Friday, 16 February 2024

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

Jessica Roberts (Maggie Lawson) runs the Roberts Tree Farm and Nursery in Hudson Springs which is an integral part of Christmas in the town.

But then big box retailer, Harvest Garden Supply, open a store in town, and the impact on the business is almost immediate.

But then she meets marketing executive Clay Moore (Christopher Russell) and there is an instant attraction, without her knowing he is her competition.

As they spend more time together, they start to fall for each other, but will his job prevent them from having their happy-ever-after?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A MAGICAL CHRISTMAS VILLAGE (2022)

 

In Bryson Falls Architect Summer Ashby (Alison Sweeney) and her daughter Chloe (Maesa Nicholson) have their normal routine turned upside down when Summer’s eccentric mother Vivian Todd (Marlo Thomas) moves in.

The first thing she does is set up her Christmas village on the table and as Chloe moves the figurines around the scene magical things begin to happen in real-life and events seem to mimic the scenes she creates.

One of those affected by Chloe’s placements was Ryan Scott (Luke Macfarlane) who is bought into Summer’s orbit and romance is on the cards.

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.