a feisty elf, who appears to Gordon and turns him into Santa Claus and as such he has to learn the true meaning of Christmas as he gets to work putting his boss and his cronies in jail, delivering presents to children all over the world, as well as making up with his family.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE ELF THAT RESCUED CHRISTMAS

This is the delightful, animated tale of a young orphan boy Yotan (Kyle E. Christensen) who is tricked into going to the North Pole to steal a powerful crystal by Santa’s Brother Basil (Gerald Owens).

But as soon he realises, he has delivered it into the wrong hands, he sets out to return it to safety before it's too late and Christmas is lost forever.

Security Elf’s Jaga and Didi (Clarissa Humm & Cj Fam) don’t think Yotan is up to the task but Santa (Joe Carey) holds a different view. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – 24 HOURS OF TERROR (2016)

 

All Eddie Kirkpatrick (Sean Ryan Fox) wants for Christmas is a pair of Breezy 3000s, the hottest new shoes which will make him the envy of his friends.

But come Christmas Day, he finds there are no presents under the family tree, let alone his shoes, because his older brother, Zack (Colin Smith) is getting married and the family is so focused on the wedding they have side-lined Christmas.
He storms out of the house angry that his Christmas has been ruined, and heads into town where he comes across a mysterious new shoe store.

After meeting the store owner (Joey Lawrence) he is granted one wish, so Eddie wishes to have his Christmas back, and the wish is granted.

However, as a result he is stuck reliving the same disappointing Christmas day on an endless loop, and is destined to do so until he learns what the spirit of Christmas is really about.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS SWITCH

 

Eddie Bennett (Brian Krause) is a fast-talking, Three-card Monte dealer who has hustled the streets of New York City for the last 15 years and along with his friends, he has mastered every scam there is.

But one day in early December he is visited by a mysterious burly looking man called Nick (George Buza) who offers him an unusual proposition where he will give Eddie the opportunity to achieve eternal redemption for all the bad deeds he has done in his life and in return he must transfer his spirit into a different body for three weeks.

The body belongs to an aging, ailing Santa Claus, Sam Wells (Cedric Smith), who can use Eddie's body to play Santa for one more Christmas before he dies.

Eddie thinks the man is crazy and has no interest in redemption but if he were to go through with the deal, he'd want a million dollars in cash.

The mysterious Nick snaps his fingers and a million dollars appears before an amazed Eddie and so the deal is done.

Complications arise when Eddie's friends find out about the million dollar pay off and want part of the action and when Eddie meets Sam's daughter, Susan (Natasha Henstridge) he finds himself falling in love with her and also finds the real meaning of Christmas along the way.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SOLSTICE (1993)

 

Christmas Eve is a magical time, but for many people, the coldest, loneliest night of the year falls on Christmas Eve.

“Solstice” tells the story of one of those people, Nick Allman (Mike Kelley), a disillusioned young man, who has broken up with his girlfriend and has lost touch with the true spirit of the holidays.

The story is set in Chicago on Christmas Eve, and it follows Nick’s day from the moment his alarm goes off in the morning until beyond midnight as he encounters a variety of characters who help renew his belief in the festive season where everyone's expectations run high.

 

As a veteran devotee of Christmas movies, I watch more than my fare share and although this is by no means perfect, it is exceptional as it does something original with the material.

It is slow paced and has a very definite “film noir” feel about it with its use of Chicago's north side neighbourhood’s and has a very realistic feel, and at the end you are left, not with a happy ever after, but something much more precious, hope.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS ANGEL: A STORY ON ICE (1998)

 

The Christmas Angel is the heart-warming and beautifully portrayed story in a Nutcracker meets Disney on Ice style offering performed by Dorothy Hamill and other equally talented skaters.

Chip Davis and Olivia Newton-John narrate the story of a decorative angel that is stolen from the top of a Christmas tree by a villain called the Gargon. The toys under the tree will not become presents until the angel is found so with the toys' help, a young mother must defeat the Gargon and save Christmas.

Mannheim Steamroller provide the music and helps to set the mood of each scene in a great family movie that won’t disappoint fans of Mannheim Steamroller or Disney on Ice.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE MAGIC CRYSTAL

 

This is the delightful, animated tale of a young orphan boy Yotan (Kyle E. Christensen) who is tricked into going to the North Pole to steal a powerful crystal by Santa’s Brother Basil (Gerald Owens).

But as soon he realises he has delivered it into the wrong hands, he sets out to return it to safety before it's too late and Christmas is lost forever.

