THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – EVERY OTHER HOLIDAY (2018)

 

Recently separated parents Tracie and Rick (Schuyler Fisk and David Clayton Rogers) (Rogers) spend every other holiday with their young daughters Harper and Ava (Abby James Witherspoon and Skylar Olivia Flanagan). But after Thanksgiving the girls conspire and tell their parents that they only have only one thing on their wish lists for Christmas, and that is to spend Christmas with both Mom and Dad with their Grandparents, Mimi and Ed (Dee Wallace and Glenn Morshower) at their farmhouse with the rest of the family.

Tracie and Rick know that the temporary reunion will be no walk in the park, but they agree for the sake of the children, but Mimi is less than keen and fears that the Christmas gathering will help rekindle the lost romance between her daughter and the man she loathes, which would make her granddaughters' greatest Christmas wish come true.

 

FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS CAROL # 6 - DING DONG! MERRILY ON HIGH

 

DING DONG! MERRILY ON HIGH

Music and lyrics traditional

 

Ding Dong! Merrily on high
In heav'n the bells are ringing;
Ding Dong! Verily the sky
Is riv'n with angels singing:
Gloria, Hosanna in Excelsis

 

E'en so here below, below,
let steeple bells be swungen,
And "Io, io, io!"

By priest and people sungen,
Gloria, Hosanna in Excelsis

 

Pray you, dutifully prime
Your matin chime, ye ringers:
May you beautifully rhyme
Your evetime song, ye singers.
Gloria, Hosanna in Excelsis.

A MOTHERS CHRISTMAS TALE

 

I have worked for Ebenezer Scrooge all year

A man devoid of any sign of Christmas cheer

I’ve avoided being kissed by the office Romeo

By navigating the office avoiding mistletoe

As the time is ticking towards Christmas day

I could have done with a little help along the way

I’ve dealt with shoppers impatient and rude

But I tried to stay cheerful while I queued

I’ve bought all the presents the paper and bows

I’ve put up with all the countless ho ho ho’s

I’ve got all the groceries and gallons of booze

While you sat in front of the telly and snoozed

I’ve decked the halls I’ve trimmed the tree

I’ve wrapped all the presents from you and me

I’ve written all the Christmas cards to everyone

Which I hand delivered though I posted some

I’ve cleaned the whole house from bottom to top

I’ve washed and ironed till I’m ready to drop

I’ve prepared the veg, I’ve stuffed the bird

I’ve hung the stockings and you’ve not stirred

And the very second I take a minute for me

The first thing I hear is “Mum, what’s for tea”

So to Santa Claus I make my annual plea

For a very special present just for me

Just one year I would like to escape this stress

So that I too can have a merry Christmas

I LOVE CHRISTMAS

 

I love Christmas when it comes around

The smells and tastes, the sights and sounds

I love the Christmassy Cinnamon smells

The Carol singers and chiming church bells

I love to see the advent candle burning

The excited faces all the children yearning

I love the gifts done up with ribbons and bows

And Red faced Santa’s calling ho ho ho

I love the merry songs about the season of Yule

And handmade decs brought home from school

I love trimming the tree with festive things

Like candy canes and popcorn strings

I love the twinkling of the Christmas lights

And the garlands hanging colourful and bright

But the thing that makes the season for me

Is kissing my love beside the Christmas tree

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS HOMECOMING (2017)

 

Amanda (Julie Benz) is an Army Widow, who works as Curator at a struggling local museum, owned and run by Tom (Jay Brazeau) but with her hours at the Museum reduced she decides to rent out the room over the garage to cover her drop in her income.

But she is shocked when Master Sergeant Jim Mullins (Michael Shanks) knocks on her door as she wasn’t aware she had let the room to a soldier, which wasn’t ideal as she already found the season very difficult, as it was on the Eve of Christmas when she lost her husband two years earlier.

Despite her misgiving she takes him in as he has just returned from Afghanistan and was injured, it wasn’t until later that she realises he is also a war hero.

Because of her loss she didn’t bother with decorations or any of the trimmings in fact she didn’t embrace any part of the season but together they help each other heal, her from a broken heart and he from an injury to his leg, and they find true love along the way.

FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS CAROL # 5 - THE CAROL OF THE BELLS

 

THE CAROL OF THE BELLS (Zvoncekova Koleda)

Traditional Ukranian

Hark how the bells,
sweet silver bells,
all seem to say,
throw cares away

Christmas is here,
bringing good cheer,
to young and old,
meek and the bold,

Ding dong ding dong
That is their song
With joyful ring
All caroling

One seems to hear
Words of good cheer
From ev'ry where
Filling the air

Oh how they pound,
raising the sound,
o'er hill and dale,
telling their tale,

Gaily they ring
while people sing
songs of good cheer,
Christmas is here,

Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas,
Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas,
On on they send ,
on without end,
their joyful tone to every home
Dong Ding dong ding, dong Bong

THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL

 

If you seek a special gift

The greatest gift of all

Don’t look beneath your tree

It was never there at all

The greatest Christmas gift

Was given to us all

The Christ child in a manger

In a lowly cattle stall