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

 

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – KIWI XMAS (2017)

 

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

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

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

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – KIWI CHRISTMAS (2017)

 

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

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

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

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

 

For a hundred years the small town of Pleasant Bay in Oregon has lived in peace and prosperity after a young boy discovered a strip of Santa's magical jingle bells.

However just days before Christmas, the bells that are the lifeblood of the town, are missing.

After the theft, Sheriff Pierce (Eddie Cibrian) arrests George Bottoms (Drew Powell) so it’s up to the Sheriff’s daughter Violet (Violet McGraw) to prove his innocence with the help of her older sister Maddie (Lauren Lindsey Donzis) and George’s sons Kenny and Harrison Bottoms (Santino Barnard and Leonardo Cecchi).

Together they have to solve the case, find the bells and restore the Christmas magic to Pleasant Bay and its citizens in time for Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ODDSVILLE CHRISTMAS (2016)

 

Tatu and Patu (Antti Holma and Riku Nieminen) travel to Helsinki from the exceptionally strange land of Oddsville to celebrate Christmas together with their young friend Veera (Eedit Patrakka) and her family, Mirkku and Lissu (Mari Lehtonen and Pirjo Lonka).

However she is late to pick them up from the train station, and the pair wander out into the City on their own.

They have a delightful series of hilarious adventures until they find their little friend, who finally shows them the true meaning of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – TATU AND PATU (2016)

 

Tatu and Patu (Antti Holma and Riku Nieminen) travel to Helsinki from the exceptionally strange land of Oddsville to celebrate Christmas together with their young friend Veera (Eedit Patrakka) and her family, Mirkku and Lissu (Mari Lehtonen and Pirjo Lonka).

However she is late to pick them up from the train station, and the pair wander out into the City on their own.

They have a delightful series of hilarious adventures until they find their little friend, who finally shows them the true meaning of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – AN ODDSVILLE CHRISTMAS (2016)

 

Tatu and Patu (Antti Holma and Riku Nieminen) travel to Helsinki from the exceptionally strange land of Oddsville to celebrate Christmas together with their young friend Veera (Eedit Patrakka) and her family, Mirkku and Lissu (Mari Lehtonen and Pirjo Lonka).

However she is late to pick them up from the train station, and the pair wander out into the City on their own.

They have a delightful series of hilarious adventures until they find their little friend, who finally shows them the true meaning of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES (1987)

 

Chicago advertising man, Neal Page (Steve Martin) is desperate to get home for Thanksgiving, but his plans are thwarted when bad weather cancels his flight, so he decides on other means of transportation, but his luck goes from bad to worse.

Then to add insult onto injury on top of the bad luck, he is cursed with another cross to bear in the form of shower-curtain-ring salesman Del Griffith (John Candy), and his loud overconfident outspokenness, incessant conversation, bad jokes and annoying company, who joins forces with him as they are going in the same direction.

And the fun comes as they bumble from one calamity to another as they make slow progress towards home.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS LIST (2016)

 

Isobel Gray (Alicia Witt) plans an idyllic storybook Christmas with her boyfriend Peter Benson (Brett Bishop), including a snow-covered cottage in the Northwest, and a carefully composed bucket list of classic holiday traditions, to tick off, traditions that she was deprived of by her neat freak mother Ellen Gray (Wanda Cannon)

But when the boyfriend goes AWOL, and she meets Jamie Houghton (Gabriel Hogan) the list proves more challenging, and the possibility of a tempting new romance turns her life upside down.

In the midst of things her mother turns up intent on staying with her which ends in upset and recriminations, but she keeps working on her list anyway.

And as time goes by the question is, will Isobel have a White Christmas, and will it end under the mistletoe?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – PICKING UP AND DROPPING OFF (2003)

 

Divorced TV weatherman Will (Scott Wolf) first notices fellow divorcee, business owner Jane (Amanda Detmer), when he is dropping off his preteen son Ben (Liam Ranger) at Denver airport and she is picking up her daughter Claire (Maggie Hill).

Over time they become kindred spirits while picking up and dropping off, and although there is a mutual attraction they are both reluctant to take it further despite encouragement from his best friend, cameraman Charlie (Eddie McClintock) and Jane's sister Georgia (Rachelle Lefevre).

Even with the consent of the children it will take bold actions and courage to move their relationship to the next level. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – PICKING UP & DROPPING OFF (2003)

 

Divorced TV weatherman Will (Scott Wolf) first notices fellow divorcee, business owner Jane (Amanda Detmer), when he is dropping off his preteen son Ben (Liam Ranger) at Denver airport and she is picking up her daughter Claire (Maggie Hill).