Security Elf’s Jaga and Didi (Clarissa Humm & Cj Fam) don’t think Yotan is up to the task but Santa (Joe Carey) holds a different view.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY

 

With the threat of foreclosure hanging over her father's candy store, Wendy Carroll (Ashley Williams) and her six-year-old daughter Grace (Kylie Price) travel to the big city in hopes of making extra holiday cash to save the store.

They stay with hometown friend Angie (Shanola Hampton) who works at Wolman’s Department store and Wendy manages to get a job in the toy department.

The job brings her into contact with the nephew of the store owner Tom Wolman (Jon Prescott) which prompts an instant mutual attraction, which brings her into direct conflict with Teanna Musk (Ashanti) the board appointed Grinch of a store manager.

On the surface Teanna seems hell bent on destroying the Christmas spirit throughout the store, even sacking Santa, but she has an ulterior motif.

With Wendy losing faith in Christmas she reaches out to the old man who was the store Santa only to discover he was the real deal and then she realises she must bring the true meaning of Christmas back to Wolman’s before it is too late and get her man into the bargain.

One of the films highlights is a nicely performed rendition of “The First Noel” by Wendy and Tom.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HOLIDAY HEIST (2019)

 

The Holiday jewellery store has been in their family for decades and is run by Robert Holiday (Phillip Edward Van Lear) and his children Jade (Chaley Rose) and RJ (Lucien Cambric) but since the death of wife and mother Jewel the store has been struggling and if they don’t have a good Christmas the store will not reopen in the New Year.

As if sent by providence Devin (Tobias Truvillion) appears in the store one day, a knowledgeable and confidence character who is given the sales assistant position.

What they don’t know is that Devin is a thief and was sent by local crime lord, Poncho (Simeon Henderson) as a prelude to robbing the store.

Poncho also ensures RJ is compromises so he can use his hacking skills to disable the alarms and gain access to the customer’s credit card details.

But Devin is trying to escape his criminal past and has hopes of having a crime free life with Jade.

So, the question is can he turn the tables on Poncho, save the store and get the girl?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – BLACK NATIVITY (2013)

 

The Christmas musical drama, Black Nativity, is a contemporary adaptation of Langston Hughes' celebrated play which tells the story of Langston (Jacob Latimore), a streetwise teen from Baltimore raised by a single mother, Naima (Jennifer Hudson).

Who is sent him to New York City, when they receive an eviction notice, to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives Reverend Cornell and Aretha Cobbs (Forest Whitaker and Angela Bassett).

However he is unwilling to live under the imposing Reverend Cobbs' strict rules, so Langston is determined to return home to his mother so he embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey aided by his new friends, and a little divine intervention, and he discovers the true meaning of Christmas, faith and family along the way.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS STORY

 

The film follows a young chorister from a small Appalachian Mountain town, Grace Gibson (Desiree Ross) and her family as she pursues her dream of becoming a country music star.

She is ably supported along the way by her parents (Megyn Price and Brian McKnight), her teacher and mentor (Ross McCall) and grandmother (Mary Kay Place).

The pinnacle of the film is a country and western talent show hosted by Dolly Parton in which she is up against Jamie Warner (Dillon James) and the excellent Mary Lou Memphis (Camille Sanders).

This is an enjoyably sweet tale with the subtle morality messages which you would expect in a film aimed at young teens but it has very little reference to Christmas although the final scene showing the family sitting down to Christmas dinner accompanied by Desiree Ross’s rendition of Silent Night is quite beautifully done and its worth watching the film just for that.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SANTA CLAWS (2014)

Tommy (Ezra James Colbert) is unable to celebrate Christmas because his mom Julia (Nicola Lambo) says Santa isn't real and was invented by Coca Cola, and in true Ebenezer Scrooge style Christmas is a false holiday designed to make you spend money.

After the kittens make a huge mess in the house he leaves them out for Santa (John P. Fowler) to take back to the North Pole, but he is allergic to cats so after a major allergic reaction Santa can't deliver presents anymore, so the kittens have to deliver the rest of the presents to all the boys and girls around the world before sunrise, while Santa tries to convince Julia that he actually exists.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE PERFECT HOLIDAY

 

“The Perfect Holiday” is a fun-filled comedy full of laughter, love and just a hint of magic for Christmas.

A little girl, Emily (Khail Bryant) overhears her mother Nancy (Gabrielle Union) tell her friends that she would be happy if a man was to just pay her a compliment.

So when she goes to see the Mall Santa, Benjamin (Morris Chestnut), she asks Santa to make her mum’s wish come true.

