THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SANTA BEAR'S HIGH-FLYING ADVENTURE (1987)

 

“Santa Bear's High-Flying Adventure” is a delightful, animated tale set on Christmas Eve, when all the children of the world are dreaming of the toys Santa Claus (John Malkovich) will bring, but Santa has a special assignment for his helper Santabear (Bobby McFerrin) as he wants him to deliver his toys where they have never celebrated Christmas before, at the South Pole,

After Santa drops him off, he encounters Missy Bear (Kelly McGillis), a new friend, and they head to the town together but along the way, they encounter a troublemaker named Bully Bear (Bobby McFerrin) who steals the toys, so he and Missy follow him in her plane, but they crash and Bully Bear steals Santabear's identity and the police arrest him.

Luckily Missy is on hand to help him escape and they catch the villain intime for Santa to pick them up and take them home.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MEET JOHN DOE (1941)

 

When the Bulletin is taken over, reporter Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) is fired by managing editor Henry Connell (James Gleason) so as a parting shot, she prints a fake letter from unemployed “John Doe,” who threatens suicide on Christmas Eve in protest of social ills.

Because the story causes such a stir the paper is forced to rehire Ann and recruit a penniless drifter Long John Willoughby (Gary Cooper) to impersonate “Doe.”

After making a radio broadcast a social movement grows up behind him so a rival newspaper attempts to expose him and eventually the Bulletin publisher D.B. Norton (Edward Arnold) turns on John himself.

In his despondency Willoughby attempts suicide by jumping from the roof of the City Hall on Christmas Eve, as indicated in the original John Doe letter, by which time Ann has fallen in love with John and desperately tries to talk him out of jumping, but she faints sway.

Eventually members of the John Doe Club convince him not to kill himself, and John leaves, carrying a fainted Ann in his arms.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – NICK & NOEL (1993)

 

“Nick & Noel” is a delightful, animated tale about widowed writer Barnaby (Paul Williams) who lives happily with his daughter Sarah (Anndi McAfee), cat Noel (Kath Soucie) and resident mouse Howard (Mark L. Taylor).

Then world famous singer Leslie (Lorna Patterson) and her dog Nick (Jerry Houser) move in next door, and they immediately fall out and a feud develops.

Then as Christmas approached Sarah writes her letter to Santa asking for a mother by Christmas.

But when Barnaby forgets to post it, Noel take decisive action and after asking Nick for directions the two of them set off for the north pole to deliver the letter.

When Barnaby and Leslie realise their pets are missing, they put their hostilities aside and go off in search with Sarah and they see each other in a different light.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – YOUR JEWELER'S SHOWCASE - CHRISTMAS IS MAGIC (1953)

 

On Christmas Eve, war widow Julie (Frances Rafferty) and her son, Sonny (Harvey Grant) are shopping when they meet a war veteran with amnesia John Doe (Robert Hutton).

There is an immediate magical connection between then, though he was a stranger who had just got off a train, but as he had nowhere to go, she took pity on him and invited him home, much to the annoyance of her would be boyfriend Brad (David Alpert) who walks out angrily.

So will the connection between Julie and John last beyond the holidays or will it be a Christmas anecdote for the future.  

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – WHY THE BEARS DANCE ON CHRISTMAS EVE (1977)

 

The want to keep Santa from delivering toys on Christmas Eve. A shy bear cub must thwart the plans of the evil Snerps and save Santa.

“Why the Bears Dance on Christmas Eve” is a delightful, animated tale a young bear called Bashful who after playing with his friends on Christmas Eve crosses the mountain to get home but falls down a crevasse and lands in the lair of the Snerps, evil imps who cause all the trouble in the world.

