THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS STAND-IN (2021)

 After a moderate success as a director off Broadway in New York, Cassie Pruitt (Brooke D'Orsay) moves back to Dickens, her hometown where she has been appointed to direct a community theatre production of “A Christmas Carol” on Christmas Eve.

The play is the culmination of the towns annual Victorian festival but this  year it has particular significance as its the 100th anniversary.

All is going well until the actor playing Ebeneezer Scrooge loses his voice and a replacement needs to be found, or the performance will be cancelled.

Mayor Givens (Greg Rogers) suggests asking another Dickensian, action movie star Jake Dorsey (Kristoffer Polaha) however Cassie is reluctant to approach him as they have history, but she calls him and to her surprise he agrees.

She prepares herself to lock horns with him, on everything, but she is surprised again firstly when it turns out he isn’t just an action star, but is an astonishing dramatic actor, and secondly that the old feelings stir between them.

So will the show go on with a new leading man and will the star and the director have  a future together. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A DICKENS OF A HOLIDAY! (2021)

 

After a moderate success as a director off Broadway in New York, Cassie Pruitt (Brooke D'Orsay) moves back to Dickens, her hometown where she has been appointed to direct a community theatre production of “A Christmas Carol” on Christmas Eve.

The play is the culmination of the towns annual Victorian festival but this  year it has particular significance as its the 100th anniversary.

All is going well until the actor playing Ebeneezer Scrooge loses his voice and a replacement needs to be found, or the performance will be cancelled.

Mayor Givens (Greg Rogers) suggests asking another Dickensian, action movie star Jake Dorsey (Kristoffer Polaha) however Cassie is reluctant to approach him as they have history, but she calls him and to her surprise he agrees.

She prepares herself to lock horns with him, on everything, but she is surprised again firstly when it turns out he isn’t just an action star, but is an astonishing dramatic actor, and secondly that the old feelings stir between them.

So will the show go on with a new leading man and will the star and the director have  a future together.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HAPPY HOLIDAYS WITH THE CAMPBELLS (2022)

 

Jesse (Brittany Snow) gets dumped right before the holidays by her boyfriend Shawn Campbell (Alex Moffat)  and as he will not be spending Christmas with his family as he is staying in New York, she accepts an invitation from his parents Liz and Robert (Julia Duffy and George Wendt).

While she is there, she meets she meets his handsome cousin David (Justin Long) and they slowly fall for each other, but then Shawn turns up unexpectedly and on seeing David and Jesse together decides that he wants to get back with her.

So what will she do, go back to Shawn or take a chance on David?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS WITH THE CAMPBELLS (2022)

 

Jesse (Brittany Snow) gets dumped right before the holidays by her boyfriend Shawn Campbell (Alex Moffat)  and as he will not be spending Christmas with his family as he is staying in New York, she accepts an invitation from his parents Liz and Robert (Julia Duffy and George Wendt).

While she is there, she meets she meets his handsome cousin David (Justin Long) and they slowly fall for each other, but then Shawn turns up unexpectedly and on seeing David and Jesse together decides that he wants to get back with her.

So what will she do, go back to Shawn or take a chance on David?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SINGLE BELLS (2022)

 

Earl Bell (Raufel Muhammad) loses his family restaurant After being scammed by his son in law, which has a knock-on effect for the whole family.

So with Christmas fast approaching the three Bell sisters Sasha, Joanna and Miracle (Tecoya Harris, Shawnté Lewis and Thema Chapple) find themselves unattached.

So in order to kill two birds with one stone, with the objective of rebuilding their father's restaurant, they stage large weekend holiday mixers for singles with music, dancing and great food, with the possibility of unexpected romance.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE DANCING QUEEN (2024)

 

After a serious injury to her foot star ballet dancer Bree Carson (Kelly Rian Sanson) gives up and becomes a ballet teacher and is stuck in a rut.

Then one day schoolteacher Ethan Barone (Rico Morris) turns up at the studio with four pupils who want to learn to dance for the school Christmas talent show.

With the encouragement of Ethan and the girls she dances again and is given the chance to return to the stage in a spectacular come back.

So, will she triumph in the dance and her new love interest?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS WITH THE SINGHS (2024)

 

A year after a chance meeting between ER nurse Asha Singh (Anuja Joshi) and high school classmate Jake (Benjamin Hollingsworth) at the hospital, Jake proposes.

After she accepts it’s time to meet the families, so they head home for the holidays, but it doesn’t go as smoothly as expected.

Because when East meets West, cultures collide as they juggle the various family holiday traditions.

So will Asha and Jake’s relationship survive the complicated family dynamics and survive a Christmas with the Singhs.