Monday 8 August 2022

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS COMES HOME (2020)

Abbey (Meggan Kaiser) is a successful big city real estate broker on the verge of a big promotion when she has to return to her former hometown after the death of her grandmother.

The old Victorian home in which she spent so many Christmases as a child has been left to her in her grandmothers will.

She immediately decides to sell up, but the house needs work before she can put it on the market, so she resolves to hire someone, who turns out to be her childhood crush Josh (Zane Stephens).

While working on the house they find delightful Christmas treasure which had been hidden around the house by her grandmother, and with the help of single Dad Josh and his young son Noah (Bryson Jon Steele) she rediscovers her Christmas spirit and questions the wisdom of selling the house which could become her home. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ONE ROYAL HOLIDAY (2020)

 

After the airport is closed due to snow the Royal Family of Galwick are left stranded without transport or anywhere to stay.

However, Anna Jordan (Laura Osnes) sees only a mother Gabriella Galant (Victoria Clark) and son James (Aaron Tveit) in need of help so she offers to drive them to her father’s Hotel where they can sit out the impending blizzard.

Its only when she reaches the Hotel and introduces them to her father Ed (Tom McGowan) that she discovers the true identity of her passengers.

So, while they are snowed in Anna shows the Prince how they do Christmas in her hometown, while their best friends Sara Melnick (Krystal Joy Brown) and Christopher Brooks (Bradley Rose) take advantage of the situation and fall in love.

But after Anna encourages him to open his heart, they soon follow suit.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – DANCING THROUGH CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

Ballet teacher Olivia (AnnaLynne McCord) is struggling to keep her studio afloat as Christmas approaches and plans to close after the Holidays and leave town for pastures new in the New Year.

Before then she has the Christmas production to put on and casts Lily (Bianca Lawrence) in the starring role in The Nutcracker.

But after a few chance meetings with Lily's handsome firefighter father Michael Foster (Colin Lawrence) she soon finds her focus shifting from dance to romance.

For single widow Michael, dipping his toe back into the dating pool after his first romantic connection with a woman since his wife passed away was problematic enough, and even more so with his beautiful daughter's ballet teacher.

So would Lily’s struggle to adjust to his father finding love again extinguish loves embers before they have properly ignited or will Christmas magic work its will.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A MERRY AND BRIGHT CHRISTMAS (2020)

 

Career broadcaster Melissa Merry (Alison Sweeney) and ex NFL footballer Brian Bright (Marc Blucas) co-host the top-rated morning talk show in the country, and to their viewers they are a perfectly amiable duo in front of the cameras.

However, behind the scenes there is great animosity caused by a clash of styles, Mel is a meticulous planner and Brian likes to wing it.

Another difference was that she loves Christmas while he doesn’t celebrate it at all, but despite the differences Mel made it work, so when she is told, Brian has asked to leave the show after the live Christmas Eve Broadcast, she is stunned.

However, she is even more shocked to find out that their normal annual one-off show has been extended to a week culminating on Christmas Eve with a primetime special in the town of Mistletoe.

The series of shows during that week are intended to highlight the town's Christmas traditions but as they progress through a Christmas list of seasonal activities, they find themselves changing the way they view each other, professionally and personally.

But the arrival of his girlfriend Christy (Kat Ruston) looks set to quash any budding romance and there is still Brian’s new job looming on the horizon.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHATEAUX CHRISTMAS (2020)

 

Margot Hammond (Merritt Patterson), is a world famous pianist who has lost her passion for playing and she returns to her hometown to celebrate Christmas with her family at the beautiful Chateau Newhaus.

At the Chateau she is reunited with her ex-boyfriend Jackson Lewis (Luke Macfarlane), who is planning a Christmas concert at the Chateau.

Soon the former bandmates have rekindled their love as they work in harmony to bring the special live music event to remember for friends, family, and the guests.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – FOUR COUSINS AND A CHRISTMAS (2021)

 

Four cousins, Jennifer (Raffaela Capp), Natalyn (Natasha Capp), Millie (Ayla Kell) and Stephanie (Lily Gibson) are summoned home for their beloved grandmother’s memorial by their estranged grandfather, Carlo (Robert Davi).

Having been excited to celebrate Christmas with each other the cousins are unhappy to be around their strict grandfather for the holidays but decide to make the most of the situation and throw a Christmas celebration their grandmother would have enjoyed, with a little pizza and wine.

But issues soon come to the surface and threaten to get in the way but eventually the girls remember family comes first and they celebrate with their grandfather at their side.


Sunday 31 July 2022

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – LETTERS FROM CHRISTMAS PAST (2020)

Newspaper reporter Maddie Contino (Jen Lilley) embarks on a US Navy Tiger Cruise also known as the USS Christmas, during the festive season, where she meets handsome naval officer Lt. Billy Jenkins (Trevor Donovan).

Being a serious career officer, he is less than thrilled to be assigned to assist her in researching a story, but his attitude softens after stumbling on a romantic mystery in the ship's archive regarding an old love story and while doing so begin a love story of their own.