Bashful overhears their evil plan to sabotage Santa Claus to prevent him from delivering toys and ruin Christmas but he also discovers their Achilles heel, they laugh uncontrollably when they see bears dance,

So, when he returns home, he leads the rest of the bears to where the Snerps lived and danced them into hysterics and drive them back underground and thwart their plans,

So having saved Santa they pledged to dance every Christmas Eve to make sure their evil never threatens Christmas again.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IS MAGIC (1953)

 

On Christmas Eve, war widow Julie (Frances Rafferty) and her son, Sonny (Harvey Grant) are shopping when they meet a war veteran with amnesia John Doe (Robert Hutton).

There is an immediate magical connection between then, though he was a stranger who had just got off a train, but as he had nowhere to go, she took pity on him and invited him home, much to the annoyance of her would be boyfriend Brad (David Alpert) who walks out angrily.

So will the connection between Julie and John last beyond the holidays or will it be a Christmas anecdote for the future.  

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE BEARS WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS (1994)

 

“The Bears Who Saved Christmas” is a delightful, animated tale about siblings Suzie and Tom (Haven Hartman and Adam Hendershott) who are heading to their Grandparents for Christmas with their parents (Pam Dawber and Brad Garrett) when their car gets stuck in the snow so they take shelter in an abandoned cabin.

When the children are asleep their Teddy Bears Christopher & Holly (Charlie Adler and Mary Kay Bergman) magically come to life and attempt to save Christmas for the children.

They decide to get a Christmas tree from the forest with the help of Flashy Flashlight, Charlie Compass and Mrs. Bucktooth (Henry Gibson, Jonathan Winters and B.J. Ward) but they must avoid a hibernating bear, Black Bart (Brad Garrett) along the way.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – COMEDY & CHRISTMAS CHAOS (2025)

 

After chasing her comedy dreams in Reno and failing badly she returns to her hometown of Laurels with 

So broke, bruised and disillusioned she’s back in Laurels living with her quirky and eccentric parents.

As she looks for work, self-confidence and the right direction for her talents, and trying to avoid romantic entanglements, a mysterious bearded stranger keeps intervening.

But in the end its love, laughter, and a little magic, that show her exactly where she supposed to be.

 

Starring Lindsey Keene, Trevor Watters, Wendy Martin, Rob Lauzon and Kelly Fitzpatrick

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (1995)

 

“The Twelve Days of Christmas” is a delightful, animated tale about Grandpa Billy who tells his granddaughter a beautiful Christmas love story on Christmas Eve.

The story is about how, when he was a young man, he courted Grandma Elizabeth, and how in order to prove his everlasting love to Elizabeth, her father sets the young Billy a different task each day which he had to accomplish, these tasks have to be accomplished during the twelve days of Christmas. 

Characters voiced by Melissa Sindon, Jimmy Hibbert and David Holt,

The Twelve days of Christmas is performed by Bing Chrosby

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – COMMUNITY THEATER CHRISTMAS (2019)

 

Lacey (Elizabeth Mae Alan) is the manager of The Little Stage Theatre in Fort Scott, Kansas and as a community theatre they have to compete for a much-needed state grant that is needed to keep the doors of the theatre open.

The dysfunctional group race to get their first, original Christmas play by Lloyd Schumer (Carl Garcia), “Christmas, what does it mean”, up and running while everything around them falls apart.

Also starring IsaBeall Quella, Adrienne Rose White, Stacy Snyder, Veronica Wylie, Michael Tari, Marissa Pistone, Ashley Gianni, Jay Phoenix, Adam Weber, Beau Brians and Sid Noelle.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (1993)

 

“The Twelve Days of Christmas” is a charming, animated tale which explains the lengthy and confusing Christmas carol of the same name and the story is narrated by a partridge, (Marcia Savella).

It concerns Sir Carolboomer (Larry Kenney) a brave, but self-important night and his love for the melancholy Princess Silverbell (Donna Vivino).

