THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – GOOD TIDINGS (2016)

 

This cheerless British movie is not a typical example of Christmas fayre, so if you’re looking for a schmaltzy tale full of Carols and Candy Canes this is not one for you.

It takes place in a derelict listed building in a northern City which has been occupied by a collection of homeless people, among them was a war-veteran with a chequered past.

However, when three vicious psychopaths, wearing Santa suits, attack  the residents on Christmas Day, he must draw on a side of himself he had kept buried.

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS CUPCAKES (2018)

 

After the death of their father sisters Kim and Gina Remo (Cindy Busby and Erin Karpluk) take over their family bakery only to discover their father was in serious debt and that the bakery is facing foreclosure, the family have until Christmas Eve to save it.

So, to prevent closing their doors right before Christmas, the girl’s team-up to try and save the business by entering a TV baking competition.

They are supported by their mother Goldie (Holly Turner), Uncle Mario (Fulvio Cecere) and Gina’s daughter Lee (Jessica Jumaga).

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS DANCE (2021

 

During a Church Nativity performance two young girls, Sarah and Kate (Cassady Jane Lorentzen and Lorelai Green) are performing a dance duet when Sarah trips and falls over a mic lead which was carelessly left on stage by her brother Sherman (Brady Amaya).

The resulting trauma from being humiliated on stage in front of the whole Church community meant that for the adult Sarah (Kristen Vaganos), Christmas was not her favourite time of year.

She also found any excuse not to go home for the Holidays, despite the best efforts of her Pastor brother Sherman (Miles Faber).

However, it was on one occasion when they were on the phone and he was trying to persuade her to come home that he had a car accident and the line went dead.

She was in such a panic that she dropped everything and returned home.

Fortunately, he was not seriously injured, but having got her there the family contrived to keep her there, and with the help of Jason (Carson Nicely) she is taught to bury the past and learns the  Christmas Dance along the way.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS COLLISION (2021)

 

Just before Christmas, Theodora Greenly (Sebrina Scott) is sent to Ohio to complete the foreclosure on the King farm but arrives on the day of the funeral for the mother of Charles King (John Wells).

Being a time consumed professional and seemingly devoid of empathy she coldly delivers the news that his mother had defaulted on the mortgage and was there to repossess the farm.

However, despite her cold demeanour, she is persuaded to allow Charles an extra day to consult his bank, and she uses the time to check some details herself.

When she returns to the farm, she badly sprains her ankle and is forced to stay until she can put her weight on it again.

While experiencing his hospitality she begins to thaw and they are both taken by surprise when it appears that they have chemistry, and while they are falling for each other it becomes apparent that the repossession she had been sent to Ohio to execute is not at all above board.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS WISH (2019)

 

On the last day before Christmas break, the popular art teacher at Ponchatoula Junior High, Faith Mason (Hilarie Burton), is told that the arts funding at the school has been totally cut, along with her job.

As usual school nurse and best friend Wyatt (Tyler Hilton) is by her side while she comes to terms with what has happened.

Her younger sister Maddie (Megan Park) returns home for the holidays on the same day with her boyfriend Ryan (Lee Norris) and believes that Faith’s problems stem from being alone so persuades her sister that a wish in the famous town Wishing Box is her best move, so she posts a wish that her sister will experience true loves kiss.

Unfortunately, the next day men start throwing themselves at her.

All the attention is initially very flattering, but soon becomes quite tedious and while she has been distracted by all the attention, she has been blind to the true love that has been right in front of her since the beginning.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – AN UNFORGETTABLE CHRISTMAS (2019)

 

Non-profit Executive Director Lucy Lovett (Ashley Greene) slips on the ice outside a bridal shop in Portland and bangs her head but when she comes to her senses she doesn’t know where she is.

However, when she realises, she is clutching a wedding dress, she jumps to the conclusion that she is late to her wedding with Zach Callahan (Andrew W. Walker), so heads directly to her hometown of Bedford Harbor, Maine.

Unfortunately, when she reaches Zach’s Roadhouse Restaurant, she finds that Zach is confused to see her because they broke up almost two years earlier, on December 23rd and she is engaged to another man.

However, she has no recollection of the two years that had passed, and Dr. Caroline Albright (Jackée Harry) diagnoses retrograde amnesia, so she stays in Maine to do  things she feels familiar with during the annual Christmas Festival which she always enjoyed, especially when she was with Zach.

Spending time in her old hometown with familiar people and places she slowly uncovers the secrets surrounding the breakup and unblocks the memory of the two years she spent in Portland.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS ON MY MIND (2019)

 

Non-profit Executive Director Lucy Lovett (Ashley Greene) slips on the ice outside a bridal shop in Portland and bangs her head but when she comes to her senses she doesn’t know where she is.

However, when she realises, she is clutching a wedding dress, she jumps to the conclusion that she is late to her wedding with Zach Callahan (Andrew W. Walker), so heads directly to her hometown of Bedford Harbor, Maine.

Unfortunately, when she reaches Zach’s Roadhouse Restaurant, she finds that Zach is confused to see her because they broke up almost two years earlier, on December 23rd and she is engaged to another man.

However, she has no recollection of the two years that had passed, and Dr. Caroline Albright (Jackée Harry) diagnoses retrograde amnesia, so she stays in Maine to do  things she feels familiar with during the annual Christmas Festival which she always enjoyed, especially when she was with Zach.

Spending time in her old hometown with familiar people and places she slowly uncovers the secrets surrounding the breakup and unblocks the memory of the two years she spent in Portland.