THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A PICTURE PERFECT HOLIDAY (2021)

 

Freelance fashion photographer Gaby Jones (Tatyana Ali) is keen on getting a staff position at a fashion magazine but is told by her editor Leila (Dina Meyer) that although her work is very professional, it lacks depth.

As a result, she is sent on a Christmas photography course at a retreat in the Rocky Mountains to try to make her work more emotional.

When she arrives at the cabin, she has booked she discovers its already occupied by wildlife photographer Sean (Henderson Wade) because the cabin has been double booked.

Because there are no other vacancies in the area, they are forced to share the cabin which is problematic as they are very different, in outlook, personality and methods, as she favours digital, and he prefers film.

Apart from being forced to share accommodation they are also grouped together during the course, however the more time they spend together the more they learn from each other, and a Christmas romance develops.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A SUGAR AND SPICE HOLIDAY (2020)

 

Suzy Yung (Jacky Lai) is a driven Los Angeles-based architect who isn’t used to failure, so her confidence is high when she is on the cusp of a big promotion.

However, as she prepares to return to Hampton Meadows, her small hometown in Maine, for Christmas she is told that the promotion will go to the architect who submits the winning design for a  major project, and submissions need to be in by the turn of the year.

On arrival in town, she is persuaded by her old classmate Billy Martin (Tony Giroux), with the help of family pressure, to join the town's team for the big annual Happy Valley gingerbread baking competition, which her Nema (Cindy Piper) had once won.

So, despite being time poor due to the project she was working on, she felt she wasn’t able to refuse.

The other members of the team are Caitlin Keyes (Aadila Dosani) and Stavros (Eli Gabay) but its spending time up close and personal with Billy that occupies most of her time and the friendship that they had shared since high school reveals its true nature.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – RANDOM ACTS OF CHRISTMAS (2019)

 

Sydney Larkin (Erin Cahill) is a Chicago-based freelance journalist and single mother of eight-year-old Oliver (Jaden Oehr) who struggles with the work life balance even with the help of her mum Lauren (Jaclyn Smith).

She really wants a permanent position, but there is only one opening and she is up against a more cutthroat reporter, Andy Cooper (Hamza Fouad).

Her editor, Perry (Catherine Lough Haggquist), questions Sydney's choice of humanistic stories rather than hard hitting news, ratings grabbers.

Unperturbed Sydney pursues the story about the Secret Santa, who has been performing grand and sometimes elaborate gestures of Christmas cheer, each one  unannounced and the only clue to the perpetrator’s identity being the calling cards left at each event bearing the words "Secret Santa".

At one impromptu event she believes she has stumbled upon the man himself in the back of a van, though he ultimately identifies himself as another freelance reporter, Cole Howard (Kevin McGarry).

After some discussion they decide to join forces to try and decern any kind of pattern to the events, and over the festive period as each new act is revealed a closeness forms between them, but is there more to the story?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – LOVE AT THE CHRISTMAS CONTEST (2022)

 

Angie Waldron (Samantha Cope) is approaching her first Christmas without her mom and doesn't feel much like celebrating.

Even her favourite part of Christmas, the Christmas Eve tree lighting in the town square, fails to excite her.

However, after running into her high school sweetheart David Mitchell (Ross Jirgl) and his adorable daughter Gabby (Eliza Donaghy) at her Nursery and learning her mom had always dreamed of winning the annual tree decorating contest, she decides to enter and teams up with friend and employee Blair Bolin (Triana Browne).

If she were to  win the contest it would be the perfect way to honour her mom’s memory, but her recently widowed high school sweetheart, and his daughter also enter, which leads to her bonding with Gabby, over the shared loss of a mother, and old feelings being rekindled between her and David.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS LOVE TREE (2022)

 

Angie Waldron (Samantha Cope) is approaching her first Christmas without her mom and doesn't feel much like celebrating.

Even her favourite part of Christmas, the Christmas Eve tree lighting in the town square, fails to excite her.

However, after running into her high school sweetheart David Mitchell (Ross Jirgl) and his adorable daughter Gabby (Eliza Donaghy) at her Nursery and learning her mom had always dreamed of winning the annual tree decorating contest, she decides to enter and teams up with friend and employee Blair Bolin (Triana Browne).

If she were to  win the contest it would be the perfect way to honour her mom’s memory, but her recently widowed high school sweetheart, and his daughter also enter, which leads to her bonding with Gabby, over the shared loss of a mother, and old feelings being rekindled between her and David.

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

 

For a close-knit group of high school friends, inspirational teacher James Massey (Everick Golding) helped them realise their full potential.

So, when he passes away ten years later Avery Taylor (Christa B. Allen), Ben Tillman (Ryan Rottman), Mia Reynolds (Marielle Scott), Sarah Jones-Wong (Ashley Newbrough) and her husband Noah (Cardi Wong) all return home at Christmas time to take part in the celebration of the life of their beloved teacher who had a big influence in their lives.

However, everyone being together again opens up old wounds and unresolved conflicts while presenting them with new challenges, and they find that even from beyond the grave the old friends get the help and advice from Mr Massey to sort out their lives.

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

 

Wealthy French Businessman, Lucas (Karl E. Landler), is a brand leader in Europe but wants to expand into the US market.

So attracted by a very tempting business proposal, he heads to Montana where he meets Robin (Rebecca Dalton) and a whirlwind relationship ensues, including a Christmas Adventure in Paris.

But mixing business and Romance isn’t always plain sailing. 

Daphne Zuniga, Andrew Jackson, Karen Racicot, and Randy Thomas also star.