THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IN MY HOMETOWN

 

Executive Jacob (Jake) Peterson (Tim Matheson) is sent to a small town to assess which of the workers in the local tractor factory, on which the town relies on as the chief source of employment, should be laid off when the planned downsizing begins.

However he gets side tracked when he falls in love with a local single mom Emma Murphy (Melissa Gilbert) which her daughter Noelle (Michelle Trachtenberg) encourages.

But is there any future in their relationship if he does what he was sent to the town to do?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – WINDOW WONDERLAND

 

Two Manhattan department store employees, Sloan Van Doren (Chyler Leigh) and Jake Dooley (Paul Campbell), both apply for the same job during the busy Christmas season.

Sloan is a driven young woman determined to become the next window dresser at McGuire's department store and to uphold a 95-year-old artistic holiday tradition, she is serious and professional, infact she's the polar opposite of the happy-go-lucky Jake, who also wants the job.

But when Mr. Fitch (Matty Finochio) the head of advertising and promotions fails to give the job to either of them, but offers them a compromise solution instead and proposes a challenge, a competition where each will create a series of seasonal storefront windows, twice a week until Christmas and the creator of whichever window display gets the most attention from passers-by will get the job.

As they go through their paces, with Jake's obvious talent grabbing the public's attention, a silent but mutual attraction develops between the pair, but progress was hampered by the contest and the presence of Kenneth Carlyle (Cameron Mathison), Sloan's blueblood boyfriend, who can't understand the importance Sloan is placing on this job.

However there were supporters of the efforts of the window dressers in the shape of McGuire's veteran window washer Mac (Terence Kelly) and brassy bathroom attendant Rita Dorentella (Naomi Judd) who also have eyes for each other but haven't done anything about it yet.

So love is in the air at McGuire's for Mac and Rita but how will the love triangle be resolved, and will it be before Christmas?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1959)

 

Fredric March stars as miser Ebenezer Scrooge in this live TV retelling of Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol”.

The classic tale in which he is taught the true meaning of Christmas by three Spirits who visit him, revealing to him the truth about his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current catalogue of cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways.

Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold, death or redemption.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A HOLIDAY TO REMEMBER

 

Carolyn Giblin (Connie Selleca) is a therapist living in Los Angeles with her pre-teen daughter Jordy (Asia Vieira) and has just gone through an extremely painful divorce.

Carolyn is anxious to move on so she tells her daughter they are leaving LA and moving back to Mayville, North Carolina, her hometown and Jordy is less than thrilled.

When they arrive at Carolyn's grandma's old house they find it is in great need of many and varied repairs.

Being a small town Carolyn soon runs into an old flame, Clay Traynor (Randy Travis) whom she left at the alter a long time ago, but he's still angry about it, but his loving aunt, Miz Leona (Rue McClanahan) is delighted to see Carolyn and to meet Jordy which angers Clay further.

One night, on hearing noises, Carolyn discovers that a young homeless boy William (Kyle Fairlie) is living in her basement.

He won't reveal where he is from or who his parents are and Carolyn befriend the boy, much to the chagrin of the town's social worker Eve Stevens (Brenda Bazinet), who also happens to have her eye on Clay.

With a possible romantic triangle brewing, two energetic kids, a Christmas pageant, and more, what will happen next in Mayville?

This is an excellent holiday offering for fans of romantic comedy but it is that and far more.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE ENGAGEMENT CLAUSE (2016)

 

This is the story of two sisters, Carrie and Katie Tate (Jes Macallan and April Bowlby) who are as different as chalk and cheese.

Katie is away doing her own thing with no business brain or even any interest in commerce, while Carrie has been working hard for several years building the family business at the expense of a personal life.

But the bottom falls out of her world when Katie suddenly announces that she's getting married on Christmas Eve and all hell breaks loose in the Tate household.

And it’s all because there is some family chauvinistic contract which states that the new husband of whichever girl marries first gets control of the business.

So the race is on, will Carrie find a husband of her own in time to save the business she loves or will she reprioritise her life.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – WISHIN' AND HOPIN'

 

This film is based on the New York Times best-selling novel by award-winning author Wally Lamb and is a slice of vivid 1960s life, a wise-and-witty holiday tale that celebrates the “look how far we've come” philosophy.

It takes place in1964 in the small town of Three Rivers, where Felix Funicello (Wyatt Ralff) is a Catholic school fifth-grader at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Parochial School.

And his only claim to fame is his cousin Annette Funicello (Krysta Rodriguez), the famous Mouseketeer and teen movie queen.

But grammar and arithmetic move to the back burner this holiday season with the sudden arrivals of substitute teacher Madame Frechette (Molly Ringwald) and feisty Russian student Zhenya Kabakova (Siobhan Cohen) and Felix’s world is turned upside down in this witty and endearing Christmas offering.

Annabella Sciorra puts in a great performance as his ma and Meat Loaf is outrageous as Monsignor Muldoon which just adds to the overall quality.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – UNDERCOVER LOVER

 

Workaholic FBI agent Jake Cunningham (Shawn Christian) fears his case against investment fraudster Scott Shift (Cameron Bancroft) may not stick without the testimony of cocktail waitress Brandi O'Neill (Jami Gertz), who naively believed herself to be more then Scott's latest throwaway flirt. Then Jake is tricked by his “Ma”, Anne Cunningham (Tyne Daly) to spend Christmas with his “seriously ill” dad, Judge Joe Cunningham (Winston Rekert) and is ordered by his bosses to take Brandi into protective custody.

Jake didn’t regularly visit his family, so he passed off Brandi as his steady date and his mum is not impressed and there follows a humorous posh versus working class seasonal culture clash, but there is a dark side to the tale when Jakes dad discovers the true identity of his girlfriend and sympathizes with the Shift family and unwittingly informs the corrupt family lawyer of her location.