Friday, 16 February 2024

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A STARSTRUCK CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

Riley Burdett (Jamie Perez) is a passionate theatre director who has just begun auditioning for the upcoming annual performance of “A Christmas Carol” when she discovers that the owner Regina Caldwell (Maureen Keiller) is selling the historic theatre to a developer who plans on building condominiums in its place.

So, she has to find a way to save the well-loved town theatre by putting on the most memorable performance of a Christmas Carol in the history of the theatre and even manages to enlist the help of handsome Hollywood actor Sam (Thomas McDonell) to play Bob Cratchit, but it’s still an uphill struggle to get the result and the rewards.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A SHOW-STOPPING CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

Riley Burdett (Jamie Perez) is a passionate theatre director who has just begun auditioning for the upcoming annual performance of “A Christmas Carol” when she discovers that the owner Regina Caldwell (Maureen Keiller) is selling the historic theatre to a developer who plans on building condominiums in its place.

So, she has to find a way to save the well-loved town theatre by putting on the most memorable performance of a Christmas Carol in the history of the theatre and even manages to enlist the help of handsome Hollywood actor Sam (Thomas McDonell) to play Bob Cratchit, but it’s still an uphill struggle to get the result and the rewards.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A PLAYFUL ROMANCE (2021)

 

Riley Burdett (Jamie Perez) is a passionate theatre director who has just begun auditioning for the upcoming annual performance of “A Christmas Carol” when she discovers that the owner Regina Caldwell (Maureen Keiller) is selling the historic theatre to a developer who plans on building condominiums in its place.

So, she has to find a way to save the well-loved town theatre by putting on the most memorable performance of a Christmas Carol in the history of the theatre and even manages to enlist the help of handsome Hollywood actor Sam (Thomas McDonell) to play Bob Cratchit, but it’s still an uphill struggle to get the result and the rewards.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CUPID FOR CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

In order for Cupid (Richard Kind) to retire, he must find a suitable replacement, and Ruby (Melanie Stone), wants the job.

However, she is one of his least competent assistants, so he sets her a challenge and if she succeeds the job is hers.

She has to find a match for a hopeless case, college professor Charlie (Ryan Carnes), who has a disastrous dating record and has given up on romance and she must do it before Christmas.

Ruby accepts the challenge and is both helped and hindered in her mission by colleague and rival Philomena (Natasha Behnam) but still applies her usual  level of enthusiasm when she goes down to earth to find Charlie the love of his life.

The task however turns out to be harder than she thought, with unexpected complications and an even more unexpected outcome.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MY CHRISTMAS FIANCÉ (2022)

 Maya Coleman (Jennifer Freeman) has won a competition to work at a prestigious resort Hotel in a beautiful part of Italy as a student in the restaurant working under renowned and challenging chef Penn Childers (Jack Parr).

However, when Penn discovers his parents are visiting the resort and are bringing, Ashleigh Symington Price (Jennifer Mischiati), the woman they have been trying to marry him off to for years, so he persuades Maya to pose as his fiancée for the holidays so he

can avoid being forced into an unwanted marriage.

And all of this is going on while plans are afoot to redevelop the resort and close the restaurant, so who will win the day? and will the imaginary relationship bear fruit? 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS FIANCÉ (2022)

 

Maya Coleman (Jennifer Freeman) has won a competition to work at a prestigious resort Hotel in a beautiful part of Italy as a student in the restaurant working under renowned and challenging chef Penn Childers (Jack Parr).

However, when Penn discovers his parents are visiting the resort and are bringing, Ashleigh Symington Price (Jennifer Mischiati), the woman they have been trying to marry him off to for years, so he persuades Maya to pose as his fiancée for the holidays so he

can avoid being forced into an unwanted marriage.

And all of this is going on while plans are afoot to redevelop the resort and close the restaurant, so who will win the day? and will the imaginary relationship bear fruit?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – DECK THE HEART (2021)

 

City based Executive Vice President Chris Ackerman (Joe Kurak) finds out that he has inherited his grandfather’s house in the country where he had spent many happy hours over the years.

But his mother Renee Ackerman (Eliza Roberts) informs him that he is expected to host the Christmas celebrations for the whole family and selected friends.

Unfortunately, he is exceedingly busy at work and doesn’t really have the time and even if he did, he lacked the required Christmas Spirit for the task, but his mother insisted it had to be done.

Because he couldn’t do it from long distance, he persuaded his boss Larry Link (Robert Picardo) to allow him to work remotely and he hired a local event planner, Meredith Block (Ashley Brinkman).

As Merry sets about the decorations and party plans, she gradually wins him over from his grinchy ways and helps him love Christmas again.


THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE DARK IS RISING (2007)

 

A fourteen year old boy, Will Stanton (Alexander Ludwig) has his life turned upside down when he is told by an eccentric group, Merriman Lyon (Ian McShane) Miss Greythorne (Frances Conroy) Dawson (James Cosmo) Old George (Jim Piddock) and  Maggie Barnes (Amelia Warner) that he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of darkness, personified by the Rider (Christopher Eccleston).