Over time they become kindred spirits while picking up and dropping off, and although there is a mutual attraction they are both reluctant to take it further despite encouragement from his best friend, cameraman Charlie (Eddie McClintock) and Jane's sister Georgia (Rachelle Lefevre).

Even with the consent of the children it will take bold actions and courage to move their relationship to the next level. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CATFISH CHRISTMAS (2022)

 

Leslie (Leigh-Ann Rose) is heart-broken after being dumped by Xavier (Yancey Fuqua) because his father thinks she is a gold digger.

A year later she returns home for the holidays and immediately feels the pressure of being single from her mum and dad (Ella Joyce, Tony Todd) and her loving nosy sister Faith (Charlotte Evelyn Williams).

But it’s the latter who hatches a plan to set her up with a handsome professional athlete via online dating.

But things never turn out as expected where love is concerned.

 

Grover McCants, Angelo Kern, Devin Laster and Anthony Riggins Jr. also star in this amusing Christmas offering.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IN LAGOS (2024)

 

Romance is in the air in “Christmas in Lagos” as they celebrate Christmas Nigerian style with the festive Detty December.

During which a group of friends navigate love, heartbreak, and cultural expectations.

Fiyin (Teniola Aladese) is convinced that her best friend Elo (Shalom C. Obiago) is the love of her life, but when he returns home for the holidays with a secret fiancée (Angelo Anosike) she is shocked to her core.

Gbemi (Shaffy Bello) is torn between her boyfriend (Wale Ojo) and an old flame (Richard Mofe-Damijo), and Ivie (Rayxia Ojo), visiting from London, falls unexpectedly for Ajani (Ladipoe).

So how will things turn out in the end?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS COWBOY (2024)

 

Mary Gomez (Eliana Ghen) is a savvy but undervalued real estate developer in New York, when she is tricked by her boss with the promise of closing the deal of a lifetime with an eccentric billionaire Colton Byers (Courtney Gains) in a simple turn up and sign scenario.

It turns out that there are snags, firstly, the project is in her small Vermont hometown which she hasn’t been back to for 12 years.

Secondly, when she gets there, she finds out that it’s not going to be quick and not only has she got to stay until Christmas she also is in competition with a ruthless rival, M Michelle Bedford (Gracie Cashman).

So she is forced to reconnect with her estranged family, Miguel, Sarah and Cynthia Gomez (Carlos Guerrero, Jacelyn Fincher and Lilia Karst) and her childhood sweetheart Carlos Rodriguez (Armando Gutierrez).

So will she seal the deal, find forgiveness, and find true love before Christmas.

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

 

Five fictional characters in a popular sitcom, Bea, Richie, Benny, Maggie and Claude (Lauren Meley, Marcus Ellison, Elliott Kashner, Carolyn Kashner and Joe Mayes) suddenly realize they're not real and are actually in a TV sitcom called Suburbia.

Then they discover the script for the finale as the show is being cancelled and furthermore if they don’t find a way to keep the show running, they will all cease to exist.

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CANCELLATION (2020)

 

Five fictional characters in a popular sitcom, Bea, Richie, Benny, Maggie and Claude (Lauren Meley, Marcus Ellison, Elliott Kashner, Carolyn Kashner and Joe Mayes) suddenly realize they're not real and are actually in a TV sitcom called Suburbia.

Then they discover the script for the finale as the show is being cancelled and furthermore if they don’t find a way to keep the show running, they will all cease to exist.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE MUNSTERS' SCARY LITTLE CHRISTMAS (1996)

 

The Munster’s do Christmas as only they can as Herman (Sam McMurray), Lily (Ann Magnuson), Grandpa (Sandy Baron)and  Marilyn (Elaine Hendrix) have to raise the holiday spirits of melancholy Eddie (Bug Hall) with some of the holly, jolly magic that only Santa can bring.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SANTA FAKE (2019)

 

Pat Keeley (Damian McGinty) was raised in an orphanage in Derry, Northern Ireland, and when he left as a young man he worked on the transatlantic cruise ships for a few years until he disembarked in New York and got a job at a bar owned by a mob boss Joe O'Brian (John Rhys-Davies).

