THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MERRY TEXTMAS (2022)

 

Every year, the Diaz family gathers in Oaxaca, Mexico, at the home of their Abuela (Luisa Muriel) and this year they opened a chat group to discuss it.

However, Austin based app developer Gaby Diaz (Ariana Ron Pedrique) accidentally includes a stranger graphic designer Alex Alvarado (Rodrigo Massa).

As Gaby is the last unmarried sibling in the very close, and very traditional family, so the well-meaning group decides to secretly invite him to join them in Oaxaca for Christmas.

So, as they enjoy the town's Christmas spirit the Diaz family play matchmakers for Gaby and Alex, but will they succeed in bringing them together for the perfect Christmas?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – AN UNLIKELY ANGEL (2022)

 

New York City toy executive Janie Caswell (Jillian Murray) is totally in control as a businesswoman, but the impending arrival of her daughter has turned her into a complete wreck despite the support of her husband David (Aaron Mees).

So, after a rooftop panic attack her assistant Connie Tibbs (Jordyn River) puts her mind at rest but she takes a moment to pray for help and the answer to that prayer was New York cabbie/angel Gabe (Robert Amaya) who, after she has given birth, gives her the chance to see what her life could be in the future and more importantly what she would miss in the six missing years.

So, will she realise that the baby years go by so fast, and that precious 6 years of childhood is too much time to waste, and will she get the miracle of a “do-over”?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SWEET AS MAPLE SYRUP (2022)

 

Rachelle Beaumont (Brooke Nevin) and her brother Steven (Jon McLaren) have inherited the family's Vermont maple orchard when their parents retire and move to Florida.

However, with the Maple Ridge Maple Syrup Festival looming the sap production is significantly lower than normal it’s a race against time to solve the problem and heal the orchard.

However, she needs the help of Derek (Carlo Marks, a professor of forensic arboriculture, and it will take all her years of experience and his scientific knowledge to get it done.

At first, they clash heads but as the combine their talents along the way discovering their newfound friendship may have a sweet ending of its own.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A FARGO CHRISTMAS STORY (2023)

 

Locals take a stand when a Minnesotan Monica (Cynthia Aileen Strahan) is sent to Fargo to spearhead an unwanted development and meets instant hostility especially from Betty (Sadie Katz) at the diner.

Only young army Vet Willy (Nico Zahniser) and old Popcorn Bud (Edward Asner) are friendly to her as she battles the local hostilities.

On top of that she must do battle with her boss Trent (Douglas Wilson) and corrupt Mayor Jasper (Robert Donavan) who scapegoat her after local favourite Uncle Charlie (Gary Houston) is killed when the construction collapses.

So will Monica manage to expose the corruption with the help of a ghost and find her Holiday spirit with Willy.

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A FROZEN CHRISTMAS (2016)

 

“A Frozen Christmas” is a delightful, animated Christmas tale featuring our most beloved Christmas characters, Santa Claus, a Snowman, Elves, Gingerbread Men and Santa's Reindeer.

All these characters intersperse classic Christmas stories, Little Girls' Christmas, The Fir Tree. The Brave Tin Soldier, Little Match Girl and The Elves and the Shoemaker

Narrated by Nathaniel Rose and characters voiced by KJ Schrock.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MOUSE AND MOLE AT CHRISTMAS TIME (2013)

 

“Mouse and Mole at Christmas Time” is a delightful, animated Christmas tale about Mouse and Mole as they enjoy Christmas day and begin to plan a Twelfth Night party.

After delivering the invitations to their friends Rabbit, Rat, Hedgehog and Toad, Mouse makes a snow mole for Mole.

Then when they get inside their cottage, they find Shrew has paid a visit and has made a mess everywhere, and after an argument between Shrew and Mole, he decides to spend the night outside in his armchair.

Mole drops off to sleep and has a dream where his new snow-mole comes to life and transports him to a land where his wishes are granted, however it soon becomes apparent that it’s a case of being careful of what you wish for.

The animation is voiced by Alan Bennett, Richard Briers, and Imelda Staunton

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE WILLOWS IN WINTER (1996)

 

“The Willows in Winter” is a delightful, animated Christmas tale featuring characters created by Kenneth Grahame.

In the depths of winter Mole (Alan Bennett) responds to what he thinks is an urgent summons from his friend Rat (Michael Palin) and disappears in a snowstorm and falls in the river.

So, Rat, Badger (Michael Gambon) Otter (Enn Reitel), Nephew Mole (Adrian Scarborough) and Portly (Zoot Lynam) form a frantic search party to try to find him, they even reluctantly enlist the help of Toad and his new airplane to find their friend.

 

Other voices provided by James Villiers, David Sinclair, Mark Lockyer, Ronald Fraser, Peter Cellier, Windsor Davies, Mike Grady, Simon Williams, Bill Oddie, Kate Robbins, Megan Nicol, Dan Russell, Bob Saker, Vanessa Redgrave, Jemima Ffyne, Jordan Hollywood and Tom Stourton.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – IT CAME UPON THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR (1984)

 

When retired Manhattan cop Mike Halligan (Mickey Rooney) is widowed he moves to California with his daughter Kate Westin (Barrie Youngfellow) and her husband Rick (Gary Bayer) and he bonds with his grandson Robbie (Scott Grimes).

