THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM (1956)

 

“The Star of Bethlehem” is a delightful, animated Christmas tale in an enchanting silhouette animation style about the story of the nativity, directed by Lotte Reiniger with music performed by the Glyndeboume Festival Chorus.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SHANTY WHERE SANTY CLAUS LIVES (1933)

 

“The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives” is a delightful, animated Christmas tale, about a poor orphan boy who on Christmas Eve.

Eventually he arrives at his cold miserable cabin with no fire in the great, so he starts to cry and then Santa arrives and sings “The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives” and offers to take the boy to his workshop.

When they arrive, the toys go wild and sing Santa’s song and the boy plays with the toys.

But a candle falls from the tree and starts a fire and while the toys try in vain to put it out the boy uses a hose and a set of bagpipes and saves the day.

 

Featuring the talents of Rudolf Ising, The King's Men, Johnny Murray and The Rhythmettes.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SANTA CLAUS (1959)

 

Santa Claus (José Elías Moreno) lives high above the North Pole in his cloud-borne castle where he runs his Christmas operation and prepares to deliver presents on Christmas Eve.

But the Devil (José Luis Aguirre 'Trotsky') is jealous and commands his minion Pitch to ruin Christmas.

He in turn recruits three Naughty Boys (José Carlos Méndez, Jesús Brock and Rubén Ramírez) to help him sabotage Santa.

So, Santa needs the help of Merlin (Armando Arriola) to defeat the Devil and save Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MIDDLETON CHRISTMAS (2020)

 

Alana D'Angelo (Eileen Davidson) is Dean at a fee-paying high school in the small town of Middleton where she lived with her vivacious teenage daughter Samantha (Kennedy Tucker).

Army veteran Johnny Turner (Michael Paré) is employed as custodian and his son Max (Michael Varde) is enrolled as a student.

There is an almost immediate connection between the two families but there are still tensions and pressures, for Alana it’s the threat of a cut in funding and the risk of closure.

In order to save the school, they plan a holiday concert to raise the necessary funds with Samantha’s best friend Tasha (Cheyenne Haynes) directing and performing and things look promising.

However, tragedy struck when a car accident lands Sam in a life-threatening condition, and Alana leans heavily on Johnny for support, and Max makes a desperate decision that will forever bond their families together.

So, will everything turn out for the best and will they save the school?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – GRUEN GUILD PLAYHOUSE JOE SANTA CLAUS (1951)

 

Joe Peters (Ray Montgomery) works for a department store and at short notice he’s moved from the hardware department to become the store Santa Claus which he is unhappy about.

It was just one more thing to irritate him which all mounted up on top of his separation from his wife Maria (Maria Palmer) and daughter Ellen (Sigrid Gurie).

While the janitor Uncle Willy (Houseley Stevenson) is helping him into his costume he recounts to story of that he and his wife separated because his wife wanted to go to work and earn extra money, and Joe felt undermined, so he deserted his family. While playing Santa in the grotto he meets his daughter by chance and discovered what she really wanted for Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS VISITOR (1987)

 

Like many others in the district the O’Day’s, Patrick and Elizabeth (John Waters and Dee Wallace) are struggling in the drought In the Australian outback and are close to losing everything with no water for the sheep.

The only property owner not struggling is Trevor Watson (Bill Kerr), because his cattle station has a lake, but he won’t share, much to the disgust of his son Angus (Grant Piro).

Angus is a much kinder person and would have granted access to the O’Day’s and not just because Sarah O'Day (Nadine Garner) had caught his eye.

But the status quo was broken because of her younger brother Ned (Andrew Ferguson) and the arrival in the district of an old business partner of Mr Watson, Max Bell (Charles 'Bud' Tingwell) who Ned believes is Father Christmas, and between them the ensure that the nasty, curmudgeonly Mr Watson gets the Christmas spirit.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THERE WILL ALWAYS BE CHRISTMAS (2020)

 

Alana D'Angelo (Eileen Davidson) is Dean at a fee-paying high school in the small town of Middleton where she lived with her vivacious teenage daughter Samantha (Kennedy Tucker).

Army veteran Johnny Turner (Michael Paré) is employed as custodian and his son Max (Michael Varde) is enrolled as a student.

There is an almost immediate connection between the two families but there are still tensions and pressures, for Alana it’s the threat of a cut in funding and the risk of closure.

In order to save the school, they plan a holiday concert to raise the necessary funds with Samantha’s best friend Tasha (Cheyenne Haynes) directing and performing and things look promising.

