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.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – IT'S CHRISTMAS AGAIN (2022)

 

“It's Christmas Again” is a musical Christmas movie that follows a young boy Jake Young (Lawson Touliatos) who crashes into a car door while riding his skateboard right before Christmas and is knocked unconscious.

Following that he has a life-changing experience when he wakes up dressed as a shepherd and discovers he’s been transported back 2000 years to Bethlehem on the night of Jesus' birth.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS FAMILY SECRET (2023)

 

Joan (Caranita Harrelson) is a successful lawyer who has just reached a milestone which she believed was the most important thing in her life and made sacrifices accordingly.

One such sacrifice was not seeing or speaking to her father for three years following an argument.

But with Christmas approaching and doubting the sacrifices were all worthwhile she decides to return to Wilmington and surprise her father during his favourite holiday.

However when she gets back home the surprise is on her as her father has passed away, and then one surprise follows another the last one being falling in love. 

 

Malachi E. Hamilton, Aimee Kochan, Dejia McCowan, Ty Respus, Kevin J. Stone and Madison Warren-Coombs also star.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS COTTAGE (2008)

In 1977 brothers Thomas and Pat Kinkade (Jared Padalecki and Aaron Ashmore) return to their family home in Placerville, California in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada for Christmas only to discover that their mother Maryanne (Marcia Gay Harden) has fallen behind in her mortgage payments and was about to lose her home.

So Thomas and Pat decide to get part time jobs to try and help their mother and they reconnect with the town and its people and Thomas spends time with their neighbour and aging mentor, professional artist Glenn Wessels (Peter O'Toole).

Richard Burgi, Geoffrey Lewis, Chris Elliott, Richard Moll, Kiersten Warren, Jay Brazeau, Edward Asner, Tegan Moss and Gina Holden also star in this tale that was the inspiration behind Thomas Kinkade's painting “The Christmas Cottage”. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THOMAS KINKADE'S CHRISTMAS COTTAGE (2008)

 

In 1977 brothers Thomas and Pat Kinkade (Jared Padalecki and Aaron Ashmore) return to their family home in Placerville, California in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada for Christmas only to discover that their mother Maryanne (Marcia Gay Harden) has fallen behind in her mortgage payments and was about to lose her home.

So Thomas and Pat decide to get part time jobs to try and help their mother and they reconnect with the town and its people and Thomas spends time with their neighbour and aging mentor, professional artist Glenn Wessels (Peter O'Toole).

Richard Burgi, Geoffrey Lewis, Chris Elliott, Richard Moll, Kiersten Warren, Jay Brazeau, Edward Asner, Tegan Moss and Gina Holden also star in this tale that was the inspiration behind Thomas Kinkade's painting “The Christmas Cottage”.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS COTTAGE (2008)

 

In 1977 brothers Thomas and Pat Kinkade (Jared Padalecki and Aaron Ashmore) return to their family home in Placerville, California in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada for Christmas only to discover that their mother Maryanne (Marcia Gay Harden) has fallen behind in her mortgage payments and was about to lose her home.

So Thomas and Pat decide to get part time jobs to try and help their mother and they reconnect with the town and its people and Thomas spends time with their neighbour and aging mentor, professional artist Glenn Wessels (Peter O'Toole).

Richard Burgi, Geoffrey Lewis, Chris Elliott, Richard Moll, Kiersten Warren, Jay Brazeau, Edward Asner, Tegan Moss and Gina Holden also star in this tale that was the inspiration behind Thomas Kinkade's painting “The Christmas Cottage”.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS BABYSITTER (2022)

 

New York City Investment adviser Sam Dalton (Jonathan Bennett) has his Hawaiian Christmas plans disrupted when he receives a mayday call from his sister Kathleen Walker (Chelsea Hobbs) and her husband Nate (Matthew James Dowden) four days before Christmas.

They need an emergency babysitter for their children Miles and Dania (Everett Andres and DaMila Morgan) while they go out of town to collect the baby they are adopting.

Sam is a bit of a last choice for Kathleen and Nate as he isn’t much of a family man and doesn’t see the family very often despite being only a two-hour drive away in small town Braden and they’re not sure who will be looking after who.

In the end he is blackmailed into stepping up, but he doesn’t have a significant other due to his unsuccessful dating life.

Thankfully the neighbour Jason DeVito (George Krissa) is on hand to advise and guide and mutual attraction form between them as they are spending time together in a pseudo family life with kids.

But they need to overcome some differences if they are to have a future together.

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

 

New York City Investment adviser Sam Dalton (Jonathan Bennett) has his Hawaiian Christmas plans disrupted when he receives a mayday call from his sister Kathleen Walker (Chelsea Hobbs) and her husband Nate (Matthew James Dowden) four days before Christmas.

They need an emergency babysitter for their children Miles and Dania (Everett Andres and DaMila Morgan) while they go out of town to collect the baby they are adopting.