Benjamin decides that he would make the wish come true and in the process he falls in love with Nancy with the help of an Angel, Mrs Christmas (Queen Latifah) and in spite of the efforts of her counterpart Bah Humbug (Terrence Howard).

Charlie Murphy, Katt Williams and Faizon Love also star in this, delightful family treat for the whole family to enjoy.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE NINE LIVES OF CHRISTMAS

 

Firefighter Zachary Stone (Brandon Routh) is happy with the single life, no strings, no commitments and no settling down.

He has a succession of stunningly beautiful girlfriends, the latest one being model Blair (Chelsea Hobbs) but after he adopts a stray cat called Ambrose or more precisely the cat adopts Zachary, he meets veterinarian student Marilee White (Kimberly Sustad) in the pet food aisle at the supermarket and he begins to question if the single life is as fulfilling as he thought it was.

Marilee has also sworn off serious commitment or in fact dating in general until she finishes her final year of study but she is nonetheless drawn to the good looking firefighter.

They meet several times and the attraction grows until Blair gets Marilee fired from her dad’s pet store which leads to Zachary dumping her and going off in search of Marilee to apologize.

When he finally runs into her she gets evicted from her apartment for a breach of the tenancy agreement, namely having a cat.

So needing a place to stay he offers her his spare room and then the sexual tension builds between them.

But the question is will either of them break their vows against commitment in lieu of the love that is growing between them.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS WITH A PRINCE: BECOMING ROYAL (2019)

 

Its Christmas again so Dr Tasha (Kaitlyn Leeb) is on her way to St. Savarre to see Prince Alexander (Nick Hounslow).

Though they are happy to be reunited Christmas is going to be a very stressful time as

Queen Olivia (Liliana Komorowska) of Vandelien and her daughter, and Tashas love rival, Miranda (Anastasia Marinina) are already there as for the crucial treaty negotiations.

Nonetheless Alex still manages to find time to propose which she accepts and they immediately begin planning the wedding but when Princess Miranda finds out she is very angry and concocts a plan to put a halt to the fairy-tale romance, so Can King Edward (Charles Shaughnessy) Tasha’s brother Jeff (Josh Dean) security chief  Bella (Melinda Shankar) or mysterious stranger Ron (Jack Foley) thwart Miranda’s plan  and give Tasha her happily ever after.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ANYTHING BUT CHRISTMAS

In this romantic comedy John (Sergio Di Zio) loves Grace (Elaine Hendrix) and her 10-year-old son, Zachary (Sean Michael Kyer) and he wants to propose to her at Christmas however he hates Christmas or rather he has a phobia of Christmas due to his childhood experiences, in fact it’s so bad he can’t even say the word.

Grace on the other hand loves celebrating the Christmas season and so does Zachary, they also both love John, but do they love him enough.

As the tale unfolds, chaos with exes, misunderstandings, mad parents and in-laws all imperil John and Grace's relationship and the big question is, can they get it all sorted out in time for the holidays? 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – IT HAPPENED ONE CHRISTMAS (1977)

 

“It Happened One Christmas” is a reworking of the 1946 Frank Capra classic “It's A Wonderful Life”

On Christmas Eve 1944 in the small town of Bedford Falls, New York. A despondent and suicidal Mary Bailey Hatch is praying for guidance on what to do about an incident, no fault of her own, which threatens her name and the community standing of her long-time family business, the Bailey Building and Loan.

The film is a slightly dark almost bittersweet tale of a savings and loan manager, and a bit an Earnest do-gooder Mary Bailey Hatch (Marlo Thomas) who struggles against a greedy banker Henry F. Potter (Orson Welles) and her own self-doubting nature in a small town.

After suffering a financial catastrophe, she sees suicide as a possible solution to her predicament, only to be rescued by a whimsical, endearing, trainee-angel named Clara Oddbody (Cloris Leachman) and because Mary says that the world would have been better off if she was never born, Clara shows her what the lives of the people she loved would have been like if Mary had never been born, Mary’s husband George (Wayne Rogers), Uncle Willie (Barney Martin), Mr. Gower (Dick O'Neill), Ma Bailey (Doris Roberts), Peter Bailey (Richard Dysart) and Harry Bailey (Christopher Guest).

And after years of feeling trapped in a small-town Mary finally recognizes her life as wonderful and truly rich.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – FINDING MRS CLAUS

 

Mrs. Claus (Mira Sorvino) is feeling neglected by her less than attentive husband (Will Sasso) and while she is consoling herself going through the latest mail delivery of Santa letters she finds one addressed to her.