However, tragedy struck when a car accident lands Sam in a life-threatening condition, and Alana leans heavily on Johnny for support, and Max makes a desperate decision that will forever bond their families together.

So, will everything turn out for the best and will they save the school?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MERRIE MELODIES #5 (1932-1933 SEASON): THE SHANTY WHERE SANTY CLAUS LIVES (1933)

 

“The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives” is a delightful, animated Christmas tale, about a poor orphan boy who on Christmas Eve.

Eventually he arrives at his cold miserable cabin with no fire in the great, so he starts to cry and then Santa arrives and sings “The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives” and offers to take the boy to his workshop.

When they arrive, the toys go wild and sing Santa’s song and the boy plays with the toys.

But a candle falls from the tree and starts a fire and while the toys try in vain to put it out the boy uses a hose and a set of bagpipes and saves the day.

 

Featuring the talents of Rudolf Ising, The King's Men, Johnny Murray and The Rhythmettes.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – JOE SANTA CLAUS (1951)

 

Joe Peters (Ray Montgomery) works for a department store and at short notice he’s moved from the hardware department to become the store Santa Claus which he is unhappy about.

It was just one more thing to irritate him which all mounted up on top of his separation from his wife Maria (Maria Palmer) and daughter Ellen (Sigrid Gurie).

While the janitor Uncle Willy (Houseley Stevenson) is helping him into his costume he recounts to story of that he and his wife separated because his wife wanted to go to work and earn extra money, and Joe felt undermined, so he deserted his family. While playing Santa in the grotto he meets his daughter by chance and discovered what she really wanted for Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SANTA CLAUS (1898)

 

In this early George Albert Smith short film, a brother (Harold Smith) and sister (Dorothy Smith) who are sent to bed on Christmas Eve by their nurse (Laura Bayley) and while they are asleep, Santa Claus enters the room from the fireplace.

after descending down the chimney he proceeds to trim the tree and then fills the stockings that were hung on the mantle by the children with toys.

After surveying his work, he rushes at the fireplace and disappears up the chimney.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SANTA CLAUS (1925)

 

On Christmas Eve two children sneak out of their bedroom in the hope of seeing 'Santa Claus' when he visits them.

When he appears in their living room, they ask him what he does during the rest of the year.

So, Santa proceeds to tell them all about where he lives, in the Land of Winter, the creatures that live there, and how he and his helpers make toys for children all over the world.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1910)

 

Marc McDermott plays the title role in this tale about miser as Ebenezer Scrooge in this 1910 retelling of Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol”.

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

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

 

Also featuring Charles Ogle, William Bechtel, Viola Dana, Carey Lee and Shirley Mason.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS ACCIDENT (1912)

 

Mr. and Mrs. Gilton (William Wadsworth and Mrs. William Bechtel) live next door to Mr. and Mrs. Bilton (Augustus Phillips and Ida Williams), the Gilton’s and well off and childless whereas the Bilton’s are a poor family of seven and subsequently Mr Gilton looks down on his neighbours, but the Bilton’s are the most loving and happy family.

Just before Christmas the grocer's boy accidently delivers Gilton's order to Mrs. Bilton and she thinks her husband sent the food, so she cooks it and Gilton is furious.

On Christmas Eve, Gilton staggers home in a blizzard, with a turkey under his arm and blinded by the snow he staggers into the wrong house and finds the Bilton’s, gathered about the table listening open-mouthed to Mr. Bilton reading "The Night Before Christmas." old Gilton looks on with tear filled eyes fill that night the breach between the families is healed as though the spirit of Santa Claus himself had sealed it.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MIRACLE DOWN UNDER (1987)

 

Like many others in the district the O’Day’s, Patrick and Elizabeth (John Waters and Dee Wallace) are struggling in the drought In the Australian outback and are close to losing everything with no water for the sheep.

The only property owner not struggling is Trevor Watson (Bill Kerr), because his cattle station has a lake, but he won’t share, much to the disgust of his son Angus (Grant Piro).

Angus is a much kinder person and would have granted access to the O’Day’s and not just because Sarah O'Day (Nadine Garner) had caught his eye.

But the status quo was broken because of her younger brother Ned (Andrew Ferguson) and the arrival in the district of an old business partner of Mr Watson, Max Bell (Charles 'Bud' Tingwell) who Ned believes is Father Christmas, and between them the ensure that the nasty, curmudgeonly Mr Watson gets the Christmas spirit.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MOTHER SUPERIOR (1966)

 

Mary Clancy (Hayley Mills) and Rachel Devery (June Harding) meet for the first time when they arrive as students at the St. Francis Academy, a Catholic boarding school for girls, in St Francisville, run by Mother Superior (Rosalind Russell).