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SEEKER: THE DARK IS RISING (2007)

 

A fourteen year old boy, Will Stanton (Alexander Ludwig) has his life turned upside down when he is told by an eccentric group, Merriman Lyon (Ian McShane) Miss Greythorne (Frances Conroy) Dawson (James Cosmo) Old George (Jim Piddock) and  Maggie Barnes (Amelia Warner) that he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of darkness, personified by the Rider (Christopher Eccleston).

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE NINE KITTENS OF CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

Veterinary Doctor, Marilee White (Kimberley Sustad) returns to her hometown of Jamestown, Oregon for the first Christmas in five years since moving to Miami, and one of the first people she runs into in Jamestown is ex-boyfriend Zachary Stone (Brandon Routh).

One day Zach, who is a fireman, finds a box of nine abandoned kittens outside the firehouse, so he takes it upon himself to try and find homes for them and in the absence of a Town Vet, due to retirement, Marilee volunteers to help.

Inevitably as they work together to find the kittens good homes, they have to come to terms with the fact that there is still a significant spark between them.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – NINE LIVES FOR THE HOLIDAY (2021)

 

Veterinary Doctor, Marilee White (Kimberley Sustad) returns to her hometown of Jamestown, Oregon for the first Christmas in five years since moving to Miami, and one of the first people she runs into in Jamestown is ex-boyfriend Zachary Stone (Brandon Routh).

One day Zach, who is a fireman, finds a box of nine abandoned kittens outside the firehouse, so he takes it upon himself to try and find homes for them and in the absence of a Town Vet, due to retirement, Marilee volunteers to help.

Inevitably as they work together to find the kittens good homes, they have to come to terms with the fact that there is still a significant spark between them.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – NINE KITTENS FOR THE HOLIDAY (2021)

Veterinary Doctor, Marilee White (Kimberley Sustad) returns to her hometown of Jamestown, Oregon for the first Christmas in five years since moving to Miami, and one of the first people she runs into in Jamestown is ex-boyfriend Zachary Stone (Brandon Routh).

One day Zach, who is a fireman, finds a box of nine abandoned kittens outside the firehouse, so he takes it upon himself to try and find homes for them and in the absence of a Town Vet, due to retirement, Marilee volunteers to help.

Inevitably as they work together to find the kittens good homes, they have to come to terms with the fact that there is still a significant spark between them. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A TALE OF TWO CHRISTMASES (2022)

 

Thanks to some Christmas magic, Emma (Katherine Barrell), gets to experience two different Christmases, in true “Sliding Doors” fashion, when in one reality she misses her flight home and stays in the city in order to work and celebrates with a new crush Max (Evan Roderick), and the other one where she makes the flight and returns home to her family and experiences Christmas with childhood friend Drew (Chandler Massey).

All she has to do is finally discover what, in life and in love, will really make her truly happy.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – JOLLY GOOD CHRISTMAS (2022)

 

After recently moving to London, American architect David Burnside (Will Kemp) is shopping for a Christmas present for his girlfriend Charlotte Fitzsimmons (Sophie Hopkins) three days before Christmas when he runs into professional shopper Anji Patel (Reshma Shetty) who frowns upon his choice of a gift card.

As his girlfriend is also his boss’s daughter he bows to pressure from his peers and hires Anji to help him find Charlotte a meaningful gift and so begins an adventure that takes them from one scrape to another and inevitably David and Anji make an emotional connection.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A VERY MERRY BRITISH CHRISTMAS (2022)

After recently moving to London, American architect David Burnside (Will Kemp) is shopping for a Christmas present for his girlfriend Charlotte Fitzsimmons (Sophie Hopkins) three days before Christmas when he runs into professional shopper Anji Patel (Reshma Shetty) who frowns upon his choice of a gift card.

As his girlfriend is also his boss’s daughter he bows to pressure from his peers and hires Anji to help him find Charlotte a meaningful gift and so begins an adventure that takes them from one scrape to another and inevitably David and Anji make an emotional connection.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – WE WISH YOU A MARRIED CHRISTMAS (2022)

 

Married couple Becca and Robby (Marisol Nichols and Kristoffer Polaha) are drifting apart, and nothing seems to be working so their marriage councillor suggests they go away for Christmas, and recommends a cozy Inn in the quaint little town of Gracious,

However, things don’t begin well because when they arrive at the Inn Robby discovers Becca has booked a suite with separate bedrooms and after a number of setbacks, they decide to leave early but after checking out they discover a large Christmas bauble has smashed through the windscreen, so they are forced to stay on until the car is repaired.

Their enforced stay means they have to throw themselves into all the activities and along the way rediscover their love of the season and each other.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS RETREAT (2022)

 

Just before Christmas Kim Jones (Rhiannon Fish) is expecting her boyfriend Steven (Jonathan Hawley Purvis) to propose when he makes reservations at a fancy restaurant, but he breaks up with her instead because she’s a workaholic, so her mom, Mary (Lynn Whyte) takes her away to a Christmas Retreat to reconnect with the spirit of the season.

There she meets Mark Reynolds (Clayton James) who has just quit his job after being passed over for promotion and is there because his sister Rae (Carly Fawcett) runs the retreat.