Then at Christmas he is asked to deliver two mysterious briefcases to the Railway Station, but after getting spooked by some police detectives he makes a run for it and boards a bus for Santa Fe where he lodges with Mrs. Ortega (Soledad St. Hilaire) and is employed by Emily Gresham (Heather Elizabeth Morris) as a mall Santa and he becomes close to her while hiding out from the police and the mob under the watchful eyes of Santa Claus (Gary Farmer) and Alowishus (Pancho Moler).

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

 

After US Army veteran Nick Averie (Michael Welch) returns home from Afghanistan he finds he can’t leave the war behind him and is troubled.

This results in the loss of his marriage as his refusal to go to counselling and take medical advice for his volatile ways, drove his wife away.

His only positive move in his life is accepting a new job, his first job following his war duty, at the Air Zoo, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, a museum which houses a lot of World War 2 and historical planes.

It’s while he’s working as a tour guide that he is confronted by a girl called Michelle (Lauren Rys Martin) and she claims to be his guardian angel.

Initially he thinks that she is a symptom of his PTSD, but she soon persuades him otherwise and through various interactions with the spirits of service men he finds a new path to the future.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – UNWRAPPING CHRISTMAS (2020)

 

Its Christmas and there is a family on the verge of collapse until divine intervention arrives in the form of the Messenger (Eugenio Cotto) who helps them unwrap the greatest gift of Christmas, that will changes their lives forever.

Bohdana Madlova, Maisie James, Madi Fiely, Kaleab Kurtz and Chris Davios also star

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CLAUS FAMILY 3 (2022)

 

Jules Claus (Mo Bakker) continues to help his Grandpa Noël (Jan Decleir) with Christmas but this year his sister Noor (Amber Metdepenningen) discovers the family secret that Grandpa is Santa Claus and after the present delivery turns into a disaster and Santa Claus is in trouble, Jules and Noor must team up and save Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CLAUS FAMILY 2 (2021)

 

After discovering Grandpa Noël (Jan Decleir) was Santa Claus, Jules Claus (Mo Bakker) has fully embraced Christmas again.

Everything seems to go according to plan as they are getting ready for the busiest time of the year, but then Jules receives a very special letter with an intriguing question.

As a result Jules wants to try and reunite a young girl's family for Christmas but Grandpa Noël refuses to do it, so some drama is injected into the proceedings.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CLAUS FAMILY (2020)

 

After his father died the previous Christmas Jules Claus (Mo Bakker) doesn't like it anymore and wants nothing to do with it.

While his mother (Bracha van Doesburgh) works in the biscuit factory Jules spends a lot of time in his grandfather's toy shop.

Which is where he finds a magic snow globe which can transport him anywhere in the world and this leads him to discover that his Grandfather Noël (Jan Decleir) is Santa Claus.

The position should have been his fathers, but following his death his grandfather had to take on this job once again and despite his hatred for Christmas Jules now has to help.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE HOLIDAY DATING GUIDE (2022)

 

Dating coach Abigale Slater (Maria Menounos) has dreamt all of her life to be a published author and she finally finishes her first book “a guide to dating in the modern world” and makes her lifelong dream come true, at least in part.

However, before she can go to print, she must satisfy her publisher Jack (Steve Vinovich), by proving her dating advice actually works, by making a man fall for her by Christmas Eve which is in 12 days.

So she reluctantly agrees in order to fulfil her dream, however her single-minded mission takes an unexpected turn when she meets Michael Ryan (Brent Bailey).

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – WE THREE KINGS (2020)

 

The first year after their mother passed away Amy (Nise Davies), Katherine (Emily Gilbert), and Charles Fay (Daniel Ely) eagerly await for their Uncle Henry, Bishop John Henry Hopkins (Thomas Beckwith) to arrive for Christmas.

The children had been working hard together to fill the void and put together a Christmas play at their church using his new song, “We Three Kings,”

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A THROWBACK HOLIDAY (2018)

 

Jacqueline (Jennifer Freeman) was the popular girl who dated the popular boy Daniel Grant (Jean Elie) and they went on to marry.

One day after a chance encounter with a handsome former classmate Aaron Tucker (Robert Ri'chard) she realises her life is in crisis, unfulfilled in a doomed loveless marriage with spoiled children, she rethinks her life and for a fleeting moment, she wishes to go back to their high school days.

The next morning she awakens to find she's become eighteen again, with the chance to go back and relive her senior year of high school and meet the boy who will grow up to become the man of her dreams.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THROWBACK HOLIDAY (2018)

 

Jacqueline (Jennifer Freeman) was the popular girl who dated the popular boy Daniel Grant (Jean Elie) and they went on to marry.

