THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CRICKET ON THE HEARTH (1967)

 

“Cricket on the Hearth” is a delightful, animated musical version of Charles Dickens' classic tale, “A Cricket on the Hearth”.

A cricket, Cricket Crocket (Roddy McDowall) tries to save a poor toymaker Caleb (Danny Thomas) and his blind daughter Bertha (Marlo Thomas) after her fiancé Edward (Ed Ames) was lost at sea.

After tragedy struck the family, they fall under the influence of an exploitative miser Tackleton (Hans Conried) who has designs on Bertha, thankfully Crocket comes to the rescue and restores peace, prosperity and happiness.

 

Other characters voiced by Abbe Lane, Paul Frees and The Norman Luboff Choir

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – STARS OVER HOLLYWOOD 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 there 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 – A TRUE CHRISTMAS (2022)

 

Reminded of her past, Jessica Preston (Alexandria Warfield) hates Christmas because they remind her of past.

She works for a bank in the loan department, and she couldn’t be meaner if she was loaning her own money, she was particularly mean to Mrs. Jefferson (Lucretia Johnson).

Only her friend and Assistant Veronica (Jerrica Roy) and lovesick Tony (Brandon Medlock) tolerate her.

But she is in for a wakeup call because Mrs Jefferson sends her a gift basket the next day and then her niece Gabby (Skylar Jackson) shows up at her house and more surprises follow, some good and some bad.

Meeting Jason (A.D. Scott) in the park being a good one, but there are Christmas spirits at work, so will they help her create new memories of the Christmas Season?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – STREETS OF NEW YORK (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 – A CRICKET ON THE HEARTH (1967)

 

“A Cricket on the Hearth” is a delightful, animated musical version of Charles Dickens' classic tale, “A Cricket on the Hearth”.

A cricket, Cricket Crocket (Roddy McDowall) tries to save a poor toymaker Caleb (Danny Thomas) and his blind daughter Bertha (Marlo Thomas) after her fiancé Edward (Ed Ames) was lost at sea.

After tragedy struck the family, they fall under the influence of an exploitative miser Tackleton (Hans Conried) who has designs on Bertha, thankfully Crocket comes to the rescue and restores peace, prosperity and happiness.

Other characters voiced by Abbe Lane, Paul Frees and The Norman Luboff Choir

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – STARS 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 – CHRISTMAS ROSES (2025)

8-year-old Olive Rosenthall (Rosie Darling) is grieving the loss of her father, when shortly before Christmas she finds a photograph of her grandmother with a phone number on the back.

So, she rings the number and speaks to a reclusive woman called Hazel Wilson (Becky Borczon) who is not her grandmother because her grandmother died before she was born.

However, they form an unlikely bond regardless and then one day she leaves a note for her mom Claire (Stacey Ann Turner) and takes the bus to Emmett Idaho.

After finding Olive’s note, Claire and Hazel speak on the phone, and she agrees to look after her until Claire arrives.

But the next day when they attempt to return home her car wouldn’t start so to Olive’s delight they had to stay with Hazel.

While waiting to have the car repaired, they meet Pastor Ian Walker (Casey Elliott) and his adopted niece Winnie (Cosette Turner), the girls become immediate friends and conspire match Claire and Ian and Hazel and her childhood sweetheart Gabriel (Bruce Newbold).

So, will they all rediscover the joy of Christmas and enjoy its magic?