Forced to surrender their phones and devices, they are able to focus on the program of Christmas events and their eyes are opened to the joys of the holidays and each other.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

Jessica Roberts (Maggie Lawson) runs the Roberts Tree Farm and Nursery in Hudson Springs which is an integral part of Christmas in the town.

But then big box retailer, Harvest Garden Supply, open a store in town, and the impact on the business is almost immediate.

But then she meets marketing executive Clay Moore (Christopher Russell) and there is an instant attraction, without her knowing he is her competition.

As they spend more time together, they start to fall for each other, but will his job prevent them from having their happy-ever-after?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A MAGICAL CHRISTMAS VILLAGE (2022)

 

In Bryson Falls Architect Summer Ashby (Alison Sweeney) and her daughter Chloe (Maesa Nicholson) have their normal routine turned upside down when Summer’s eccentric mother Vivian Todd (Marlo Thomas) moves in.

The first thing she does is set up her Christmas village on the table and as Chloe moves the figurines around the scene magical things begin to happen in real-life and events seem to mimic the scenes she creates.

One of those affected by Chloe’s placements was Ryan Scott (Luke Macfarlane) who is bought into Summer’s orbit and romance is on the cards.

Thursday, 15 February 2024

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS... PRESENT (2022)

 

Realtor, supermom and master organizer, Maggie Larson (Candace Cameron Bure) makes a last-minute decision to take her family to spend Christmas with her recently bereaved brother Paul McCormick (Paul Fitzgerald) and his daughter Ashley (Keilah Davies), but they have very different expectations for their Christmas holidays.

Even her own husband Eric (Marc Blucas) and children Becca and Will (Claire Capek and Caleb Reese Paul) are less than thrilled about being dragged away.

However, everyone has fun, except Maggie who is troubled by how distant she feels from everyone important to her, especially her husband.

But as Christmas approaches, she must learn to live in the present.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A FABLED HOLIDAY (2022)

When Talia was a child, her father gave her a fairy story book about a magical town called Wunderbrook shortly before he died and then she and her mother moved away leaving her childhood best friend Anderson behind.

Years later wannabee writer Talia and surgeon Anderson (Brooke D'Orsay and Ryan Paevey) reunite by chance in her bookshop.

Then through various magical means the end up at the same inn in a curiously magical town full of Christmas spirit called Wunderbrook, that restores its visitors when they need it most, and is vaguely familiar to everyone.

So, will the Christmas magic solve everyone’s problems?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A FAIRYTALE CHRISTMAS (2022)

 

When Talia was a child, her father gave her a fairy story book about a magical town called Wunderbrook shortly before he died and then she and her mother moved away leaving her childhood best friend Anderson behind.

Years later wannabee writer Talia and surgeon Anderson (Brooke D'Orsay and Ryan Paevey) reunite by chance in her bookshop.

Then through various magical means the end up at the same inn in a curiously magical town full of Christmas spirit called Wunderbrook, that restores its visitors when they need it most, and is vaguely familiar to everyone.

So, will the Christmas magic solve everyone’s problems?

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SEARCH FOR SECRET SANTA (2023)

 

After cub reporter Sofia (Skye Coyne) is told by her boss Perry (Jackée Harry) that due to downsizing she no longer has a permanent position at the paper, she has to go freelance, however Perry does give her an assignment to write a Christmas Story.

Later in her new apartment building while putting some boxes in the basement she discovers an unopened and undelivered Secret Santa present addressed to “Abigail”.

After discovering the package dated back to the early 1970’s and contained a priceless antique Nutcracker, according to Historian and former treasure hunter  Jackson (Alex Trumble), she believes she has found a Christmas story that will save her career.

But as Sofia and Jackson research its origins and become close, they discover its tragic past and a find themselves the target of treasure hunters and wonder if they survive the dangers of the present, they will have a future together.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – IVY AND MISTLETOE (2020)

 

When all the flights are cancelled Ivy Anderson (Julianne Michelle) is stuck in Charleston but is determined to get home to Boston for Christmas, so she sets off in her car despite her mother, (Cynthia Gibb), offering to celebrate Christmas when she arrives.

But after losing her phone in Maryland she crashes her car in the snow and gets stranded in the small town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Unable to find a room at the Inn, the local mayor Judy Carson (Carrie Genzel) takes her in during the snowstorm.

Ivy is grateful for the kind hospitality but all she really wants is to get home for Christmas, but she meets the mayor’s son Max (Cody Calafiore) and it soon becomes apparent that she is exactly where she is supposed to be.

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A GLENBROOKE CHRISTMAS (2020)

 

Before she takes over as CEO of the Los Angeles-based Morgan Organization, heiress Jessica Morgan (Autumn Reeser), seizes the opportunity, as Christmas approaches, to experience some relaxed holiday time.

She chooses to rent the house where her mother grew up, in the small town of Glenbrooke, Colorado.

Because of her wealth she is constantly on the radar of men but cannot judge whether they are interested in her or her money, so she travelled to Glenbrooke under an assumed name.

She immediately falls in love with her mum’s former home and the town.

Equally she falls in love with the first person she meets in the town, handsome fire chief, Kyle Buchanan (Antonio Cupo) though not immediately.