This Christmas as soon as school breaks up for Christmas, he is taking Robbie to New York because he has never seen snow before so he can experience a real white Christmas.

But while Robbie is walking home from school Mike dies from a sudden heart attack.

While he is queuing to go through the pearly gates, he makes a deal with the Archangel of Heaven (George Gaynes) to return to Earth for a week until Christmas to find a missing angel, Wiley Boggs (William Griffis) and show his grandson the seasonal glories of New York City at the same time.

So, after stunning his family and the paramedics he comes back to life and then kidnaps Robbie and heads to New York.

So, will they track down Wiley Boggs and save Christmas?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HOW TO TRAIN A PRINCESS (2024)

 

After learning she has been dating Prince Alex (Theo J Paul), Dana Charles (Kemberley Fenton) now has to be trained to become a Princess by the royals, and finds herself rubbing shoulders with Kings, Queens and Princes so is it possible to make a silk purse from a sow’s ear and transport her from rags to riches?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS WITH THE PRINCESS (2024)

 

After learning she has been dating Prince Alex (Theo J Paul), Dana Charles (Kemberley Fenton) now has to be trained to become a Princess by the royals, and finds herself rubbing shoulders with Kings, Queens and Princes so is it possible to make a silk purse from a sow’s ear and transport her from rags to riches?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK (2005)

Ari (Stefano Crescentini), a jungle boy of the fifth oracle, journeys to New York City accompanied by his talking dogs Winner (Sergio Luzi) and Fox (Fabrizio Mazzotta). Arriving in a snowy Christmas landscape they set off to find Father Christmas and help many people along the way. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MEGAN'S CHRISTMAS MIRACLE (2018)

 

Following the death of her mother 14-year-old Megan (Brooklyn Nelson) is forced to move from LA to West Virginia with her father Carl (Timothy E. Goodwin) to his old childhood home.

When her mother died, she stopped dancing, which was a passion they both shared, but they are welcomed into the community and supported by the church and it’s at the church in the nativity display where her Christmas miracle happens and she is able to dance again.

Dean Cain, Katherine Elise Shaw, Gant Montgomery, Davis Osborne, Barry Michael Dailey, Veronica Rogers, Deven Bromme and Ronda Suder also star

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SANTA'S CASTLE (2018)

 

While attempting to write a new story, L. Frank Baum (Robert Notman), is interrupted by his youngest son, Kenneth (Evan O'Donnell), their dog, Dorothy and Butler Wilson (Paul Nicholas Mason) and he is persuaded to write a tale about Santa Claus.

So, he spins them a yarn about the Christmas Eve “Santanapping” which prevents Santa Claus (Donald G. Baker) from performing his annual duties.

So, it’s up to his second in command Holly (Diana Chrisman) to execute Santa's emergency orders which name the ambitious young Elf, Whisk (Carter Treneer), to full fill Santa's deliveries, with Kilter (Winny Clarke) the pixie and Nutter the knock (Morgan Neundorf).

When they were finished, they find Queen Lulea (Samantha Walkes) who tells them that the Nogooders, Hatred, Envy and Regret (Reece Presley, Matthew Hawkins and Keith Cooper) were the Santanappers, so they have to rescue Santa.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MENORAH IN THE MIDDLE (2022)

 

Sarah Becker (Lucy DeVito) heads back to her hometown for Hanukkah with her fiancé Chad (Cristián de la Fuente) but he tells her to keep it secret, and he chooses to stay at a hotel to work on a big deal.

She soon discovers that the family's bakery is in danger of closing down and her mother Linda (Gina Hecht) lets slip that her father Frank (Bruce Nozick) has health problems and the next day he has a heart attack.

But the biggest shock comes when she realises it’s her fiancé who is planning to take over the family business.

So, it’s up her and her high school sweetheart Ben (Jonah Platt) to help save the bakery but when they think they have failed, celebrity chefs Becky and Rachel Baum (Laura and Sarah Silverman) step into save the day allowing Ben to show Sarah the true meaning of love.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS LOVE (1995)

 

Carolyn Giblin (Connie Selleca) is a therapist living in Los Angeles with her pre-teen daughter Jordy (Asia Vieira) and has just gone through an extremely painful divorce.

Carolyn is anxious to move on, so she tells her daughter they are leaving LA and moving back to Mayville, North Carolina, her hometown and Jordy is less than thrilled.

When they arrive at Carolyn's grandma's old house they find it is in great need of many and varied repairs.

Being a small-town Carolyn soon runs into an old flame, Clay Traynor (Randy Travis) whom she left at the alter a long time ago, but he's still angry about it, but his loving aunt, Miz Leona (Rue McClanahan) is delighted to see Carolyn and to meet Jordy which angers Clay further.

One night, on hearing noises, Carolyn discovers that a young homeless boy William (Kyle Fairlie) is living in her basement.