The girls immediately become firm friends and partners in crime in their many pranks, including setting off fire alarms, smoking cigars in the basement, and putting bubble baths in the nuns' sugar bowls.

After three years the girls mature and gain a greater respect for their teachers and what makes them tick and learn an appreciation of the commitment and devotion they show in their lives as Sisters, so much so that one of them makes a life-changing decision.

 

The long suffering Sisters, Celestine, Constance, Clarissa, Liguori, Rose Marie, Barbara, Elizabeth, Ursula, Margaret and Prudence are played by Binnie Barnes, Camilla Sparv, Mary Wickes, Marge Redmond, Dolores Sutton, Margalo Gillmore, Portia Nelson, Marjorie Eaton, Barbara Bell Wright and Judith Lowry.

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A TRAP FOR SANTA CLAUS (1909)

 

Times are hard as Christmas approaches and Arthur Rogers (Henry B. Walthall) abandons his wife Helen (Marion Leonard) and children (Gladys Egan and John Tansey) in despair.

However very soon after she receives a bequest from her deceased aunt, so they are able to move into better quarters, and the children are happy, but she wishes her husband was with them.

As there was no chimney Santa would have to enter through the window so on Christmas Eve the children set a trap to catch him by tying a string to the window sash with the other end fastened to one of their feet,

However on Christmas Eve it isn’t Santa who enters through the window but Arthur, who had turned to burglary to make ends meet not knowing it was his family’s apartment, but it’s his wife who hears the intruder and immediately understands and with a hurried explanation she shepherds him into another room, where he dresses in the Santa suit she was going to wear, and when the children appear he pretends to be caught in their trap, and they squeal with delight.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – LIFE WITH MOTHER SUPERIOR (1966)

 

Mary Clancy (Hayley Mills) and Rachel Devery (June Harding) meet for the first time when they arrive as students at the St. Francis Academy, a Catholic boarding school for girls, in St Francisville, run by Mother Superior (Rosalind Russell).

The girls immediately become firm friends and partners in crime in their many pranks, including setting off fire alarms, smoking cigars in the basement, and putting bubble baths in the nuns' sugar bowls.

After three years the girls mature and gain a greater respect for their teachers and what makes them tick and learn an appreciation of the commitment and devotion they show in their lives as Sisters, so much so that one of them makes a life-changing decision.

 

The long suffering Sisters, Celestine, Constance, Clarissa, Liguori, Rose Marie, Barbara, Elizabeth, Ursula, Margaret and Prudence are played by Binnie Barnes, Camilla Sparv, Mary Wickes, Marge Redmond, Dolores Sutton, Margalo Gillmore, Portia Nelson, Marjorie Eaton, Barbara Bell Wright and Judith Lowry.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SANTA CLAUS VS. THE DEVIL (1959)

 

Santa Claus (José Elías Moreno) lives high above the North Pole in his cloud-borne castle where he runs his Christmas operation and prepares to deliver presents on Christmas Eve.

But the Devil (José Luis Aguirre 'Trotsky') is jealous and commands his minion Pitch to ruin Christmas.

He in turn recruits three Naughty Boys (José Carlos Méndez, Jesús Brock and Rubén Ramírez) to help him sabotage Santa.

So, Santa needs the help of Merlin (Armando Arriola) to defeat the Devil and save Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A TRAP FOR SANTA (1909)

 

Times are hard as Christmas approaches and Arthur Rogers (Henry B. Walthall) abandons his wife Helen (Marion Leonard) and children (Gladys Egan and John Tansey) in despair.

However very soon after she receives a bequest from her deceased aunt, so they are able to move into better quarters, and the children are happy, but she wishes her husband was with them.

As there was no chimney Santa would have to enter through the window so on Christmas Eve the children set a trap to catch him by tying a string to the window sash with the other end fastened to one of their feet,

However on Christmas Eve it isn’t Santa who enters through the window but Arthur, who had turned to burglary to make ends meet not knowing it was his family’s apartment, but it’s his wife who hears the intruder and immediately understands and with a hurried explanation she shepherds him into another room, where he dresses in the Santa suit she was going to wear, and when the children appear he pretends to be caught in their trap, and they squeal with delight.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS (1966)

 

Mary Clancy (Hayley Mills) and Rachel Devery (June Harding) meet for the first time when they arrive as students at the St. Francis Academy, a Catholic boarding school for girls, in St Francisville, run by Mother Superior (Rosalind Russell).