The only flies in the ointment of her restful Christmas are that the famous bells may not ring this Christmas Eve due to costly repairs to the motor drive and Kyle may not forgive Jessica for not being honest with him.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS ON CANDY CANE LANE (2022)

 

In icicle Falls, Ivy Donaldson (Andrea Barber) struggles to fill her late mother Muriel’s shoes, because she was the Christmas Maven and the Darling of Candy Cane Lane.

Losing her mum put a terrible strain on her marriage as she tried desperately to fill all the commitments her mother did with ease.

As a result, she separated from her husband Rob (Dan Payne) and although she tries her best with her daughter Jordan (Kerensa Cooper), she falls short of her promises to her as well.

But she is not the only one going through trials and tribulations in the Street but in the end, everybody gets together in unexpected festive ways and Ivy reconciles her priorities.


THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HOW TO FALL IN LOVE BY THE HOLIDAYS (2023)

 

Nora Winters (Teri Hatcher) is a writer and CEO of a lifestyle brand and is pressured by the board to seek a partnership with an online dating app in order to save her job and her company.

Worse than that in order to win them over, she has to use the app to meet someone and write a column about falling in love by Christmas and her dating journey is photographed by charming and handsome photographer Jack Paxton (Dan Payne).

But as they go through the motions of setting up dates at different venues and she writes her column the chemistry grows between Nora and Dan and saving her job becomes less important.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HOW TO FALL IN LOVE BY CHRISTMAS (2023)

 

Nora Winters (Teri Hatcher) is a writer and CEO of a lifestyle brand and is pressured by the board to seek a partnership with an online dating app in order to save her job and her company.

Worse than that in order to win them over, she has to use the app to meet someone and write a column about falling in love by Christmas and her dating journey is photographed by charming and handsome photographer Jack Paxton (Dan Payne).

But as they go through the motions of setting up dates at different venues and she writes her column the chemistry grows between Nora and Dan and saving her job becomes less important.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IN SCOTLAND (2023)

 

After installation designer Emma McKenzie (Jill Winternitz) learns she has been passed over for the New Years project she is persuaded to travel to Scotland by her father Mike (Toby Rolt) who is researching their family history.

Almost as soon as she arrives, she is persuaded to help the small village community create a festive light display for the Christmas Village competition, despite the reservations of the local Laird Duncan Glenrothie (Lewis Howden) who owns the village.

The Laird reluctantly agrees providing his son Alex (Dominic Watters) works alongside her, and as they do they unite to create seasonal magic to the village and bring some romance into their lives.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS ON ALPACA FARM (2023)

 

After a dispute with her boss over sustainability, Jess (Kirsten Comerford) quits her job at a high-end fashion label in New York.

In order to launch her own line of sustainable luxury knits she teams up with Andrew (Matt Wells) a single dad and alpaca farmer with the intention of entering and winning a competition.

But as she learns about Alpaca farming and producing yarn from him, he learns about fashion from her, they both learn to love and bring Christmas joy and love to the farm.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS ON THE ALPACA FARM (2023)

 

After a dispute with her boss over sustainability, Jess (Kirsten Comerford) quits her job at a high-end fashion label in New York.

In order to launch her own line of sustainable luxury knits she teams up with Andrew (Matt Wells) a single dad and alpaca farmer with the intention of entering and winning a competition.

But as she learns about Alpaca farming and producing yarn from him, he learns about fashion from her, they both learn to love and bring Christmas joy and love to the farm.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HAUL OUT THE HOLLY (2022)

 

Emily (Lacey Chabert) heads home to spend Christmas with her parents after breaking up with her boyfriend Dan (Jake Stormoen), however as soon as she arrives, she finds her parents are heading out the door to catch their flight to Florida.

So, she settles on a quiet reclusive Christmas watching holiday movies while staying at her parents’ house for the holidays, but her parents left Emily responsible for meeting all the holiday decorating requirements without telling her.

And the HOA is relentless in their determination to get Emily involved in the neighbourhood Christmas festivities led by the new HOA president, childhood friend Jared (Wes Brown).

Try as she may to avoid all the pressure to join in, she is eventually sucked in, and once in she finds not only that she is enjoying it but that she is also enjoying Jared’s company and Christmas could be the just the start for them.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A JENKINS FAMILY CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

On the first Christmas following her father’s death Baneatta (Regina Taylor) and her husband James (Robert Gossett) host a family Christmas.

In attendance are their children, Simone (Ashley Love-Mills) and Kenny (Anthony Chatmon II), Kenny’s white boyfriend Logan (Derek Chadwick), Baneatta’s sister Beverly (Kim Coles) and her daughter LaTrice (Bailey Bass).

Then amidst the family tensions they must make Christmas happen without getting into arguments, but the celebrations are marred by homophobia, racism, burst pipes at the church and the unexpected arrival of another sister, Brianna (Tammy Townsend).

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A MAPLE VALLEY CHRISTMAS (2022)

 

Erica and Heidi Holden (Peyton List and Ella Cannon) become the fourth-generation owners of their family's business, Maple Valley Farm, the largest maple farm in Montana, after their mother Ina (Frances Flanagan) announces her decision to retire just before Christmas.

