THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – WITH ALL MY HEART (1944)

 

Mary Marshall (Ginger Rogers), serving a six year term for involuntary manslaughter, is given a Christmas furlough from prison to visit her closest relatives, her Aunt and Uncle (Spring Byington and Tom Tully) and niece Barbara (Shirley Temple) in a small Midwestern town.

On the train she meets Sergeant Zach Morgan (Joseph Cotton), on leave for the holidays from a military hospital, where his physical wounds have healed, but is still fragile mentally and is subject to panic attacks.

The pair are attracted to one another and in the warm atmosphere of the Christmas season friendship blossoms into romance, but Mary is reluctant to tell him of her past and that she must shortly return to prison to serve the remainder of her sentence.

UP AT THE CRACK OF DAWN

 

Don’t worry that the little ones

Will be up at the crack of dawn

It is worth it to see the simple joy

In their eyes on Christmas morn

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – WYNYARD BROWNE'S, THE HOLLY AND THE IVY (1952)

 

Family Members assemble to celebrate Christmas in the home of their widowed father, Rev. Martin Gregory (Ralph Richardson) in a quaint English village where his daughter Jenny (Celia Johnson) keeps house for him.

They are joined by his other daughter Margaret (Margaret Leighton), son Michael (Denholm Elliott), Aunt Lydia (Margaret Halstan) Aunt Bridget (Maureen Delaney) and family friend Richard Wyndham (Hugh Williams).

They all present themselves as well met but deep secrets are hidden on the pretext that the Reverend wouldn't understand “because he's a parson”

But of course nothing can be kept hidden for ever so the truth begins to be revealed bit by bit in a memorable crescendo.

John Gregson also stars as Jenny’s love interest in this wonderful real Christmas story about real people in an emotional roller coaster that leaves you wanting more.

ICE THAT WILL BEAR THE WEIGHT OF SANTA

Ice that will, before Christmas,

Bear the weight of Santa

Will not, according to folklore,

Bear the weight of an Elf after

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SANTA'S LITTLE YELPERS (2012)

Only child, Oliver Richmond (Andrew Beckham), is a lonely kid because he hardly ever sees his workaholic parents, Jessica (Shannon Elizabeth) and Jeff (Jason Burks).

Because of that he reaches out in desperation to some classmates, and although they’re bad news he reluctantly joins their gang and on his first day as a member, the gang take over a foreclosed home for the holidays.

The former owners had abandoned the house and contents and left town, even leaving behind a Golden retriever and her five puppies, animal welfare had taken the mother to a shelter but the puppies were left behind.

When they were discovered the gang leader saw an opportunity to make some money but Oliver just fell in love with them, and that’s when the adventures begin as Oliver attempts to reunite the puppies with their mother and along the way roles are reversed as the dogs help him reconnect with his parents as they all foil a robbery on Christmas Eve.

The vocal talents of Haylie Duff, Kim Little, G.K. Bowes, Darrel Guilbeau, Steve Sirkis, Kyle Hebert, Roel Navarro and Megan Miller bring the canine characters to life in the pleasing children’s movie. 

RICHARD GURLEY DREW

 

Richard Gurley Drew invented sellotape

In order to help out a mechanic friend 

I got his autobiography for Christmas but

I didn’t finish it as I couldn’t find the end

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HOLIDAY HEIST (2013)

 

When the family leave home to visit Grandma's house on Christmas Eve, they leave their dog at the kennels, but suspecting the family home is going to be burgled, he escapes so he can protect the home.

In essence the film is a canine version of “Home Alone” with Bone the dog pitted against burglars Jake and Rob (Jeremy Mascia and Justin Hoffmeister) and his goal is to prevent them from stealing the presents from under the tree, and he must use every trick he knows to stop them, even when they call Quentin (Kevin Sorbo) an evil dog catcher to help them.

But he keeps the home safe until Mom and Dad (Kim Little and David DeLuise) and the kids Dillon and KC (Davis Cleveland and Natalie Jane) get home and they can have a peaceful Christmas together.