THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MY FIRST MIRACLE (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 – THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER

 

In Budapest, Hungary, Matuschek and Company’s store is owned by Mr. Hugo Matuschek (Frank Morgan) and the bachelor Alfred Kralik (James Stewart) is his best and most experienced salesman.

But everything seems to go awry when Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan) is hired by Mr Matuschek, but from the first moment Kralik and she do not get along.

Over the weeks that follows the lonely and dedicated Kralik has an unknown pen pal and through their correspondence he falls in love with her and intends to propose to her.

However simultaneously his relationship with his employer deteriorates and he is fired without explanation by Mr Matuschek on the night that he is going to meet his secret love and propose.

He goes to the bar that night regardless where they have scheduled their meeting with his colleague Pirovitch (Felix Bressart) and he surprisingly finds that Klara is his correspondent, he chooses not disclose his identity to her because he feels ashamed after being sacked.

But following a shocking incident, Matuschek has a change of heart and hires him back again but this time to manage the shop.

However as Klara is still fascinated with her correspondent she pays little or no attention to Alfred so it would take all his guile and cunning to work out a plan to reveal himself to Klara's who his is.

But anything is possible, it is Christmas after all and everyone loves a happy ending.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS MIRACLE OF JONATHON TOOMEY

 

This is a story of the coming together of sad and lonely people in a gentle, moving and heart-warming way.

Jonathan Toomey (Tom Berenger) is a lonely ill-tempered and reclusive woodcarver who lives in a cabin in the woods.

He is lonely because he has lost his wife and child and he is ill-tempered because he is angry about his loss.

Thomas McDowell (Luke Ward-Wilkinson) is sad because he lost his father in the war.

When he moves to the country with his mother and he suffers further heart break when, on the journey, he loses the treasured wooden nativity set that held a special meaning for him and his dead father,

So his worried mother, Susan (Joely Richardson), persuades the curmudgeonly woodcarver to create a replacement set, and to allow her son to watch him work on it.

A curious relationship then develops during the commission as the young boy makes greater and more difficult demands of the woodcarver's ability, and as Christmas approaches, the three of them struggle to come to terms with each other and their painful memories of the past.

A lovely and very enjoyable, film beautifully shot with idyllic chocolate box scenes of the country.

There is also a strong supporting cast and even a small part for the always excellent Saoirse Ronan who never disappoints.

All in all a very good watch. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MY SANTA, MY DAD (1998)

 

Gordon Covington (D.L. Green) doesn't get to spend enough time with his family because of his job as a used-car salesman.

It’s a tough job made worse by the fact he has a mean boss Mr Ambrose (Robert Quarry) who is forcing him to sell stolen cars.

So work pressures keep him from his family obligations, and he even misses the Christmas play his son Teddy (Harrison Myers) is performing in, and cancels the promised trip to the mountains for Christmas.

As a result his wife Carla (Debra Rich) moves out and takes Teddy to her sisters.

Teddy responds by writing a letter to Santa (Bennett Curland) asking for help, which prompts him to assign Lilith, a feisty elf, who appears to Gordon and turns him into Santa Claus and as such he has to learn the true meaning of Christmas as he gets to work putting his boss and his cronies in jail, delivering presents to children all over the world, as well as making up with his family.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE ELF THAT RESCUED CHRISTMAS

This is the delightful, animated tale of a young orphan boy Yotan (Kyle E. Christensen) who is tricked into going to the North Pole to steal a powerful crystal by Santa’s Brother Basil (Gerald Owens).

But as soon he realises, he has delivered it into the wrong hands, he sets out to return it to safety before it's too late and Christmas is lost forever.

Security Elf’s Jaga and Didi (Clarissa Humm & Cj Fam) don’t think Yotan is up to the task but Santa (Joe Carey) holds a different view. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – 24 HOURS OF TERROR (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 – THE CHRISTMAS SWITCH

 

Eddie Bennett (Brian Krause) is a fast-talking, Three-card Monte dealer who has hustled the streets of New York City for the last 15 years and along with his friends, he has mastered every scam there is.

But one day in early December he is visited by a mysterious burly looking man called Nick (George Buza) who offers him an unusual proposition where he will give Eddie the opportunity to achieve eternal redemption for all the bad deeds he has done in his life and in return he must transfer his spirit into a different body for three weeks.

The body belongs to an aging, ailing Santa Claus, Sam Wells (Cedric Smith), who can use Eddie's body to play Santa for one more Christmas before he dies.

Eddie thinks the man is crazy and has no interest in redemption but if he were to go through with the deal, he'd want a million dollars in cash.

The mysterious Nick snaps his fingers and a million dollars appears before an amazed Eddie and so the deal is done.

Complications arise when Eddie's friends find out about the million dollar pay off and want part of the action and when Eddie meets Sam's daughter, Susan (Natasha Henstridge) he finds himself falling in love with her and also finds the real meaning of Christmas along the way.