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.