The letter is from a girl called Hope (Aislyn Watson) so she goes to Las Vegas to help Hope with her Christmas wish which is to find love for her mother Noelle (Laura Vandervoort).

But Santa finds out she has gone and follows her to Sin City to make amends and puts Christmas at risk as a result when things don't go quite as he planned.

Andrew W. Walker provides the love interest as Barman Myles and Geoff Gustafson provides the laughs as Santa’s Elf companion, Calvin, who is more interested in gambling than finding Mrs Claus.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – WRAPPED UP IN CHRISTMAS (2017)

 

Heather Nash (Tatyana Ali) is the hardworking General Manager at the local shopping mall who has given up on love while she focuses on her next promotion although there had been a few chance encounters between herself and Ryan McKee (Brendan Fehr) who also works at the mall but nothing came of it as Heather was holding back.

Heathers young niece Molly Widmore (Princess K. Mapp) refuses to accept that so she asks the mall Santa to give her beloved aunt a boyfriend for Christmas and for a time it seemed like Santa might actually come through, but then she is tasked by her corporate boss with cancelling the leases of underperforming stores in order to move forward in her career.

Although there is obviously something between them, they both have secrets that need to be exposed and their consequences need to be overcome before a Christmas “happy ever after' can be a reality.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE GOOD WITCH'S GIFT

Almost as soon as Sheriff Jake Russell (Chris Potter) and Cassie Nightingale (Catherine Bell) decide to get married on Christmas Eve, complications arise in this Christmas serving of the Good Witch.

The first problem is the arrival in town of ex-con Leon Deeks (James McGowan) and Jake is instructed by the mayor to make him his top priority.

Jakes second complication is securing the wedding license as he can't find the documents proving Cassie’s existence in the world and then there is the difficulty of finding a wedding cake at the last minute.

However last but not least, Jake's kids are upset: Brandon (Matthew Knight) wants to spend time with his new girlfriend Jodi (Jordan Todosey), who is also the ex-cons daughter, and his sister Lori (Hannah Endicott-Douglas) manages to lose Cassie's heirloom wedding ring into the bargain.

Other than that its plain sailing.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CRUSH (2019)

 

Addie (Cindy Sampson) is a Christmas fanatic who also has a crush on neighbour Sam (Robin Dunne) and one evening she makes a Christmas Wish for her neighbour to fall in love with her, with no expectation that anything will happen, she certainly wasn’t expecting the wish to go horribly wrong and strike down the wrong neighbour and enchant, Pete (Chris Violette).

As the days slip by Pete's romantic gestures grow more and more over-the-top, culminating in a proposal, so Addie recruits her friend Drea (Erica Deutschman), Sam, the real object of her affections, and Pete’s fiancé  Gina (Konstantina Mantelos) to help Addie break the spell by Christmas.

If they fail, she could spend the rest of her life dealing with love-struck Pete.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – IRA FINKELSTEIN'S CHRISTMAS

 

Ira J. Finkelstein (Elijah Nelson) is a Christmas obsessed Jewish boy.

He's seen every Christmas movie ever made and his dreams are filled with reindeer, sleigh rides and of course, snow.

The problem is, apart from the fact that Ira is Jewish is that at 11 years of age he feels that Christmas is passing him by and When Ira's hopes for a holiday vacation in Aspen are dashed, he hatches a plan to finally get the Christmas of his dreams.

When flying unaccompanied to visit his grandparents in sunny Florida, he swaps tickets with Mikey Amato (Justin Thomas Howell), another 11-year-old also flying unaccompanied on his way to Christmastown, WA.

But they not only trade airline tickets but places as well and Ira gets more than he bargained for when he experiences his first “White Christmas”.

Elliott Gould and David DeLuise also star in this pleasant Christmas caper.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MAGICAL CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS (2017)

 

Christmas lover Marie (Jessica Lowndes), who is an editor at a publishing house, lost her Christmas spirit after a bad breakup, but in an effort to restore it, each day her mother sends her Christmas ornaments from her childhood, the first is an Angel, and coincidental blessings follow each ornaments delivery.

Her Christmas spirit gets another boost when she meets her handsome neighbour, Nate (Brandon Penny), and feels a definite spark with him while celebrating different aspects of the season.

Marie has been stuck editing nonfiction for two years and when she is finally offered a way back into fiction she wants to edit a children’s book by an old friend, J.P. Presley (Tim Matheson), but instead her boss assigns her to edit the book of the man who caused her holiday heartache, Clark (Stephen Huszar), however he not only stands in the way of the path she wants to take professionally he also comes between her and Nate.