Sam is a bit of a last choice for Kathleen and Nate as he isn’t much of a family man and doesn’t see the family very often despite being only a two-hour drive away in small town Braden and they’re not sure who will be looking after who.

In the end he is blackmailed into stepping up, but he doesn’t have a significant other due to his unsuccessful dating life.

Thankfully the neighbour Jason DeVito (George Krissa) is on hand to advise and guide and mutual attraction form between them as they are spending time together in a pseudo family life with kids.

But they need to overcome some differences if they are to have a future together.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SNOW PRINCESS (2019)

 

Princess Carlotta of Landora has spent a year working incognito at the Snowden Peak ski resort, under the name Carly Furstin (Natalie Hall) and delays her return home to plan Snowden Peak's 50th anniversary celebration Snow Ball with the owners brother Jesse Mitchner (Chris McNally).

But when her twin, Prince Gustav (Casey Manderson) and Prince Emile (Brendon Zub) arrive her royal identity is at risk of being exposed and that prospect is not improved when her father King Kristof (Mackenzie Gray) also appears.

Only Jesse knows the truth and as they work together an attraction develops but will he be able to keep her secret if the need arises to reveal that the Lodge has Royal patronage.

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

 

Princess Carlotta of Landora has spent a year working incognito at the Snowden Peak ski resort, under the name Carly Furstin (Natalie Hall) and delays her return home to plan Snowden Peak's 50th anniversary celebration Snow Ball with the owners brother Jesse Mitchner (Chris McNally).

But when her twin, Prince Gustav (Casey Manderson) and Prince Emile (Brendon Zub) arrive her royal identity is at risk of being exposed and that prospect is not improved when her father King Kristof (Mackenzie Gray) also appears.

Only Jesse knows the truth and as they work together an attraction develops but will he be able to keep her secret if the need arises to reveal that the Lodge has Royal patronage.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SNOW QUEEN (2012)

In this Animated adventure the Snow Queen (Cindy Robinson) has created a bitter world of eternal winter in which she has harnessed the North wind, and the polar wind cools human souls.

Years later, a girl named Gerda (Jessica Straus), her pet ferret Luta, and the troll Orm (Doug Erholtz) must battle the elements, wild beasts, pirates and tricksters to save her brother Kai (Marin M. Miller) and free the world from the ice. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SNOW QUEEN (2012)

 

In this Animated adventure the Snow Queen (Cindy Robinson) has created a bitter world of eternal winter in which she has harnessed the North wind, and the polar wind cools human souls.

Years later, a girl named Gerda (Jessica Straus), her pet ferret Luta, and the troll Orm (Doug Erholtz) must battle the elements, wild beasts, pirates and tricksters to save her brother Kai (Marin M. Miller) and free the world from the ice.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – GRINCH (2018)

 

An animated version of Dr Seuss' classic tale about the Grinch Narrated by Pharrell Williams.

It tells the story of a cynical grumpy hermit who lives on the outskirts of Whoville where the Who’s live.

The Grinch (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch) is a nasty green creature that hates Christmas, who goes on a mission to steal Christmas from the Who’s, however Little Cindy Lou Who (voiced by Cameron Seely) decides to befriend the Grinch and she manages to change his heart with her abundant holiday spirit.

 

The other voices are provided by the vocal talents of Rashida Jones, Tristan O'Hare, Kenan Thompson, Sam Lavagnino, Ramone Hamilton, Angela Lansbury, Scarlett Estevez and Michael Beattie.

SIX FIGURES

I only made six figures last year

I shouldn’t brag but I can’t stop

But only six figures wasn’t enough

So, I was sacked from the workshop

I SPEND MY TIME DREAMING

 

I spend my time dreaming,

Of that one perfect Christmas,

When we were together

Walking the landscape

White the snow was falling

And a large fluffy snowflake

Settled on your nose

And we shared our first kiss

CHRISTMAS IS A SPECIAL TIME FOR LOVE

 

Christmas is a special time

And I want to spend it,

With the woman I love

The most perfect lover

For a perfect Christmas

Who fits me like a glove

ALL GATHERED TOGETHER

 

All gathered together

In one special place,

At this special time

Puts a smile on my face

I STEP THROUGH THE DOOR

 

I step through the door

Adorned with a wreath

In the corner stands a tree,

With presents beneath

A welcoming hearth

Where logs burn vigorously

But the greatest warmth

Comes from my family

THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS IS THE GOAL

The perfect Christmas, is the goal

And love and laughter pay dividends

But perfection can only be achieved

If you’re with your family and friends

I BELIEVE IN CHRISTMAS ANGELS

 

I believe in Christmas Angels

And I believe they are always near

Just like they were at Bethlehem

Appearing upon a midnight clear

THE CHRISTMAS ANGELS

The Christmas Angels

Are here to watch over us

To ensure that we all

Have a Merry Christmas 

NORTH POLE HYGENE

 

Here’s something

That will make you wiser

The Claus’s wash their hands

Using Hand Santatizer