THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – OPEN BY CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

Best friends, Nicky Beaton (Alison Sweeney) and Simone Cole (Erica Durance) grew up as next-door neighbours in Marsden, and they remained friends even though Nicky lived and worked in New York City and Simone lived in their hometown with her fifteen-year-old son Anthony (Glen Gordon) and Jeremy Winters (Michael Karl Richards) the new man in her life.

But when Nicky returns home for Thanksgiving she finds her parents, Linda and Dave (Iris Quinn and Fred Henderson) are selling the family home, so she stays on to help with the packing, and dealing with the realtor Derrick Marshall (Brennan Elliott).

During the packing Nicky discovers among a previously unseen Christmas card concealed in one of her old schoolbooks, from a secret admirer, so she and Simone set out to try to discover the identity of the author.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – OPEN FOR CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

Best friends, Nicky Beaton (Alison Sweeney) and Simone Cole (Erica Durance) grew up as next-door neighbours in Marsden, and they remained friends even though Nicky lived and worked in New York City and Simone lived in their hometown with her fifteen-year-old son Anthony (Glen Gordon) and Jeremy Winters (Michael Karl Richards) the new man in her life.

But when Nicky returns home for Thanksgiving she finds her parents, Linda, and Dave (Iris Quinn and Fred Henderson) are selling the family home, so she stays on to help with the packing, and dealing with the realtor Derrick Marshall (Brennan Elliott).

During the packing Nicky discovers among a previously unseen Christmas card concealed in one of her old schoolbooks, from a secret admirer, so she and Simone set out to try to discover the identity of the author.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IN TAHOE (2021)

 

Claire Rhodes (Laura Osnes) is an aspiring talent booker while working at her father, Tim Rhodes (Tom Butler) Lake Tahoe Hotel, and is on the verge of landing her dream job at a major music venue in Las Vegas, when her rock star ex-boyfriend Ryan Donaldson (Kyle Selig) checks into the Hotel.

He arrives at a bad time because she is struggling to replace her headline act for the Christmas Eve show, but far from being a distraction he works alongside her to help save the show.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – BETTING ON CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

Claire Rhodes (Laura Osnes) is an aspiring talent booker while working at her father, Tim Rhodes (Tom Butler) Lake Tahoe Hotel, and is on the verge of landing her dream job at a major music venue in Las Vegas, when her rock star ex-boyfriend Ryan Donaldson (Kyle Selig) checks into the Hotel.

He arrives at a bad time because she is struggling to replace her headline act for the Christmas Eve show, but far from being a distraction he works alongside her to help save the show.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ONCE UPON A MAIN STREET (2020)

 

Amelia Lewis and Vic Manning (Vanessa Lachey and Ryan McPartlin) are competing against each other to purchase a commercial property in White Oak, Nevada, Amelia,  wants it so she can open a year-round Christmas store, whereas Vic, wants to open a chocolate shop.

Having no luck getting a decision from the real-estate agent they independently decide to consult with the property owner directly and discover that Elder Dubois (Patrick Duffy) lives just an hour away in Castle Creek.

They arrive independently but are together when they meet Elder, he tells them he is unable to make a snap decision.

Being recently widowed and estranged from his young-adult daughter Marjorie (Eva La Dare) and having the onerous task of chairing the Castle Creek Commercial Centre’s annual Christmas decorating competition.

It was clear to them both that his heart wasn’t in it, so they offer to take on the job in his place to ease his burden, in return, Elder invites them to stay in his home.

Their initial motive was to ingratiate themselves in order to get a favourable decision, and they doubted their resolve after meeting the needy Castle Creek merchants, however after they overcame their suspicions about each other, they grew to enjoy  working on the decorating together, and in the process, Amelia and Vic start to fall for each other.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CANDY COATED CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

Molly Gallant (Molly McCook) is a rich marketing executive from L.A. working for her father Fred Gallant (John McCook), however his company is threatened by foreclosure just at the moment when she needs capital to start a new business with her friend Gracie Park (Jae Suh Park).

So, she heads the small town of Peppermint Hollow during the Christmas season to arrange for the sale of the house her mother left to her in her will to oversee the selling of the house instead of going to Hawaii as she had planned.

The house is rented out and the tenants are her mother’s best friend Kim Winters (Lee Garlington), her son Noah (Aaron O'Connell) and his niece Dakota (Landry Townsend).

They believe Molly id there because they are behind with the rent due to the mint plantation they run is struggling after their biggest customer went out of business.

Although her intention was to evict them, the longer she spent with them the harder that prospect became and then to complicate matters she begins to fall for Noah and her for her.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – DESIGNING CHRISTMAS (2022)

 

Stella Murphy and Pablo Belmonte (Jessica Szohr and Marco Grazzini) have worked for six years as co-hosts on a house make-over show, House Sweet Home, Stella as designer and Pablo as contractor, and the bicker on and off screen like a married couple, even though they are only friends.

However, at Thanksgiving they discover their highest rated show of the year is in jeopardy as the homeowners pull out.

the show's producer Zoe (Nicole Power) convinces Stella and her fiancé Jack Hall (Mykee Selkin) to be the homeowners for the episode, as well as holding their wedding in the completed house after the home reveal on Christmas Eve.

Under the unfamiliar pressure of renovating her own home and having to work more closely with Pablo than usual makes her reassess her choices.