THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ON THE SECOND DAY OF CHRISTMAS

 

Con-woman Trish (Mary Stuart Masterson) and her niece/ward Patsy (Lauren Pratt) are caught in the act of trying to steal from a department store right before Christmas, by a “by-the-book” department store security guard, Bert (Mark Ruffalo).

With the holidays so close, Bert, a loyal store employee is assigned as the custodian of a pickpocketing duo, and reluctantly agrees to be responsible for the pair so that Patsy need not spend the holidays in social services. Obviously as it’s a Christmas movie so Romance ensues.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MIRACLE OF THE HEART

 

Medical resident Nathan Andrews (Neil Patrick Harris), goes back home to his small town after he loses a teenager on the operating table. He joins his dad Jack (Hugh Thompson) and his mechanic's business and becomes a basketball coach to some young people, which is where he meets Charlie Bennett (Angus T. Jones) and Meghan Sullivan (Rebecca Gayheart). Nathan falls for Meghan but she thinks he’s a mechanic and he neglects to tell her that he’s a surgeon but then Charlie is taken ill, the truth comes out.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A HOLIDAY ROMANCE (1997)

 

Kathleen Russell (Roma Downey) is a hard-working single mother, who is saving to buy a house for herself and her daughter, Zoey (Sarah Rosen Fruitman). Whereas Sam Field (Eric McCormack) is a businessman who has to pretend he has a family in order to close a deal with the mysterious Javier Del Campo (Hector Elizondo).

Sam owns the company that Kathleen works for, and as her boss, manages to convince her to help him out by posing as his wife, for a price, which she thought would help her to buy the house.

But Del Campo is more than he seems, and it just might be Zoey who's making the real deal to get a new home for herself, her mother, and Sam.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MUST BE SANTA

 

Petty criminal Floyd Court (Arnold Pinnock) accidentally gets selected to replace the old Santa (Gerard Parkes).

At the North Pole Natalie Fairlie (Deanna Milligan) is happy to run with the Santa that fate has selected but her colleague Tuttle (Dabney Coleman) is far from happy and does everything within his power to have his own candidate selected with humorous results.

This is a very heart-warming and entertaining family film so give it a watch if you get the opportunity.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SILENT NIGHT (2002)

 

In the bitter winter of 1944 in the depths of the Ardennes Forest, a German Mother, Elisabeth Vincken (Linda Hamilton) and her son Fritz (Matthew Harbour) are seeking refuge in a remote cabin in the woods, which is unfortunately now right on the front line.

They had barely settled in when they are joined, against their will, by three American soldiers one of whom is wounded and then tensions rise when three German soldiers also arrive, Elisabeth successfully convinces the soldiers to put aside their differences for one evening so they can share a Christmas Eve dinner.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A WIND AT MY BACK CHRISTMAS

 

In the approach to Christmas 1938, a lot is happening in the lives of the Bailey and Sutton families in the town of New Bedford.

Grace Mainwaring and her mother - the Bailey family matriarch, May Bailey - are in Europe collecting the remains of Grace's husband, Van, who was killed in the war in Spain and Hub Bailey (Dylan Provencher) is in the seminary at the University of Toronto.

Back in New Bedford, Hub's mother, Honey Sutton (Laura Bruneau), is following in her son's footsteps and is also a University of Toronto student where she is taking courses by correspondence although she would rather take classes in person.

Honey's husband, Max (James Carroll), has to take over many of the household duties because of Honey's busy schedule, this in addition to his regular work as the school's principal and the town mayor which leaves no time for his passion, writing.

Even the Christmas pageant, which is being directed by May's daughter-in-law, Toppy Bailey (Robin Craig), so there is more than enough going on without intrigue and a jingoistic police presence.

But Christmas has the last word.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A PERFECT CHRISTMAS (2016)

 

Steve and Cynthia Faber (Dillon Casey and Susie Abromeit) are a newlywed couple celebrating their first Christmas together who inexplicably invite their families to join them for the holidays, but when Steve is laid off just before Christmas and Cynthia discovers that she's pregnant, they both keep their news secret in hopes that the celebration runs smoothly.

The film moves along at a lively pace aided by a good supporting cast and it’s a fun film that’s well worth a watch.