Sunday, 31 July 2022

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SANTA SQUAD (2020)

 

Allie (Rebecca Dalton) is an unemployed art teacher who reluctantly accepts a job with the Santa Squad.

The Squad are employed for a myriad of Christmas tasks and projects and Allie is sent to the home of a wealthy widower Gordon Church (Aaron Ashmore) and his two adorable daughters, Rose and Iris (Hattie Kragten and Molly Lewis) to help get the house ready for Christmas.

But she decides that while she is doing that, she can help lift the spirits of a broken family so that they can rediscover the magic of Christmas.

What she didn’t expect however was that the magic of Christmas would provide her with true love.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS FOR HIRE (2020)

 

Megan (Michelle Argyris) is a godsend during the holidays as she uses the weeks leading up to every Christmas to help around with any Christmas related tasks and saves the day for those who find the season taxing.

Then due to a misunderstanding when she visits a store called Trinkets and Toys she is mistaken for some kind of business guru by an investor.

As a result, the two owners Kurt and Mike (Travis Nelson and Marcello Di Fruscia) hire her to create a fantastic Christmas store display and increase footfall.

The investor David is impressed and insistent that she continue but she and Kurt continually clash but with each successive day she wears him down and works her way into his heart and he into hers.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS MUSIC STORE (2020)

 

Music store owner Meg Reilly (Alicia Witt) loves the Christmas Tree Lane shopping district so when all the stores get eviction notices she spearheads the community efforts to save them from demolition.

Around the same time, she makes the acquaintance of Nate Williams (Andrew W. Walker) and there is an instant attraction and they meet numerous times after and clearly enjoy each other’s company especially when he gets involved with the campaign to save Christmas Tree Lane.

However, as they find themselves falling for each other, they are both shocked to find out he is actually working for the developer Meg is fighting.

But he becomes instrumental in saving the shopping district from development and her heart is won.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS BREAK (2020)

The School Board has decided her Middle school will be closing in the New Year so Principal Addison Tate (Cindy Sampson) wants the last Christmas to be really special for her kids because it’s going to be the last.

So, she invites former alumni and old flame, Hollywood star Dylan Davidson (Steve Byers) to direct the school play in an effort to save the school.

Initially his Manager Garth Turnbull (Arnold Pinnock) ignores her calls but as he has no other work in the pipeline Dylan agrees and it looks like its mutually beneficial.

However, it is a mutual attraction which dominates their run up to Christmas.  

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IN ANGEL FALLS 2 (2019)

 

Hannah Pressman (Jen Lilley) works at the family's publishing company in Angel Falls, which they want to expand but are unsure which direction they should take.

But then Ryan MacDonald (Carlo Marks) arrives in town to sort out his parent’s estate.

He is an old friend, but also a rival from their school days and her parents engages him as a marketing consultant to help with their expansion which upsets Hannah.

But it’s a new tenant in Ryan's parents’ house, famous author Tina Finnegan (Rachael Crawford) and Guardian Angel Anthony (Eric Close) who are instrumental in bringing Hannah and Ryan together in a perfect Angel Falls romance.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – INN LOVE BY CHRISTMAS (2020)

 

Mandy Leeds (Jonna Walsh) is steadily climbing the corporate ladder in the hotel industry and living in sunny Miami, however when she is on her way home to spend Christmas with her Gram (Jayne Eastwood) she bumps into her old high school rival Lucas Menzino (Jesse Hutch).

She doesn't get back to her small hometown very often, but her Grams invite wasn’t the only reason for her return.

The main purpose in town was to acquire, for her company, the Chesterwood, a quaint local Inn which is up for sale.

Unfortunately, she finds out that her archival Lucas has got his eye on the Inn as well.

So, the contest is on for them to outbid each other but all the while they are keeping their respective eyes on the prize, they are getting closer and closer and by the end they both realise what the real prize is.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SWEET NAVIDAD (2021)

 

Carmen Tirado (Camila Banus) is a wonderful pastry chef who dreams of opening her own pastry shop.

But dreams are all they are until her sister Pilar (Melissa Marty) enters her into a competition to cook at a Grand Christmas Event.

Because she has had no formal training and she is up against professionally qualified Chefs, she is terrified.

Despite her nerves and self-doubt she wins a place in the kitchen and is paired with Jax (Mark Hapka) and have to jointly plan for the function and have to learn from one another, but there is some initial friction between them, but they eventually come together to create a truly inspired menu in time for Christmas and have found their way into each other’s hearts along the way.