The girls immediately become firm friends and partners in crime in their many pranks, including setting off fire alarms, smoking cigars in the basement, and putting bubble baths in the nuns' sugar bowls.

After three years the girls mature and gain a greater respect for their teachers and what makes them tick and learn an appreciation of the commitment and devotion they show in their lives as Sisters, so much so that one of them makes a life-changing decision.

 

The long suffering Sisters, Celestine, Constance, Clarissa, Liguori, Rose Marie, Barbara, Elizabeth, Ursula, Margaret and Prudence are played by Binnie Barnes, Camilla Sparv, Mary Wickes, Marge Redmond, Dolores Sutton, Margalo Gillmore, Portia Nelson, Marjorie Eaton, Barbara Bell Wright and Judith Lowry.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – BUSHFIRE MOON (1987)

 

Like many others in the district the O’Day’s, Patrick and Elizabeth (John Waters and Dee Wallace) are struggling in the drought In the Australian outback and are close to losing everything with no water for the sheep.

The only property owner not struggling is Trevor Watson (Bill Kerr), because his cattle station has a lake, but he won’t share, much to the disgust of his son Angus (Grant Piro).

Angus is a much kinder person and would have granted access to the O’Day’s and not just because Sarah O'Day (Nadine Garner) had caught his eye.

But the status quo was broken because of her younger brother Ned (Andrew Ferguson) and the arrival in the district of an old business partner of Mr Watson, Max Bell (Charles 'Bud' Tingwell) who Ned believes is Father Christmas, and between them the ensure that the nasty, curmudgeonly Mr Watson gets the Christmas spirit.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS WITH THE PRINCE (2023)

 

Just before Christmas fashion designer Grace (Cleopatra Wood) is reluctantly let go by her boss Martina (N Walters) and she is fearful of going home for Christmas because she would look like a failure.

Best friend Estelle (Darcy Baker) tries to persuade her to go but is unsuccessful it is on when her deceased father Robert (Richard Bobb-Semple) appears to her in a dream that she relents and her mum Tina (Laurel Dinnall) and sister Naomi (Horaios Aidoo) are delighted to see her.

They don’t stay at the house however as her mum suggests they spend Christmas at their holiday cabins in the woods.

Tina had struggled with managing them since Robert passed and was planning to sell them and had hired a handyman Luke (Sackie Osakonor) to help get them ready, Grace was unhappy that her mum was preparing to sell up but she understood her reasons.

Grace and Naomi soon realised that for a handyman, Luke wasn’t very handy, but they liked him, especially Grace, and they spent time together and grew close.

Then one day Luke confided in her that he was actually a Prince who had left home to avoid a wedding he wanted no part of.

But on Christmas Eve she persuades him to call his mother and invite them for Christmas and on Christmas Day King Richard (Lloyd McDonald) and Queen Fiona (Kimberley Sterling) arrived at the cabins.

So, what will happen when two worlds collide?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS (1965)

 

In this amusing Christmas tale, a proper Edwardian lady Miss Tilly (Wendy Toye) is being wooed by a suitor and she and her Butler (Franklyn Bennett) patiently endure the ever-increasing disruption to the quiet respectable household when her Truelove (David O'Brien) gives her all the items from the classic song “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE ABE LINCOLN OF NINTH AVENUE (1939)

 

James Michael 'Jimmy' Keenan (Jackie Cooper) is a young idealistic and hard-working man, in New York City has dreams of making his fortune.

Along the way he faces numerous obstacles, one of which is his mobster brother T.P. 'Tap' Keenan (Dick Purcell).

But through all the opportunities and temptations, his hero Abraham Lincoln is never far from his thoughts.

He has people that depend on him like William McKinley 'Gimpy' Smith (Martin Spellman) and Pop O'Toole (George Cleveland) as he runs a newspaper stand and is studying to become a lawyer.

He receives encouragement from Judge Carroll (George Irving) and his niece Anne (Marjorie Reynolds).

So will he see his dreams come true, or will they be grounds in the sidewalk of New York's mean streets.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – DEAD CALM (1989)

 

After the tragic loss of their young son in an accident John Ingram and his wife Rae (Sam Neill and Nicole Kidman) leave the Christmas celebrations behind them to spend some time isolated at sea on their yacht, the Saracen.