So, as Christmas approaches, Marie is feeling lost both at work and in her love life, so she looks for a Christmas miracle to give her the confidence to pursue her work goals and to try to win Nate back.

She must follow her heart's passion in work and in love and hope for continued blessings from her magical Christmas ornaments.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS PUPPY

A cynical youth, Riley (Aaron Jaeger), whose mother Sarah (Maureen McCormick) is about to lose her job right before the holidays, is visited by a magical Christmas spirit called Hope (Vanessa Angel).

She gives him a task to help another family regain their Christmas spirit and by so doing get it back for himself.

Alexandra Paul, Jason Brooks and Mariah Buzolin star as the family in crisis but Janet Carroll steals the show as Grandmother Betty.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A MERRY HOLIDAY (2019)

 

Christy Dickinson (Kelley Jakle) is a toy company executive who, as a result of her claim to know everything there is to know about the holidays, is invited to a holiday party by a prospective client David Berger (Michael Gordin Shore) where she is expected to show what she knows.

However, it isn’t until after the meeting that she finds out that David is Jewish, and she must learn as much about Hanukkah as she can in order to land the account.

So she enlists the help of her co-worker and friend Samantha Ames (Cory Lee), who introduces her to a teacher from her children’s school, Jonathan Silver (Jake Epstein) who is Jewish and in need of help himself as he has to turn his home into a Christmas Wonderland to impress his girlfriend's father.

After a rocky start they are soon learning about each other’s traditions but along the way they learn things about their own lives, and they grow ever closer, though neither expects anything to come of it.

That is until Christy dumps her selfish unsupportive boyfriend Peter (Jon McLaren) after she found out he lied to her about the reason he couldn’t go to the party with her.

So, she is preparing to go on her own until she learns the Jonathan has been dumped by Heather (Kathryn Kohut), so they go together and it’s a great success.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER - A HORSE TAIL

 

Michael Thompson (Patrick Muldoon) is an uptight city accountant who is struggling to raise his teenage daughter Chloe (Mandalynn Carlson) all on his own after his wife’s tragic death.

Being a single parent and having to work long hours Chloe doesn’t see as much of him as she would like which leads to her attention seeking behaviour, so when he gets a call from Cliff Harrison (Rick Herod) to help save their family stables before ruthless bankers shut them down, he wonders if the country life is just what he and Chloe need to start over.

However when Michael arrives to sort out a farm’s financial problems he finds that Cliff's daughter Samantha (Charisma Carpenter) is not as appreciative of his help as rest of the family (Sydney (Dominique Swain), Jackson (Jaren Lewison), and Ben (Billy Tilk)) are for his help.

But as they search for ways to save the family's legacy, Romance develops between the accountant and Samantha while the baddies in the story seem hell bent on acquiring the farms best horse called Holly which is prised by the family as it was Cliff’s deceased wife’s favourite.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS WINTER SONG (2019)

 

In the true spirit of the holiday season storeowner Clio (Ashanti) befriends Fred (Stan Shaw), a former jazz musician down on his luck, and welcomes him into her shop to perform for the customers and they form a special bond over music.

Besides their love of performing, Clio and Fred also have their share of family struggles in common, for Clio, she must grapple with the first Christmas since the death of her father, while for Fred, a reunion with his daughter Mia (Sashani Nichole) is just what he needs to give him hope in his life.

Together with the power of music and love the two find the strength to overcome their hardships.

A wonderful movie with a great performance by Stan Shaw who shined in his role, but the music was the heartbeat of the film.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SWITCHMAS

 

Ira J. Finkelstein (Elijah Nelson) is a Christmas obsessed Jewish boy.

He's seen every Christmas movie ever made and his dreams are filled with reindeer, sleigh rides and of course, snow.

The problem is, apart from the fact that Ira is Jewish is that at 11 years of age he feels that Christmas is passing him by and When Ira's hopes for a holiday vacation in Aspen are dashed, he hatches a plan to finally get the Christmas of his dreams.

When flying unaccompanied to visit his grandparents in sunny Florida, he swaps tickets with Mikey Amato (Justin Thomas Howell), another 11-year-old also flying unaccompanied on his way to Christmastown, WA.

But they not only trade airline tickets but places as well and Ira gets more than he bargained for when he experiences his first “White Christmas”.

Elliott Gould and David DeLuise also star in this pleasant Christmas caper.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (1990)

Home for Christmas is a film about a young girl, Amanda Spencer (Chantellese Kent), who befriends elderly, homeless ex-con Elmer (Mickey Rooney) who she notices always sits on the same park bench, she then introduces him to her mother (Lesley Kelly) and brother Justin (Noah Plener).