One day after a chance encounter with a handsome former classmate Aaron Tucker (Robert Ri'chard) she realises her life is in crisis, unfulfilled in a doomed loveless marriage with spoiled children, she rethinks her life and for a fleeting moment, she wishes to go back to their high school days.

The next morning she awakens to find she's become eighteen again, with the chance to go back and relive her senior year of high school and meet the boy who will grow up to become the man of her dreams.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A THANKSGIVING CHRISTMAS (2023)

 

After “One Tyme” (Rodney Perry) learns he is on borrowed time he first thought is to head towards his family for the holidays, however he is never a welcome guest there, so he has his work cut out to persuade his sister-in-law Vanessa (Tiffany J. Curtis) to host a Christmas party on Thanksgiving so he can celebrate his favourite holiday one last time with their wacky extended family.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IN WHITE DEER (2018)

 

In her quaint hometown of White Deer, Ellie Hartman (Brooke D'Orsay) works for the Carlington Bakery, famous for making Christmas Kringles, but her real passion is crafting, and her Christmas wreaths are in great demand.

Unbeknown to everyone at the bakery CEO Jack Carlingson (Jonathan Whittaker) is planning to step down in the New Year and hand the reigns over to his son Nick (Daniel Lissing).

However, because of his obsession with modernization he has reservations, so he sends Nick to White Deer in December to learn all aspects of working in a bakery, including the production line that he is so keen to replace and to meet the employees people face to face, because they are the ones destined to be laid off if he got his way.

It fell on Ellie as human resources manager to show him the ropes and teach Nick how to make a Kringle, while also showing him that people make a business successful, not machines.

He is also introduced to the other employees as well as townspeople who work at and use the food bank and begins to appreciate the human cost of mass layoffs.

During the process Ellie and Nick fall for each other as he helps her to chase her entrepreneurial dreams, and their other dreams come true at the same time.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A PERFECT CHRISTMAS CAROL (2024)

 

Successful Pastry Chef Beth (Brittany Clough) is a fiercely independent woman is invited by her hunky dream boat of a boyfriend Max (Preston Vanderslice) to go to his family home for the holidays, and she agrees, but mainly because of a recipe.

She soon regrets her decision because the moment they arrived he  quickly reverted into a “momma's boy”, and Beth finds herself locked in a tug-of-war for his affections with his overbearing smothering mother.

IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU THINK

 

It doesn’t matter if you think

You have under achieved last year

But its ok if your only achievement

Was to get through the year

THE TRADITION ON NEW YEARS EVE

 

The tradition is, on New Years Eve, to open

The door at midnight to let the old year out

This year however I’m opening the door

And every window to let every bit of it out

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

 

Widowed CEO John Williams (Ben Graham) is still honouring the  memory of his wife five years after her death by spending Christmas at her favourite place, the Keestone Resort in Tennessee.

Its at the resort where he meets genial Madelyn Grace (Candice Graham) who works there with her friend Whisper Jacobs (Meggie Jenny).

While Whisper forms a relationship with John’s assistant Liam Weaver (Bryan McClure) Madelyn does the same with John and he must choose between another chance at love or keeping his heart safely locked away.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2024)

 

A reworking of Charles Dickens well spun yarn of redemption.

This retelling of the story in which Ebeneezer Scrooge (Everett Salter) a heartless grasping bitter old miser is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his old partner Jacob Marley (Nicc Spinball), who scares him with tales of hell and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Blake Sutton), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Michael Millican) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come is (Samuel Fulton).

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

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1997)

 

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

This retelling of the story narrated by Ian Whitcomb in which Ebeneezer Scrooge (Tim Curry) a heartless grasping bitter old miser who is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his old partner Jacob Marley (Edward Asner), who scares him with tales of hell and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Kath Soucie), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Whoopi Goldberg) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.

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

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SCROOGE: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2022)

 

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

This retelling of the story in which Ebeneezer Scrooge (Luke Evans) a heartless grasping bitter old miser who is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his old partner Jacob Marley (Jonathan Pryce), who scares him with tales of hell and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Olivia Colman), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Trevor Dion Nicholas) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.

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

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2024)

 

A reworking of Charles Dickens well spun yarn of redemption.

This modern retelling of the story is set in Seattle where Ebeneezer Scrooge (Tobias Yuodelis) a heartless old miserly booming tech billionaire who is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his old partner Jacob Marley (Nicholas Horiatis), who scares him with tales of hell and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Billy Dunston), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Eric Peddy) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come is (Christopher B. Kok).

