THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A FROSTY AFFAIR (2015)

 

40 Below and Falling at Christmas tells the story of a teacher from a small, Northern Canadian town, Kate Carter (Jewel Staite), who is moving back to the big city for her wedding, and she feels certain that this is the future she has always wanted.

But after quitting her job and packing up her life, her flight gets cancelled by a blizzard and all road travel is suspended, she meets a surly stranger named Redford (Shawn Roberts) and is forced to hop on the back of Redford's snowmobile and embark on an adventure that will leave her questioning the decision she has made about the man she is set to marry.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS NUTCRACKER (2007)

 

The Christmas Nutcracker is an endearing reworking of the classic tale of the Nutcracker set in 1940’s rural Canada during World War II.

It begins with 12-year-old Clara (Janelle Jorde) walking along a lonely road through the snowy forest heading home where her mother (Helene Joy) and brothers Billy and Frank (Ryan Grantham and Brendan Meyer) are waiting for her to return so they can celebrate Christmas Eve, and she is grasping in her hand a post card from her father (Tom Carey) who is a prisoner of war in Germany.

But before she reaches home a kindly wizard named Drosselmeyer (Brian Cox) appears who knows everything about her and her family so Clara invites him to Christmas Eve supper after which he takes her on a quest through a strange magical world to set her father free in time for Christmas Day.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SECOND CHANCE CHRISTMAS (2017)

 

After her children’s book writer husband Jack (Tilky Jones) reluctantly signs the divorce papers, workaholic event planner Caroline (Katrina Begin) is on her way to drop them off when she is hit by a car and when she wakes up, she has lost her memory.

She doesn’t even recognise her nearly ex-husband Jack in fact has no recollection of being married.

So Jack and her parents make the decision to take advantage of Caroline's memory loss and correct her flaws and erase past mistakes, by hiding from her the divorce and the fact she runs her own business.

So, Jacks mission is to make his wife fall in love with him again and save his marriage before it's too late, but life isn’t as simple as that.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MERRY EXES (2016)

 

When Livvy Beal (Tammin Sursok) is cruelly dumped by boyfriend Anderson Whitmire (John Brotherton) on Thanksgiving when she was expecting a proposal, she wants revenge and finds allies in two other “Anderson” dumpees, Murphy McCall (Lindsey McKeon) and Zoe Swann (Abigail Klein).

So the three strong-willed women join forces to seek the ultimate revenge on their cheating ex.

It begins with event planner Livvy visiting Andersons office where three things happen, first she discovers the identity of her replacement in the life of her ex, Megan Walton (Meagan Holder), she meets Andersons charming colleague Carter Bolton (Brent Bailey), and most significantly secures the job of organizing a very important Holiday event being hosted by their target for vengeance, which Carter is organizing.

But will the three vengeful women follow through on their plot or will they choose to forgive and forget.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS INHERITANCE (2017)

 

Party Heiress Ellen Langford (Eliza Taylor) has ambitions of succeeding her father (Neil Crone) as CEO of the multimillion-dollar gift business.

However, after grabbing another embarrassing front page detailing her party exploits

he gives her a special mission to visit Snow Falls, the hometown she never knew as a grown up, where she must fulfil an important Christmas tradition and deliver a speci0al Christmas card, from her father to his former partner, Uncle Zeke (Anthony

The letter has to be delivered in person and she must travel incognito, by bus, with no credit cards and only $100.

After accepting the challenge, she is keen to get it done as quickly as possible as she is spending Christmas in Hawaii with fiancé Gray Pittman (Michael Xavier) but on arrival she finds Uncle Zeke has left town and then a snowstorm strands her

at the town Inn, managed by Jake Collins (Jake Lacy) and after spending all her money at the Café run by Debbie Collins (Andie MacDowell) she is forced to work for her keep, and in the process, finds purpose and romance.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS CUPID (2018)

 

At Thanksgiving dinner with her family, single College Literature Professor Holly, (Elisabeth Harnois) announces that she has had an article published in a prestigious journal but is soon overshadowed by the revelation that her married sister is pregnant.

So, she is forced to evaluate her life and is persuaded by her best friend Emily (Sasha Jackson) to sign up to a dating app.

After her first three dates didn’t go well, she was ready to throw in the towel rather than risk meeting another “frog” but then she is paired with a “prince” and arranges a date with Lawyer Josh (Chad Michael Collins) who is gorgeous, but she thinks he is all good looks and no substance.

Josh, being a serial womaniser doesn’t want to let a beautiful woman slip through his fingers, so he enlists the help of college roommate David (Jonathan Togo) who is also a Literature Professor at the same college as Holly.

Using the promise of an interview for a lucrative job he persuades David to write love poems to Holly on his behalf in true Cyrano De Bergerac style.

What widowed single parent David is unaware of is that the girl in question is the object of his own affections.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE KNIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (2019)

 

In Norwich, Medieval Knight Sir Cole (Josh Whitehouse) is on a pre-Christmas hunt when he comes upon an Old Crone (Ella Kenion) in the snowy forest and concerned about her welfare, offers to take her back to the Castle on his horse.

Impressed by his kindness and understanding she magically transports him to present-day Ohio where he must perform a mysterious “one true quest” by the end of Christmas Eve.

On arrival during the holiday festivities, he meets a lonely high school science teacher, Brooke (Vanessa Hudgens) who is disillusioned by love after her boyfriend cheated on her.

The significant meeting between them actually occurred when she hit him with her car during a snowstorm.

As he keeps talking about Medieval England and his life as a Knight it is assumed that he has a concussion, so he is taken to hospital.

On his release from hospital with no injuries and being a kindly soul and feeling responsible for his state of mind she allows his to stay in her guesthouse until he feels more himself.

When it becomes apparent to her that he really is a time travelling Knight, Brooke helps Sir Cole navigate the modern world, and gets him out of trouble when he loses his way and tries to help him with his mysterious quest.

Fulfilling the quest is his only path home, but as the two of them grow closer, Brooke hopes he fails in his quest and Sir Cole begins to wonder if returning to his old life is what he really wants.