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, in dead calm, they come across a drifting schooner, the Orpheus, that appears to be slowly sinking, and they rescue a man Hughie Warriner (Billy Zane) who rows a dinghy over to them, claiming he’s the only survivor but is there more to him than meets the eye.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS PRINCE FOR A ROYAL CHRISTMAS (2022)

 

Julie is an artist in the small town of Smol and is asked by her adopted mother, Edna, to put up her nephew Richard, in her guest house while he’s on his vacation on his first time in America, away from his home country of Leemonia, but what Aunt Edna and Richard failed to tell her was that he was a prince wanting a break from his duties and his demanding family.

So, the pair embark on a small-town adventure, sightseeing and enjoying each other’s company and share intimate details about their hopes and dreams, one detail that Julie shares is the fact that she does not like Christmas.

So only time will tell if the secret prince will be able to help Julie out of her small-town rut and teach her the true meaning of Christmas.

But what will happen when he reveals his true identity.

 

In this strange little Christmas Film, all the characters are played by Aislyn and Alanna Rivera and Lord Dashwood and Lord Hastings are voiced by Ahmad Kamal.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS PRINCESS SWITCH (2025)

 

Princess Helena of Camealonia (Theresa Shangazhike) disappears in London just before her coronation and when King Albert and Queen Sofia (Benjy Abu and Vanessa Cruickshank) find out they dispatch royal advisors Mark and James (James Anite and Peter L. Pinnock) to track her down.

When they stop for coffee, they are stunned when find Hannah (Theresa Shangazhike) serving in a coffee shop with her friend Rachel (Tamaira Hesson), so they come up with a plan to have Hannah pose as the princess to prevent national panic and she quickly agrees.

She is put in a safe house where Mark helps her with Royal etiquette in case, she needs to make an appearance, but they fall in love.

But the King and Queen find out the truth about Hannah, but there are other secrets yet to be unveiled.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ON THE TWELFTH DAY... (1965)

 

In this amusing Christmas tale, a proper Edwardian lady Miss Tilly (Wendy Toye) is being wooed by a suitor and she and her Butler (Franklyn Bennett) patiently endure the ever-increasing disruption to the quiet respectable household when her Truelove (David O'Brien) gives her all the items from the classic song “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS (1950)

 

“The Spirit of Christmas” is a delightful, animated offering, performed by the Mabel Beaton Marionettes and Alexander Scourby.

It features two dramatizations, firstly “The Night Before Christmas” read by Alexander Scourby as Clement Clarke Moore then he narrates a performance of the Nativity.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE PRINCESS CHRISTMAS SWITCH (2025)

 

Princess Helena of Camealonia (Theresa Shangazhike) disappears in London just before her coronation and when King Albert and Queen Sofia (Benjy Abu and Vanessa Cruickshank) find out they dispatch royal advisors Mark and James (James Anite and Peter L. Pinnock) to track her down.

When they stop for coffee, they are stunned when find Hannah (Theresa Shangazhike) serving in a coffee shop with her friend Rachel (Tamaira Hesson), so they come up with a plan to have Hannah pose as the princess to prevent national panic and she quickly agrees.

She is put in a safe house where Mark helps her with Royal etiquette in case, she needs to make an appearance, but they fall in love.

But the King and Queen find out the truth about Hannah, but there are other secrets yet to be unveiled.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ICE SCULPTURE CHRISTMAS (2015)

 

Callie Shaw (Rachel Boston) is an aspiring chef, who is prepared to start at the bottom and thanks to her decoration-expert father Frank (Paul McGillion) she gets a job as dishwasher at the country club where Chef Gloria (Brenda Strong) runs the kitchen.

On her first day she runs into her childhood friend David Manning (David Alpay) who is expected to succeed his tycoon father Ellis (Mark Brandon) as CEO of an investment firm.

There is an immediate spark between them and when he finds out she's expert at ice sculpting he enters her in the club's annual ice sculpting competition without her knowledge.

Unfortunately, she would be up against her new boss chef Gloria, who is a three-time winner, so she’s unhappy about it, because she doesn’t want to appear disloyal, but when she can’t get out of it, David agrees to train as Callie's partner in the competition.

On top of everything else Callie has to contend with Gloria's jealous deputy Jen (Leanne Lapp) who stops at nothing to sabotage her because her work ethic impresses chef Gloria.

So will Callie's passions for cooking and ice sculpting win out and will David pursue his father’s dream or follow his own path, but more importantly will romance bloom for Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE ABE LINCOLN OF 9TH AVENUE (1939)

 

James Michael 'Jimmy' Keenan (Jackie Cooper) is a young idealistic and hard-working man, in New York City has dreams of making his fortune.