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

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1971)

 

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

This retelling of the story Narrated by Michael Redgrave in which Ebeneezer Scrooge (Alastair Sim) a heartless grasping bitter old miser who is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his old partner Jacob Marley (Michael Hordern), who scares him with tales of hell and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Diana Quick), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Felix Felton) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.

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

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1982)

 

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

This retelling of the story in which Ebeneezer Scrooge (Ron Haddrick) a heartless grasping bitter old miser who is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his old partner Jacob Marley (Bill Conn), who scares him with tales of hell and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Robin Stewart), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Bill Conn) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.

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

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ' CAROL FOR ANOTHER CHRISTMAS (1964)

 

A modern reworking of Charles Dickens well spun yarn of redemption.

This retelling of the story in which industrial tycoon Daniel Grudge (Sterling Hayden) a heartless bitter man who is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his dead son Marley (Gordon Spencer), who scares him with tales of hell and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Steve Lawrence), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Pat Hingle) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come is (Robert Shaw).

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

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CAROL FOR ANOTHER CHRISTMAS (1964)

 

A modern reworking of Charles Dickens well spun yarn of redemption.

This retelling of the story in which industrial tycoon Daniel Grudge (Sterling Hayden) a heartless bitter man who is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his dead son Marley (Gordon Spencer), who scares him with tales of hell and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Steve Lawrence), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Pat Hingle) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come is (Robert Shaw).

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

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2018)

 

A reworking of Charles Dickens well spun yarn of redemption.

This modern retelling of the story is set in Seattle where Ebeneezer Scrooge (Stuart Brennan) a heartless old miserly billionaire who is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his old partner Jacob Marley (Mark Paul Wake), who scares him with tales of hell and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Rebecca Hanssen), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.

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

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

 

A modern reworking of Charles Dickens well spun yarn of redemption.

This retelling of the story of Ebeneezer Scrooge (David Hardware) a heartless grasping bitter old miser who is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his old partner Jacob Marley (Marc Hamill), who scares him with tales of hell and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Kevin Greet), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Shane Buckley) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.

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

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – BECOMING SANTA (2011)

 

“Becoming Santa” is the story of Jack Sanderson who for a single season enters the culture and character of Santa Claus even bleaching his hair and goes to Santa School.

He embraces everything aspect of being Santa, working as a sidewalk Santa, doing home visits, a Polar Express Train, a parade, collecting children's wishes, while learning about the history and origin of Santa.

But will it come to feel more like a job than a calling.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SNOW QUEEN: MIRRORLANDS (2018)

 

In this fourth Animated adventure, due to the evil deeds of the Snow Queen (Samia Mounts) King Harald (Marc Thompson) finds a way to ban all the magic from the world which banishes all the possessors of magic powers and traps them in mirrorlands.

The only one who can stop the King and release the banished is Gerda (Laurie Hymes) because although she possesses powers of her own, her “magic” is her faith in kindness and friendship.

So she, brother Kai (Jason Griffith), her pet ferret Luta, and the troll Orm (Billy Bob Thompson) have to embark on another exciting adventure to save their fairy tale land.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SNOW QUEEN 4: MIRRORLANDS (2018)

 

In this fourth Animated adventure, due to the evil deeds of the Snow Queen (Samia Mounts) King Harald (Marc Thompson) finds a way to ban all the magic from the world which banishes all the possessors of magic powers and traps them in mirrorlands.

The only one who can stop the King and release the banished is Gerda (Laurie Hymes) because although she possesses powers of her own, her “magic” is her faith in kindness and friendship.

So she, brother Kai (Jason Griffith), her pet ferret Luta, and the troll Orm (Billy Bob Thompson) have to embark on another exciting adventure to save their fairy tale land.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SNOW QUEEN 4 (2018)

 

In this fourth Animated adventure, due to the evil deeds of the Snow Queen (Samia Mounts) King Harald (Marc Thompson) finds a way to ban all the magic from the world which banishes all the possessors of magic powers and traps them in mirrorlands.

The only one who can stop the King and release the banished is Gerda (Laurie Hymes) because although she possesses powers of her own, her “magic” is her faith in kindness and friendship.

So she, brother Kai (Jason Griffith), her pet ferret Luta, and the troll Orm (Billy Bob Thompson) have to embark on another exciting adventure to save their fairy tale land.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SNOW QUEEN 4 (2018)

 

In this fourth Animated adventure, due to the evil deeds of the Snow Queen (Samia Mounts) King Harald (Marc Thompson) finds a way to ban all the magic from the world which banishes all the possessors of magic powers and traps them in mirrorlands.

