THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – 12 DAYS (2017)

 

The Trent brothers, George and Robert (Ken Tremblett and Eric Close) have their own toy company and they are given just 12 days to make their presentation to toy superstore owner Lawrence Hennessey (Malcolm Stewart) followed by a meal for him and his wife Sheila (Beverley Breuer) at Roberts house.

The problem is that toy inventor Robert, is a frazzled widower with two young children, Amelia and Thomas (Trinity Rose Likins and Jesse Filkow), and is chaotic and disorganised so the prospect of making the deadline are remote.

That is until a chance encounter in a supermarket with Lydia (Catherine Bell), a successful professional organizer, who is constantly trying to grow her business and after he explains about the challenge he faces and only has 12 days to get his life and his business in order, she takes him on.

Lydia shows Robert that this task goes way deeper than messy junk drawers and encompasses every aspect of his life.

While she's intent on helping him straighten out details he had long ignored, Robert teaches the buttoned-up Lydia that messiness can be a delightful part of life and her ambition to expand her business takes a back seat to love.

FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS CAROL # 25 - GOOD KING WENCESLAS

 

Good King Wenceslas Written By John Mason Neale and Thomas Helmore

If thou know'st it, telling
Yonder peasant, who is he?
Where and what his dwelling?"
"Sire, he lives a good league hence
Underneath the mountain
Right against the forest fence
By Saint Agnes' fountain."

"Bring me flesh and bring me wine
Bring me pine logs hither
Thou and I will see him dine
When we bear him thither."
Page and monarch forth they went
Forth they went together
Through the rude wind's wild lament
And the bitter weather

"Sire, the night is darker now
And the wind blows stronger
Fails my heart, I know not how,
I can go no longer."
"Mark my footsteps, my good page
Tread thou in them boldly
Thou shalt find the winter's rage
Freeze thy blood less coldly."

In his master's steps he trod
Where the snow lay dinted
Heat was in the very sod
Which the Saint had printed
Therefore, Christian men, be sure
Wealth or rank possessing
Ye who now will bless the poor
Shall yourselves find blessing 

NEW RESOLVE

 

My New Year resolution

Was to find a solution

To my misshapen figure

And lack of vim and vigour

Though feeling rather grim

I signed up for the gym

First came the orientation

And equipment demonstration

I was told of suitable clothes

Something loose that flows

I said “the reason or the point

Of me being in this joint

And why I signed up tonight

Is all my clothes are tight”

DO YOU BELIEVE IN SANTA?

 

Do you believe in Santa?

It’s a yes or no answer

Have you never seen him?

He is there none the less

He is in the smiling faces

Or people that you meet

And in the children’s laughter

As they rush along the street

He is in the hearty handshakes

And the heart felt hellos

He is at the happy reunions

And the tearful farewells

He is in the choirs voices

Singing praise to the lord

And in the hearts of volunteers

Who feed the homeless

He is the presence of good

He is the Christmas spirit

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS SISTER SWAP (2017)

 

Candace Cameron Bure stars in this gem of a Christmas Movie, as estranged twin sisters, Kate Lockhart and Chris Dixon.

Both women are unhappy and frustrated with their own lives, Kate is a successful executive with a great apartment and no social life and divorced mother of two Chris is an underappreciate school teacher. Though they hadn’t been close for a number of years, they are each envious of the other's life.

After being tricked into having a pre-Christmas brunch by their father (Walter Platz) a year after their mother's death, they talk during the meal and the two voice their belief that the other has an easier life than the other but they are unable to convince the other.

So an impasse was reached so they do what any identical twins in need of new outlooks would do: they swap lives until Christmas Day, and by doing so, each woman discovers the true meaning of her life and gains a deeper perspective and appreciation for what she already had.”

Tom Kinder (Eion Bailey) and Greg Turner (Mark Deklin) provide the love interest in this enjoyable festive romance.

FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS CAROL # 24 - WE THREE KINGS OF ORIENT ARE

We Three Kings of Orient Are Written by John Henry Hopkins, Jr

 

We three kings of Orient are

Bearing gifts we traverse afar

Field and fountain, moor and mountain

Following yonder star

 

O Star of wonder, star of night

Star with royal beauty bright

Westward leading, still proceeding

Guide us to thy Perfect Light

 

Born a King on Bethlehem's plain

Gold I bring to crown Him again

King forever, ceasing never

Over us all to reign

 

O Star of wonder, star of night

Star with royal beauty bright

Westward leading, still proceeding

Guide us to Thy perfect light

 

Frankincense to offer have I

Incense owns a Deity nigh

Prayer and praising, all men raising

Worship Him, God most high

 

O Star of wonder, star of night

Star with royal beauty bright

Westward leading, still proceeding

Guide us to Thy perfect light

 

Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume

Breathes of life of gathering gloom

Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying

Sealed in the stone-cold tomb

 

O Star of wonder, star of night

Star with royal beauty bright

Westward leading, still proceeding

Guide us to Thy perfect light

 

Glorious now behold Him arise

King and God and Sacrifice

Alleluia, Alleluia

Earth to heav'n replies

 

O Star of wonder, star of night

Star with royal beauty bright

Westward leading, still proceeding

Guide us to Thy perfect light

CHRISTMAS HERALD

 

The Christmas lights are up

The shops play Christmas tunes

The Santa’s are out in force

In their red and white platoons

Christmas goodies are on display

The best selections ever seen

Which sends the message out

That it’s nearly Halloween