THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HAUL OUT THE HOLLY (2022)

 

Emily (Lacey Chabert) heads home to spend Christmas with her parents after breaking up with her boyfriend Dan (Jake Stormoen), however as soon as she arrives, she finds her parents are heading out the door to catch their flight to Florida.

So, she settles on a quiet reclusive Christmas watching holiday movies while staying at her parents’ house for the holidays, but her parents left Emily responsible for meeting all the holiday decorating requirements without telling her.

And the HOA is relentless in their determination to get Emily involved in the neighbourhood Christmas festivities led by the new HOA president, childhood friend Jared (Wes Brown).

Try as she may to avoid all the pressure to join in, she is eventually sucked in, and once in she finds not only that she is enjoying it but that she is also enjoying Jared’s company and Christmas could be the just the start for them.

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

 

On the first Christmas following her father’s death Baneatta (Regina Taylor) and her husband James (Robert Gossett) host a family Christmas.

In attendance are their children, Simone (Ashley Love-Mills) and Kenny (Anthony Chatmon II), Kenny’s white boyfriend Logan (Derek Chadwick), Baneatta’s sister Beverly (Kim Coles) and her daughter LaTrice (Bailey Bass).

Then amidst the family tensions they must make Christmas happen without getting into arguments, but the celebrations are marred by homophobia, racism, burst pipes at the church and the unexpected arrival of another sister, Brianna (Tammy Townsend).

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A MAPLE VALLEY CHRISTMAS (2022)

 

Erica and Heidi Holden (Peyton List and Ella Cannon) become the fourth-generation owners of their family's business, Maple Valley Farm, the largest maple farm in Montana, after their mother Ina (Frances Flanagan) announces her decision to retire just before Christmas.

One of the first things they want to do is purchase the neighbouring Fernandez farm but that may be more difficult than they expect.

Ina’s announcement coincides with the arrival in the area of Aaron Davenport (Andrew W. Walker) and there is an immediate attraction, but then she finds out that he is a Real Estate Developer who is there to bid on the Fernandez land.

Though he is reluctant once he finds out that Erica wants it, but his father is insistent that he buys it, whatever the cost.

The sisters also have to overcome the difficulties of their different visions for the farm.

So, the path to a happy future is paved with difficulties, but will the journey lead to happiness?

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS AU PAIR (2021)

 

Kaley (Kayla Wallace) is a part time social media wiz and full-time Au Pair to two lovely girls, Lily and Rose (Juliette Hawk and Cassidy Slingsby), is planning to return to her home in Ohio.

However, while the girls’ parents, Margaret, and Miles (Meghan K. Lees and Brendan J. Rowland) are out of town for a party a snowstorm hits and closes the airport and strands them in New York.

Despite the fact that their Uncle Ethan (Jeremy Guilbaut) arrives early from London for Christmas, as they didn’t really know him Kaley is reluctant to leave the girls in his charge so delays her trip home.

But while she ensures the girls miss none of their usual Christmas activities, she supervises Ethan as they both learn about each other  and the magic of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SNOWED IN FOR CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

Kaley (Kayla Wallace) is a part time social media wiz and full-time Au Pair to two lovely girls, Lily and Rose (Juliette Hawk and Cassidy Slingsby), is planning to return to her home in Ohio.

However, while the girls’ parents, Margaret, and Miles (Meghan K. Lees and Brendan J. Rowland) are out of town for a party a snowstorm hits and closes the airport and strands them in New York.

Despite the fact that their Uncle Ethan (Jeremy Guilbaut) arrives early from London for Christmas, as they didn’t really know him Kaley is reluctant to leave the girls in his charge so delays her trip home.

But while she ensures the girls miss none of their usual Christmas activities, she supervises Ethan as they both learn about each other  and the magic of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A SUGAR AND SPICE CHRISTMAS (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 – A RICH CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

Wealthy Marshall Rich (Bill Bellamy) punishes his selfish and spoiled socialite daughter, Valerie Rich (Tyler Abron) for stealing from him to fund a trip to Aspen.

After making her choose her own punishment, between 30 days in prison or 30 days working at the Rich Haven family homeless centre, she reluctantly chooses the latter.

She is under the impression that her father will come for her at any minute once she has learned her lesson but as soon as she accepts that she’s there for the duration she knuckles down and gets to know the people who live there.

And when the news breaks that the centre is to be sold, she galvanizes support to save the site from redevelopment.