Thursday, 15 February 2024

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS... PRESENT (2022)

 

Realtor, supermom and master organizer, Maggie Larson (Candace Cameron Bure) makes a last-minute decision to take her family to spend Christmas with her recently bereaved brother Paul McCormick (Paul Fitzgerald) and his daughter Ashley (Keilah Davies), but they have very different expectations for their Christmas holidays.

Even her own husband Eric (Marc Blucas) and children Becca and Will (Claire Capek and Caleb Reese Paul) are less than thrilled about being dragged away.

However, everyone has fun, except Maggie who is troubled by how distant she feels from everyone important to her, especially her husband.

But as Christmas approaches, she must learn to live in the present.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A FABLED HOLIDAY (2022)

When Talia was a child, her father gave her a fairy story book about a magical town called Wunderbrook shortly before he died and then she and her mother moved away leaving her childhood best friend Anderson behind.

Years later wannabee writer Talia and surgeon Anderson (Brooke D'Orsay and Ryan Paevey) reunite by chance in her bookshop.

Then through various magical means the end up at the same inn in a curiously magical town full of Christmas spirit called Wunderbrook, that restores its visitors when they need it most, and is vaguely familiar to everyone.

So, will the Christmas magic solve everyone’s problems?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A FAIRYTALE CHRISTMAS (2022)

 

When Talia was a child, her father gave her a fairy story book about a magical town called Wunderbrook shortly before he died and then she and her mother moved away leaving her childhood best friend Anderson behind.

Years later wannabee writer Talia and surgeon Anderson (Brooke D'Orsay and Ryan Paevey) reunite by chance in her bookshop.

Then through various magical means the end up at the same inn in a curiously magical town full of Christmas spirit called Wunderbrook, that restores its visitors when they need it most, and is vaguely familiar to everyone.

So, will the Christmas magic solve everyone’s problems?

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SEARCH FOR SECRET SANTA (2023)

 

After cub reporter Sofia (Skye Coyne) is told by her boss Perry (Jackée Harry) that due to downsizing she no longer has a permanent position at the paper, she has to go freelance, however Perry does give her an assignment to write a Christmas Story.

Later in her new apartment building while putting some boxes in the basement she discovers an unopened and undelivered Secret Santa present addressed to “Abigail”.

After discovering the package dated back to the early 1970’s and contained a priceless antique Nutcracker, according to Historian and former treasure hunter  Jackson (Alex Trumble), she believes she has found a Christmas story that will save her career.

But as Sofia and Jackson research its origins and become close, they discover its tragic past and a find themselves the target of treasure hunters and wonder if they survive the dangers of the present, they will have a future together.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – IVY AND MISTLETOE (2020)

 

When all the flights are cancelled Ivy Anderson (Julianne Michelle) is stuck in Charleston but is determined to get home to Boston for Christmas, so she sets off in her car despite her mother, (Cynthia Gibb), offering to celebrate Christmas when she arrives.

But after losing her phone in Maryland she crashes her car in the snow and gets stranded in the small town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Unable to find a room at the Inn, the local mayor Judy Carson (Carrie Genzel) takes her in during the snowstorm.

Ivy is grateful for the kind hospitality but all she really wants is to get home for Christmas, but she meets the mayor’s son Max (Cody Calafiore) and it soon becomes apparent that she is exactly where she is supposed to be.

 

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

 

Before she takes over as CEO of the Los Angeles-based Morgan Organization, heiress Jessica Morgan (Autumn Reeser), seizes the opportunity, as Christmas approaches, to experience some relaxed holiday time.

She chooses to rent the house where her mother grew up, in the small town of Glenbrooke, Colorado.

Because of her wealth she is constantly on the radar of men but cannot judge whether they are interested in her or her money, so she travelled to Glenbrooke under an assumed name.

She immediately falls in love with her mum’s former home and the town.

Equally she falls in love with the first person she meets in the town, handsome fire chief, Kyle Buchanan (Antonio Cupo) though not immediately.

The only flies in the ointment of her restful Christmas are that the famous bells may not ring this Christmas Eve due to costly repairs to the motor drive and Kyle may not forgive Jessica for not being honest with him.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS ON CANDY CANE LANE (2022)

 

In icicle Falls, Ivy Donaldson (Andrea Barber) struggles to fill her late mother Muriel’s shoes, because she was the Christmas Maven and the Darling of Candy Cane Lane.

Losing her mum put a terrible strain on her marriage as she tried desperately to fill all the commitments her mother did with ease.

As a result, she separated from her husband Rob (Dan Payne) and although she tries her best with her daughter Jordan (Kerensa Cooper), she falls short of her promises to her as well.

But she is not the only one going through trials and tribulations in the Street but in the end, everybody gets together in unexpected festive ways and Ivy reconciles her priorities.