Later Amanda tells Santa that she wants a Grandfather for Christmas, on a trip to the Mall just before Christmas when the Spencer family are doing their Christmas Shopping.

Which is also the day they see Elmer again when Reg Spencer (Simon Richards) recognises him as the petty thief who he caught stealing from his car.

He immediately wants to call the police and have him arrested but the rest of the family protest and instead it is agreed that Elmer would do odd jobs for him and the family until the cost of the theft had been repaid.

Elmer sleeps in the garage for the duration and the friendship with six-year-old Amanda depends as it does with her mother and brother, only Reg keeps his distance who ironically turns out to be Elmer’s long lost son, much to their mutual surprise. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS ANGEL 2009

Ashley Matthews (Kari Hawker-Diaz) has been on her own all her life but she feels even more alone when it gets close to Christmas as she searches fruitlessly for a job and the endless Christmas cheer around her only rubs salt in the wounds as she scrimps and scrapes by to support herself and her dog, Dash.

However help is at hand from her neighbour, Nick Anderson (Bruce Davison), who knows exactly what to do to help and he offers her a job.

He asks her to be his assistant in what turns out to be a philanthropic endeavour, however there’s one catch she can't tell anyone that her new boss is a kind of Secret Santa, and she must help people anonymously.

Through her new job, Ashley meets Will (K.C. Clyde), a writer for a business magazine who uncovers what Ashley is doing, and more importantly, Nick's involvement in the acts of kindness.

As Ashley and Nick help people in need, she tries to protect Nick's secret, and her own heart, while Will must weigh the consequences of what might happen if he exposes them.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – BONE ALONE (2013)

 

When the family leave home to visit Grandma's house on Christmas Eve, they leave their dog at the kennels, but suspecting the family home is going to be burgled, he escapes so he can protect the home.

In essence the film is a canine version of “Home Alone” with Bone the dog pitted against burglars Jake and Rob (Jeremy Mascia and Justin Hoffmeister) and his goal is to prevent them from stealing the presents from under the tree, and he must use every trick he knows to stop them, even when they call Quentin (Kevin Sorbo) an evil dog catcher to help them.

But he keeps the home safe until Mom and Dad (Kim Little and David DeLuise) and the kids Dillon and KC (Davis Cleveland and Natalie Jane) get home and they can have a peaceful Christmas together.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS BRIDE (2019)

Hotel manager Willow Petersen (Rachael Leigh Cook) returns to her stunning Virginia hometown to help her sister Juni (Christie Burke) plan a Christmas wedding at the Inn her family once owned.

However, to achieve her goal she must work with the resistant current owner and single dad David Lyndon (Benjamin Ayres), who just wants to let go of the past and sell the Inn following the death of his wife.

She does have a very valuable ally in the form of his young daughter Natalie (Lina Renna) who loves the Inn.

This is a delightful film in a delightful setting with stunning cinematography.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS AT CARTWRIGHT’S

 

A single mom, Nicky Talbot (Alicia Witt) is going from door to door to find a job and boost her finances but without success.

Then a friend tells her that a big store is hiring so she goes along and gets a holiday job at Cartwright’s department store but not as floor staff, she gets the job as Santa Claus in the grotto.

This was achieved when an angel, Harry Osbourne (Wallace Shawn) entered her life and brought about some positive changes, including the spark of a new romance.

She of course was unaware that he was an angel and she thought he was from corporate.

Her head elf in the grotto was Peg (Linda Kash) and she thought Nicky was wonderful in fact everyone loved Santa Nick, except the evil Fiona Aldrich (Gabrielle Miller) who was her boss.

Nicky’s daughter Becky (T.J. McGibbon) is cute without being precocious and the love interest is supplied very ably by department head Bill (Gabriel Hogan) and her landlady Mrs. Rositani is played by the excellent Jayne Eastwood.

This is a great film, believable yet magical and any Christmas film with an Angel in it gets my vote.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HELP FOR CHRISTMAS

Although she loves Christmas, Christine (Summer Glau), who is an elf from Santa's village, wonders if there could be more to life than making toys at the North Pole.

So when Santa receives an emergency wish from a little boy in Los Angeles, he puts Christine on a special assignment in the real world and sends her to L.A. to help the VanCamp family.

Sara Vancamp (Eva LaRue) is a busy mom with absolutely no Christmas spirit and her husband Scott (Dan Gauthier), is little better.