One of the first things they want to do is purchase the neighbouring Fernandez farm but that may be more difficult than they expect.

Ina’s announcement coincides with the arrival in the area of Aaron Davenport (Andrew W. Walker) and there is an immediate attraction, but then she finds out that he is a Real Estate Developer who is there to bid on the Fernandez land.

Though he is reluctant once he finds out that Erica wants it, but his father is insistent that he buys it, whatever the cost.

The sisters also have to overcome the difficulties of their different visions for the farm.

So, the path to a happy future is paved with difficulties, but will the journey lead to happiness?

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS AU PAIR (2021)

 

Kaley (Kayla Wallace) is a part time social media wiz and full-time Au Pair to two lovely girls, Lily and Rose (Juliette Hawk and Cassidy Slingsby), is planning to return to her home in Ohio.

However, while the girls’ parents, Margaret, and Miles (Meghan K. Lees and Brendan J. Rowland) are out of town for a party a snowstorm hits and closes the airport and strands them in New York.

Despite the fact that their Uncle Ethan (Jeremy Guilbaut) arrives early from London for Christmas, as they didn’t really know him Kaley is reluctant to leave the girls in his charge so delays her trip home.

But while she ensures the girls miss none of their usual Christmas activities, she supervises Ethan as they both learn about each other  and the magic of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SNOWED IN FOR CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

Kaley (Kayla Wallace) is a part time social media wiz and full-time Au Pair to two lovely girls, Lily and Rose (Juliette Hawk and Cassidy Slingsby), is planning to return to her home in Ohio.

However, while the girls’ parents, Margaret, and Miles (Meghan K. Lees and Brendan J. Rowland) are out of town for a party a snowstorm hits and closes the airport and strands them in New York.

Despite the fact that their Uncle Ethan (Jeremy Guilbaut) arrives early from London for Christmas, as they didn’t really know him Kaley is reluctant to leave the girls in his charge so delays her trip home.

But while she ensures the girls miss none of their usual Christmas activities, she supervises Ethan as they both learn about each other  and the magic of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A SUGAR AND SPICE CHRISTMAS (2020)

 

Suzy Yung (Jacky Lai) is a driven Los Angeles-based architect who isn’t used to failure, so her confidence is high when she is on the cusp of a big promotion.

However, as she prepares to return to Hampton Meadows, her small hometown in Maine, for Christmas she is told that the promotion will go to the architect who submits the winning design for a  major project, and submissions need to be in by the turn of the year.

On arrival in town, she is persuaded by her old classmate Billy Martin (Tony Giroux), with the help of family pressure, to join the town's team for the big annual Happy Valley gingerbread baking competition, which her Nema (Cindy Piper) had once won.

So, despite being time poor due to the project she was working on, she felt she wasn’t able to refuse.

The other members of the team are Caitlin Keyes (Aadila Dosani) and Stavros (Eli Gabay) but its spending time up close and personal with Billy that occupies most of her time and the friendship that they had shared since high school reveals its true nature.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A RICH CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

Wealthy Marshall Rich (Bill Bellamy) punishes his selfish and spoiled socialite daughter, Valerie Rich (Tyler Abron) for stealing from him to fund a trip to Aspen.

After making her choose her own punishment, between 30 days in prison or 30 days working at the Rich Haven family homeless centre, she reluctantly chooses the latter.

She is under the impression that her father will come for her at any minute once she has learned her lesson but as soon as she accepts that she’s there for the duration she knuckles down and gets to know the people who live there.

And when the news breaks that the centre is to be sold, she galvanizes support to save the site from redevelopment.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS DÉJÀ VU (2021)

 

Kandi (Amber Riley) was in a girl group in high school but dropped out when her father died during a performance on Christmas Eve.

Ten years later and she is a waitress while Tracy Brittany and April (Tanya Chisholm, Chantal Maurice, and Candice Van Beauty) are a successful group.

But when the “Glow Girls” arrive at the restaurant a fight breaks out and Kandi is fired.

She is prevented from walking in front of a train by The Angel Gabriel (Ric Reitz) who then follows her to a bar where she gets drunk.

She has turned her back on God and hates Christmas and her life, so she wishes she had the life she dreamed of sh he grants her wish.

But she finds that she is just as unhappy in the life she wanted as she is in her own, but it takes a while for her to realise that its her that has to change.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SOUL SANTA (2021)

 

After mob collector Nicky (David Mann) loses the money, he has collected in a desperate gamble to raise the money for his dream business, he has to go on the run.

He sets off in his beat-up car bound for Canada, but the car breaks down, so he is forced to take the bus to Connecticut where his estranged wife Liz (Tamela J. Mann) lives with their daughter Nevaeh (Brooke Monroe Conaway).

After confessing to her Liz agrees to let him hide out in her house and gets him a job as a shopping mall Santa at the mall where she works.

 

While the mob searches high and low for him, he tries hard to build up interest in Santa Village at the struggling mall, combats commercial sabotage and tries to win back his wife.