He won't reveal where he is from or who his parents are and Carolyn befriend the boy, much to the chagrin of the town's social worker Eve Stevens (Brenda Bazinet), who also happens to have her eye on Clay.

With a possible romantic triangle brewing, two energetic kids, a Christmas pageant, and more, what will happen next in Mayville?

This is an excellent holiday offering for fans of romantic comedy, but it is that and far more.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SANTA CLASS (2024)

 

After her father (Eric Pollins) retires and moves to Florida Kate North (Kimberley Sustad) reluctantly takes the reins of his struggling North Star Santa School, aided by her sister Bailey (Lindsay Winch).

At the same time former employee Dan (Benjamin Ayres) is fired from the St. Nicholas School which is taking all of North Star’s business.

Kate unwillingly takes him on for the weeks leading up to Christmas but on their way to the school's next session they discover Nick (Trevor Lerner) the real Santa Claus,  lost and confused  with no memory and they watch his sleigh take off into the night sky.

In order to help him remember they invite him to participate in the intense Santa training program, along with an odd assortment, Timothy, Isaac, Megan, Patrick, Bruce and Paul (Graeme McComb, Ryan Beil, Carmel Amit, Tom Pickett, Gary Jones and Paul Campbell).

There's a lot at stake for the school as they need to beat their great rival Blaise (Alessandro Miro) and his St. Nicholas School for the cup or be forced to close their doors.

On top of that Nick (Santa Claus) needs to remember who he is, as the fate of Christmas is at stake.

While all this is going on Kate and Dan’s hearts become entwined.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A DENNIS THE MENACE CHRISTMAS (2007)

Dennis Mitchell (Maxwell Perry Cotton) is an energetic 6-year-old who can’t do right for doing wrong and drives his parents Henry and Alice (George Newbern and Kim Schraner) to distraction while having to contend with the neighbourhood bully Jack Bratcher (Isaac Durnford).

He also has a disproportionate number of encounters with his long-suffering neighbour George Wilson (Robert Wagner) who always comes off worse despite his wife Martha (Louise Fletcher) reassuring him otherwise.

Dennis is dreaming of getting a brand-new bike for Christmas because but it was looking less and less likely with every passing day, but he wants to make sure that Mr. Wilson has a perfect Christmas and makes a list, but each and every one backfires, and finally George snaps and yells at Dennis that there is no Santa.

So, it’s up to Bob the Angel (Godfrey) to put on his own version of “A Christmas Carol”, where he plays the ghost of Christmas Past, Present, and Future to show him the similarity between George and Dennis.

So, Will Bobs efforts bear fruit, and will Dennis get his bike? 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS CASTLE (2018)

 

While attempting to write a new story, L. Frank Baum (Robert Notman), is interrupted by his youngest son, Kenneth (Evan O'Donnell), their dog, Dorothy and Butler Wilson (Paul Nicholas Mason) and he is persuaded to write a tale about Santa Claus.

So, he spins them a yarn about the Christmas Eve “Santanapping” which prevents Santa Claus (Donald G. Baker) from performing his annual duties.

So, it’s up to his second in command Holly (Diana Chrisman) to execute Santa's emergency orders which name the ambitious young Elf, Whisk (Carter Treneer), to full fill Santa's deliveries, with Kilter (Winny Clarke) the pixie and Nutter the knock (Morgan Neundorf).

When they were finished, they find Queen Lulea (Samantha Walkes) who tells them that the Nogooders, Hatred, Envy and Regret (Reece Presley, Matthew Hawkins and Keith Cooper) were the Santanappers, so they have to rescue Santa.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE THANKSGIVING HOUSE (2013)

Successful Boston attorney Mary Ross (Emily Rose) inherits a house in Plymouth, Massachusetts from her deceased aunt and when she went to see the house with her boyfriend Rick Allen (Adam Kaufman) they find local historian Everett Mather (Justin Bruening) in the garden taking core samples to prove it’s the true sight of the very first Thanksgiving.

Mary doesn’t want anything to do with it and takes legal action, but Rick just sees dollar signs which leads them to split up and the situation over the property is made worse by local journalist Victoria (Julia Jones).

As time goes on Mary becomes less hostile to the idea as she gets to know Everett and his parents Abigail and Parker (Lindsay Wagner and Bruce Boxleitner) culminating in a healing Thanksgiving dinner.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – LEGALLY TENDER (2013)

 

Successful Boston attorney Mary Ross (Emily Rose) inherits a house in Plymouth, Massachusetts from her deceased aunt and when she went to see the house with her boyfriend Rick Allen (Adam Kaufman) they find local historian Everett Mather (Justin Bruening) in the garden taking core samples to prove it’s the true sight of the very first Thanksgiving.

Mary doesn’t want anything to do with it and takes legal action, but Rick just sees dollar signs which leads them to split up and the situation over the property is made worse by local journalist Victoria (Julia Jones).

As time goes on Mary becomes less hostile to the idea as she gets to know Everett and his parents Abigail and Parker (Lindsay Wagner and Bruce Boxleitner) culminating in a healing Thanksgiving dinner.