THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS ON NINTH AVENUE (1939)

 

James Michael 'Jimmy' Keenan (Jackie Cooper) is a young idealistic and hard-working man, in New York City has dreams of making his fortune.

Along the way he faces numerous obstacles, one of which is his mobster brother T.P. 'Tap' Keenan (Dick Purcell).

But through all the opportunities and temptations, his hero Abraham Lincoln is never far from his thoughts.

He has people that depend on him like William McKinley 'Gimpy' Smith (Martin Spellman) and Pop O'Toole (George Cleveland) as he runs a newspaper stand and is studying to become a lawyer.

He receives encouragement from Judge Carroll (George Irving) and his niece Anne (Marjorie Reynolds).

So will he see his dreams come true, or will they be grounds in the sidewalk of New York's mean streets.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – STARS OVER HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS FOR SWEENEY (1950)

 

On a run-down street in a shabby area cynical reporter, Sweeney, is drowning his sorrows in a cup of strong coffee on Christmas Eve at the diner belonging to his old friend Andy (Tol Avery).

While he’s their some friends also pay a visit, a blind man called Pop (Roy Regnier), a young couple Marge and Pete (Erin Selwyn and Gene Gary) and police officer Riley (John T. Smith), all with their own tales of woe, but all remain content with their lot, so Sweeney is left shamefaced at his own melancholy and has his Christmas spirit replenished.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT (2022)

 

After Gabriel (Amiri Koronz Thompson) is killed in a car accident he wakes up and meets Micha (Joshua T. Shipman), an angel, and he tells Gabriel he is now a guardian angel and he has a mission, and her name is Faith (Ricki Nelson).

Faith has come home from college for the first Christmas since her Pastor father's tragic death and she is in a very dark place and is struggling to cope with his passing, Gabriels’s task is guide her onto the right path.

However ultimately, she must choose between finishing her education and taking over her father’s ministry.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SANTA BEAR'S HIGH-FLYING ADVENTURE (1987)

 

“Santa Bear's High-Flying Adventure” is a delightful, animated tale set on Christmas Eve, when all the children of the world are dreaming of the toys Santa Claus (John Malkovich) will bring, but Santa has a special assignment for his helper Santabear (Bobby McFerrin) as he wants him to deliver his toys where they have never celebrated Christmas before, at the South Pole,

After Santa drops him off, he encounters Missy Bear (Kelly McGillis), a new friend, and they head to the town together but along the way, they encounter a troublemaker named Bully Bear (Bobby McFerrin) who steals the toys, so he and Missy follow him in her plane, but they crash and Bully Bear steals Santabear's identity and the police arrest him.

Luckily Missy is on hand to help him escape and they catch the villain intime for Santa to pick them up and take them home.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MEET JOHN DOE (1941)

 

When the Bulletin is taken over, reporter Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) is fired by managing editor Henry Connell (James Gleason) so as a parting shot, she prints a fake letter from unemployed “John Doe,” who threatens suicide on Christmas Eve in protest of social ills.

Because the story causes such a stir the paper is forced to rehire Ann and recruit a penniless drifter Long John Willoughby (Gary Cooper) to impersonate “Doe.”

After making a radio broadcast a social movement grows up behind him so a rival newspaper attempts to expose him and eventually the Bulletin publisher D.B. Norton (Edward Arnold) turns on John himself.

In his despondency Willoughby attempts suicide by jumping from the roof of the City Hall on Christmas Eve, as indicated in the original John Doe letter, by which time Ann has fallen in love with John and desperately tries to talk him out of jumping, but she faints sway.

Eventually members of the John Doe Club convince him not to kill himself, and John leaves, carrying a fainted Ann in his arms.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – NICK & NOEL (1993)

 

“Nick & Noel” is a delightful, animated tale about widowed writer Barnaby (Paul Williams) who lives happily with his daughter Sarah (Anndi McAfee), cat Noel (Kath Soucie) and resident mouse Howard (Mark L. Taylor).

Then world famous singer Leslie (Lorna Patterson) and her dog Nick (Jerry Houser) move in next door, and they immediately fall out and a feud develops.

Then as Christmas approached Sarah writes her letter to Santa asking for a mother by Christmas.

But when Barnaby forgets to post it, Noel take decisive action and after asking Nick for directions the two of them set off for the north pole to deliver the letter.

When Barnaby and Leslie realise their pets are missing, they put their hostilities aside and go off in search with Sarah and they see each other in a different light.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – YOUR JEWELER'S SHOWCASE - CHRISTMAS IS MAGIC (1953)

 

On Christmas Eve, war widow Julie (Frances Rafferty) and her son, Sonny (Harvey Grant) are shopping when they meet a war veteran with amnesia John Doe (Robert Hutton).

There is an immediate magical connection between then, though he was a stranger who had just got off a train, but as he had nowhere to go, she took pity on him and invited him home, much to the annoyance of her would be boyfriend Brad (David Alpert) who walks out angrily.

So will the connection between Julie and John last beyond the holidays or will it be a Christmas anecdote for the future.