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MY PERFECT CHRISTMAS FAMILY (2022)

 

In Astoria, Oregon, Jen Taylor (Clare Bowen) and her sister Ali (Anna Van Hooft) run an interior design store. Jen is the creative force and Ali is the business brain.

The store is doing well enough but in order to increase their online presence Ali persuades Jen to submit a video of herself and a design philosophy for Christmas to husband-and-wife decor influencers Charlie and Zoe (Sebastian Stewart and Lillian Doucet-Roche) for a Christmas competition.

Jen is very talented but lacked confidence so for the video they created a back story, and used and outgoing persona, “Jen T”, who has a perfect life, a loving husband, and a beautiful child.

Jen’s husband was her BFF, Max Faison (Brant Daugherty), and the baby was her niece.

The video is a great hit, and their online presence goes off the scale but as time goes on the relationship between Jen and Max changes from friends to what they should always have been.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – #XMAS (2022)

 

In Astoria, Oregon, Jen Taylor (Clare Bowen) and her sister Ali (Anna Van Hooft) run an interior design store. Jen is the creative force and Ali is the business brain.

The store is doing well enough but in order to increase their online presence Ali persuades Jen to submit a video of herself and a design philosophy for Christmas to husband-and-wife decor influencers Charlie and Zoe (Sebastian Stewart and Lillian Doucet-Roche) for a Christmas competition.

Jen is very talented but lacked confidence so for the video they created a back story, and used and outgoing persona, “Jen T”, who has a perfect life, a loving husband, and a beautiful child.

Jen’s husband was her BFF, Max Faison (Brant Daugherty), and the baby was her niece.

The video is a great hit, and their online presence goes off the scale but as time goes on the relationship between Jen and Max changes from friends to what they should always have been.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS BEDTIME STORIES (2022)

 

Danielle Aames (Erin Cahill) is teaching at a Marine Corp base school in Virginia three years after her husband was declared MIA.

As Christmas approaches her daughter Audrey (Alice Comer) presses Danielle to tell her bedtime stories about her father and the milestone events that occurred during Christmas time.

At the same time, she accepted a proposal of marriage from long term friend Pierce Hammond (Steve Lund) which Audrey was quite happy about.

However, retelling the stories had reawakened her feelings for Colby and Danielle is in conflict over reconciling her past with Colby and a possible future with Pierce.

In the end its Christmas weaving its magic that solves the quandary.  

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS BEDTIME STORY (2022)

Danielle Aames (Erin Cahill) is teaching at a Marine Corp base school in Virginia three years after her husband was declared MIA.

As Christmas approaches her daughter Audrey (Alice Comer) presses Danielle to tell her bedtime stories about her father and the milestone events that occurred during Christmas time.

At the same time, she accepted a proposal of marriage from long term friend Pierce Hammond (Steve Lund) which Audrey was quite happy about.

However, retelling the stories had reawakened her feelings for Colby and Danielle is in conflict over reconciling her past with Colby and a possible future with Pierce.

In the end its Christmas weaving its magic that solves the quandary.  

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A MAGICAL CHRISTMAS STORY (2022)

Danielle Aames (Erin Cahill) is teaching at a Marine Corp base school in Virginia three years after her husband was declared MIA.

As Christmas approaches her daughter Audrey (Alice Comer) presses Danielle to tell her bedtime stories about her father and the milestone events that occurred during Christmas time.

At the same time, she accepted a proposal of marriage from long term friend Pierce Hammond (Steve Lund) which Audrey was quite happy about.

However, retelling the stories had reawakened her feelings for Colby and Danielle is in conflict over reconciling her past with Colby and a possible future with Pierce.

In the end its Christmas weaving its magic that solves the quandary.  

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS STOCKING (2022)

 

After Robert (Mykelti Williamson) dies he is supervised by Sarial (Mary Fanning Driggs) as he is readied for his ascension.

However, he has unfinished business on earth and asked to be permitted to return to help his estranged sisters Dani and Marlow (Tamala Jones and Nadine Ellis), reconcile.

Permission is granted but he has to go in the guise of RJ Angel (B.J. Britt) and he cannot reveal his identity to anyone.

His plan is to revive their parents' old tradition of “The Holiday Stocking”, which they used to do when they were children.

However, doing something as a stranger that he couldn’t accomplish in his lifetime was more difficult than he imagined.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE HOLIDAY STOCKING (2022)

 

After Robert (Mykelti Williamson) dies he is supervised by Sarial (Mary Fanning Driggs) as he is readied for his ascension.

However, he has unfinished business on earth and asked to be permitted to return to help his estranged sisters Dani and Marlow (Tamala Jones and Nadine Ellis), reconcile.

Permission is granted but he has to go in the guise of RJ Angel (B.J. Britt) and he cannot reveal his identity to anyone.

His plan is to revive their parents' old tradition of “The Holiday Stocking”, which they used to do when they were children.

However, doing something as a stranger that he couldn’t accomplish in his lifetime was more difficult than he imagined.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS AT THE CHALET (2023)

 

Former on-air entertainment reporter Lex Riley (Teri Hatcher) is persuaded to spend Christmas at the Chalet des Neiges in Aspen by her son George (Brendan McRae) despite her ex-husband, Charles (Dan Payne) and his new girlfriend, Liese (Gigi Neil), also being there.

