THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER - A HORSE TALE

 

Michael Thompson (Patrick Muldoon) is an uptight city accountant who is struggling to raise his teenage daughter Chloe (Mandalynn Carlson) all on his own after his wife’s tragic death.

Being a single parent and having to work long hours Chloe doesn’t see as much of him as she would like which leads to her attention seeking behaviour, so when he gets a call from Cliff Harrison (Rick Herod) to help save their family stables before ruthless bankers shut them down, he wonders if the country life is just what he and Chloe need to start over.

However when Michael arrives to sort out a farm’s financial problems he finds that Cliff's daughter Samantha (Charisma Carpenter) is not as appreciative of his help as rest of the family (Sydney (Dominique Swain), Jackson (Jaren Lewison), and Ben (Billy Tilk)) are for his help.

But as they search for ways to save the family's legacy, Romance develops between the accountant and Samantha while the baddies in the story seem hell bent on acquiring the farms best horse called Holly which is prised by the family as it was Cliff’s deceased wife’s favourite.

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

 

Amidst the preparations

For the upcoming festivities

There has been a lot of demand

On the Church amenities

 

For those of us involved

In pulling the Christmas peel

Found the time to practise

Was far less than ideal

 

I found it difficult to fit it in

Around work and family needs

And often practised alone

At a very late hour indeed

 

One night it all got too much

The final straw I can’t remember

But as a result, I decided to tie

The bell rope around my member

 

I don’t know why it was

That I succumbed to the pressure

But I was discovered

And I was tolled off by the vicar

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS CONFESSIONS (2015)

 

Beth Baker (Sarah Lancaster) is an out-of-work actress trying to make it in New York on the stage in New York City, but after 10 years of not succeeding and without her friends around at Christmas she decides to take a break from her struggling actress profession to spend Christmas in her small and quaint hometown she escaped from 10 years earlier.

And on returning home she finds a place far different than the hamlet she left and the magic of the Christmas season soon starts to massage her bruised ego as she finds performing possibilities and even romance.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SHOELACES FOR CHRISTMAS (2018)

 

Jennifer Miller (Mia Topalian) is a self-absorbed teenager who does nothing for anyone but herself and thinks only of herself and in particular her upcoming Christmas party and a trip to Paris in the New Year.

But after an altercation with her ailing mother (Jessica Morris) she storms out of the hospital and roams aimlessly around town until late into the evening when she inadvertently stumbles into a local homeless shelter run by Ruthie Grant (Yolanda Stanger) and assisted by Vinegar Ben (Paul Kiernan).

Furious at his daughter's selfish attitude, Jennifer's father, Spencer (Bailey Chase) gives her an ultimatum, if she still wants to go to Paris she has to change, and if she wants the Christmas Party she has to do all the work as her mother was too ill.

In addition to helping out at home the deal included her volunteering at the Homeless Shelter in the hope she would learn to be responsible and compassionate toward others.

Almost immediately after she started to volunteer she quickly came to regard it as less as an obligation and more of a pleasure and with this new experience Jennifer creates an unlikely bond with both the staff and one very special young resident, Chloe (Summer Mitchell) which leads her to a deeper understanding of love when she gets closer to Chloe and her mother Charlotte (Ivey Lloyd Mitchell).

Love of a different hue comes in the form of Mike Breckenridge (Austin R. Grant) but the whole experience of working at the shelter teaches her the true meaning of Christmas which is love and family.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS FOR THE BOOKS (2018)

 

Joanna Moret (Chelsea Kane) is a Lifestyle guru and is offered the chance to present her own daytime TV show as long as she can make a success of George MacAllen's holiday gala.

There is only one snag and that is that she has to do it with her boyfriend at her side, but this supposed expert on love is actually single, so to keep up appearances, TV producer Ted Drew Seeley pretends to be her partner.

Complications to the couple are provided by Chad Connell as George MacAllen’s son Del and Alanna LeVierge as Ted’s ex-girlfriend Valerie.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – LAST CHANCE HOLIDAY

 

A smart, sassy, 34-year-old Kristin (Shiri Appleby), who is estranged from her family and alone on Christmas Eve goes to sleep alone on Christmas Eve and wakes up Christmas morning seventeen years into her past to relive the worst Christmas of her life.

So once she gets over the initial shock she realises she has an opportunity to change her imperfect past, so she styles herself as an older mentor to her younger self (Hannah Marks)

Paramount to these changes is mending the broken relationship with her mother (Elizabeth Mitchell), something that seems impossible.

But if she can’t fix her past then maybe she could do something about her less than perfect future.

The film has an altogether credible cast that makes this film well worth watching if for no other reason than that.

But the story is excellent and well-structured and although the main target audience of this family safe Christmas movie will be women past their teens, men should not be put off by that because it’s very good.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CRUSH (2012)

 

Twenty-eight-year-old Georgia (Rachel Boston) is convinced that the man of her dreams is the one “that got away” back in high school Craig (Jon Prescott).

She has tried dating other men over the years, but they just never seem to compare to her high school flame.

When Georgia’s mother, (Marilu Henner) tells her about her high school reunion a week before Christmas, she is thrilled to finally have a chance to win Craig back.

But as she gets to relive high school for a night, she begins to realize it might not be Craig who got away at all, but Ben Oliver (Jonathan Bennett) an old friend with whom she'd fallen out of touch, but was now within reach.

Harry Hamlin also stars as Mr. Taylor, the socially awkward teacher that all the girls had a crush on, and some of them still do.