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

 

The Secret of the 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 – YOU MAKE IT FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS (2020)

 

Emma (Mary Antonini) and Liz (Nadine Pinette) are business partners in a store that sells handcrafted goods, and they plan a Christmas Eve event for local artisans to showcase their work.

Emma chose Christmas Eve as it was the first Christmas since her mother’s death, so she wanted to use the event as an excuse not to go home for Christmas.

Her military father, Tom (Alex Poch-Goldin) known as "the general" is naturally disappointed and tells ex-soldier Aaron (Michael Xavier) as much when he visits.

But as Aaron is also Emma’s ex-boyfriend, he hatches a plan with his city dwelling cousin (Solange Sookram) to persuade her to spent Christmas with her father, and help her rediscover the giving spirit of the holidays.

But it proves more difficult than he planned as talented artist and designer Emma’s endeavour catches the eye of a design guru and TV Host Kate Marguiles (Stephanie Sy) who sponsors the event.

Along the way the old feelings they shared come to the surface with the potential to ruin everything, but Christmas is the time for hope.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – DELIVERED BY CHRISTMAS (2020)

 

Widower Josh (Eion Bailey) and his young son Charlie (Kesler Talbot) having recently moved to town for a new start, keep running into local bakery owner Molly (Alvina

August) and sparks fly.

But both of them are wary of well-meaning friends and family trying to pair them up with any available singles.

However, when Josh is conscripted into organizing a major Christmas event, he calls Molly’s bakery and the two of them hit it off without either of them realising who the other was.

And Molly is enchanted by her mysterious client and is unaware she's met him in person, and it takes a special Christmas delivery to bring Molly and Josh together in the flesh.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS VILLAGE ROMANCE (2020)

 

Diana (Jeni Ross), a romance novelist with writer’s block, plans to spend Christmas with friends and family in one of her favourite places, a charming pioneer village, Maple Creek.

But the first person she meets is the new village blacksmith and town historian Carter (Jake Epstein) and sparks fly, but not always in a good way.

Then she learns that the attraction is struggling to stay afloat, so she uses her fame to attract visitors to the town and a Christmas Gala, an event which allows visitors to experience Christmas the way the pioneers did.

So, with sparks flying Diana works with Carter, who challenges her at every turn, but their true feelings come to the fore after the Gala and in true Romance Novel style they get a Happily Ever After.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SIT. STAY. LOVE. (2021)

 

Aid worker Annie Blake (Georgia Flood) returns to her hometown in North Haven, Vermont, to spend the holidays with her family after finishing a mission in Nepal, while she waits for her next project with the "Helping Hand" organisation and a possible promotion.

It’s the first time she has been back home since her mother passed away three years earlier and stays with her Aunt Claire (Christine Amor) but having devoted her life to helping people in need she is unable to just relax and enjoy the holidays.

So, she pours all of her energy into rehoming animals from a shelter which brings her into the orbit of local vet and Annie's old school debating nemesis Dylan Hawkes (Ezekiel Simat) and they form a reluctant alliance to settle a ragtag bunch of animals looking for homes.

In the end they manage to create a Christmas that nobody will ever forget, and in the process, find true love.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER –DESTROY, BUILD, DESTROY! (2020)

Julia Rogers (Lexi Giovagnoli) and Chad Everest (Travis Burns) are fiercely rival Realtors who are competitors in the listing of a lifetime, the Farmstead Inn.

But in order to stand a chance of winning they have to stay at the Inn for a week as guests of the owners, Herb and Donna Erickson (Greg Evigan and Susan Chambers), to experience the holiday season at Farmstead.

So, while her sister Jena (Rachel O'Connell) takes care of the office and looks after their Dad, (Bruce Purcell), Julia competes for the listing, however the more activities they do together the less they behave as adversary’s and seem more and more like a couple and their focus changes. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – UNLOCKING CHRISTMAS (2020)

 

At the small-town Cedar Park Hospital, Dr. Kate Stafford (Taylor Cole) is starting a one-year orthopaedic fellowship just before Christmas, the latest in a long line of similar placements.

At the same time, native son of Cedar Falls Kevin Matthews (Steve Lund) is back in town for Christmas for the first time in six years.

After several random encounters they both find festive packages on their doorsteps containing a mysterious old key and a holiday riddle.

Intrigued they both set off independently to solve the riddle and end up simultaneously at an antique mailbox in the town square and inside they find another riddle.

So together they embark on the mission to solve each riddle in turn, and as they do, they start to fall for each other, which makes them both consider a future in Cedar Falls and a possible happily-ever-after.