THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – EVERY TIME A BELL RINGS (2021)

 

Although they had become estranged in recent years, three adopted sisters Charlotte, Emily and Nora (Erin Cahill, Brittany Ishibashi and Ali Liebert) reunite in their hometown of Natchez with their mother Donna (Dee Wallace).

While they are there, they discover their late father hat planned for them all to participate in one last scavenger hunt, as was the family tradition, where they search for the family's special wishing bell.

All three girls have baggage; Charlotte is trying to reconnect with her birth mother and deal with unresolved feelings for lifelong friend Liam (Wes Brown).

Emily and her husband Paul (Ryan Sands) are dealing with time consuming careers and a desire to start a family, and Nora is emotionally and professionally rudderless but until she meets

Maizy (Lyndie Greenwood).

As the sisters search for clues on the scavenger hunt the bond between them is rekindled, but will that be enough to help them deal with their other issues.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A TINY HOUSE CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

A young woman, Harmony Lang (Kathleen Cannon), loses her job at start of the holiday season and has to make economies so she moves                        

into a tiny house fit for one.

As a stop gap, she takes a seasonal job as an elf at Santa’s grotto where she worked with seasoned Elf Faith (Krissy Kapp) and Santa aka Carl (Freddy Walker Jr.).

There is an instant attraction between Harmony and Carl and as they get nearer to Christmas, he tells her his greatest secret relating to his special family and helps them with a big plan for Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MISTLETOE KISSES (2023)

 

Emerging photographer Dani McCalan (Humberly González) is overwhelmed by all the Christmas events and deadlines, so she tells her parents, Raquel and Luke (Gabriela Reynoso and Christopher Shyer) she’s not going home for Christmas.

Her dad asks her to do a favour for his old college roommate John Kasmerec (Barclay Hope) to meet his lawyer daughter Amelia (Ali Liebert) for coffee.

She reluctantly agrees and they have a pleasant interaction over coffee after which she is ambushed by her parents.

So with Amelia’s dad pressuring her to get back out in the world following a breakup with her girlfriend the Christmas before and Dani’s mother micromanaging her they decide that pretending to date in the run up to Christmas Eve is the perfect solution for them both.

But at some point, along the way, it becomes apparent that they are only pretending to each other.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – FRIENDS & FAMILY CHRISTMAS (2023)

 

Emerging photographer Dani McCalan (Humberly González) is overwhelmed by all the Christmas events and deadlines, so she tells her parents, Raquel and Luke (Gabriela Reynoso and Christopher Shyer) she’s not going home for Christmas.

Her dad asks her to do a favour for his old college roommate John Kasmerec (Barclay Hope) to meet his lawyer daughter Amelia (Ali Liebert) for coffee.

She reluctantly agrees and they have a pleasant interaction over coffee after which she is ambushed by her parents.

So with Amelia’s dad pressuring her to get back out in the world following a breakup with her girlfriend the Christmas before and Dani’s mother micromanaging her they decide that pretending to date in the run up to Christmas Eve is the perfect solution for them both.

But, at some point along the way, it becomes apparent that they are only pretending to each other.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS STAND-IN (2021)

 After a moderate success as a director off Broadway in New York, Cassie Pruitt (Brooke D'Orsay) moves back to Dickens, her hometown where she has been appointed to direct a community theatre production of “A Christmas Carol” on Christmas Eve.

The play is the culmination of the towns annual Victorian festival but this  year it has particular significance as its the 100th anniversary.

All is going well until the actor playing Ebeneezer Scrooge loses his voice and a replacement needs to be found, or the performance will be cancelled.

Mayor Givens (Greg Rogers) suggests asking another Dickensian, action movie star Jake Dorsey (Kristoffer Polaha) however Cassie is reluctant to approach him as they have history, but she calls him and to her surprise he agrees.

She prepares herself to lock horns with him, on everything, but she is surprised again firstly when it turns out he isn’t just an action star, but is an astonishing dramatic actor, and secondly that the old feelings stir between them.

So will the show go on with a new leading man and will the star and the director have  a future together. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A DICKENS OF A HOLIDAY! (2021)

 

After a moderate success as a director off Broadway in New York, Cassie Pruitt (Brooke D'Orsay) moves back to Dickens, her hometown where she has been appointed to direct a community theatre production of “A Christmas Carol” on Christmas Eve.

The play is the culmination of the towns annual Victorian festival but this  year it has particular significance as its the 100th anniversary.

All is going well until the actor playing Ebeneezer Scrooge loses his voice and a replacement needs to be found, or the performance will be cancelled.

Mayor Givens (Greg Rogers) suggests asking another Dickensian, action movie star Jake Dorsey (Kristoffer Polaha) however Cassie is reluctant to approach him as they have history, but she calls him and to her surprise he agrees.

She prepares herself to lock horns with him, on everything, but she is surprised again firstly when it turns out he isn’t just an action star, but is an astonishing dramatic actor, and secondly that the old feelings stir between them.

So will the show go on with a new leading man and will the star and the director have  a future together.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HAPPY HOLIDAYS WITH THE CAMPBELLS (2022)

 

Jesse (Brittany Snow) gets dumped right before the holidays by her boyfriend Shawn Campbell (Alex Moffat)  and as he will not be spending Christmas with his family as he is staying in New York, she accepts an invitation from his parents Liz and Robert (Julia Duffy and George Wendt).

While she is there, she meets she meets his handsome cousin David (Justin Long) and they slowly fall for each other, but then Shawn turns up unexpectedly and on seeing David and Jesse together decides that he wants to get back with her.

So what will she do, go back to Shawn or take a chance on David?