THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS SOLO (2017)

 

“A Christmas Solo” is set in a small town where two single parents, Vet Jennifer (Kelli Williams), who is new in town, and bespoke furniture maker, Nate (Jonathan Scarfe), stumble into the possibility of love for Christmas, only to discover that their daughters Charlotte and Melissa (Pippa Mackie and Kayla Wallace) are embroiled in a rivalry at school as they compete for the Christmas Solo at the Christmas Festival.

When the rivalry gets out of control and Charlotte is on the wrong end of some nasty prank’s things come to a head and the parents and the school get involved, but will that lead everyone to a peaceful and merry Christmas?

An enjoyable tale of teenage angst and mature courtship, beautiful music and perfect friendships.

Alistair Abell stars as Nates brother, Pete, Ricky He and Naika Toussaint as Charlotte’s friends Henry and Audrey, and Natalie von Rotsburg as music teacher Ms. Baxter.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER - A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHRISTMAS

 

It’s the summer and there’s a new Santa in town (Bruce Kirby) and everyone seems to be happy about it with the possible exception of city attorney of Elizabeth Gates (Shelley Long).

But her son Tommy (Nathan Lawrence) is a regular visitor to the street where Santa had turned his home into a kind of year-round Santa Claus castle where children of all ages could come to see the wonderful presents and no child would leave without a gift.

But Elizabeth steps in to make him stop his “commercial' enterprise” in an area zoned for private homes.

Journalist Frank Mallory (Barry Bostwick) is assigned to write a piece about Santa’s philanthropic generosity and the City Attorney’s public action against Santa but he soon discovers she  knows more about Santa than she wants to admit.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – I'LL BE NEXT DOOR FOR CHRISTMAS (2018)

 

“I'll Be Next Door for Christmas” is a very funny Christmas Comedy about the Winters family who are totally crazy for Christmas, except that is for the 16-year-old daughter, Nikki (Juliette Angelo) because, her family's over-the-top Christmas celebrations have made her life a total misery.

At Performing Arts summer camp, she meets Tanner (Javier Bolanos) who is her perfect antidote to the Christmas craziness that is year-round at home, unfortunately at the end of camp they went their separate ways to opposite sides of the country.

It wasn’t the end for them though as they were in constant contact and facetimed regularly but when her long-distance boyfriend decides to visit for the holidays, she's determined to spare him her family's Christmas obsession.

So, the only solution is to create a fake family, so she hires actors to play her parents and stages a fake Christmas dinner in the empty house next door with hilarious results.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THREE WISE WOMEN

 

One Christmas a young girl, Ellie (Lauren Coe) witnesses her father having an affair and discovers her boyfriend with another girl on the same night and in her anger and frustration she declares she will never love anybody ever again.

As a result, her guardian angel Tom (Hugh O'Connor) is forced to abandon her.

16 years later the young vivacious Ellie has aged into Liz (Amy Huberman) a successful, thirty-something doctor, driven and cold, who is about to marry a man of similar disposition and doesn't fully realize she is settling for less than she deserves.

Arc Angel Green (John Rhys Davies) reassigns Tom and gives him a second chance as her guardian angel to guide her back to the person she should have become.

Unable to speak to her directly he travels through time and enlists the help of young Ellie and the sad, lonely older woman Beth (Fionnula Flanagan) to steer her in the right direction and to the right man.

It’s a lovely Christmas Tale and just the kind of thing we expect from Hallmark.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS HARMONY (2018)

After her pop star boyfriend Devin (Peter Porte) breaks up with her before the holiday season, soft-spoken Harmony (Kelley Jakle) returns to her quaint hometown to discover the heart and music that her big city life has been missing, the aspiring singer hopes that being home and strengthening family bonds will put her life into some kind of perspective.

But she soon remembers what it is to actually love and be loved when she meets Luke (Adam Mayfield) and he shows her the real beauty of the Christmas season

Chandra Wilson, Sally Struthers, Lee Garlington and Aden Schwartz also star in this heart-warming Christmas treat

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS SECRET

 

Christine Eisley (Bethany Joy Lenz) is a single mom struggling as her life is falling apart.

Her ex-husband Brad (Greyston Holt) won’t pay her child support but is petitioning for custody of the children, Zach (William Ainscough) and Haylie (Jaeda Lily Miller),

On top of which they are being evicted from their home before Christmas and her car is on its last legs.

One day she witnessed an accident and saved a woman’s life by performing CPR and her reward was to lose her job for being late to work.

But when one door closes another opens up and she quickly found another job at Betty’s Bakery, and Betty (Nicola Cavendish) turns out to be a great friend and more.

Fortunately, Christine finds a magical family heirloom that leads to love in the form of Jason (John Reardon) and general good fortune during Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS COMEBACK (2019)

 

Bonnie and Ashlyn Rose (Catherine Mary Stewart and Beverley Mitchell) are an estranged mother/daughter country music duo who are tricked into appearing on stage together for the first time in 10 years by former manager Bret (Michael Dickson) and neither of them are happy about it.

However, a video of their performance is put online by Ashlyn’s daughter Riley (Kelaiah Guiel) and it quickly goes viral.

Riley and Bret convince the “Roses” that they should reunite and release a Christmas single because the former wants a relationship with her grandmother and the latter is in love with Bonnie.

However, there will need to be love, a lot of forgiveness and even more Christmas magic to write a song that perfectly captures the spirit of Christmas and brings their family back together, so can they do it?