THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS WITH THE RELATIVES (2018)

 

Miranda (Gemma Whelan) and Dan (Julian Ovenden) and their children live in the run down, rambling country house inherited from her recently deceased parents which they run as a small holding.

Despite its dilapidated, work in progress, state with a team of polish builders’ resident on site, they have invited a house full for Christmas.

Mirandas fading Hollywood actress sister Lyla (Joely Richardson), her alcoholic/drug addict husband Trent (Michael Landes) and their children, Dans oversexed half-sister Vicky (Ronni Ancona), his ex-wife Miriam (Sally Phillips) and addict son Harry (Jonas Moore),

Aunt Peggy (Patricia Hodge) and Uncle John (James Fox), to name but a few.

So, a chaotic Christmas ensues with old sibling rivalry, family squabbles, drunkenness, drug abuse, and infidelities all of which threaten to sabotage the season of goodwill.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IN LOVE (2018)

 

In her quaint hometown of White Deer, Ellie Hartman (Brooke D'Orsay) works for the Carlington Bakery, famous for making Christmas Kringles, but her real passion is crafting, and her Christmas wreaths are in great demand.

Unbeknown to everyone at the bakery CEO Jack Carlingson (Jonathan Whittaker) is planning to step down in the New Year and hand the reigns over to his son Nick (Daniel Lissing).

However, because of his obsession with modernization he has reservations, so he sends Nick to White Deer in December to learn all aspects of working in a bakery, including the production line that he is so keen to replace and to meet the employees people face to face, because they are the ones destined to be laid off if he got his way.

It fell on Ellie as human resources manager to show him the ropes and teach Nick how to make a Kringle, while also showing him that people make a business successful, not machines.

He is also introduced to the other employees as well as townspeople who work at and use the food bank and begins to appreciate the human cost of mass layoffs.

During the process Ellie and Nick fall for each other as he helps her to chase her entrepreneurial dreams and their other dreams come true at the same time.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS STRAY

 

Workaholic Ethan (Andra Fuller) is on his way to an important meeting when a stray dog causes his car to go off the road and hit a tree.

He calls a tow and Connie (Melissa Murray-Mutch) takes him into the charming Christmas village of Beacon Hills.

He is furious and pursues every avenue to get out of town to make his meeting, but he is frustrated at every turn, no cabs, no care hire, an inadequate bus schedule and heavy snow fall, so he has to concede defeat and book into a Hotel.

He is unhappy about being stuck as work pressure begins to mount, stuck in a small mountain town with only a homeless dog for company but then he meets the beautiful local vet, Foster (Rhyon Nicole Brown).

Sparks soon fly between them and he’s irresistibly drawn to the free-spirited vet, but he struggles to put down his phone long enough to enjoy the situation.

So will his inability to loosen up and let true love in, ruin his chance for a Christmas romance or will Foster prove too hard to resist.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS MIRACLE OF LOVE (2021)

 

Newly qualified nurse, Joy Fickett (Katherine Barrell) and wannabee writer Eric Fellman (Alberto Frezza) are both at a crossroads in their lives as Christmas approaches so they both attend Community Cares seminars in their respective hometowns, Joy in Columbus, Eric in Minneapolis.

Liking what they heard they both apply for, and are accepted for, a two-week fellowship for Community Cares, Advent in Oshkosh, Joy to work in the community health clinic, and Eric writing for the Oshkosh program as well as helping a family in need, get a home for Christmas.

As Joy and Eric work together on the program, they get a better view of what they want from life for the future while falling in love with each other.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – LOST AT CHRISTMAS (2020)

 

Jen (Natalie Clark) travels to the Highlands to spend Christmas at the holiday home of the man in her life, unfortunately he is there with a wife and child that she didn’t know existed.

Meanwhile Rob (Kenny Boyle) had made the same journey with the intention to propose to his girlfriend, but when he does, she not only turned him down but also said she wasn’t in love with him.

So, the two lovelorn strangers with contrasting personalities come together at the railway station while waiting for a train that isn’t going to come and no way to get home for Christmas, with the weather closing in.

With no public transport and unable to get a cab Jen steals her boyfriend’s sports car and they head south in a car totally unsuitable for winter driving in the Highlands.

They eventually get stuck and have to walk until they happen upon a Hotel.

Where they join a motley crowd, Inn keeper (Sanjeev Kohli), guests including (Sylvester McCoy, Clare Grogan, Frazer Hines and Caitlin Blackwood) all sadly lacking in Christmas spirit.

Both betrayed by love and down on their luck Jen and Rob manage to find solace in each other and they even manage to resurrect Christmas for themselves and their companions.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHESTNUT FAMILY CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

Talented pastry Chef Nina Chestnut (Meagan Holder) works as a live-in Chef for a wealthy family although her family believe she is a successful lawyer.

When her employer’s family go away for Christmas to a resort, Nina looks forward to spending a relaxed Christmas in the luxurious house.

However, during a phone conversation with her brother she accidentally commits to hosting her ambitious brothers Kyle and Jayson (Jaime M. Callica and (Klarc Jerome Wilson) and her niece Rogue (Kalista Wilson) for the holidays, because she had told them that she was the wealthy homeowner in order to impress them.

Desperate to impress her siblings, Nina enlists the help of her best friend Malcolm Butler (Brad James) to keep up her ruse, as she has told her brothers that they are engaged.

Everything goes relatively well until her employers return to the house early and her secrets are revealed, but then so are the rest of the family. 

So, with everyone's secrets exposed and the web of lies unravelled the only unresolved issue was the unrealized relationship between Nina and Malcolm.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CONTEST (2021)

 

Something is missing in the life of successful company executive Lara (Candace Cameron Bure), though she doesn’t know what, but if you suggested it was her former professional Baseball player ex Ben (John Brotherton), you would get short shrift.

So, when they are unexpectedly thrown together, years after a painful breakup, when they compete in a televised weeklong Christmas contest to win money for the charity of their choosing, they are both shocked.

However, once their initial animosity subsides and the competition progresses, they start to talk, but Lara is forced into a difficult conversation with her mother Donna (Barbara Niven) and Ben expresses his concerns with his grandmother before they begin to rekindle their relationship while battling each other to become Denver's Queen or King of Christmas but the real victory will be love.