However, on her arrival she finds that her reservation failed and due to the holidays, there were no rooms available apart from staff quarters for a Chalet girl, so she takes the room and the job.

George had advised her to put herself “out there” in the social media world, so she documents her life as a “chalet person” with relish.

She also embraced her recreational time much of which she spends with Eric Tremblay (William DeVry) who runs the family business and romance blossoms.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – WRAPPED UP IN LOVE (2021)

 

Undisputed Queen of Christmas, Ashley Mackenzie (Brittany Bristow), is used to having her own way in the town.

She loves everything about the holiday and works her magic on all aspects, from making hand-crafted decorations, making, and distributing cookies to hosting the town's annual Christmas sweater competition.

However, when devilishly handsome new man in town, Ben Williams (Olivier Renaud) arrives, and he loves Christmas just as much as she does, and it seems from the get-go that she has met her match.

As the pair of them join forces to make Christmas even more meaningful, he unwittingly begins to steal her thunder, and her heart.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – LOVING CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

Undisputed Queen of Christmas, Ashley Mackenzie (Brittany Bristow), is used to having her own way in the town.

She loves everything about the holiday and works her magic on all aspects, from making hand-crafted decorations, making, and distributing cookies to hosting the town's annual Christmas sweater competition.

However, when devilishly handsome new man in town, Ben Williams (Olivier Renaud) arrives, and he loves Christmas just as much as she does, and it seems from the get-go that she has met her match.

As the pair of them join forces to make Christmas even more meaningful, he unwittingly begins to steal her thunder, and her heart.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CRAZY FOR CHRISTMAS (2021)

Undisputed Queen of Christmas, Ashley Mackenzie (Brittany Bristow), is used to having her own way in the town.

She loves everything about the holiday and works her magic on all aspects, from making hand-crafted decorations, making, and distributing cookies to hosting the town's annual Christmas sweater competition.

However, when devilishly handsome new man in town, Ben Williams (Olivier Renaud) arrives, and he loves Christmas just as much as she does, and it seems from the get-go that she has met her match.

As the pair of them join forces to make Christmas even more meaningful, he unwittingly begins to steal her thunder, and her heart.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A VERY ENGLISH CHRISTMAS (2023)

 

Events planner, Emma Taylor (Kimberley Nixon) had no intention of having an English Country Christmas, far from it, but her sister Amy Taylor (Poppy Gilbert) has other ideas, when she asks her to plan her wedding which is set for Christmas Eve.

She is genuinely happy to be asked but in order to get the right blend of classy professional glitz and crafty rustic charm, Emma is forced to team up with a local Market Owner Dylan Mark (Lewis Griffiths) to plan the big day.

Initially the chalk and cheese couple are at odds with their visions of a Christmas Wedding but eventually they meet in the middle in more ways than one.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IN THE COTSWOLDS (2023)

 

Events planner, Emma Taylor (Kimberley Nixon) had no intention of having an English Country Christmas, far from it, but her sister Amy Taylor (Poppy Gilbert) has other ideas, when she asks her to plan her wedding which is set for Christmas Eve.

She is genuinely happy to be asked but in order to get the right blend of classy professional glitz and crafty rustic charm, Emma is forced to team up with a local Market Owner Dylan Mark (Lewis Griffiths) to plan the big day.

Initially the chalk and cheese couple are at odds with their visions of a Christmas Wedding but eventually they meet in the middle in more ways than one.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS IN SWITZERLAND (2022)

 

Ambitious globe-trotting architect Alex (Jodie Sweetin) heads to Switzerland to spend Christmas at her mother’s Inn, which is opening at New Years.

She had been looking forward to it, but when she arrives, she finds out that her former best friend Beth (Mikaela Lily Davies) has also been invited.

Alex hasn’t spoken to Beth since she started dating Alex's ex-boyfriend Jesse (David Pinard).

It was a deliberate act by their mothers to engineer a reconciliation between them, but what they couldn’t have envisaged was a romance to develop between Alex and the Inn's handsome manager and single parent Liam (Tim Rozon).

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MERRY SWISSMAS (2022)

 

Ambitious globe-trotting architect Alex (Jodie Sweetin) heads to Switzerland to spend Christmas at her mother’s Inn, which is opening at New Years.

She had been looking forward to it, but when she arrives, she finds out that her former best friend Beth (Mikaela Lily Davies) has also been invited.

Alex hasn’t spoken to Beth since she started dating Alex's ex-boyfriend Jesse (David Pinard).

It was a deliberate act by their mothers to engineer a reconciliation between them, but what they couldn’t have envisaged was a romance to develop between Alex and the Inn's handsome manager and single parent Liam (Tim Rozon).

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A SWISS FAMILY CHRISTMAS (2022)

 

Ambitious globe-trotting architect Alex (Jodie Sweetin) heads to Switzerland to spend Christmas at her mother’s Inn, which is opening at New Years.

She had been looking forward to it, but when she arrives, she finds out that her former best friend Beth (Mikaela Lily Davies) has also been invited.

