Showing posts with label Religion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religion. Show all posts

Monday, 22 December 2025

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – OPERATION NUTCRACKER (2024)

 

Event planner Lottie (Ashley Newbrough) gets the chance to plan the prestige Warby family Christmas Charity Auction in Boston for the demanding Erica (Jennifer Dale),

with the added pressure of a promotion to head up the Boston office on the line.

The star of the show is an antique nutcracker which goes missing in a three-way baggage mix-up.

Lottie has to team up with the free-spirited heir to the Warby dynasty, Tristan (Christopher Russell) to track down the nutcracker, but while they search, they capture the heart and spirit of Christmas and romance blossoms.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE LIGHTS OF CHRISTMAS (2024)

 

When Emily (Heather Hemmens) was a teenager, her mother Melody (Sharon Taylor) bought a farm in the country and moved her and her brother out of Seattle, which Emily resented, and as soon as she could, she moved away.

Since then she returned home very infrequently and then when her mother died her brother Nick (Antonio Cayonne) took over the farm, but he was struggling to organise the Christmas festival their mother hosted every year.

So Emily reluctantly returns home to help and unexpectedly connects with Luke

(Marco Grazzin), a local artist helping out on the farm.

But will they  have a future together when the Christmas festival is over and it’s time to leave.

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

 

When Emily (Heather Hemmens) was a teenager, her mother Melody (Sharon Taylor) bought a farm in the country and moved her and her brother out of Seattle, which Emily resented, and as soon as she could, she moved away.

Since then she returned home very infrequently and then when her mother died her brother Nick (Antonio Cayonne) took over the farm, but he was struggling to organise the Christmas festival their mother hosted every year.

So Emily reluctantly returns home to help and unexpectedly connects with Luke

(Marco Grazzin), a local artist helping out on the farm.

But will they  have a future together when the Christmas festival is over and it’s time to leave.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS TO BELIEVE IN (2022)

 

Emily Strauss (Emily Kinney), of Strauss and Strauss events planners, which she runs with her mother Olive (Deanne Bray),is hired by shopping mall magnate Ed Mancini (Patrick Cassidy) who is hosting a Christmas Gala for his biggest investors.

He has just sacked his previous planning firm, because they couldn’t come up with the perfect Santa, so Emily heads to Santa Bootcamp run by the formidable Belle (Rita Moreno), to find the perfect Santa Claus but Belle makes her sign up for the coarse.

While she’s there she meets chef Aiden (Justin Gaston) and Belle keeps pushing them together and as the coarse goes on they are both forced to reevaluate their goals.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IN THE HIGHLANDS (2023)

 

Estranged siblings Lindsay and Brad Morgan (Lacey Chabert and Scott Wolf) and his wife  Sarah (Kellie Blaise) are invited by their mother Josephine (Fiona Bell) to spend Christmas at a Scottish Castle where Lindsay meets Mac Bell (James Robinson).

But reconciling Jo’s children’s differences is not the only reason for them sharing a Scottish Christmas and it’s a surprise that’s going to change their lives for ever. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS ROMANCE IN THE HIGHLANDS (2023)

Estranged siblings Lindsay and Brad Morgan (Lacey Chabert and Scott Wolf) and his wife  Sarah (Kellie Blaise) are invited by their mother Josephine (Fiona Bell) to spend Christmas at a Scottish Castle where Lindsay meets Mac Bell (James Robinson).

But reconciling Jo’s children’s differences is not the only reason for them sharing a Scottish Christmas and it’s a surprise that’s going to change their lives for ever. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A ROYAL CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

Ahead of the Christmas Gala, Prince Colin of Exeter (Julian Morris), is sent to New York by the King and Queen (Dan Lett and Jane Wheeler) to make the final preparations for the occasion.

But when he visits Queens, he literally runs into Dee Dee Paretti (Megan Park) as she is delivering desserts to the hotel where he is staying, not knowing that he was a Prince, she enlists him to help with a children's Christmas show.

As it’s a charity concert Colin fully engages in the concert and the charity, but he is soon even more fully engaged with Dee Dee, and she with him.

But it’s only a matter of time before his true identity is revealed and how will she react?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER - A CAROL FOR CHRISTMAS (2024)

 

After moving to New York to make it on Broadway, Violette Wagner (Ginna Claire Mason) discovers that the show she was going to be in has been cancelled she gets a job at Fiore's, a legendary theatre district diner, run by her mum’s friend Hazel (Charlotte d'Amboise), as a singing waiter.