The only one who can stop the King and release the banished is Gerda (Laurie Hymes) because although she possesses powers of her own, her “magic” is her faith in kindness and friendship.

So she, brother Kai (Jason Griffith), her pet ferret Luta, and the troll Orm (Billy Bob Thompson) have to embark on another exciting adventure to save their fairy tale land.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SNOW QUEEN: FIRE AND ICE (2016)

 

In this third Animated adventure, after heroically defeating both the Snow Queen  and the Snow King, Gerda (Lauri  e Hymes), her brother Kai (Jason Griffith), her pet ferret Luta, and the troll Orm (Billy Bob Thompson) have to embark on another exciting and frozen journey to find her parents and encounter new challenges along the way.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SNOW QUEEN 3: FIRE AND ICE (2016)

 

In this third Animated adventure, after heroically defeating both the Snow Queen  and the Snow King, Gerda (Lauri  e Hymes), her brother Kai (Jason Griffith), her pet ferret Luta, and the troll Orm (Billy Bob Thompson) have to embark on another exciting and frozen journey to find her parents and encounter new challenges along the way.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SNOW QUEEN 3 (2016)

 

In this third Animated adventure, after heroically defeating both the Snow Queen  and the Snow King, Gerda (Lauri  e Hymes), her brother Kai (Jason Griffith), her pet ferret Luta, and the troll Orm (Billy Bob Thompson) have to embark on another exciting and frozen journey to find her parents and encounter new challenges along the way.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SNOW QUEEN 3 (2016)

 

In this third Animated adventure, after heroically defeating both the Snow Queen  and the Snow King, Gerda (Lauri  e Hymes), her brother Kai (Jason Griffith), her pet ferret Luta, and the troll Orm (Billy Bob Thompson) have to embark on another exciting and frozen journey to find her parents and encounter new challenges along the way.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SNOW QUEEN 2: THE SNOW KING (2014)

 

In this Animated adventure sequel the Snow Queen (Cindy Robinson) casts a curse on her mirror making people see the worst in themselves.

A troll called Orm (Sharlto Copley), who a year earlier helped a girl named Gerda (Bella Thorne), and her pet ferret Luta, defeat the Snow Queen and release the world from eternal winter.

But by his constant lying Orm creates in the mirror the reflection of the demon inside him, the Snow King.

The demon eventually takes over completely and freezes everyone who resists him, so Orm needs to reassert himself to become the hero to save the world from eternal winter.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SNOW QUEEN 2: REFREEZE (2014)

 

In this Animated adventure sequel the Snow Queen (Cindy Robinson) casts a curse on her mirror making people see the worst in themselves.

A troll called Orm (Sharlto Copley), who a year earlier helped a girl named Gerda (Bella Thorne), and her pet ferret Luta, defeat the Snow Queen and release the world from eternal winter.

But by his constant lying Orm creates in the mirror the reflection of the demon inside him, the Snow King.

The demon eventually takes over completely and freezes everyone who resists him, so Orm needs to reassert himself to become the hero to save the world from eternal winter.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SNOW QUEEN 2: MAGIC OF THE ICE MIRROR (2014)

 

In this Animated adventure sequel the Snow Queen (Cindy Robinson) casts a curse on her mirror making people see the worst in themselves.

A troll called Orm (Sharlto Copley), who a year earlier helped a girl named Gerda (Bella Thorne), and her pet ferret Luta, defeat the Snow Queen and release the world from eternal winter.

But by his constant lying Orm creates in the mirror the reflection of the demon inside him, the Snow King.

The demon eventually takes over completely and freezes everyone who resists him, so Orm needs to reassert himself to become the hero to save the world from eternal winter.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SNOW QUEEN: MAGIC OF THE ICE MIRROR (2014)

 

In this Animated adventure sequel the Snow Queen (Cindy Robinson) casts a curse on her mirror making people see the worst in themselves.

A troll called Orm (Sharlto Copley), who a year earlier helped a girl named Gerda (Bella Thorne), and her pet ferret Luta, defeat the Snow Queen and release the world from eternal winter.

But by his constant lying Orm creates in the mirror the reflection of the demon inside him, the Snow King.

The demon eventually takes over completely and freezes everyone who resists him, so Orm needs to reassert himself to become the hero to save the world from eternal winter.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SNOW QUEEN 2 (2014)

 

In this Animated adventure sequel the Snow Queen (Cindy Robinson) casts a curse on her mirror making people see the worst in themselves.

