THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER - DEAR SECRET SANTA

 

Beverly Hills workaholic banker Jennifer (Tatyana Ali) returns home to her small Northern California home town just before Christmas, after her dad, Ted (Bill Cobbs), falls badly while putting up Christmas decorations.

Much to her father’s annoyance Jenny moves into her old room to look after him.

And while she’s at home, Jenny begins getting romantic Christmas cards from an unknown admirer, who turns out to be her old next door neighbour and the unrealized love of her life, Jack (Lamorne Morris).

Which would be perfect but for one small problem, Jack died in a car accident three years earlier.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – TOO COOL FOR 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 homosexual parents Stan and Anderson (Barclay Hope and Ryan McDonell) 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.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER - THE GATHERING (1977)

 

When Adam Thornton (Ed Asner) learns that he only has a little time left to live, he decides that he wants to make peace with his family.

However that was easier said than done, due mainly to his stubborn nature, but walking out on his wife didn’t help nor did his estrangement with his youngest son after an argument.

When his doctor told him it wasn’t good for him to travel it wss suggested that he invite the whole family to spend Christmas with him.

Although most of them accept, Adam's attempts at reconciliation prove far from easy.

 

The Gathering is a wonderful holiday treat with just the right balance of sentimentality and saccharin.

Ed Asner is perfect as the estranged husband and father but Maureen Stapleton is simply brilliant as Kate and is by far the best of a very strong cast.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER - ANNIE CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN

 

Santa's daughter Annie (Maria Thayer) is to take her first trip away from the North Pole during the Christmas season.

The hope is she will find adventure and love in sunny California.

Annie arrives in Los Angeles and becomes friends with Lucy (Vivica A. Fox), the owner of the Candy Cane Inn and her daughter, Mia (Nay Nay Kirby).

Very soon she finds a job at Wonderland Toys and is persuaded to direct the Christmas Pageant at Mia’s School.

Wonderland Toy’s is an old-fashioned Toy store selling old-fashioned toys in a digital world and the owner, Ted (Sam Page) is struggling to stay in business

All the while this is going on a plot hatched at the North Pole to have her fall in love with an unemployed actor named Dean so that her Uncle Chester can take over the business.

But Annie soon realizes that she wants Ted's business to thrive because she has feelings for this Christmas traditionalist.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MY LAST CHRISTMAS (2015)

 

Angelica (Katya Martín), is a 16-year-old girl who's battling a rare kind of cancer called Myelodysplastic Syndrome, and it will claim her life if she doesn’t get a bone marrow transplant and on top of her struggles to try to live a normal life is the very real prospect of never finding a donor match, but higher on her priority list are her hopes of finding her first true love before it's too late.

But then she meets homeless teenager Sean (Juan Castano).

A heart-warming film in which the acting is only surpassed by the Cinematography, well worth a watch.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER - MR ST NICK

 

King Nicholas XX (Charles Durning) is ready to retire and pass the throne to his son, Nick St Nicholas (Kelsey Grammer).

But Nick fails to turn up for the rehearsal of his coronation, preferring instead his lavish Florida seaside lifestyle and his sexy girlfriend.

So he falls out with his father and is enticed into portraying a fictitious Santa Claus for a charity (Mr.SaintNick.com) by Heidi (Elaine Hendrix) and Hector (Luis Garcia).

His only remaining link to the North Pole is his butler Jasper (Brian Bedford) who then hires a new cook, Lorena (Ana Ortiz) who will prove to be Nick’s salvation.

While Nick begins to fall in love with Heidi and asks her to marry him, he is totally unaware that Hector and Heidi are transferring the charity's money into their own account in the Cayman Islands and leaving Nick as the patsy.

Only a miracle can save Christmas with the help of Queen Carlotta (Katherine Helmond).

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ALONE FOR XMAS (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.