THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER -- MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1994)

 

There have been two versions of Miracle on 34th Street and both are well worth watching.

It’s the story of a child, Susan Walker (Mara Wilson) who has been brought up by her mother Dorey (Elizabeth Perkins) not to believe in Santa Claus however she unknowingly employs the real Kris Kringle (Richard Attenborough) to be Santa Claus at Macy’s department store and the more time Susan spends with Kris the more she believes.

However, Kris is arrested and has to go to trial where Brian Bedford (Dylan McDermott) has to prove he is the real Santa and is not insane.

Apart from being a hugely enjoyable film its notable that Mara Wilson stole the show and out shone Santa.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CALL ME MRS. MIRACLE (2010)

 

Mrs. Merkle (Doris Roberts) as if by holiday magic pops up in a family-owned New York City department store as a sassy saleswoman, but no one remembers hiring her.

She gets to work quickly on her boss Jake (Eric Johnson) and his dad, JR (Tom Butler) who have a strained relationship to say the least.

Her mission is to help JR rediscover the magic of Christmas while helping along a romance with Jake and Holly (Jewel Staite).

Holly is a beautiful but put-upon assistant to a fashion designer, Lindy Lowe (Lauren Holly), and is also the legal guardian to her nephew, Gabe, while her brother is overseas with the army.
But before long with her unquenchable and infectious spirit, she has things under control at the store, but Mrs. Miracle still had a lot of work ahead of her in order that it is a magical Christmas for all.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – BEAUS OF HOLLY (2020)

 

Holly (Jennifer Freeman) has booked a romantic break for two at a Christmas resort where they can participate in all the festive traditions, and she can propose to boyfriend Phil (Michael Copon).

When it comes to the crunch Phil doesn’t take it well and says he has to work things out with ex Tiffany (Nikki Leigh) before he can answer, as a result Holly dumps him.

So, Phil heads down the mountain to spend Christmas with Tiffany and her family, leaving Holly sobbing on a bench.

She is comforted by sympathetic resort employee Jake (Johnny Pacar) who was to be the driver for a romantic sleigh ride she had planned with Phil.

As she has a whole range of festive activities, including the sleigh ride, bought, and paid for, Jake persuades her to do them anyway, which she reluctantly agrees to, as she has hours to wait for the train, providing he accompanies her. 

As they pass the time together enjoying all the Christmas traditions a connection is made and when she misses the only train of the day off the mountain, she is forced stay the night in the cabin she booked for her and Phil, and they become even closer.

But after a row with Tiffany, it dawns on Phil that he has made a huge mistake and decides to re-join Holly, so Holly finds herself on a romantic holiday with two men who have feelings for her, so which beau will she choose? 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHILLY CHRISTMAS (2012)

Bobby Cole (Bryson Sams) and his smart but boisterous dog Chilly love their life in   Sunshine Beach getting into scrapes and having adventures on the beach with his friends. 

But one day his father Patrick (C. Thomas Howell) announces he is being transferred to New York City, and to make matters worse, Chilly can’t go with them because he is untrained.

So, Bobby and his friends have only one week to turn the boisterous crazy beach dog into a well behaved, civilized, fit for New York indoor city dog.

And if that’s not enough to contend with there are the unforeseen consequences of opening their doors to prospective house buyers as they also make welcome a group of dangerous dog-nappers, led by Quarterman (Tom Arnold), who are hell bent on stealing Chilly who the boys have to fend off on Christmas eve. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A SONG FOR CHRISTMAS (2017)

Country Music Star, Adelaide Kay (Becca Tobin) accidently gets left behind in Preston, Virginia, with no money no phone and no luggage, when her tour bus departs believing her to be aboard.

However, she borrows a phone from Hailey Lapp (Kendra Leigh Timmins) who is working on the Christmas tree lot so she can contact Sandra Renee (Zarrin Darnell-Martin) who is part of her entourage but can only leave a voice mail.

So Hailey takes her back to the farm and she is taken in by the kindly tree farming Lapp family, and being further stranded due to snow storms, Hailey’s parents, (Paula Boudreau and David Keeley) invite her to stay until she can get picked up, but none of the family realize who she is, except for son Dylan (Kevin McGarry) who knew who she was the first moment he saw her, because he was an aspiring musician, hoping one day to follow his heart and move to Nashville, if he had the courage.

The Lapp’s know the true meaning of the season but Spending time with them Addy soon finds that they are in danger of losing the farm they love, and Addy really wants to help them but doesn’t know how.

Adelaide enjoys the break from stardom and the longer she spends in Preston, the more she resents the path she is being forced to follow by her controlling manager Dean (Jason Paul), who won't even let her to write her own songs anymore.

Also, time spent on the farm means she grows ever closer to Dylan as they begin writing a new song together which shows her true voice.

In the end she rebels against her managers deceitful plans and follows dream and her heart and together Adelaide and Dylan perform their Christmas song live on stage at the Lapps farm which cements their love and saves the farm. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS SITTERS (2020)

 

While vacationing in Italy, parents Elaine and Ted (Melissa Ordway and Justin Gaston) find themselves stranded after Ted loses his passport, so facing a delay on their return trip they need to find someone to babysit their children as their Nanny (GloZell Green) is spending Christmas with family.

The first choice Sitter is Elaine’s BFF lawyer friend, Nora (Tristin Mays), for order and discipline and Ted’s guitarist half-brother, Max (Nathan Owens) for the fun.

double-booking incompatible babysitters when one was an uptight planner and rule follower and the other and irresponsible childlike Uncle seems like a recipe for disaster but as the travel delay extends from a day to a week, the friction reveals a chemistry between them and they develop a relationship as they spar, amid the chaos and Christmas traditions, with Nora mellowing and Max growing up.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SKIPPING THE HOLIDAYS (2004)

 

A fun Christmas movie in which Luther Krank (Tim Allen) is fed up with the commerciality of Christmas anyway but when only daughter Blair (Julie Gonzalo) leaves and goes to another country he decides to skip the holiday and go on a vacation cruise with his wife Nora (Jamie Lee Curtis) instead.

All they have to do then is resist the pressure from their neighbours to participate in the house decorating contest and survive all the other seasonal nonsense.

But when their daughter calls on Christmas Eve and says she’s coming home for Christmas, it causes an uproar in the Krank household as the family scrambles to create a perfect Christmas from scratch in 12 hours will hilariously effect when the pesky neighbours suddenly become their allies.