Friday, 9 January 2026

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS LETTER (2024)

Every year copywriter Joe Michaels (Angus Benfield) receives the dreaded “Christmas Letter” from his wealthy British pen pal Clive detailing all the wonderful thinks that the entitled Hammersmith family have done that year and every year it makes him he feel like a loser and drives his wife Deb (Regina Schneider) insane.

Then to make matters worse he is laid off so he decides the following year is going to be different and cashes in his 401K and plans a year of extravagant activities for Deb and Children, John and Caroline (Judah and Lainey Bonza), that he will be able to put in his own Christmas Letter at the end of the year.

However everything that can possible go wrong, goes wrong and not only does he waste all their money but he drives a wedge between him and Deb, risking everything he holds dear, until conversations with Rich the Postman (Randy Quaid) and Barry the Bartender (Kristoffer Polaha) put things into perspective. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (2025)

 

Before moving to Italy to marry her fiancé Micah (Ryan T. Johnson), TV Chef Stacy (Kalli Therinae), returns to her hometown to sell her old family house.

In order for her realtor friend Ross (Mia Reece) to get the best possible price some remodelling is required so she hires her ex James (Haulston Mann) to do the work.

With Ross’s help, Stacy wants to recreate one last Christmas, by decorating the way her parents used to, which inevitably revives old memories, any of which involve James and their time as a couple, which lead to complicated feelings.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS MIXER (2025)

 

Right before the holidays upbeat TV host Daria Wallace (Leah White) and her cameraman friend Sam Bailey (Jonathan Stoddard) are unexpectedly laid off.

So they decide to launch a Christmas live stream baking challenge from her loft in Nordham using her family's vintage recipe box for inspiration.

With Daria baking and Sam behind the camera the two cook up festive treats, and they garner a great following who appreciate the baking and the obvious chemistry between the two of them, because their audience knew there was romance in the mix.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – DATING SANTA (2023)

 

Architect and single mom Lucia (Ana Serradilla) is raising her Christmas obsessed daughter Leo (Olivia Duflos)  on her own and is content to devote herself to work and her daughter until she agrees to go on a blind date with dreamy chef Sergio (David Chocarro) and they fall in love.

But when Leo catches them together in the house she panics and tells her that her new boyfriend it's actually Santa.

Sergio agrees to go along with it but has to convince Leo but she is not easily hoodwinked and very soon finds out the truth.

So what will be in her letter Santa this year?

Will she ask for toys or for a family?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS, AGAIN: NOT THIS YEAR (2014)

 

Noel (Kentucker Audley) is a Christmas-tree salesman in New York City, having moved there from upstate nursing a broken heart in the forlorn hope he can leave his unhappy past behind him. 

But living in a trailer on site and working the night shift doesn’t seem to be helping and he seems to be spiralling towards self-destruction,  until saving a mysterious woman in distress, Lydia (Hannah Gross), who, along with an array of colourful customers ultimately save him from himself.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS, AGAIN (2014)

 

Noel (Kentucker Audley) is a Christmas-tree salesman in New York City, having moved there from upstate nursing a broken heart in the forlorn hope he can leave his unhappy past behind him. 

But living in a trailer on site and working the night shift doesn’t seem to be helping and he seems to be spiralling towards self-destruction,  until saving a mysterious woman in distress, Lydia (Hannah Gross), who, along with an array of colourful customers ultimately save him from himself.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS CARDS (2024)

 

Widow Kate (Aeon Cruz) and her 15-year-old daughter Emma (Aeona Cruz) live in the quaint little Colorado mountain town where Kate grew up and still owns and runs her parents Lodge.

However the Lodge is struggling year on year, and she is considering a move to Florida for a new start, but Emma works at the bakery for amiable widower Jack (Scott Argiro) after school and sets about getting them together.

Emma is helped in her endeavour when Kate slips on the icy sidewalk and breaks her ankle outside Jack’s store and he steps up, helping with everything from cooking meals, running errands, getting Emma to and from school, and putting up Christmas decorations.

Emma is happy to have her mom at home, and with Jack around for meals and weekend activities, their house feels more like a home again and the three of them feel like a family and Kate and Jack cannot deny that their feelings for each other, bu will that be enough for them to find a new future.