Tuesday, 6 October 2026

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – GOD'S CHRISTMAS GIFT (1958)

Sunday school teacher Mrs. Howard (Dorothy Morris) sets her class a challenge to discover what the perfect Christmas gift is and gives them some clues in the nature of a riddle.

Sandy Adams (Wendy Winkelman) is particularly eager to find the answer, but she struggles to work it out.

It’s only when she is helping her mum and dad (Frances Robinson and Warren Douglas) with all the Christmas preparations that the answer comes to her, the perfect gift is love. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – OUR CHILDREN – GOD'S CHRISTMAS GIFT (1958)

 

Sunday school teacher Mrs. Howard (Dorothy Morris) sets her class a challenge to discover what the perfect Christmas gift is and gives them some clues in the nature of a riddle.

Sandy Adams (Wendy Winkelman) is particularly eager to find the answer, but she struggles to work it out.

It’s only when she is helping her mum and dad (Frances Robinson and Warren Douglas) with all the Christmas preparations that the answer comes to her, the perfect gift is love.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE TOYMAKER (1949)

“The Toymaker” is Martin Stevens puppet tale about two friends called Stripes and Spots who live in a country that has never seen Santa Claus.  

But when Stripes writes his letter to Santa his only wish is to meet him.

So, Stripes wouldn’t be disappointed Spots dresses up as Santa, but it has the opposite effect when he realises so the suit itself comes to life to show him the importance of believing in things you can’t see. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS TREE (1975)

 

After his father (Michael Zenon) sells their special Christmas Tree to a rich man Ivanko (David Eveson) has to deliver the tree on Christmas Eve but he gets a bang on the head and gets lost in the cold forest and is in danger of being caught by the wolves. 

Fortunately, he is rescued by an old man (Mike Mazurki) and kept safe until his father takes him home to his mother and Sister (Carole Zorro and Natalia Nelipa).

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – GEORGE MENDELUK'S CHRISTMAS TRILOGY: VOLUME I (1975)

 

After his father (Michael Zenon) sells their special Christmas Tree to a rich man Ivanko (David Eveson) has to deliver the tree on Christmas Eve but he gets a bang on the head and gets lost in the cold forest and is in danger of being caught by the wolves. 

Fortunately, he is rescued by an old man (Mike Mazurki) and kept safe until his father takes him home to his mother and Sister (Carole Zorro and Natalia Nelipa).

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS TREE: CHRISTMAS EVE IN THE UKRAINE (1975)

 

After his father (Michael Zenon) sells their special Christmas Tree to a rich man Ivanko (David Eveson) has to deliver the tree on Christmas Eve but he gets a bang on the head and gets lost in the cold forest and is in danger of being caught by the wolves. 

Fortunately, he is rescued by an old man (Mike Mazurki) and kept safe until his father takes him home to his mother and Sister (Carole Zorro and Natalia Nelipa).

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MERRIE MELODIES: FRESH HARE (1942)

 

“Merrie Melodies: Fresh Hare” is an animated tale set in the Canadian North Woods where Mountie Elmer Fudd is on the trail of Bugs Bunny who is wanted dead or alive.

But Bugs is too slippery for him and turns the tables on him time after time.

Finally, Bugs gives himself up and Elmer takes him back to the stockade and puts him up before a Mountie firing squad, but he always has something up his sleeve.

Voiced by Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan and the Sportsmen Quartet.