She manages to get the spot to sing a closing spot duet with Alex (Jordan Litz) on Christmas Eve.  

But Alex hadn’t been very welcoming, but they're stuck with each other, and as they rehearse together, Alex's cousin, Brad (Gino Anania) takes an interest in Violette, and they begin dating but Alex has to help his cousin Cyrano-style, to win her over, but then Alex begins developing feelings for her as well.

So what will happen when the deception is uncovered, and will it ultimately keep Violette and Alex apart and ruin their chance of success.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CAROL FOR TWO (2024)

 

After moving to New York to make it on Broadway, Violette Wagner (Ginna Claire Mason) discovers that the show she was going to be in has been cancelled she gets a job at Fiore's, a legendary theatre district diner, run by her mum’s friend Hazel (Charlotte d'Amboise), as a singing waiter.

She manages to get the spot to sing a closing spot duet with Alex (Jordan Litz) on Christmas Eve.  

But Alex hadn’t been very welcoming, but they're stuck with each other, and as they rehearse together, Alex's cousin, Brad (Gino Anania) takes an interest in Violette, and they begin dating but Alex has to help his cousin Cyrano-style, to win her over, but then Alex begins developing feelings for her as well.

So what will happen when the deception is uncovered, and will it ultimately keep Violette and Alex apart and ruin their chance of success.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS INTERN (2023)

 

After almost a year after Cecilia (Jackée Harry) retired to Florida to live with her sister she discovers that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be, so she decides to make a surprise visit to her daughter Alexis (Ciarra Carter) in California in time for Christmas.

At the same time an investment broker Charlotte (Vivica A. Fox) sends Donte (Doug Rogers) to evaluate Alexis’s start up business, Cyber Santa,  prior to investment.

Seizing an opportunity to spend Christmas with her daughter and get back to work, Cecilia accepts an offer from Alexis’s assistant Sari (Jasmine Aivaliotis) to become an intern.

On her first day she meets Warehouse Manager William (Michael Paré), and with Alexis and Donte making a connection and they all learn the importance of love and family during the most wonderful time of year.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS POST (2024)

 

When developer Noah Harrington (Christopher Russell) arrives in Oak Creek with plans to replace an abandoned Post Office with a modern office complex he is met with hostility, in particular the town's historian/preservationist Tessa Findlay (Merritt Patterson).

Then to the surprise of everyone at a town meeting, Mayor Mitchell (Todd MacDonald) suggests the two of them work together to find a compromise.

Meanwhile Noah’s friend and colleague Brad (Jason Wilder) gets close to Tessa’s best friend and librarian Darla (Kate Jenkinson).

Then Brad finds a bunch of Santa Letters at the old Post Office and Noah and Tessa work together on trying to make some of the 30-year-old Children’s Christmas wishes come true, and they bond and fall in love.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS POST (2024)

 

When developer Noah Harrington (Christopher Russell) arrives in Oak Creek with plans to replace an abandoned Post Office with a modern office complex he is met with hostility, in particular the town's historian/preservationist Tessa Findlay (Merritt Patterson).

Then to the surprise of everyone at a town meeting, Mayor Mitchell (Todd MacDonald) suggests the two of them work together to find a compromise.

Meanwhile Noah’s friend and colleague Brad (Jason Wilder) gets close to Tessa’s best friend and librarian Darla (Kate Jenkinson).

Then Brad finds a bunch of Santa Letters at the old Post Office and Noah and Tessa work together on trying to make some of the 30-year-old Children’s Christmas wishes come true, and they bond and fall in love.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – UNWRAPPING CHRISTMAS: TINA'S MIRACLE (2024)

 

Tina Mitchell (Natalie Hall) runs a gift-wrapping shop, All Wrapped Up, with her three best friends Lily Morgan, Mia Parker and Olivia Matheson (Ashley Newbrough, Kathryn Davis and Cindy Busby) and her holiday responsibilities are piling up as she is in charge of planning this year's annual Christmas gala at the Alford House estate.

The Gala is especially important as All Wrapped Up are sponsoring the event, but things go awry when the Gala faces cancellation due to the estate owner selling up.

While Tina is shopping she meets a young girl, Haley Alonzo (Presley Allard) and her father Michael (Alec Santos) and they have a moment, but it turns out that he is the villain of piece as he owns the company that sold the estate.

