THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – JOY TO THE WORLD (2025)

 

Successful Cookbook author and lifestyle guru Joy Edwards (Emmanuelle Chriqui) lives a very different life to the perfect home life and family that she portrays in her books.

But her world is turned upside down when a TV network decides to film Christmas Eve dinner, so she needs to create a family in three days.

So her best friend Max Rocklin (Chad Michael Murray) takes on the role of fake husband, her neighbours “Home Alone” children Hawk and Sabrina (Josh Reich and Taya Messier) become  their children, and her housekeeper Marta (Helene Lohan Cameron) and Postman Freddie (Guy Sprung) play her parents.

So will all go well, or will it blow up in her face on live TV.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SOMEDAY AT CHRISTMAS (2022)

 

Chloe Bose (Jessica Lowndes) has ambitions to perform on Broadway but has to work as a clerk at Hollingsworth Gift Shop in New Jersey for a very unappreciative boss, Greta Berger (Tammy Isbell) and one morning she meets a divorced father, Jason Murphy (Paul Greene) who is a jingle writer.

The next time they meet outside the store they are approached by Cora Lawson (Gladys Knight) who wants them to resurrect the Holiday Lane Christmas Concert to re-energize the Christmas spirit in the neighbourhood.

Jason as the musical director and Chloe as the lead. Which would provide some much-needed exposure for her while Jason wants her to be part of it because he is falling for her, but she has a lot of auditions so holds back, especially with Jason.

Because Christmas marks the end of her five-year plan to succeed, or return “home” to Detroit and become a Dentist, forgoing her dreams of Broadway success and a potential relationship with her Mr. Right.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – I'M GLAD IT'S CHRISTMAS (2022)

 

Chloe Bose (Jessica Lowndes) has ambitions to perform on Broadway but has to work as a clerk at Hollingsworth Gift Shop in New Jersey for a very unappreciative boss, Greta Berger (Tammy Isbell) and one morning she meets a divorced father, Jason Murphy (Paul Greene) who is a jingle writer.

The next time they meet outside the store they are approached by Cora Lawson (Gladys Knight) who wants them to resurrect the Holiday Lane Christmas Concert to re-energize the Christmas spirit in the neighbourhood.

Jason as the musical director and Chloe as the lead. Which would provide some much-needed exposure for her while Jason wants her to be part of it because he is falling for her, but she has a lot of auditions so holds back, especially with Jason.

Because Christmas marks the end of her five-year plan to succeed, or return “home” to Detroit and become a Dentist, forgoing her dreams of Broadway success and a potential relationship with her Mr. Right.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MIDNIGHT CLEAR (2025)

 

Corporate developer Hilary Shaw (Alicia Josipovic) works for Shaw Development and is sent to Midnight Clear by her father to pressurise the struggling towns people into selling up so the town can be torn down and rebuilt.  

Her first port of call was the Church where she faced immediate opposition from a local pastor, Daniel Porter (Jon McLaren).

After meeting the towns people and hearing their stories and learning the history of the town she comes up with a plan to save the town instead, and a change in her perspective leads to unexpected feelings between Hilary and Daniel.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IN MIDNIGHT CLEAR (2025)

 

Corporate developer Hilary Shaw (Alicia Josipovic) works for Shaw Development and is sent to Midnight Clear by her father to pressurise the struggling towns people into selling up so the town can be torn down and rebuilt.  

Her first port of call was the Church where she faced immediate opposition from a local pastor, Daniel Porter (Jon McLaren).

After meeting the towns people and hearing their stories and learning the history of the town she comes up with a plan to save the town instead, and a change in her perspective leads to unexpected feelings between Hilary and Daniel.

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

 

After her great-uncle passes away, hardworking and talented New York City marketing executive Janie Collins (Jill Wagner) returns to her hometown of Woodland Falls in time for the Christmas season.

After meeting with her lawyer Sidney Reynolds (Neil Whitely) she discovers she has inherited her Great Uncle Randall's farm.  

At the farm she finds Dylan (Cameron Mathison) working there who is the older brother of her best childhood friend Nicole (Deanna Jarvis).

She feels immediately at peace on the farm though she had no thought of becoming a farmer and her plan is to sell the farm but decides to stay on until Christmas and even helps to put on the Winter Wonderland community event at the farm as per Randall’s last request with Dylan's assistance.

In spending time on the farm with Dylan organizing the event, Janie  comes to the realization that her future could be on a different path with a different companion.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A MERRY CHRISTMAS WISH (2022)

 

After her great-uncle passes away, hardworking and talented New York City marketing executive Janie Collins (Jill Wagner) returns to her hometown of Woodland Falls in time for the Christmas season.

After meeting with her lawyer Sidney Reynolds (Neil Whitely) she discovers she has inherited her Great Uncle Randall's farm.  