So Christine is to look after the two Vancamp kids, Ally (Izabela Vidovic) and Will (Mason Cook) and give the whole family a Christmas wake-up call.

It is not altogether plain sailing and the question of whether Christine will fail her assignment and be sent back to the North Pole for good, or the VanCamps will come to their senses about the meaning of Christmas is unclear, but it’s fun watching the tale unfold.

The romantic interest is provided by Sara’s brother Dave Gabriel (John Brotherton) and Steve Larkin puts in a wonderful portrayal of Santa. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ROCK AND ROLL CHRISTMAS (2019)

 

Bonnie and Ashlyn Rose (Catherine Mary Stewart and Beverley Mitchell) are an estranged mother/daughter country music duo who are tricked into appearing on stage together for the first time in 10 years by former manager Bret (Michael Dickson) and neither of them are happy about it.

However, a video of their performance is put online by Ashlyn’s daughter Riley (Kelaiah Guiel) and it quickly goes viral.

Riley and Bret convince the “Roses” that they should reunite and release a Christmas single because the former wants a relationship with her grandmother and the latter is in love with Bonnie.

However, there will need to be love, a lot of forgiveness and even more Christmas magic to write a song that perfectly captures the spirit of Christmas and brings their family back together, so can they do it?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS SONG (2019)

 

In the true spirit of the holiday season storeowner Clio (Ashanti) befriends Fred (Stan Shaw), a former jazz musician down on his luck, and welcomes him into her shop to perform for the customers and they form a special bond over music.

Besides their love of performing, Clio and Fred also have their share of family struggles in common, for Clio, she must grapple with the first Christmas since the death of her father, while for Fred, a reunion with his daughter Mia (Sashani Nichole) is just what he needs to give him hope in his life.

Together with the power of music and love the two find the strength to overcome their hardships.

A wonderful movie with a great performance by Stan Shaw who shined in his role, but the music was the heartbeat of the film.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS MIRACLE (2007)

This film is based on a true story about an estranged couple who find themselves lost in the Idaho wilderness after in impromptu snowmobile outing.

It was just before Christmas and when the weather turns they are trapped in a blizzard and the snowfall is so great all the trails are hidden.

Lost and alone Suzanne and Jim Shemwell (Jami Gertz and Dylan Walsh) are forced to confront the reasons why they separated.

Meanwhile their family, when they are not looking for Suzanne and Jim, are looking inward at themselves and re-evaluate their lives and their relationships.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HOLIDAY MIRACLE (2014)

 

On the eve of Christmas, Rockford County Sheriff Rick Langston (Dean Cain) has lost his holiday spirit.

That isn’t helped when he catches a local man who had stolen the baby Jesus from a Nativity scene in order end up in a warm jail cell.

Later he finds a man at his home and Rick naturally assumes he has broken in even though he looks and acts a lot like Santa Claus.

But he arrests the jolly old man in the red suit anyway and places him in jail with the Nativity thief and then both he and Santa open the sheriff’s eyes to a few things.

Unexpectedly Sheriff Langston then meets a woman who has just moved to Rockford named Lucy Hart (Christine Lakin) and after meeting her and her daughter Alana (Sophie Bolen) he comes to realise that even when you feel that all is lost, love is all around you and that his life promises more than he could have hoped for and he had a renewed belief in the possibility of miracles.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HER MAGICAL CHRISTMAS (2017)

 

Christmas lover Marie (Jessica Lowndes), who is an editor at a publishing house, lost her Christmas spirit after a bad breakup, but in an effort to restore it, each day her mother sends her Christmas ornaments from her childhood, the first is an Angel, and coincidental blessings follow each ornaments delivery.

Her Christmas spirit gets another boost when she meets her handsome neighbour, Nate (Brandon Penny), and feels a definite spark with him while celebrating different aspects of the season.

Marie has been stuck editing nonfiction for two years and when she is finally offered a way back into fiction she wants to edit a children’s book by an old friend, J.P. Presley (Tim Matheson), but instead her boss assigns her to edit the book of the man who caused her holiday heartache, Clark (Stephen Huszar), however he not only stands in the way of the path she wants to take professionally he also comes between her and Nate.

So, as Christmas approaches, Marie is feeling lost both at work and in her love life, so she looks for a Christmas miracle to give her the confidence to pursue her work goals and to try to win Nate back.

She must follow her heart's passion in work and in love and hope for continued blessings from her magical Christmas ornaments.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER –CHRISTMAS BELLE (2013)

 

Appraiser/real estate saleswoman Isabella Everhart (Haylie Duff) is in partnership with her father Rex Everhart (C. Thomas Howell) but he’s not pulling his weight and not for the first time he drops a bombshell in her lap at the last minute, a large estate sale.

