THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE ANGEL TREE (2020)

 

When Rebecca McBride (Jill Wagner) was a girl she lived in Pine River home of the wish-granting Angel Tree, but 20 years later she is a widowed on-line magazine writer in Los Angeles with her daughter Cassie (Cassidy Nugent).

After writing a well-received piece for Aspire Magazine about her childhood experience of the wishing tree, her boss Nina (Kalyn Miles) tells her that if she returns to Pine River to write a follow up piece revealing the identity of the person granting wishes she can have her own column.

So, in order to research the article, she travels to Pine River for the first time in 20 years with Cassie to stay with her Aunt Mimi (Annabel Kershaw) and finds her childhood friend Matthew (Lucas Bryant) still behind the counter at the diner.

As she tries her best to find the Angel, Matthew matches her efforts to make sure she doesn’t succeed, and in the process a romance blossom’s.

Resigned to failure she joins forces with the town to grant the plethora of wishes, and then and only then was the Angel revealed.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE FINNISH LINE (2024)

 

Juneau based champion dog sled racer Anya Kivelä (Kim Matula) followed in her late father's footsteps, being enthralled as a child by his stories of his exploits as a champion racer in Finland, especially the special Joulurauha competition in his hometown of Rovaniemi, Finland, the purported home of Santa Claus.

Due to the cost she had never competed in the race, she hadn’t even  travelled to Finland or met her many Finnish relations, however on the fortieth anniversary of the event she used every penny she had so that she, her best friend Elyse (Nichole Sakura) and her dog team could get to Finland.

Her biggest rival in the race is her father’s nemesis Monty White (Páll Sigþór Pálsson) who used to race against her father butt after the first race her lead dog is injured and to stay in the competition she has to borrow loan the lead dog of a ormer racer and journalist Cole Olsen (Beau Mirchoff) in exchange for her letting him write about her.

So, Anya, Cole, Elyse and Anya’s cousin Lavi (Benedikt Gröndal) team up to make sure Anya clams the prize but they all find that the real prize is love.

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

 

A New York City book editor Harper Stevens (Julie Gonzalo) is feeling burned out so wants to take a leave of absence for a few weeks to try and rediscover her creative spark, which happens to coincide with her chance to run a bookstore in Saint Ives, Maine, for the month of December.

Running a bookshop had been dream of hers since childhood but instantly butts heads with Sawyer Lambert (Brendan Penny) the handsome son of the bookstore owners.

But while she’s there, she comes to realize that her true calling is still a love for bringing out the creativity of others and finds a love she wasn’t expecting.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A NOVEL NOEL (2024)

 

A New York City book editor Harper Stevens (Julie Gonzalo) is feeling burned out so wants to take a leave of absence for a few weeks to try and rediscover her creative spark, which happens to coincide with her chance to run a bookstore in Saint Ives, Maine, for the month of December.

Running a bookshop had been dream of hers since childhood but instantly butts heads with Sawyer Lambert (Brendan Penny) the handsome son of the bookstore owners.

But while she’s there, she comes to realize that her true calling is still a love for bringing out the creativity of others and finds a love she wasn’t expecting.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE MISTLETOE SECRET (2019)

 

Aria Eubanks (Kellie Pickler) and her father Mack (Patrick Duffy) own The Mistletoe Diner in Midway, Utah, and Aria and the Christmas Council want to get the word out to attract more visitors to the town.

They manage to get the town featured on Sterling Masters' (Christopher Russell) Holiday Adventures which is very exciting.

But Sterling is only the face of the show because his articles are ghost written by his best friend Alex Bartlett (Tyler Hynes) who travels to Midway ahead of  Sterling and falls in love with the Town, and Aria, but he can’t tell her the truth about who he is as she idolizes Masters.

So how will she react when she finds out the truth?

And will their love wither on the Christmas vine?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS ON CALL (2024)

 

Emergency-room doctor Hannah Michaels (Sara Canning) is new to Philadelphia and in the lead-up to Christmas she meets EMT Wes Sullivan (Ser'Darius Blain) who volunteers to acquaint her with the sights, sounds, and tastes of the city and introduces her to the rest of the local First Responders family.

As Christmas grows ever closer, she must juggle her demanding job and her budding romance as she balances work with holiday celebrations.

So, will she and Wes find the moments of joy together?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – LOVE AT THE KETTLE (2024)

 

Successful singer Bella (Alexa PenaVega) was in a relationship with her singing partner Sage Majors (Alan Powell) when he tells her he wants them to take a break from each other over the holidays.

However, the story goes viral that the couple have broken up, so she decides to go home for Christmas.

On her first night home she is reunited with her old friend and writing partner Jack Grayton (Carlos PenaVega) who she hasn’t seen for 8 years.

She asks him to write a song with her to win Sage back, but he says no because he’s carrying a torch for her.

In the end they strike up a bargain she will help him with fundraising, and he will help with the song.

So, what will happen if he confesses his feelings? and the song turns out to be a love song to the one that got away?