THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CONFESSIONS OF A CHRISTMAS LETTER (2024)

Quirky and eccentric matriarch of the family, Settie Rose (Angela Kinsey), is crazy for Christmas, and Christmas makes her a little crazy, and the biggest manifestation of her craziness is the town's annual holiday letter-writing contest, which she has never won, in fact her nemesis Sue (Colleen Wheeler) wins it every year.

So she decides to hire struggling novelist Juan (Alec Santos) to compose the perfect Christmas letter, however when he arrives people assume he is engaged to Settie's daughter Lily (Lillian Doucet-Roche) so he goes along with it and bonds with the whole family, but especially Lily, and the whole family scrambles to keep up the charade.

So will Juan overcome his writer's block and will Settie learns that being imperfect is the best way to make a perfect family Christmas.

 

Fred Ewanuick, Barbara Pollard, Garry Chalk, Fei Ren, Karen Holness, Jake Foy, Jorge Montesi,

Javier Lacroix and Andy Thompson also star.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS FOR THE AGES (2023)

 

Four generations of mothers and daughters in the same family, Marie (Anna Ferguson), her daughter Joan (Cheryl Ladd), granddaughter Kristi (Kate Craven), and Great Granddaughter Savannah adhere to  their traditions at Christmas, from their annual tea to kick off the season, family gatherings, a Christmas crawl, of an appetizer party, a formal sit-down dinner and a dessert party and concluding with the Christmas Eve concert, where the four women will perform Christmas songs on stage at the theatre.

All ably supported by the men in their lives, Jim (Mel Tuck), Paul (Dean Paul Gibson), Steve (Giles Panton) and Rudy (Anthony Timpano).

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – OLD FRIENDS AT CHRISTMAS (2022)

Grieving widow Julie (Erica Durance) and her young son Gavin (Azriel Dalman) move to a new home after the death of her husband and face their first Christmas alone.

She tries her hardest to do all the same activities and maintain all the same traditions as when her husband was still alive, but Gavin is resistant.

But then their retired older neighbour Irene (Lynn Whitfield), repeatedly comes into their lives, offering wisdom and helping to them deal with their grief and to see a future after loss.

Julie also meets restaurant owner Peter (Patrick Sabongui) offering her a possibility of new romance.

They both encourage Julie and Gavin to make new memories and rekindle joy, ultimately helping them both during the Christmas season.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – WE NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS (2022)

Grieving widow Julie (Erica Durance) and her young son Gavin (Azriel Dalman) move to a new home after the death of her husband and face their first Christmas alone.

She tries her hardest to do all the same activities and maintain all the same traditions as when her husband was still alive, but Gavin is resistant.

But then their retired older neighbour Irene (Lynn Whitfield), repeatedly comes into their lives, offering wisdom and helping to them deal with their grief and to see a future after loss.

Julie also meets restaurant owner Peter (Patrick Sabongui) offering her a possibility of new romance.

They both encourage Julie and Gavin to make new memories and rekindle joy, ultimately helping them both during the Christmas season.

SANTAS FAVOURITE SHAPE

 

Santas favourite shape

Isn’t a rectangle

It’s much more obvious

It’s a tree angle

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SANTA & ME (2012)

 

13-year-old rich kid Rubie (Athena Baumeister) is a mean, selfish, spoilt bully who doesn’t differentiate between students and faculty with her venom.

Her stepmom Patricia (Christine Springett) tries to warn her super rich Father, Gordon (David Neff) that he is spoiling her by pandering to her every whim, but he doesn’t heed the warning.

So it’s up to Santa Claus (Freddie De Grate) to cure her meanness, by making her as ugly on the outside as she is on the inside and she wakes up the next day with matted hair, bad teeth, poor vision, warts and a monobrow and only her stepbrother Elliot (Lucas Barker) knows why.

All her old superficial friends want no more to do with her only one of her bullying victims Olivia (Alyssa Kennedy) gives her the time of day.

Santa tells her that she must get a real present from a real friend by Christmas or stay a monster for ever.

So, over the following year she has to learn from the mistakes of her past, change her behaviour.

So, will her friendship with Olivia prove to be her redemption?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – BEAUTY BEAST AND ME (2012)

 

13-year-old rich kid Rubie (Athena Baumeister) is a mean, selfish, spoilt bully who doesn’t differentiate between students and faculty with her venom.

Her stepmom Patricia (Christine Springett) tries to warn her super rich Father, Gordon (David Neff) that he is spoiling her by pandering to her every whim, but he doesn’t heed the warning.

So it’s up to Santa Claus (Freddie De Grate) to cure her meanness, by making her as ugly on the outside as she is on the inside and she wakes up the next day with matted hair, bad teeth, poor vision, warts and a monobrow and only her stepbrother Elliot (Lucas Barker) knows why.

All her old superficial friends want no more to do with her only one of her bullying victims Olivia (Alyssa Kennedy) gives her the time of day.

Santa tells her that she must get a real present from a real friend by Christmas or stay a monster for ever.

So, over the following year she has to learn from the mistakes of her past, change her behaviour.

So, will her friendship with Olivia prove to be her redemption?