Alex hasn’t spoken to Beth since she started dating Alex's ex-boyfriend Jesse (David Pinard).

It was a deliberate act by their mothers to engineer a reconciliation between them, but what they couldn’t have envisaged was a romance to develop between Alex and the Inn's handsome manager and single parent Liam (Tim Rozon).

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ONE SNOWY CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

Big City Lawyer, Kelly Mitchum (Elysia Rotaru) returns to her family’s lodge in her small Vermont hometown in time for Christmas.

The lodge is struggling and in need of renovation and she sees no future for it and sees it as a metaphor for her life, but after building a snowman with her sister Grace (Farrah Aviva), imbued with the traits of her perfect man, a contractor by the name of  Forest (Damon Runyan), seems to appear from nowhere who ticks all of her boxes.

But is he too good to be true?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A SNOWY CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

Big City Lawyer, Kelly Mitchum (Elysia Rotaru) returns to her family’s lodge in her small Vermont hometown in time for Christmas.

The lodge is struggling and in need of renovation and she sees no future for it and sees it as a metaphor for her life, but after building a snowman with her sister Grace (Farrah Aviva), imbued with the traits of her perfect man, a contractor by the name of  Forest (Damon Runyan), seems to appear from nowhere who ticks all of her boxes.

But is he too good to be true?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MISTLETOE RANCH (2022)

 

Young professional photographer, Aimée Tremblay (Mercy Cornwall) returns home to her ranch in Snowy Oak after she receives multiple letters informing her that farm manager, and former fiancé, James Hunt (Jordi Webber) had cancelled her family's traditional Christmas party.

Aimée, hadn’t been home for the eight years following her mother’s death and it came as a shock to find the ranch was struggling and might have to be sold.

So, her task was clear, save the ranch, save Christmas, and rekindle an old love.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS ON MISTLETOE FARM (2022)

 

Young professional photographer, Aimée Tremblay (Mercy Cornwall) returns home to her ranch in Snowy Oak after she receives multiple letters informing her that farm manager, and former fiancé, James Hunt (Jordi Webber) had cancelled her family's traditional Christmas party.

Aimée, hadn’t been home for the eight years following her mother’s death and it came as a shock to find the ranch was struggling and might have to be sold.

So, her task was clear, save the ranch, save Christmas, and rekindle an old love.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS WITH FELICITY (2021)

 

Felicity Olson (Sarah Brooks) returns to her small hometown of Aspen Grove Wisconsin after her Chicago bakery fails feeling depressed and in no mood to celebrate the holidays.

Her family however were in full on Christmas mode, and she found herself press ganged into joining in, but it was handsome farmer Herb Porter (James Anderson) who befriended, supported and loved her as she got back her Christmas spirit.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – BAKING MY WAY TO CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

Felicity Olson (Sarah Brooks) returns to her small hometown of Aspen Grove Wisconsin after her Chicago bakery fails feeling depressed and in no mood to celebrate the holidays.

Her family however were in full on Christmas mode, and she found herself press ganged into joining in, but it was handsome farmer Herb Porter (James Anderson) who befriended, supported and loved her as she got back her Christmas spirit.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS ENGAGEMENT (2021)

 

Sawyer (Amanda Payton) is a workaholic Doctor who is under constant pressure from her mother and friends to get a boyfriend.

Her friend, assistant nurse, Jules (Sarah Jayne Jensen) tells her it would be cathartic to set up a wedding store gift wish list.

It’s supposed to be just between the two of them, unfortunately, due to a computer glitch everyone she knows suddenly thinks she has a secret fiancé.

This coincides with meeting the brother of patient Hillary (Scout Smith) and agreeing to a casual date with Landon (Adam Gregory) and when they bump into her ex-boyfriend, he assumes that Landon is the secret fiancé.

Landon plays along and agrees to be her pretend boyfriend for a while and then brake up with her at an appropriate moment, however things spiral out of control and the fake might actually become real.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MEET ME AT THE CHRISTMAS TRAIN PARADE (2023)

 

Mayor of Snow Falls, Charlotte Atkins (Emma Johnson), teams up with her son, Benny’s, substitute teacher, Zackary Gregory (Ryan Northcott), to persuade the other Green Valley Mayors into reviving the old tradition of the Christmas Train Parade and reignite the Christmas magic that brought their communities and towns together and Charlotte and Zac find romance along the way.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS TRAIN PARADE (2023)

 

Mayor of Snow Falls, Charlotte Atkins (Emma Johnson), teams up with her son, Benny’s, substitute teacher, Zackary Gregory (Ryan Northcott), to persuade the other Green Valley Mayors into reviving the old tradition of the Christmas Train Parade and reignite the Christmas magic that brought their communities and towns together and Charlotte and Zac find romance along the way.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS PARADE (2023)

 

Mayor of Snow Falls, Charlotte Atkins (Emma Johnson), teams up with her son, Benny’s, substitute teacher, Zackary Gregory (Ryan Northcott), to persuade the other Green Valley Mayors into reviving the old tradition of the Christmas Train Parade and reignite the Christmas magic that brought their communities and towns together and Charlotte and Zac find romance along the way.