THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER –CHRISTMAS BELLE (2013)

 

Appraiser/real estate saleswoman Isabella Everhart (Haylie Duff) is in partnership with her father Rex Everhart (C. Thomas Howell) but he’s not pulling his weight and not for the first time he drops a bombshell in her lap at the last minute, a large estate sale.

So still angry at her father she leave her California hometown in the rear-view mirror, Belle heads north on business to facilitate the estate sale of a mansion and she also put some distance between herself and her old school friend and persistent suitor Tony (Mark Famiglietti).

Despite her displeasure at being let down by her father the job is a dream, the client, Hunter Lowell (Nicholas Gonzalez), however is not, but, as the two spend more time together, his icy demeanour begins to melt.

Although their relationship is budding, Belle's long-time suitor, Tony, arrives, sending mixed signals to Hunter while adding chaos to the holiday season in a Yuletide romantic triangle.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER –CHRISTMAS CRUSH II (2019)

 

Addie (Cindy Sampson) is a Christmas fanatic who also has a crush on neighbour Sam (Robin Dunne) and one evening she makes a Christmas Wish for her neighbour to fall in love with her, with no expectation that anything will happen, she certainly wasn’t expecting the wish to go horribly wrong and strike down the wrong neighbour and enchant, Pete (Chris Violette).

As the days slip by Pete's romantic gestures grow more and more over-the-top, culminating in a proposal, so Addie recruits her friend Drea (Erica Deutschman), Sam, the real object of her affections, and Pete’s fiancé  Gina (Konstantina Mantelos) to help Addie break the spell by Christmas.

If they fail, she could spend the rest of her life dealing with love-struck Pete.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY

 

A cynical youth, Riley (Aaron Jaeger), whose mother Sarah (Maureen McCormick) is about to lose her job right before the holidays, is visited by a magical Christmas spirit called Hope (Vanessa Angel).

She gives him a task to help another family regain their Christmas spirit and by so doing get it back for himself.

Alexandra Paul, Jason Brooks and Mariah Buzolin star as the family in crisis but Janet Carroll steals the show as Grandmother Betty.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS HEIST (2019)

 

The Holiday jewellery store has been in their family for decades and is run by Robert Holiday (Phillip Edward Van Lear) and his children Jade (Chaley Rose) and RJ (Lucien Cambric) but since the death of wife and mother Jewel the store has been struggling and if they don’t have a good Christmas the store will not reopen in the New Year.

As if sent by providence Devin (Tobias Truvillion) appears in the store one day, a knowledgeable and confidence character who is given the sales assistant position.

What they don’t know is that Devin is a thief and was sent by local crime lord, Poncho (Simeon Henderson) as a prelude to robbing the store.

Poncho also ensures RJ is compromises so he can use his hacking skills to disable the alarms and gain access to the customer’s credit card details.

But Devin is trying to escape his criminal past and has hopes of having a crime free life with Jade.

So, the question is can he turn the tables on Poncho, save the store and get the girl?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS (2015)

 

Katherine (Briana Evigan) is a Royal Princess and is in New York just before Christmas for a series of official engagements.

But she just wants an hour to herself out of her busy schedule to visit an art exhibition.

But when her Aunt Margaret (Jacqueline Samuda), who runs her life, tells her it was not possible and to stop being selfish she escapes her entourage to explore New York anyway and as she is tired of her diamond-studded and privileged life and the royal responsibilities that went along with being a royal princess she decided to take longer than an hour.

But when a pair of street hustlers steal her purse and prised camera, a good Samaritan, a young man called Jack (Paul Campbell) comes to her aid and ends up sweeping her off of her feet when he shows her his side of the city.

And when her true identity is finally revealed it is Jack who arranges for her to view the exhibition unheeded after calling in a favour.

It’s a lovely film in which, Harry (Jay Brazeau) steals the show as Jack’s friend, in this gentle heart-warming Christmas tale.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – DEATH HOUSE (2016)

 

All Eddie Kirkpatrick (Sean Ryan Fox) wants for Christmas is a pair of Breezy 3000s, the hottest new shoes which will make him the envy of his friends.

But come Christmas Day, he finds there are no presents under the family tree, let alone his shoes, because his older brother, Zack (Colin Smith) is getting married and the family is so focused on the wedding they have side-lined Christmas.
He storms out of the house angry that his Christmas has been ruined, and heads into town where he comes across a mysterious new shoe store.

After meeting the store owner (Joey Lawrence) he is granted one wish, so Eddie wishes to have his Christmas back, and the wish is granted.

However as a result he is stuck reliving the same disappointing Christmas day on an endless loop, and is destined to do so until he learns what the spirit of Christmas is really about.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A WINTER SONG (2019)

In the true spirit of the holiday season storeowner Clio (Ashanti) befriends Fred (Stan Shaw), a former jazz musician down on his luck, and welcomes him into her shop to perform for the customers and they form a special bond over music.

Besides their love of performing, Clio and Fred also have their share of family struggles in common, for Clio, she must grapple with the first Christmas since the death of her father, while for Fred, a reunion with his daughter Mia (Sashani Nichole) is just what he needs to give him hope in his life.

Together with the power of music and love the two find the strength to overcome their hardships.

A wonderful movie with a great performance by Stan Shaw who shined in his role, but the music was the heartbeat of the film.