At the farm she finds Dylan (Cameron Mathison) working there who is the older brother of her best childhood friend Nicole (Deanna Jarvis).

She feels immediately at peace on the farm though she had no thought of becoming a farmer and her plan is to sell the farm but decides to stay on until Christmas and even helps to put on the Winter Wonderland community event at the farm as per Randall’s last request with Dylan's assistance.

In spending time on the farm with Dylan organizing the event, Janie  comes to the realization that her future could be on a different path with a different companion.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – AURORA CHRISTMAS (2024)

 

Erin Barnes (Jill Wagner) is an author struggling with writer's block as she works on her second book, so her father Doug (Bruce Boxleitner) suggests they take a trip to his hometown of Aurora in Northern Canada where he plans to finally sell his old family home.

Erin agrees and hopes the change of scenery will help her and a handsome local guide Trevor (Jesse Hutch) shows her the area's stunning vistas and the Northern Lights.

Doug reconnects with old friends, one of whom being Laura

(Lauren Holly) and both Erin and her father find themselves re-evaluating their futures.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS UNDER THE NORTHERN LIGHTS (2024)

 

Erin Barnes (Jill Wagner) is an author struggling with writer's block as she works on her second book, so her father Doug (Bruce Boxleitner) suggests they take a trip to his hometown of Aurora in Northern Canada where he plans to finally sell his old family home.

Erin agrees and hopes the change of scenery will help her and a handsome local guide Trevor (Jesse Hutch) shows her the area's stunning vistas and the Northern Lights.

Doug reconnects with old friends, one of whom being Laura

(Lauren Holly) and both Erin and her father find themselves re-evaluating their futures.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A MERMAID FOR CHRISTMAS (2019)

 

After the death of her son Pericles during the Trojan war in ancient Greece, sorceress Theodora (Sheree J. Wilson) curses the woman she blamed for his death.

So Athenian Princess Daphne (Jessica Morris) was transformed into a Mermaid and forced to spend an eternity at sea, with only a single chance of redemption, she would be permitted to return to land once every 100 years for a period of 10 days in order to find a reborn version of her son and perform  a selfless act for a him, only to return to the sea if she fails.

After three thousand years she arrives in Cocoa Bay California at Christmas and finds Travis Hunter (Kyle Lowder) aboard his boat arguing with Mayor Tiffany Devereaux (Arianne Zucker).

She is quickly taken under the wing of the Hunter family Kathleen Gati, Chadwick Armstrong and Cole Smith and she helps them save the family restaurant with the aid of some treasure from the seabed, but will she manage a selfless act and break the spell?  

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – BRINGING CHRISTMAS HOME (2023)

 

Retired Major Caroline Upton (Jill Wagner) is a professor of military history and Is approached by Russell Carlisle (Paul Greene) who owns and runs an antique store with his sister Jules (Jess Brown).

Among a new batch of stock at the store Russell finds the WWII uniform of a highly decorated soldier with love letters left in its pockets.

So Caroline and Russell team up to solve the mystery and return the uniform to the rightful owners family, with the help of Jules and Intelligence officer Alton Bush (Simon Arblaster).

But while they unravel the soldiers love story, they manage to fall in lover themselves.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CATERING CHRISTMAS (2022)

 

Molly Frost (Merritt Patterson) is struggling to get her new catering business off the ground when she lands the most prestigious event of the year in their corner of  New Hampshire, the Harrison Foundation Gala.

The head of the foundation is Jean Harrison (Rosemary Dunsmore) but very much  wants her nephew Carson (Daniel Lissing) to take over but he is an event photographer home for the Gala.

Jean puts Carson and Molly together to organize the gala dinner, and Molly helps Carson see what the Harrison foundation really means to the local community, and the two grow close.

But with Carson planning to continue his photography career in the New Year will they have a future together?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – FIVE MORE MINUTES (2021)

 Just before Chicago-based public-school art teacher Clara Bingham (Nikki Deloach) heads home to Fayetteville, North Carolina for the Christmas holidays she discovers she is being laid off and narrowly avoids a proposal from her boyfriend Blake (Jason McKinnon).

In Fayetteville her mother, Bonnie (Sherry Miller) has just inherited the family store, Candy Cane Confectionary, from Grandpa Jerry (Eric Keenleyside) and is struggling with the Christmas rush so Clara is a welcome sight as was a young man called Jay (Alexander Jones) who was and invaluable help in the store.

Clara is overwhelmed on her return because she was so close to her late Grandfather and wishes she had had five more minutes with him at Christmas and it seems to come true when she comes across his old journal when he was a young man and was in love with a girl called Martha.

At the same time she runs into her first love, Logan (David Haydn-Jones) and there are parallels between their history and Jerry and Martha.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS FLOWER (2018)

 

Poppy Benson (Nicky Whelan) is a struggling flower shop owner who at the suggestion of her friend and employee Natalie (Julie McNiven), enters a local holiday floral show which has a cash prize of $5000 which would be more than enough to keep her store afloat.