A troll called Orm (Sharlto Copley), who a year earlier helped a girl named Gerda (Bella Thorne), and her pet ferret Luta, defeat the Snow Queen and release the world from eternal winter.

But by his constant lying Orm creates in the mirror the reflection of the demon inside him, the Snow King.

The demon eventually takes over completely and freezes everyone who resists him, so Orm needs to reassert himself to become the hero to save the world from eternal winter.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SNOW QUEEN 2 (2014)

 

In this Animated adventure sequel the Snow Queen (Cindy Robinson) casts a curse on her mirror making people see the worst in themselves.

A troll called Orm (Sharlto Copley), who a year earlier helped a girl named Gerda (Bella Thorne), and her pet ferret Luta, defeat the Snow Queen and release the world from eternal winter.

But by his constant lying Orm creates in the mirror the reflection of the demon inside him, the Snow King.

The demon eventually takes over completely and freezes everyone who resists him, so Orm needs to reassert himself to become the hero to save the world from eternal winter.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES (1987)

 

On Christmas Eve in Wales, young Thomas (Mathonwy Reeves) is naturally excited about Christmas but is disappointed due to the weather as it was raining instead of snowing.

As a result in order to cheer him up, his grandfather (Denholm Elliott) gives him an old snow globe as an early Christmas present and begins to regale him with stories about his childhood Christmases.

Thomas enjoys them greatly and keeps asking his grandfather for more because he doesn't want to go to bed but his parents finally insist that he goes to bed.

Once Thomas is in bed, he lies in bed listening to his family singing carols downstairs until he finally falls asleep.

At the end of the evening when his grandfather opens the bedroom window and sees falling snowflakes he smiles.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – FELIZ NAVIDAD (2014)

 

After a breakup, hard-partying twenty-something Jenny (Anna Kendrick) moves to Chicago to stay with her older brother Jeff (Joe Swanberg) to get over it.

Jeff is a young filmmaker living a happy existence with his novelist wife Kelly (Melanie Lynskey) and their two-year-old son.

Irresponsible party animal Jenny's arrival disrupts their quiet existence as she and her old friend from high school, Carson (Lena Dunham), and between them they remodel Kelly's outlook in her personal life and literary career.

Simultaneously Jenny strikes up a tempestuous relationship with the family's babysitter Jude (Jude Swanberg) who is also a pot dealer, in short perfect recipe for a Happy Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HAPPY CHRISTMAS (2014)

 

After a breakup, hard-partying twenty-something Jenny (Anna Kendrick) moves to Chicago to stay with her older brother Jeff (Joe Swanberg) to get over it.

Jeff is a young filmmaker living a happy existence with his novelist wife Kelly (Melanie Lynskey) and their two-year-old son.

Irresponsible party animal Jenny's arrival disrupts their quiet existence as she and her old friend from high school, Carson (Lena Dunham), and between them they remodel Kelly's outlook in her personal life and literary career.

Simultaneously Jenny strikes up a tempestuous relationship with the family's babysitter Jude (Jude Swanberg) who is also a pot dealer, in short perfect recipe for a Happy Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS CRISIS (2022)

 

A tired Detective (Johnnie Walker) who is overwhelmed by the out-of-control crime wave sweeping the City.

On Christmas Eve, his wife calls him and asks him to stop at the store to pick up a last-minute Christmas gift, and when he returns to his truck, he is taken hostage by two girls, Melissa and Liz (Jessica N. Jimenez and Kailey Martinez).

He is brutally attacked and robbed after they discover he’s a cop and it looks unlikely he’s going to make it home for Christmas dinner with his wife and daughter (Tiffany and Mia Walker) it’s up to his partner Marcus (Jeff Dolecek) to track him down and save the day.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SANTA BABY 2: CHRISTMAS MAYBE (2009)

 

Santa (Paul Sorvino) is ready to let his business-minded daughter, Mary (Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg), take over the family business as he's tired of the responsibilities of the job.

Mary of course feels torn between the North Pole and running her successful marketing firm in New York City, while balancing a relationship with Luke Jessup (Dean McDermott).

However there is trouble at the pole in the form of Teri (Kelly Stables), a mysterious and ambitious newcomer who wants to be the new Santa and is sneakily manipulating people to make that happen.

