THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS CONTRACT (2018)

 

It's the Christmas season, six months after web designer Jolie Guidry (Hilarie Burton) moved back to New York City following a breakup with high school sweetheart, Foster Broussard (Hunter Burke).

And she is dreading her return to Lafayette, Louisiana for the holidays, because she knows she will run into Foster who will be with his new girlfriend.

But her best friend, Naomi (Danneel Ackles), has the solution, a fake boyfriend, and the fake in question is her older brother, ghost writer Jack Friedman (Robert Buckley).

Nothing, of course goes according to plan, although love does overcome jealousy and envy in this delightful, well-paced and believable holiday treat in which Cheryl Ladd and Bruce Boxleitner also star.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – COMING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (2017)

 

Lizzie Richfield (Danica McKellar) becomes the house manager for the exquisite Ashford Estate in Virginia, which is due to be sold.

While preparing the property for the sale, Lizzie plans one final Christmas Eve Gala for the wealthy and slightly estranged Marley family, who seem to be a family in name only.

Robert (Neal Bledsoe) is the straight laced, all-business executor of the estate, Kip (Andrew Francis) is the archetypal playboy party animal, Sloane (Chelan Simmons) mother of two, and the 90-year-old matriarch of the family Pippa (Paula Shaw) who is against selling the estate.

Lizzie Richfield is at a crossroads in her life and as she is embedded into the lives of the Marley family, she finds herself drawn to Robert, but she is also very much on Kip’s radar, so can she navigate her unusually complicated love life while planning the Gala, healing family feuds and opening their eyes to the true spirit of Christmas?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS UNDER THE STARS (2019)

 

In the lead up to Christmas, successful Chicago investment banker Nick Bellwith (Jesse Metcalfe) is fired for a bad investment decision.

He was expecting to be made a junior partner, as was his father Sydney (Michael Kopsa), a very successful international money man, so Nick is obviously hesitant to tell him of his failure.

One day he is spotted as he walks past the Star Top Christmas tree lot, owned by an aging warm hearted widower Clem Marshwell (Clarke Peters) who notices by his body language that Nick is troubled.

So he offers him a temporary job, at minimum wage,  assisting with the heavy lifting.

Despite not being a Christmas person following the death of his mother when he was a child, to his great surprise he takes a job at the lot, which is where he meets Julie Gibbons (Autumn Reeser), an astronomy teacher, and her son, Matt (Anthony Bolognese).

As he works the lot, the once self-centred Nick discovers the joy of helping others and as he spends more and more time with Julie the Christmas spirit washes over him as he begins to fall for the star Gazer.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MAGIC STOCKING (2015)

Three years have passed since Gilford town planner Lindsey Monroe (Bridget Regan) lost her husband during the lead up to Christmas, and because of the timing and the fact that her husband Doug was so integral to Christmas she had struggled to celebrate it.

However, she had decided that for the benefit of her daughter Hannah (Imogen Tear) it was time to put the Christmas decorations up again.

Then two seemingly innocent and unrelated occurrences take place, firstly she meets Scott Terrell (Victor Webster) who has been hired by the town to rebuild the town square gazebo, which must be completed in time for the lighting ceremony, and second Hannah buys a tattered old Christmas stocking at a holiday craft fair.

When the stocking is hung on the mantle, the family begins to “magically” find items in the stocking that they learn have importance in their lives, however Lindsey is sceptical of its “magic” properties even when it seems to create small trinkets on its own.

But as the single mom and the carpenter spend more and more time together, she is left in no doubt. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HOLY NIGHT! (2011)

 

Its Christmas Eve in the living-room of a family home where two rival Christmas scenes are displayed on either side of the Christmas Tree.

On one side is Santa’s village, complete with Santa Claus and his elves, while on the other side is a complete Nativity Scene with the stable, Angel, shepherds, Three Wise Men and a whole menagerie of animals, it even had King Herod’s Palace.

An uneasy peace exists between the two realms and everyone is ready to celebrate a quiet Christmas, however the alarm suddenly goes off when someone steals Santa’s loaded sleigh from one world and kidnaps the Baby Jesus from the other.

As a result, Christmas is in danger and both sides blame each other so it’s up to Sam and Sarah, to save the day by tracking down the real offender in this incredibly enjoyable animated adventure to save the most magical night of the year.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – FOREVER CHRISTMAS (2019)

 

Brand marketing executive Lucy Bowers (Lexi Lawson) inherited her grandfather’s year-round Christmas store, “Forever Christmas,” in the picturesque hamlet of Stowe, Vermont.

Her parents are retiring and moving to sunnier climes and she makes a trip back home to run the store during its final Christmas season while her parents are in Hawaii, then after the Holidays she is selling the store to a trendy athletic leisurewear company.

However once back in Vermont, with the help of local diner owner, Scott Jensen (Mark Ghanimé) she begins to understand why the store is so special and why it meant so much to her grandfather.

Of course, no Christmas Movie is complete without a little romance, a sprinkle of magic and a visiting seasonal stranger from the north in the shape of (Beth Broderick) who Lucy thinks is the holiday help.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS EVE MIRACLE (2015)

 

Workaholic Sharon Holden (Olivia d'Abo) is persuaded by her husband Dustin (Anthony Starke) into taking a Christmas vacation to their old stomping grounds, Farthering Pines, an important place for the former High School sweethearts.

On arrival, they meet Jack Carter (C. Thomas Howell), Robert Jones (Jonathan Silverman) and their families and everything is set for a great Christmas vacation.

However, Sharon just can't seem to relax and is soon consumed by her work again despite the festivities, and obviously something has to give.

Sharon is frustrated with the struggle of juggling both her family and work life, and as she sits alone, she wishes aloud that she and Dustin didn’t have children and the next day she wakes up and discovers her wish has been granted.

Although this discovery is initially greeted favourably, she soon realises the folly of her wish and tries everything she can to put things back the way they were, with hilarious results.