So, he steals what he believes is her Christmas list in order to win her heart but in reality, they are crossword puzzle answers to the King (Earl Hammond)

He enlists his squire Hollyberry (Phil Hartman) to locate and deliver each of the items to the Princess, but she’s not interested all she wants is someone to make her laugh, but he has to obey his master so continues day after day, until after twelve days of gifts, the Princess falls in love, but not with the Knight because she gives her heart Hollyberry.

 

Other characters voiced by James Carter Cathcart, John Crenshaw, Merwin Goldsmith and Frank Simms

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CLASSICS OF THE SCREEN - STAR IN THE NIGHT (1945)

 

On Christmas Eve, Nick Catapoli (J. Carrol Naish) owner of the Star Auto Court is installing a huge electric star to attract customers, but his first visitor of the night is a Hitchhiker (Donald Woods) who extols the virtues of Christmas.

Nick however is a cynic and doesn’t have a good word to say about it, his wife on the other hand is Rosa (Rosina Galli) who has a heart of gold so when José and Maria Santos (Anthony Caruso and Lynn Baggett) arrive at the motel looking for a room she makes sure the expectant mother has a place to lay her head.

As the moment of the birth grows near all the guests rally round Mr. Dilson (Irving Bacon), a traveller and his wife (Dick Elliott and Claire Du Brey) and Miss Roberts (Virginia Sale), and when the child has been born, three cowboys (Richard Erdman, John Miles and Cactus Mack) who had followed the star, arrive laden with gifts.

As an observer to proceeding Nick is largely oblivious but when his bemusement melts away, he learns that there is still goodness and Christmas Spirit in the world.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN (1995)

 

“Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” is a delightful, animated tale about a kindly poor toy maker Samuel Claus who sets setting off in search of a new life in the New World.

However, he gets lost in a peculiar forest which he cannot escape from no matter in which direction he travels.

Then one day he finds two Elf’s in the shack he has taken refuge in, and they introduce him to many others of their kind.

Then after rescuing a young Elf from a wild Pig a magical fairy comes to him and gives him a new home in the north and eternal life in which to make to make toys for the children of the world.

 

Characters voiced by Melissa Sindon, Jimmy Hibbert and David Holt,

Santa Clause is coming to Town is performed by Bing Chrosby

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – STAR IN THE NIGHT (1945)

 

On Christmas Eve, Nick Catapoli (J. Carrol Naish) owner of the Star Auto Court is installing a huge electric star to attract customers, but his first visitor of the night is a Hitchhiker (Donald Woods) who extols the virtues of Christmas.

Nick however is a cynic and doesn’t have a good word to say about it, his wife on the other hand is Rosa (Rosina Galli) who has a heart of gold so when José and Maria Santos (Anthony Caruso and Lynn Baggett) arrive at the motel looking for a room she makes sure the expectant mother has a place to lay her head.

As the moment of the birth grows near all the guests rally round Mr. Dilson (Irving Bacon), a traveller and his wife (Dick Elliott and Claire Du Brey) and Miss Roberts (Virginia Sale), and when the child has been born, three cowboys (Richard Erdman, John Miles and Cactus Mack) who had followed the star, arrive laden with gifts.

As an observer to proceeding Nick is largely oblivious but when his bemusement melts away, he learns that there is still goodness and Christmas Spirit in the world.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE MOO FAMILY HOLIDAY HOE-DOWN (1992)

 

“The Moo Family Holiday Hoe-Down” is an animated tale about the Moo Family who are performing at their live Christmas Hoe-down when Santa Cow's pilot accidentally crashes his sleigh into the cow's stadium, So, it’s up to the Moo family to find a way to save Christmas. 

Characters voiced by Jim Cummings, Pat Fraley, Tress MacNeille, Rob Paulsen, Brian Cummings and B.J. Ward

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – JOHN DOE, DYNAMITE (1941)

 

When the Bulletin is taken over, reporter Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) is fired by managing editor Henry Connell (James Gleason) so as a parting shot, she prints a fake letter from unemployed “John Doe,” who threatens suicide on Christmas Eve in protest of social ills.

