THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE MAN IN THE SANTA CLAUS SUIT (1979)

 

The incomparable Fred Astaire plays a multitude of characters including the mysterious owner of a costume store who rents Santa Claus suit to three very different men.

The first one is Bob Willis (Gary Burghoff) a math teacher who is desperate to propose to his model neighbour Polly Primer (Tara Buckman) and needs the suit to give him the nerve to do it.

The second is a homeless former restaurateur John Byner (Stan Summerville) who is trying to hide from two mobsters Babyskin and Bruno Betinger (Eddie Barth and Ron Feinberg).

And the final one was a harried political speech writer Gil Travis (Bert Convy) who is planning to visit his estranged wife Linda (Brooke Bundy) and son Terry (Andre Gower).

So will their lives be inexorably changed by their experience of wearing the Santa suit?.

 

Also featuring Nanette Fabray, Harold Gould, Ray Vitte, Debbie Lytton, Pat Petersen, Danny Wells and

David Greenan.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – BEST OF FRIENDS (1972)

 

The Story is set in England in the 1920s, and is a modern day re-telling of the Hansel and Gretel story.

The protagonist is an insane and elderly widow named Mrs. Forrest (Shelley Winters) who keeps the mummified corpse of her little daughter, Katharine, in a nursery in her attic.

To the children and staff at the local orphanage Auntie Roo is a kindly American millionaire who holds a lavish Christmas party every year at her mansion, Forrest Grange, for 10 orphans, and they get to spend the night.

Christopher Coombs (Mark Lester) and his sister Katy were not invited so they stowed away in the boot of Inspector Ralph Willoughby’s (Lionel Jeffries) car.

When they are discovered by her servant Albie (Michael Gothard) Mrs Forrest allows them to stay.

On that Christmas Eve, she holds a seance with Mr. Benton (Ralph Richardson) she sees little Katy who resembles her daughter Katharine and she wants her to stay.

When she and Christopher are in the house, she kidnaps Katy and locks her up in the attic nursery.

Nobody believes her brother, Christopher, when he tells them what has happened, because he has a history of trying to scare the children so he goes to Forrest Grange alone to rescue her, so will he succeed or will he end up imprisoned himself.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – RADIO HYPE (2015)

 

Two polar opposites have late night talk shows on WCV-Chicago, Sonia Mayerick (Alison Sweeney) has a feminist slant to her show whereas Nick Linden (Jonathan Scarfe) has his "Man cave" show with a misogynistic slant.

Then one day they fight like cats and dogs live on the air and the ratings go through the roof, so the station bosses give them their own morning drive time slot, and it becomes an instant hit because people love to hear them argue.

But love and hate are two sides of the same coin and the two opposites soon attract but is there a future for them.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE (1972)

 

The Story is set in England in the 1920s, and is a modern day re-telling of the Hansel and Gretel story.

The protagonist is an insane and elderly widow named Mrs. Forrest (Shelley Winters) who keeps the mummified corpse of her little daughter, Katharine, in a nursery in her attic.

To the children and staff at the local orphanage Auntie Roo is a kindly American millionaire who holds a lavish Christmas party every year at her mansion, Forrest Grange, for 10 orphans, and they get to spend the night.

Christopher Coombs (Mark Lester) and his sister Katy were not invited so they stowed away in the boot of Inspector Ralph Willoughby’s (Lionel Jeffries) car.

When they are discovered by her servant Albie (Michael Gothard) Mrs Forrest allows them to stay.

On that Christmas Eve, she holds a seance with Mr. Benton (Ralph Richardson) she sees little Katy who resembles her daughter Katharine and she wants her to stay.

When she and Christopher are in the house, she kidnaps Katy and locks her up in the attic nursery.

Nobody believes her brother, Christopher, when he tells them what has happened, because he has a history of trying to scare the children so he goes to Forrest Grange alone to rescue her, so will he succeed or will he end up imprisoned himself.

 

Vocal talents provided by Cristina M. Medina, Brian Stivale and James Arnold Taylor

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS WITH JERKS (2023)

 

After missing out on the reboot, former child star, middle-aged Eve Carter (Leanna Adams) escapes to the empty house belonging to her sister Ashley Carter (Ashlee Heath), for the holidays to keep a low profile and not get into any more viral trouble so she can land her dream role off Broadway.

However, although she is only expecting to find Ashley’s pet dog Mickey, she is shocked to discover an injured stunt man, Ace Strong (Tyler Buckingham) dog-sitting for the holidays while recuperating and she wants him out asap.

The only problem is he won’t go and worse than that he wants her out, so a hostile beginning moves quickly into a period of tit for tat acts of sabotage.

Eventually they negotiate a truce, and she even agrees to help him get back with his ex-girlfriend Bianca (Naddya Alicea) so she can get him out of the house.

The only problem is in the process of matchmaking they begin to fall for each other.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A MIGHTY CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE (2025)

 

“A Mighty Christmas Adventure” is an animated Christmas tale about Mighty Man and his team of Mighty Wheels trucks in Motor City.

This Christmas they must defeat the Destructo Boys who hijack Santa's sleigh during his annual Christmas Eve flyover and plunder all the Mighty Rally toy sets.

They have to find Santa's scattered reindeer, his missing sleigh so he can deliver toys around the world,

Vocal talents provided by Bill Rogers, Brian Stivale, Andy James, Jacob Browning, Lisa Valentine Clark, Paul Davies, Joshua Graham, Susan Hackel, Ed Mace, Jenny Maxwell, Christopher McCullough, Don McDonald, Blythe Melin, Cat Protano, Ed Robinson, Liv Smith,

Bailey Varness and Duffy Weber

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS KING! (2020)

 

“The Christmas King!” is an animated Christmas movie from the Garden Cartoon company, in which Lenny the Lion and Lucy the Lamb have to journey to the Christmas Mountain to deliver the first snowflake of Christmas to the Christmas King.

There are many distractions along the way of their adventure, like a Penguin wedding, an angry beaver, a candy cane forest, and even have to outrun a Christmas kraken, is just beginning, but their reward for their persistence in meeting the Christmas King.