Along the way he faces numerous obstacles, one of which is his mobster brother T.P. 'Tap' Keenan (Dick Purcell).

But through all the opportunities and temptations, his hero Abraham Lincoln is never far from his thoughts.

He has people that depend on him like William McKinley 'Gimpy' Smith (Martin Spellman) and Pop O'Toole (George Cleveland) as he runs a newspaper stand and is studying to become a lawyer.

He receives encouragement from Judge Carroll (George Irving) and his niece Anne (Marjorie Reynolds).

So will he see his dreams come true, or will they be grounds in the sidewalk of New York's mean streets.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – PIXI SAVES CHRISTMAS (2016)

 

An elf girl called Pixi Post (Kate Bristol) who lives in a secret place hidden in Antarctica at Arbolié.

It’s a special magical place where all the spirits of the Christmas around the world, such as Santa Claus (Marc Thompson) Saint Nicholas (Mike Pollock), The Three Kings (J. David Brimmer Billy Bob Thompson and Jason Griffith), Olentzero (Mike Pollock), Snegurochka (Khristine Hvam), Befana (Eileen Stevens), Apalpador (Tyler Bunch) and Hoteiosho (Marc Thompson) to name a few, meet in the forum of the Christmas' Spirits.

However, at one forum they discover that Hoteiosho is missing and that Monopolish (Marc Thompson), a former Christmas Spirit who was stripped of him magic powers and exiled from Arbolié centuries earlier, was responsible.

So, they send Pixi to try and find him and she discovered that, with the help of a group of rogue Elf’s, he has developed a weapon that turns Christmas Spirits into advertising posters, and when he has removed all the spirits he located Arbolié where the Great Christmas Tree resides from which he can regain his magical powers.

But with the help of a human child, Kepa (Sarah Natochenny), Pixi releases all the spirits, but will they be able to defeat Monopolish before it’s too late.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – STARS SWEENEY (1950)

 

On a run-down street in a shabby area cynical reporter, Sweeney, is drowning his sorrows in a cup of strong coffee on Christmas Eve at the diner belonging to his old friend Andy (Tol Avery).

While he’s their some friends also pay a visit, a blind man called Pop (Roy Regnier), a young couple Marge and Pete (Erin Selwyn and Gene Gary) and police officer Riley (John T. Smith), all with their own tales of woe, but all remain content with their lot, so Sweeney is left shamefaced at his own melancholy and has his Christmas spirit replenished.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – PIXI POST & THE GIFT BRINGERS (2016)

 

An elf girl called Pixi Post (Kate Bristol) who lives in a secret place hidden in Antarctica at Arbolié.

It’s a special magical place where all the spirits of the Christmas around the world, such as Santa Claus (Marc Thompson) Saint Nicholas (Mike Pollock), The Three Kings (J. David Brimmer Billy Bob Thompson and Jason Griffith), Olentzero (Mike Pollock), Snegurochka (Khristine Hvam), Befana (Eileen Stevens), Apalpador (Tyler Bunch) and Hoteiosho (Marc Thompson) to name a few, meet in the forum of the Christmas' Spirits.

However, at one forum they discover that Hoteiosho is missing and that Monopolish (Marc Thompson), a former Christmas Spirit who was stripped of him magic powers and exiled from Arbolié centuries earlier, was responsible.

So, they send Pixi to try and find him and she discovered that, with the help of a group of rogue Elf’s, he has developed a weapon that turns Christmas Spirits into advertising posters, and when he has removed all the spirits he located Arbolié where the Great Christmas Tree resides from which he can regain his magical powers.

But with the help of a human child, Kepa (Sarah Natochenny), Pixi releases all the spirits, but will they be able to defeat Monopolish before it’s too late.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CRICKET ON THE HEARTH (1967)

 

“Cricket on the Hearth” is a delightful, animated musical version of Charles Dickens' classic tale, “A Cricket on the Hearth”.

A cricket, Cricket Crocket (Roddy McDowall) tries to save a poor toymaker Caleb (Danny Thomas) and his blind daughter Bertha (Marlo Thomas) after her fiancé Edward (Ed Ames) was lost at sea.

After tragedy struck the family, they fall under the influence of an exploitative miser Tackleton (Hans Conried) who has designs on Bertha, thankfully Crocket comes to the rescue and restores peace, prosperity and happiness.

 

Other characters voiced by Abbe Lane, Paul Frees and The Norman Luboff Choir