There are obviously obstacles in her path, firstly her van, which she calls Edna, constantly breaks down, but the largest of which is Blair Covington (Daphne Zuniga) who has won the contest for the previous 12 years.

However, the added complication to her winning is that she has started to fall for handsome Garrett Hurley (Miles Fisher) who turns out to be her direct competitor in the flower show as he works for Team Covington.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – LIGHTS, CAMERA, CHRISTMAS (2024)

 

Ivy Allen (Caprice Bourret) is a Christmas movie director for Holly Jolly TV who after another in a series of 'heartless' flops, decides to seek out her leading man Hunter Williams (Philip Boyd) from her debut hit movie “When you believe in Christmas”.

Unfortunately he left his acting career behind him and moved to Serbia with his wife and children where his wife passed away 5 years later.

When she tracks him down, he doesn’t want anything to do with his old life but despite that he shows her the wonders of a Serbian Christmas, and they both find something precious that they weren’t expecting to find.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE THURSDAY NIGHT CLUB (2022)

 

College friends, Jesse, Ava, Issy, Randy and Kevin (Amanda Talero, Mae Claire, Racquel Jean-Louis, Max Katz and Johan Gran) have a tradition of dining together in the Thursday Night Club.

Then one night Jesse’s father (Fidel Vicioso) joined them and recounted stories about their family’s tradition of helping others with acts of kindness, the friends all express admiration but all claim to be too busy to participate.

But on his way home that night he is killed in an accident and after the tragedy, Jesse’s four friends reevaluate their life choices and then restore Jesse’s holiday spirit through their acts of kindness.

Gloria Gaynor also stars.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – DOC HOLLY'S CHRISTMAS (2024)

 

Veterinarian graduate Holly (Sophie Bolen) is driving to Los Angeles to start a job with a plastic surgery practice when she decides to break her journey in Holly, Michigan for a lunch stop at the Coney Island Cafe.

After already feeling let down by the Waitress (Julie Smith Yolles) and her coffee selection she is then confronted at the till by the owner Niko (Nick Vlassopoulos) with his “cash only” policy and with no access to a cash machine she leaves the café without paying.

Then she is pulled over by the police and ends up in court for “Dine and Dash” where Judge/Mayor Narsh (Jerry Narsh) give her a week’s community service with charming local veterinarian Henry (Brian Boynton).

So will she mellow in the laid-back country setting or will her ambition drive her on to her destination.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS BY DESIGN (2023)

 

A City based fashion designer Charlotte (Rebecca Dalton) is invited to participate in a prestigious design competition before Christmas.

However her design company premises suffer a severe water leak, so she is forced to go home to her parents in Brooksbend Connecticut to work on her designs.

Whereas her family hoped she had just come home for Christmas to participate in the city's Christmas celebration and the Elfcapades which she hasn’t done in the years since her father’s death.

On arrival she meets auto repair man Spencer (Jonathan Keltz) and he helps her to balance her efforts on the design assignment, her family's expectations, and the possibility of a happy future.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A PRINCE IN PARADISE (2023)

 

Successful New York writer Olivia Perkins (Rhiannon Fish) has writer’s block which is compounded by her boyfriend Kyle (Juan Fernando Monge) breaking up with her when she has just arranged a special trip for their anniversary to the tropical Haven Isles.  

So she and her best friend Katie (Cara McCarthy) go on the holiday together instead and she meets Prince Alexander of Torovia (Mitchell Bourke) who in on the islands to escape Queen Patricia (Andrea Moor) and her wedding plans for him.

Olivia doesn’t know he’s a Prince however, she thinks he’s there to host a wildlife rescue gala, but a friendship is formed, and as they experience all the Island has to offer, Olivia and Alexander grow closer.

Obviously, his true identity is revealed, and she is shocked and doesn’t take it well, but they come to terms with the new reality but how will they deal with the Queen to get their fairy tale ending?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A ROYAL IN PARADISE (2023)

 

Successful New York writer Olivia Perkins (Rhiannon Fish) has writer’s block which is compounded by her boyfriend Kyle (Juan Fernando Monge) breaking up with her when she has just arranged a special trip for their anniversary to the tropical Haven Isles.  

So she and her best friend Katie (Cara McCarthy) go on the holiday together instead and she meets Prince Alexander of Torovia (Mitchell Bourke) who in on the islands to escape Queen Patricia (Andrea Moor) and her wedding plans for him.

Olivia doesn’t know he’s a Prince however, she thinks he’s there to host a wildlife rescue gala, but a friendship is formed, and as they experience all the Island has to offer, Olivia and Alexander grow closer.

Obviously, his true identity is revealed, and she is shocked and doesn’t take it well, but they come to terms with the new reality but how will they deal with the Queen to get their fairy tale ending?