Wednesday, 5 March 2025

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1982)

 

An animated reworking of Charles Dickens well spun yarn of redemption.

This retelling of the story in which Ebeneezer Scrooge (Ron Haddrick) a heartless grasping bitter old miser who is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his old partner Jacob Marley (Bill Conn), who scares him with tales of hell and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Robin Stewart), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Bill Conn) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.

Between them they force him to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and as a result he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man and discovers the true spirit of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ' CAROL FOR ANOTHER CHRISTMAS (1964)

 

A modern reworking of Charles Dickens well spun yarn of redemption.

This retelling of the story in which industrial tycoon Daniel Grudge (Sterling Hayden) a heartless bitter man who is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his dead son Marley (Gordon Spencer), who scares him with tales of hell and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Steve Lawrence), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Pat Hingle) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come is (Robert Shaw).

Between them they force him to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and as a result he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man and discovers the true spirit of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CAROL FOR ANOTHER CHRISTMAS (1964)

 

A modern reworking of Charles Dickens well spun yarn of redemption.

This retelling of the story in which industrial tycoon Daniel Grudge (Sterling Hayden) a heartless bitter man who is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his dead son Marley (Gordon Spencer), who scares him with tales of hell and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Steve Lawrence), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Pat Hingle) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come is (Robert Shaw).

Between them they force him to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and as a result he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man and discovers the true spirit of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2018)

 

A reworking of Charles Dickens well spun yarn of redemption.

This modern retelling of the story is set in Seattle where Ebeneezer Scrooge (Stuart Brennan) a heartless old miserly billionaire who is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his old partner Jacob Marley (Mark Paul Wake), who scares him with tales of hell and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Rebecca Hanssen), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.

Between them they force him to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and as a result he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man and discovers the true spirit of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2019)

 

A modern reworking of Charles Dickens well spun yarn of redemption.

This retelling of the story of Ebeneezer Scrooge (David Hardware) a heartless grasping bitter old miser who is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his old partner Jacob Marley (Marc Hamill), who scares him with tales of hell and warns him he will have further visitations to give him a long-overdue attitude adjustment and show him the errors of his ways.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (Kevin Greet), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Shane Buckley) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.

Between them they force him to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and as a result he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man and discovers the true spirit of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – BECOMING SANTA (2011)

 

“Becoming Santa” is the story of Jack Sanderson who for a single season enters the culture and character of Santa Claus even bleaching his hair and goes to Santa School.

He embraces everything aspect of being Santa, working as a sidewalk Santa, doing home visits, a Polar Express Train, a parade, collecting children's wishes, while learning about the history and origin of Santa.

But will it come to feel more like a job than a calling.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE SNOW QUEEN: MIRRORLANDS (2018)

 

In this fourth Animated adventure, due to the evil deeds of the Snow Queen (Samia Mounts) King Harald (Marc Thompson) finds a way to ban all the magic from the world which banishes all the possessors of magic powers and traps them in mirrorlands.

The only one who can stop the King and release the banished is Gerda (Laurie Hymes) because although she possesses powers of her own, her “magic” is her faith in kindness and friendship.

So she, brother Kai (Jason Griffith), her pet ferret Luta, and the troll Orm (Billy Bob Thompson) have to embark on another exciting adventure to save their fairy tale land.