THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SANTA'S CHRISTMAS SNOOZE (1995)

 

This delightful, animated fantasy is about is a Bear Magician who is like a cross between the Grinch and Scrooge who doesn't get along with his animal neighbours who live together peacefully in the mountain village close by.

So as his neighbours are cheerfully awaiting Christmas the bear casts a sleeping spell from his magic book on Santa to ruin the holidays for everyone.

However he soon regrets his decision and desperately tries to reverse the spell, but he discovers he has lost his book of spells, so he goes on a magical adventure to find the great walrus so Christmas can be saved because he knows all the magic spells in the world off by heart.

Vocal performances by Sophie Arthuys, Catherine Cadet, Natacha Gerritsen, Edgar Givry, Janyse Jaud, Terry Klassen, Patrick Larzille, Danièle Lebrun, Brigitte Lecordier, Jean-Luc Moreau, Crystaleen O'Bray, Ward Perry, Pierre Plessis, Robert O. Smith and French Tickner.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MR. M AND THE PIDGEONS (1945)

 

The eccentric wealthy Pidgeon family prepare for Christmas in their usual lavish style, but the head of the family James C. Pidgeon (Eugene Pallette) is facing bankruptcy.

In order to impress their friends and neighbours during the holiday season they adopt a Christmas Charity case Anthony Marchand (Joseph Schildkraut), a washed-up actor with a drinking problem who has attempted suicide.

But they also invited Florie Watson (Ona Munson) but only because, unbeknown to her, she is the beneficiary of the Pigeons wealthy uncle’s will, in order to prevent her from being found by the lawyers.

But when the story breaks in the newspapers they leave the city for a place the country, so will being in close proximity in a remote house make them continue the deceit or will they learn the truth gift of giving.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS, PROPOSAL (2021)

 

Maria (Jessica Camacho) is a chef who dreams of having her own food trucks, but lacks the finances to fulfill them, to make matters worse she loses her job as a sous chef.

With no family of her own she lives with her best friend Brooklyn (Luisa d'Oliveira) who she thinks of as a sister.

While she tries to get jobs as a chef, she has to rely heavily on working as a ride-share driver.

Just before Christmas she gets a job to drive the hotshot lawyer Julian (Adam Rodriguez) the 100 miles his family home in Briar Ridge for the holidays.

Upon their arrival the family mistakenly assume Maria is his girlfriend and as he wanted to impress them, so he asks her to pose as his girlfriend and as compensation he promises to help her start her food truck business.

She agrees, but things get complicated as real sparks begin to fly between them and it turns out that both of them get more than they bargained for.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS PROPOSAL (2021)

 When Soldier Jason (Joshua T. Shipman) and his girlfriend Carla (Lily Nicole) were going through a rough patch he approached his commanding officer to request a posting overseas, the further the better.

A year later he finds out he has been posted to Japan for an indefinite period.

Worse than that he can only take Carla with him if they are married before he is posted, which is the New Year.

But before he can tell her she blurts out that she would never want to go to Japan, she he drops the subject while they go and spend Christmas with her family and has a battle to win them over.

But he still has to win her over, which might prove more difficult than he thinks.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SANTA & THE MAGICIAN (1995)

 

This delightful, animated fantasy is about is a Bear Magician who is like a cross between the Grinch and Scrooge who doesn't get along with his animal neighbours who live together peacefully in the mountain village close by.

So as his neighbours are cheerfully awaiting Christmas the bear casts a sleeping spell from his magic book on Santa to ruin the holidays for everyone.

However he soon regrets his decision and desperately tries to reverse the spell, but he discovers he has lost his book of spells, so he goes on a magical adventure to find the great walrus so Christmas can be saved because he knows all the magic spells in the world off by heart.

Vocal performances by Sophie Arthuys, Catherine Cadet, Natacha Gerritsen, Edgar Givry, Janyse Jaud, Terry Klassen, Patrick Larzille, Danièle Lebrun, Brigitte Lecordier, Jean-Luc Moreau, Crystaleen O'Bray, Ward Perry, Pierre Plessis, Robert O. Smith and French Tickner.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MY SANTA, MY DAD (2000)

 

Gordon Covington (D.L. Green) is a greedy workaholic used car salesman who is constantly breaking promises to his wife Carla.

(Debra Rich) and son Teddy (Harrison Myers) and he even tells Teddy that Santa doesn’t exist.

This year he lets them down again when his mean dishonest boss Mr. Ambrose (Robert Quarry) dangles the promise of a promotion under his nose and throws himself into it without a thought for his family, so Carla and Teddy.

This prompts the intervention from the North Pole in the form of an Elf named Lillith (Tina Lucarelli) who tries to persuade him to change his ways and when that failed a six-foot Elf called Randy, appears and turns him into Santa Claus.

Between the two of them they manage to teach him the true meaning of Christmas so he can make up with his family.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHEATERS (1945)

 

The eccentric wealthy Pidgeon family prepare for Christmas in their usual lavish style, but the head of the family James C. Pidgeon (Eugene Pallette) is facing bankruptcy.

In order to impress their friends and neighbours during the holiday season they adopt a Christmas Charity case Anthony Marchand (Joseph Schildkraut), a washed-up actor with a drinking problem who has attempted suicide.

But they also invited Florie Watson (Ona Munson) but only because, unbeknown to her, she is the beneficiary of the Pigeons wealthy uncle’s will, in order to prevent her from being found by the lawyers.

But when the story breaks in the newspapers they leave the city for a place the country, so will being in close proximity in a remote house make them continue the deceit or will they learn the truth gift of giving.