THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS A LA CARTE (2021)

Carly Hayes (Erin Agostino) is a food correspondent who finally gets a shot at her own show, but to secure her dream she is sent on assignment to Angel Heights to assist renowned Chef Grant Quinn (Dillon Casey) with the opening of his new diner and film it as a Holiday special for her TV show.

Unfortunately, he is grouchy, camera shy and opposed to all things Christmas, so she has her work cut out.

Her only ally is his young daughter Tess (Maya Misaljevic).

When she finds out why he is apprehensive about publicity and has a major downer on Christmas she sees him in a different light, and she finds it difficult to do the kind of expose that the network wants her to do after she has let him into her heart. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES 2 (2020)

Two years have passed since Kate Pierce (Darby Camp) and her brother Teddy (Judah Lewis) helped Santa save Christmas.

However, she is now a cynical 13-year-old who is unhappily spending Christmas with her family in Cancún, Mexico, with her mom Claire (Kimberly Williams-Paisley), her brother, her mom's new boyfriend Bob Booker (Tyrese Gibson), and his son Jack (Jahzir Bruno), when she would rather be back home, where there is snow and it feels more like a real Christmas.

So, Kate decides to run away and uses her mom’s credit card to book an early flight back home to Boston.

When she is sneaking out of the Hotel and is unaware, she is being followed by Jack, she is tricked by an evil Christmas Elf Belsnickel (Julian Dennison), posing as a driver, to get onto a shuttle, which Jack sneaks on to as well.

But they aren’t going to the airport, instead they are transported to the North Pole where they are rescued by Santa Claus (Kurt Russell) who takes them back to his house where Mrs. Claus (Goldie Hawn) is waiting.

Of course, Belsnickel transported the kids in order to use them as bait to attract Santa so he could sneak into the Village.

Once inside he put his plan to take over Christmas for his own evil ends into action.

So not for the first time Kate has to help Santa save Christmas, this time he has Jack and Mrs Claus to help. 

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

Brother and sister Teddy and Kate Pierce (Judah Lewis and Darby Camp) are home alone on Christmas Eve while their widowed mother Claire (Kimberly Williams-Paisley) is working, when Kate blackmails her delinquent brother into helping her set a trap to catch Santa Claus (Kurt Russell) on camera.

But things don’t go according to plan, and they end up jumping into Santa’s sleigh.

However, they cause Santa to lose control of the sleigh, his hat to fall to earth, the reindeer break free and the sleigh to crash, and worst of all, the sack of presents is lost.

That’s when the adventure begins to track down the reindeer, the presents and Santa’s magic hat.

So, with Christmas morning fast approaching, it is up to the children and Santa to save Christmas by delivering all of the presents.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IN VIENNA (2019)

 

Amy Michaels (Elisabeth Harnois) had planned a perfect Christmas in Chicago with her boyfriend, but those plans are ruined when he unexpectedly breaks up with her after telling her he has another girlfriend.

Not wanting to spend Christmas alone she decides to visit her half-brother Daniel (Samuel Hunt) who is in Vienna trying to track down relatives on his dad's side of the family.

Looking for new experiences she decides to take a ballroom dancing lesson and is paired with a very handsome European man named Lukas (Christian Oliver).

To use terpsichorean parlance, they get off on the wrong foot, but after initially clashing, their partnership becomes more harmonious and they end up spending the day together and an attraction forms between them but will this new found magnetism lead to love or another broken heart.

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IN VIENNA (2020)

 

Jess Waters (Sarah Drew) travels to the most festive place in the world, Vienna, where she is due to perform for the local Philharmonic at the Christmas concert.

Despite her outward appearance she is dispirited and has fallen out of love with the Violin and has decided that the Christmas Concert will be her swan song as her heart just isn't in it anymore.

Once in Vienna she bumps into diplomat Mark Olsen (Brennan Elliott) at an Austrian Advent wreath lighting ceremony and she is thankful to find someone who speaks English who can explain what’s going on and the couple enjoy a little innocent flirtation before going their separate ways.

After some Violin practice and dinner alone the two meet again at a lavish function celebrating the upcoming event at which she will perform, and their eyes meet across the rather large, crowded room but this meeting ends with him leaving abruptly leaving her to doubt if they will meet again.

However, through her friend Tori Voight (Alina Fritsch) she is formally introduced to him and his children, Summer, Julian, and Isla (Allegra Tinnefeld, Oskar Ricketts and Abigail Vollnhofer) at his diplomatic residence and he apologizes for his abrupt departure and the relationships tentatively continues.

Later his children take her out sightseeing through the city and she begins to bond with them and offers them counsel for issues they can’t discuss with their father and offering them help and encouragement.

Meanwhile she is falling for their widowed father as they enjoy dinning, ice skating and exploring the city together.

But for them to make the next step he must evaluate his professional ambitions and balance those with the needs of his children.

Jess, arrived in Vienna to perform for the last time because she couldn’t find the inspiration she needed to play.

After meeting Mark and his children, she rediscovered her love for music, and hoped her love for him would be returned.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – JINGLE BELL BRIDE (2020)

 

Pop sensation Renee (Donna Benedicto) has entrusted New York City wedding planner Jessica Perez (Julie Gonzalo) to plan her perfect Christmas Eve wedding and she is just putting the final touches on the plans when she is thrown a curve ball at the last-minute.

The bride had had a rethink about the bridal flowers and wanted them changed to a rare bloom - the Jingle Bell Flower, which were out of season.

So not wanting to disappoint her client she goes all out to track them down and finally locates them in the remote Alaskan town of Tapeesa.

Her plan is to collect the flowers personally, as she doesn’t want anything to go awry, so fly in, secure the flowers, and fly out again on the same day, but due to mechanical problems with the plane that doesn’t happen.

So being trapped she is encouraged by Mayor Margaret (Lindsay Gibson) to join the townspeople at the annual Jingle Bell Festival holiday event with handsome local Matt (Ronnie Rowe).

As they enjoy the magic and joy of Christmas in a small town they become close and begin to open their hearts.

But Jessica is driven on by her desire to return to New York in time for the wedding that would secure a significant promotion.

With Christmas Eve growing ever closer all her hard work appears to have been for nothing as her boss hands the wedding to a co-worker.

However, a Christmas miracle and a new love gives her the chance to see it through after all.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HEART OF THE HOLIDAYS (2020)

 

On the day New York stockbroker Sam Wallace (Vanessa Lengies) starts a new job she discovers that the company have been taken over and her boyfriend Will (René Escobar Jr) is her new boss.

So, she does the only thing she can do, she quits both of them and returns home to upstate New York to spend Christmas with her mother Tammy (Maria Ricossa) and reconnects with her high school sweetheart Noah Fitzpatrick (Corey Sevier) who she left behind in order to pursue her business career.

After some initial frostiness on his part he eventually thaws and they are able to rekindle their former love.