Thursday, 19 March 2026

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – 'TWAS THE TEXT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (2023)

 

Shortly before Christmas New York City chiropractor Addie (Merritt Patterson) mistakenly receives a text message that was meant for someone else.

The woman who sent it, Maybel (Jayne Eastwood), known as Nana, who lives in Vermont.

The two of them instantly become friends, and Addie is invited to her home for Christmas.

She accepts as her father and brother are in Australia for the holidays where she meets Nana's son James (Trevor Donovan) and sparks fly, but he is in a relationship.

She is invited back the following year but this time she is dating a chef.

The third year of what had become a tradition she returns to Vermont and both of them are unattached, but she is planning to move to Australia, and he has a job offer in Jamaica, so will Christmas romance come to pass or will they miss each other for another year.  

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HOLIDAY MISMATCH (2024)

 

Fastidious organizer Barbara Harrison (Beth Broderick) is newly retired and looking for something to fill her days so signs up for the Holiday Committee and meets long standing member Kath Stone (Caroline Rhea) who’s approach is more random and chaotic, so they clash.

But they find common ground when they discover they've inadvertently set up their adult children, Barbara’s son Shane (Jon McLaren) and Kath’s daughter Lauren (Maxine Denis) via a dating app.

So they team up to stop the romance, before it begins, but Shane and Lauren are only pretending to date in order to keep their mothers off their backs.

So who will win out? Will Barbara and Kath come to realize they have more in common than they first thought? And will their kids' fake love blossom into something real? And is a Happy Christmas on the cards?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A BLUEGRASS CHRISTMAS (2024)

 

After a dispute between Katie Pendleton (Amanda Jordan) and their biggest donor Jim Breckenridge (Mike Shara) he pulls any future funding for the Fields of Blue horse sanctuary meaning they would be facing closure I they don’t find alternative funding.

The sanctuary was started by her parents Don and Sarah (Rick Amsbury and Stephanie Moore), so Katie feels responsible, so she has to save it, and help comes from an unexpected source Grant Breckenridge (David Pinard), the son of their former donor, and he suggests a fundraiser.

But they need a headliner so she must convince her grandfather, ormer Bluegrass star Ben Pendleton (Shaun Johnston) to perform at a Christmas benefit concert after 20 years of retirement, in the meantime the two of them form a band together.

But can they get the fundraiser off the ground and raise the necessary funds and will Katie and Grant form a duet?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A COUNTRY MUSIC CHRISTMAS (2024)

 

At their music studio in Danesville Tennessee, a Christmas Song co-written by long term friends Brooke Remington (Alexandra Harris) and Chance Owens (Jonathan Stoddard) had attracted the attention of a New York music company.

Which was why Rob Benson (Ryan Wesley Gilreath) a charming executive turns up out of the blue and makes an offer to buy the sole rights for the song.

Chance refuses the offer as he doesn’t want to give up future royalties, but Brooke disagrees.  

So Rob Benson stays in town to try and lure her away with promises of fortune and glory and drive a wedge between them.

So will Brooke accept the offer of a lifetime and leave her best friend and writing partner behind.

Is there more than music between them that is holding her back?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CLARA'S ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS (2018)

 

10-year-old Clara (Kearstin Moore) is a tech-savvy video blogger and is planning her Ultimate Christmas with her parents (Tiffany Cain and  Rajesh Rajan) and she is very excited.

However her plans two days before Christmas her plans begin to unravel firstly, when her father has to unexpectedly leave for New York on business and then when her dog, Luke, runs away and she is distraught.

Her expectations or the perfect Christmas remain high but has to try and find a way to adjust to the realities of the situation or will Clara get the ultimate Christmas she has been vlogging of? With the help of her Aunt Lucy (Katherine Smith), Uncle Scott (Lee Edward Smith Jr.) and Cousin Talia (Aurora Richards).

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS ACTUALLY (2023)

 

Elizabeth Bird (Malin Akerman) is sent to her old hometown by her future father-in-law to buy a Ski Resort from Randy Collins (Ryan Hansen).

She hopes to do the deal as soon as possible and avoid having to see her estranged parents Jimmy and Helen Bird (Chris Mullinax and Mary Maxson) and her sister Lynn (Amy Smart), but Randy is unwilling to sell.

Without a quick deal, Elizabeth is forced to stay and reunite with her family.

Elizabeth realises that Randy is an old school mate and as her sister is focused on winning The Christmas Classic at the resort for the tenth-year running, Elizabeth changes her own focus and becomes desperate to finally beat her sister and win Randy into the bargain.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS CLASSIC (2023)

 

Elizabeth Bird (Malin Akerman) is sent to her old hometown by her future father-in-law to buy a Ski Resort from Randy Collins (Ryan Hansen).

She hopes to do the deal as soon as possible and avoid having to see her estranged parents Jimmy and Helen Bird (Chris Mullinax and Mary Maxson) and her sister Lynn (Amy Smart), but Randy is unwilling to sell.

Without a quick deal, Elizabeth is forced to stay and reunite with her family.

Elizabeth realises that Randy is an old school mate and as her sister is focused on winning The Christmas Classic at the resort for the tenth-year running, Elizabeth changes her own focus and becomes desperate to finally beat her sister and win Randy into the bargain.