Because the story causes such a stir the paper is forced to rehire Ann and recruit a penniless drifter Long John Willoughby (Gary Cooper) to impersonate “Doe.”

After making a radio broadcast a social movement grows up behind him so a rival newspaper attempts to expose him and eventually the Bulletin publisher D.B. Norton (Edward Arnold) turns on John himself.

In his despondency Willoughby attempts suicide by jumping from the roof of the City Hall on Christmas Eve, as indicated in the original John Doe letter, by which time Ann has fallen in love with John and desperately tries to talk him out of jumping, but she faints sway.

Eventually members of the John Doe Club convince him not to kill himself, and John leaves, carrying a fainted Ann in his arms.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – NOËL ~ THE HAPPY CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT (1992)

 

“Noël ~ The Happy Christmas Ornament” is a delightful, animated tale narrated by Charlton Heston about Noël (Beau Berdahl Oliver), a cheerful Christmas ornament with an essential “happiness” instilled in him by the craftsman who first blew the glass, and that happiness rubs off on all the families he lives with, until the day he falls to the ground and has a new life.

 

Other characters voiced by Larissa Auble, Roscoe Lee Browne, John Crenshaw, Earl Hammond, Lee Meredith, Romeo Muller, Peter Newman, Corinne Orr, Millicent Sparks and Ed Wheeler

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – FRANK CAPRA'S 'MEET JOHN DOE' (1941)

 

When the Bulletin is taken over, reporter Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) is fired by managing editor Henry Connell (James Gleason) so as a parting shot, she prints a fake letter from unemployed “John Doe,” who threatens suicide on Christmas Eve in protest of social ills.

Because the story causes such a stir the paper is forced to rehire Ann and recruit a penniless drifter Long John Willoughby (Gary Cooper) to impersonate “Doe.”

After making a radio broadcast a social movement grows up behind him so a rival newspaper attempts to expose him and eventually the Bulletin publisher D.B. Norton (Edward Arnold) turns on John himself.

In his despondency Willoughby attempts suicide by jumping from the roof of the City Hall on Christmas Eve, as indicated in the original John Doe letter, by which time Ann has fallen in love with John and desperately tries to talk him out of jumping, but she faints sway.

Eventually members of the John Doe Club convince him not to kill himself, and John leaves, carrying a fainted Ann in his arms.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – NOËL (1992)

 

“Noël” is a delightful, animated tale narrated by Charlton Heston about Noël (Beau Berdahl Oliver), a cheerful Christmas ornament with an essential “happiness” instilled in him by the craftsman who first blew the glass, and that happiness rubs off on all the families he lives with, until the day he falls to the ground and has a new life.

 

Other characters voiced by Larissa Auble, Roscoe Lee Browne, John Crenshaw, Earl Hammond, Lee Meredith, Romeo Muller, Peter Newman, Corinne Orr, Millicent Sparks and Ed Wheeler

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JOHN DOE (1941)

 

When the Bulletin is taken over, reporter Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) is fired by managing editor Henry Connell (James Gleason) so as a parting shot, she prints a fake letter from unemployed “John Doe,” who threatens suicide on Christmas Eve in protest of social ills.

Because the story causes such a stir the paper is forced to rehire Ann and recruit a penniless drifter Long John Willoughby (Gary Cooper) to impersonate “Doe.”

After making a radio broadcast a social movement grows up behind him so a rival newspaper attempts to expose him and eventually the Bulletin publisher D.B. Norton (Edward Arnold) turns on John himself.

In his despondency Willoughby attempts suicide by jumping from the roof of the City Hall on Christmas Eve, as indicated in the original John Doe letter, by which time Ann has fallen in love with John and desperately tries to talk him out of jumping, but she faints sway.

Eventually members of the John Doe Club convince him not to kill himself, and John leaves, carrying a fainted Ann in his arms.