So it’s up to Mary get to bottom of the skullduggery and  straighten things out in time to save Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SANTA BABY 2 (2009)

 

Santa (Paul Sorvino) is ready to let his business-minded daughter, Mary (Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg), take over the family business as he's tired of the responsibilities of the job.

Mary of course feels torn between the North Pole and running her successful marketing firm in New York City, while balancing a relationship with Luke Jessup (Dean McDermott).

However there is trouble at the pole in the form of Teri (Kelly Stables), a mysterious and ambitious newcomer who wants to be the new Santa and is sneakily manipulating people to make that happen.

So it’s up to Mary get to bottom of the skullduggery and  straighten things out in time to save Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HE WHO FINDETH (2023)

 

Daniel Anderson (Brad James) is the heir to the Anderson Corporation throne and is about to turn 30 and more importantly to his well-intentioned meddling parents he is single.

So they decide to throw a ball, on the pretext of launching his new charity but in reality, it is to find him a life partner and get him to settle down and invite a host of eligible single ladies.

Event planner Lizzie (Erica Hubbard) wins the bid to organise the event and as she and Daniel work together on the plans for the ball and an attraction form between them, but will it come to anything with all the plotting socialites with their sights set on Daniel.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – EBENEEZER (1998)

 

A reworking of Charles Dickens well spun yarn of redemption.

This retelling of the story is set in a Wild West Town where Ebeneezer Scrooge (Jack Palance) a heartless grasping bitter old miserly land baron, gunfighter, and cheating card sharp who is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his old partner Jacob Marlowe (Richard Halliday), who scares him with tales of hell and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Michelle Thrush), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Richard Comar) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come is (Morris Chapdelaine).

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

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

 

“A Christmas Invitation” tells the story of a very dysfunctional family brought together through the dying wish of the family matriarch Jeanette (Rosie Andlauer) to send out an invitation to attend one last family holiday party on Christmas Eve.

Everyone reluctantly agrees to attend where old family feuds abound and  skeletons emerge from the closet with some unexpected plot twists.

 

Brent Northup, Eric Michaelian, Lorrie Bacon, Phil Godeck, Matt Hebert, Jesse Waegelein-Hall, Aaron Schacht, Sharon Marr, Rick Caride, Nat Cook, Angela Taylor, Pawel Watracz, Rosie Andlauer, Zoe Wells, Lisa J. Coleman, Martin DuPlessis, Pete Baez and Tom Hebert make up the cast of this Christmas farce.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HAPPY HOLLA DAY (2023)

 

Average teenager Brian (Owen Osborne) is navigating his way through life, friendships, love and his faith.

So it’s a little out of character when Brian he decides to arrange a Christmas party in the youth sanctuary after hours to impress a girl in his youth choir Angela (Abigail Grace Korenthal),

He and his best friend Antwon (William David Billions) get a lot more than what they bargained for after the party is in motion, two men come to rob the church, so Brian has to figure out a way to save the girl, himself and the party.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER (2024)

 

“Best Christmas Pageant Ever” is a comedy drama in which Grace (Judy Greer) has to run the annual pageant due to the fact that its usual director has been incapacitated.

Grace is a good person and possesses the best Christian virtues, and her faith is set to be tested after the arrival of the six motherless ruffian Herdman siblings who have a terrible reputation.

In the absence of other volunteers Grace is prepared to accept the infamous family for major roles, even though most of the town and even her children think it’s a mistake.

Grace uses her people and drama skills to pull the pageant together and her faith in the outcasts bears fruit and actually helps teach the community the true meaning of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER (2024)

 

“The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” is a comedy drama in which Grace (Judy Greer) has to run the annual pageant due to the fact that its usual director has been incapacitated.

Grace is a good person and possesses the best Christian virtues, and her faith is set to be tested after the arrival of the six motherless ruffian Herdman siblings who have a terrible reputation.

In the absence of other volunteers Grace is prepared to accept the infamous family for major roles, even though most of the town and even her children think it’s a mistake.

Grace uses her people and drama skills to pull the pageant together and her faith in the outcasts bears fruit and actually helps teach the community the true meaning of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IS CANCELLED (2022)

 

Manuel and Lidia (Michel Duval and Gala Montes) face an uncertain future with their relationship in crisis and they have been forced to spend Christmas apart.

It all stems from the previous Christman when as newlyweds they faced their biggest test when they had to host their wildly different families who were meeting each other for the very first time.

A chaotic Christmas followed where family secrets were revealed.

So will this Christmas be a healing experience or will it be the final nail in the coffin of their marriage.