So still angry at her father she leave her California hometown in the rear-view mirror, Belle heads north on business to facilitate the estate sale of a mansion and she also put some distance between herself and her old school friend and persistent suitor Tony (Mark Famiglietti).

Despite her displeasure at being let down by her father the job is a dream, the client, Hunter Lowell (Nicholas Gonzalez), however is not, but, as the two spend more time together, his icy demeanour begins to melt.

Although their relationship is budding, Belle's long-time suitor, Tony, arrives, sending mixed signals to Hunter while adding chaos to the holiday season in a Yuletide romantic triangle.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER –CHRISTMAS CRUSH II (2019)

 

Addie (Cindy Sampson) is a Christmas fanatic who also has a crush on neighbour Sam (Robin Dunne) and one evening she makes a Christmas Wish for her neighbour to fall in love with her, with no expectation that anything will happen, she certainly wasn’t expecting the wish to go horribly wrong and strike down the wrong neighbour and enchant, Pete (Chris Violette).

As the days slip by Pete's romantic gestures grow more and more over-the-top, culminating in a proposal, so Addie recruits her friend Drea (Erica Deutschman), Sam, the real object of her affections, and Pete’s fiancé  Gina (Konstantina Mantelos) to help Addie break the spell by Christmas.

If they fail, she could spend the rest of her life dealing with love-struck Pete.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY

 

A cynical youth, Riley (Aaron Jaeger), whose mother Sarah (Maureen McCormick) is about to lose her job right before the holidays, is visited by a magical Christmas spirit called Hope (Vanessa Angel).

She gives him a task to help another family regain their Christmas spirit and by so doing get it back for himself.

Alexandra Paul, Jason Brooks and Mariah Buzolin star as the family in crisis but Janet Carroll steals the show as Grandmother Betty.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS HEIST (2019)

 

The Holiday jewellery store has been in their family for decades and is run by Robert Holiday (Phillip Edward Van Lear) and his children Jade (Chaley Rose) and RJ (Lucien Cambric) but since the death of wife and mother Jewel the store has been struggling and if they don’t have a good Christmas the store will not reopen in the New Year.

As if sent by providence Devin (Tobias Truvillion) appears in the store one day, a knowledgeable and confidence character who is given the sales assistant position.

What they don’t know is that Devin is a thief and was sent by local crime lord, Poncho (Simeon Henderson) as a prelude to robbing the store.

Poncho also ensures RJ is compromises so he can use his hacking skills to disable the alarms and gain access to the customer’s credit card details.

But Devin is trying to escape his criminal past and has hopes of having a crime free life with Jade.

So, the question is can he turn the tables on Poncho, save the store and get the girl?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS (2015)

 

Katherine (Briana Evigan) is a Royal Princess and is in New York just before Christmas for a series of official engagements.

But she just wants an hour to herself out of her busy schedule to visit an art exhibition.

But when her Aunt Margaret (Jacqueline Samuda), who runs her life, tells her it was not possible and to stop being selfish she escapes her entourage to explore New York anyway and as she is tired of her diamond-studded and privileged life and the royal responsibilities that went along with being a royal princess she decided to take longer than an hour.

But when a pair of street hustlers steal her purse and prised camera, a good Samaritan, a young man called Jack (Paul Campbell) comes to her aid and ends up sweeping her off of her feet when he shows her his side of the city.

And when her true identity is finally revealed it is Jack who arranges for her to view the exhibition unheeded after calling in a favour.

It’s a lovely film in which, Harry (Jay Brazeau) steals the show as Jack’s friend, in this gentle heart-warming Christmas tale.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – DEATH HOUSE (2016)

 

All Eddie Kirkpatrick (Sean Ryan Fox) wants for Christmas is a pair of Breezy 3000s, the hottest new shoes which will make him the envy of his friends.

But come Christmas Day, he finds there are no presents under the family tree, let alone his shoes, because his older brother, Zack (Colin Smith) is getting married and the family is so focused on the wedding they have side-lined Christmas.
He storms out of the house angry that his Christmas has been ruined, and heads into town where he comes across a mysterious new shoe store.

After meeting the store owner (Joey Lawrence) he is granted one wish, so Eddie wishes to have his Christmas back, and the wish is granted.

However as a result he is stuck reliving the same disappointing Christmas day on an endless loop, and is destined to do so until he learns what the spirit of Christmas is really about.