Eventually Tina confronts Michael and he agrees to help her save the Alford House so the gala can be held as scheduled while Haley acts as matchmaker, but will all parties succeed.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – LOVE, LIGHTS, HOLIDAYS! (2020)

 

Christina Rossi (Mia Kirshner) is preparing her restaurant for its busiest time of year, which is also the first Christmas without her mum.

Disaster strikes when a pipe bursts and the restaurant has to close for a couple of weeks

So with time on her hands she decides to do a DNA test and reveals the results to her friend Janet (Brandi Alexander) that she’s 50% Jewish, the discovery leads her to the Berman family, brother and sister Scott and Becky (David Kaye and Advah Soudack) and her birth mother Ruth (Marilu Henner).

She also meets food critic David Singer (Ben Savage) who is also a family friend and an unlikely romance blossoms over the eight nights Hanuka.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – LOVE, LIGHTS, HOLIDAYS (2020)

 

Christina Rossi (Mia Kirshner) is preparing her restaurant for its busiest time of year, which is also the first Christmas without her mum.

Disaster strikes when a pipe bursts and the restaurant has to close for a couple of weeks

So with time on her hands she decides to do a DNA test and reveals the results to her friend Janet (Brandi Alexander) that she’s 50% Jewish, the discovery leads her to the Berman family, brother and sister Scott and Becky (David Kaye and Advah Soudack) and her birth mother Ruth (Marilu Henner).

She also meets food critic David Singer (Ben Savage) who is also a family friend and an unlikely romance blossoms over the eight nights Hanuka.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – LOVE, LIGHTS, HANUKKAH! (2020)

 

Christina Rossi (Mia Kirshner) is preparing her restaurant for its busiest time of year, which is also the first Christmas without her mum.

Disaster strikes when a pipe bursts and the restaurant has to close for a couple of weeks

So with time on her hands she decides to do a DNA test and reveals the results to her friend Janet (Brandi Alexander) that she’s 50% Jewish, the discovery leads her to the Berman family, brother and sister Scott and Becky (David Kaye and Advah Soudack) and her birth mother Ruth (Marilu Henner).

She also meets food critic David Singer (Ben Savage) who is also a family friend and an unlikely romance blossoms over the eight nights Hanuka.

Wednesday, 17 December 2025

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – TWELVE DATES OF CHRISTMAS (2020)

 

In Chicago Jennifer Holloway (Mallory Jansen) and Aidan Walsh (Tyler Hynes) are both game creators and are both vying for a promotion, and although they are seemingly incompatible, they are teamed up to create a game to promote the Devonshire Hotel chain.

What they come up with is a romantic, city-wide scavenger hunt themed for the “12 Days of Christmas.”

But as Jennifer and Aidan work their way around the city composing all the clues, they find out that the game and the promotion are less important than the romance they have found along the way.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – 12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS (2020)

 

In Chicago Jennifer Holloway (Mallory Jansen) and Aidan Walsh (Tyler Hynes) are both game creators and are both vying for a promotion, and although they are seemingly incompatible, they are teamed up to create a game to promote the Devonshire Hotel chain.

What they come up with is a romantic, city-wide scavenger hunt themed for the “12 Days of Christmas.”

But as Jennifer and Aidan work their way around the city composing all the clues, they find out that the game and the promotion are less important than the romance they have found along the way.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ON THE 12TH DATE OF CHRISTMAS (2020)

 

In Chicago Jennifer Holloway (Mallory Jansen) and Aidan Walsh (Tyler Hynes) are both game creators and are both vying for a promotion, and although they are seemingly incompatible, they are teamed up to create a game to promote the Devonshire Hotel chain.

What they come up with is a romantic, city-wide scavenger hunt themed for the “12 Days of Christmas.”

But as Jennifer and Aidan work their way around the city composing all the clues, they find out that the game and the promotion are less important than the romance they have found along the way.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THREE WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS (2025)

 

When columnist Tessa Turner (Christine During) breaks up with her boyfriend Nigel (Tony Banham) a week before Christmas her best friend Fiona (Katie Sheridan) invites her to spend Christmas with her family.

Tess Accepts and soon finds herself falling for Fiona’s handsome brother Sam (Jacob Anderton) in the run up to Christmas but at a big party on Christmas Night she overhears a conversation between him and his ex-girlfriend Chloe (Natasha Killip)  and jumps to the wrong conclusion and leaves immediately for the airport feeling hurt and angry.

When Sam finds out what happened, he pursues her to the airport to confess his love for her, but will he reach her before she flies home?