THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A ROYAL CHRISTMAS BALL (2017)

 

39 year old widowed King Charles of Baltamia (Ingo Rademacher) is lonely and dateless at the approach of his nation’s traditional Christmas ball, so he travels to California on a low key trade mission on the pretext of meeting business partners, while secretly planning to track down his American college sweetheart Allison (Tara Reid) who he was forced to break up with just over seventeen years earlier, unbeknown to his ambassador Rosa (Mira Furlan).

When he meets up with Allison, he finds her less than welcoming, so he enlists the help from his old college buddy Sam (Mykel Shannon Jenkins) to help him build bridges and as a result Sam meets Allison’s business partner Eva (Faune Chambers Watkins).

But Charles finds more on his trip than he had bargained for when he meets a 17-year-old girl called Lily (Haley Pullos) who turns out to be Allison’s daughter and the newest princess of Baltamia.

A BLONDE GIFT

 

Bimbette got a new scarf for Christmas

But in the New Year she exchanged it

The store took it back without a quibble

Even though she said it was too tight a fit

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS AT GRAND VALLEY (2018)

After failing to get the Gallery show she had worked so hard for, artist Kelly (Danica McKellar) feels burned out from life in Chicago, so she returns home to the picturesque Grand Valley just in time for Christmas.

She hopes that a hometown Christmas will reinvigorate her love of art and guide her down her next path and with that in mind she volunteers to run the kids club at the Grand Valley Hotel.

Which is where she meets Leo (Brennan Elliott), a widowed businessman and father of two, who struggles with the work/life balance, but when he is assigned to review a hotel in Grand Valley to ascertain its value, he sees it as the perfect opportunity for a Christmas family vacation.

Along the way Kelly and Leo's worlds collide, and she re-experiences her favourite Grand Valley traditions with Leo and his children, which reignites her passion for art while opening up her heart. 

CHRISTMAS ISN’T JUST ABOUT PRESENTS

 

Christmas isn’t just about presents

I have a far deeper meaning in mind

Christmas marks the birth

Of the saviour of all mankind

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A VERY COOL CHRISTMAS (2004)

 

Sixteen-year-old Lindsay Deerborne (Brooke Nevin) isn’t looking forward to Christmas, in fact she wants absolutely nothing to do with the whole deal, especially the hanging out with her family, as she thinks she’s just way too cool for Christmas.

What she really wants to do is go skiing with her school friends and the guy she’s been playing hard to get with all year.

So, Lindsay gets up the nerve to notify her physically expressive parents (Barclay Hope and Ingrid Torrance) that her whole class is going skiing on Christmas Day and that she is definitely going with them.

However, the Deerborne’s are not impressed and ask Lindsay to try to be a little less selfish and consider the feelings of others. as Lindsay's six-year-old sister Alexa (Jodelle Ferland) is devastated by the thought of Christmas without her sister.

When her request is turned down, she heads to her second home, the Mall, where she meets the archetypal Mall Santa Claus (George Hamilton), who she decides is in need of an extreme makeover.

But Christmas magic being what it is while she is transforming him, he is changing her and transforming her life forever.

Donna Mills also stars as Mrs. Claus and Adrienne Carter plays Lindsay’s best friend Paige in this adorable family, feel good Christmas movie.

IN THE QUIET MOMENTS

 

In the quiet moments

I can’t remember my father’s face

I try and try but it escapes me

It seems to shift in my mind’s eye

Snippets of familiarity

Many facets blurring into one

Almost pixelated image

Until now I’ve never understood why

Its because in my memory

He had more than one face

There was the proud father face

The joyful Christmas morning face

The grumpy morning after face

The scolding face

The smiling face

The sad face

And for each of these faces

As we both grew older

There were age groups

He had to many faces to remember just one

So now when I want to see his face

I think of a situation and there he is

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A GINGERBREAD ROMANCE (2018)

 

Globetrotting architect Taylor Scott (Tia Mowry-Hardrict) has her eye on Paris as her next assignment, but with Christmas just weeks away, the firm she works for enters her in a contest in which teams will design and build life-sized gingerbread houses, but with the promise that after the contest she is likely be getting the position she has dreamed of.

Taylor ends up being teamed with a local baker and single Dad, Adam Dale (Duane Henry), he is reluctant at first but winning would give the bakery and his designs much-needed exposure which might in turn lead him to his dream of opening his own bakery.

So both are motivated by different dreams, but spending time with Adam and his daughter Brooke  (Melody Nosipho Niemann), either in their cosy home, decorating for the holidays or exploring the town at Christmas, fosters a feeling of longing for a place to call home.