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

 

Former Broadway performer Katherine Clark (Kristin Chenoweth) is the youth choir teacher with a problem.

Its Christmas time, and the Christmas Eve concert is on the horizon, and every year they perform a new song written specially for the concert, the sales of which provides their funding for the following year.

The problem is that their usual songwriter is unavailable so Katherine needs to write the big song herself, which will keep them going for the coming year, but she is fighting an internal battle over her personal confidence as she only had one hit as a composer.

The second problem came in the form of Danny, a boy with a beautiful golden voice (Kevin Quinn) who she wants to sing a solo but she needs to overcome the objections of his widowed father, Greg (Scott Wolf).

Despite being turned down flat a determined Katherine decides to drive out to the Scanlon home to plead her case with Greg to let Danny perform in the choir and is successful when her bubbly personality wins Greg over but then, due to a violent snowstorm, she finds herself stranded overnight as a house guest.

Over the following weeks Danny practices for the solo as Katherine and Greg become a duet.

So, can they manage to find love in the midst of self-doubt and parental responsibilities, and will they weather the storm when the secret Danny is holding is exposed.

 

A Christmas Love Story is a First-rate Christmas romance

Great storytelling, great acting and a positive message of how music can heal old wounds.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS AT GRACELAND: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (2019)

After 3 years away working at a number of Museums in Europe, Harper Ellis (Kaitlin Doubleday) is in Memphis as Christmas approaches to visit her sister Maggie (Sunny Mabrey) and family, while awaiting news about a permanent job overseas.

One day she takes her nieces Petra and Anna (Hailey Harris and Anniston Almond) to visit Graceland, where she was once a tour guide.

While there she meets widowed single dad Owen Reed (Adrian Grenier) and his three children Camilla, Taylor and Adelaide (Nina Thurmond, Trace Masters and Laney Malone)

Owen is actually there for business reasons as he wants to hold a fundraiser for his company, at Graceland, so Harper volunteers to take his brood on the tour with her nieces while he has his meeting.

  

Following that first occasion there was clearly a spark and Harper and Owen see more of each other as they end up working on a joint event at Graceland, an Elvis at Christmas exhibit in conjunction with Owens fundraiser and they obviously develop feelings for each other, and as they grow close they help one another to make life changes, Owen learns to take time for his children and Harper learns how much she enjoys living near her family, but the big question she must ask herself is will Memphis be her home for the holidays or will it be her forever home with Owen. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – GROUNDED FOR CHRISTMAS (2019)

 

Just in time for Christmas, Cleveland is hit by a severe winter storm hits and grounds all flights, pilots and all, including fellow pilots Nina and Brady (Julianna Guill and Corey Sevier)

The two absolute opposites are thrown together by a combination of the weather and a lack of accommodation and end up spending the week at the home of her parents' (Cheryl Ladd and Ted Atherton).

Nina was dreading the endless stream of Christmas engagements even before she spotted her ex-boyfriend at the party, which was in full flow on their arrival so despite their differences, Nina persuades him to pretend that they were a couple.

Obviously, it doesn't end there as they eventually get to know each other better.

It's an adorable movie, very nicely done, well scripted and great chemistry between the principal actors, a film to be enjoy during the holidays or at any time.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS RECIPE FOR ROMANCE (2019)

Abby (Madeline Leon), the proprietor of a noteworthy and historic Inn decides to enter a prestigious cooking contest in order to win much needed funds for repairs and improvements and gain some valuable free publicity for the Inn into the bargain.

The only fly in the ointment is that Abby can’t cook, in fact she’s a menace in the kitchen and is well known to the local Fire Department.

So, in order to participate in the lofty cooking challenge, she must find a competent assistant or an instructor to help her in the kitchen.

However, she does better than that when she manages to secure the services of an eminent culinary specialist Jason (Sebastian Sacco) who is no stranger to competitive cooking and things really heat up once they get started in the kitchen in more ways than one. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS COTTAGE (2017)

 

Lacey Quinn (Merritt Patterson) and her boyfriend Roger Whistler (Victor Zinck Jr) run a San Francisco based design company but just before Christmas she returns to her hometown of Wallowa Lake, Oregon, to act as maid of honour for her best friend Ava Callaghan (Brittney Wilson) at her Christmas Eve wedding to fiancé, Mason Cavalry (Carey Feehan).

A local legend has it that if any couple spends the night in the Christmas cottage, they shall have love everlasting.

However, Lacey does not believe in the Christmas cottage legend or happily ever after for that matter.

But the Callaghan’s certainly do, and they adhere to the generations' old tradition of marrying on Christmas Eve and honeymooning at the Christmas Cottage.

As maid of honour one of Lacey’s duties is to decorate the cottage for the newlyweds.

It was a simple task, which she could have managed easily alone, but she had someone to assist her, Ava's brother Ean (Steve Lund), who Lacey once dated before things ended on bad terms.

They decide to put their differences aside and get on with the decorating, but as they worked a snowstorm blew in and were forced to spend the evening trapped in the most romantic setting while the blizzard howled outside.

The storm then forced them to stay the night under the same roof and following that night Lacey was left to wonder if there really was any truth in the Callaghan legend and if fairy tales really do come true.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS SCAVENGER HUNT (2019)

 

When Belinda Phillips (Kim Shaw) heads back to her hometown of Deerfield for Christmas, it is the first time in years.

The main reason for her return is to see best friend Faith Wheeler (Kathryn Kohut) and meet her fiancé, Jason Wilson (Matthew Stefiuk), before they marry early in the New Year.

Her workaholic boyfriend Logan (Jon Welch) was supposed to be with her but he was busy, so she went alone and stayed with her widowed father Carl (Tom Arnold), determined to make the best of it.

However, things get complicated when she is forced to team up with her ex, Dustin Cooper (Kevin McGarry), at Deerfield's annual day long Christmas scavenger hunt.

And their search for clues leads them slowly but surely back to one another.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A BRAMBLE HOUSE CHRISTMAS (2017)

 

A beautiful single mother Willa Fairchild (Autumn Reeser) gets the Christmas present of a lifetime, when her late patient leaves in his will $50,000 and a two-week paid Christmas vacation at Bramble House, for her and her son Scout (Liam Hughes).

While settling his father’s estate, Finn Conrad (David Haydn-Jones) and his sister Molly (Julia Benson) are suspicious as to why he should make such a large bequest to his nurse.

Convinced she has swindled their father and determined to get to the truth, Finn follows Willa to Bramble House to confront her at the bed and breakfast so he can reclaim what he considers to be his family’s money.

But when he meets Willa, and spends time with her and Scout, he discovers she’s not the conniving gold digger he was expecting her to be, but a woman in need.

But the longer he keeps his true identity a secret, the harder it is to come clean and the more likely it is when the truth is discovered Willa will be angry at the deceit and never trust him again.