'Let It Snow' to 'Christmas Waltz', here are Top 10 Christmas movies to make holidays merrier
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: The holiday season is upon us and it’s the time when the entire family gets together to spend some quality time with each other and celebrate the festivities. If you are a movie lover and finding it hard to select from the plethora of movies that are on several streaming services and networks, don’t worry, we have a list of movies that will make your holiday season better.
Networks like Hallmark and Lifetime are known for producing some really amazing Christmas movies while Netflix recently joined the bandwagon and gave some fine holiday-themed films. As the holiday season approaches, here are the top 10 movies you should see in the aforementioned time period to make your Christmas merrier.
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10) ‘A Welcome Home Christmas’ (Lifetime)
The holiday season is all about spreading happiness and that’s what the movie’s leading character Chloe (Jana Kramer) does during Christmas. She is volunteering at the town’s Army Toy drive in the days leading up to Christmas. During the event, she meets a good-looking guy named Michael (Brandon Quinn) who makes her realize what kind of amazing work she is doing. The movie, which was released in 2020, received good reviews from critics as well as audiences and praised the chemistry between the leading actors. Their chemistry was so good that people started believing that Kramer and Quinn were actually dating each other.
Watch this movie for its heartwarming story and tear-jerking ending.
9) ‘A California Christmas’ (Netflix)
This Christmas movie was a bit different than the traditional holiday-themed films and sees a wealthy man trying to acquire a farm deal. However, the woman who manages the farm is not ready to sell the farm and that's where Joseph (Josh Swickard) comes in. Joseph is the son of a wealthy man who is forced to seduce the owner into complying or else lose his lavish lifestyle. As soon as he reaches there, he starts falling in love with the woman and starts to realize why the farm is so special to her.
Viewers noticed that the production level of this movie was much higher than any Hallmark or Lifetime Christmas movie. It is an unassuming movie that has a decent story, solid acting, and some really funny sequences. A touching movie that can be enjoyed with your loved ones.
8) ‘Merry Liddle Christmas Wedding’ (Lifetime)
Christmas movies are nothing without a fee-good story and a lot of drama. Our next entry is the best of both worlds and features some of the finest acting ensembles. Titled ‘Merry Liddle Christmas Wedding’, this Lifetime movie is a sequel to the 2019 movie in which Jacqui (Kelly Rowland) and Tyler (Thomas Cadrot) began their relationship. In the sequel, the couple is ready to enter a new phase and get married to each other. However, chaos ensues when Jacqui’s wedding planner decides to quit just a few days before the best day of their lives.
‘Merry Liddle Christmas Wedding’ is Lifetime’s first-ever Christmas sequel and it’s as good as the original. The movie has a lot of Christmas spirit and feels like a refreshing take on holiday-themed movies. Rowland gives a spectacular performance as Jacqui and keeps everyone glued to their screens. If someone is trying to have a wedding during the Christmas holidays, you can take inspiration from this one.
7) ‘Christmas Waltz’ (Hallmark)
There’s no one better than Hallmark in making cute and lovely Christmas movies and ‘Christmas Waltz’ is one of the best examples of mixing dance with Christmas festivities. The network didn’t shy away from making this one of their biggest Christmas movies as they roped in two brilliant actors, Will Kemp and Lacey Chabert, to make things even more interesting. ‘Christmas Waltz’ is a story about Avery who gets dumped by her fiancé a month before having a dreamy Christmas wedding. She is heartbroken and decides to take the series of Ballroom lessons that were originally intended for her wedding. She meets David, the owner of the dance school, and starts getting her lessons. As they meet each other for the lessons, their relationship gets stronger and they start falling in love with each other.
It is undoubtedly one of the better Hallmark movies. Lacey Chabert and Will Kemp are phenomenal and the film is as feel-good as a romantic TV movie could get. The choreography is brilliant throughout and the final dance sequence is a treat to watch. ‘Christmas Waltz’ is undoubtedly a great movie to watch this holiday season.
6) ‘A Castle for Christmas’ (Netflix)
How can you say no to a Christmas movie that has Brooke Shields in it? It’s impossible to do that and when ‘A Castle for Christmas’ came out, it surpassed all expectations. The movie sees a famed author Sophie Brown (Shields) traveling to Scotland and hoping to buy a castle of her own. However, the castle’s owner, Duke Myles (Cary Elwes), is reluctant to sell it to a foreigner. Working to find a compromise, the pair constantly butt heads, but they just may find something more than they were expecting.
There's some stress the characters undergo, and predictably so. But it’s a Christmas movie and there can’t be a sad ending. To be honest, this movie is cheesy, but the cast puts in performances that keep us firmly in the story. The movie is all about a second chance at love.
Recommended for sure!
5) ‘A Sugar and Spice Holiday’ (Lifetime)
‘A Sugar and Spice Holiday’ is not just an ordinary Christmas movie it has a lot of history attached to it. The movie follows the journey of a young Asian woman named Suzie (Jacky Lai), a young architect, who has returned to her hometown where her parents are running a Lobster bar. After the death of her grandmother, who was a legendary baker, she takes the responsibility of carrying her legacy forward by taking part in a gingerbread competition. She teams up with an old high-school friend Billy (Tony Giroux) and embarks on a journey to find the right ingredients to win the competition and find love in the process.
This movie is significant for a lot of reasons. It is the first-ever Lifetime movie to have an all-Asian cast and broke all the stereotypes. The film went on to become a huge success because of its lovely storytelling and brilliant performances, especially from Jacky Lai and Tzi Ma. The story is charming and moving, and doesn't go down the cheesy or sugary sweet route.
Definitely, a must-watch!
4) ‘Let It Snow’ (Hallmark)
If Lacey Chabert is known as the ‘Queen of Hallmark Movies’, then Candace Cameron Bure is not far away from having that title as well. The movie sees Bure playing the role of Stephanie, who is best described as Uncle Scrooge by her loved ones because she hates the winters and everything that comes with it. However, the magic of Christmas can turn things around for anyone and that’s what happens with Stephanie when she goes to his father’s brand-new ski lodge for business. During her time there, she understands the importance of Christmas and starts to how magical the festival really is.
Although the movie is predictable at times, it’s written so beautifully that you are hooked to your screens. There’s no doubt this is one of the finest Hallmark movies ever produced and features a brilliant performance from Bure that will leave you in awe.
Most importantly, it reminds us that the magic of Christmas will never be over.
3) ‘Scrooge: A Christmas Carol’ (Netflix)
Now, the name Scrooge does ring a bell and you are right in thinking that it has to do something with the iconic Charles Dickens’ story. The Netflix animation movie, ‘Scrooge: A Christmas Carol’, is a refreshing take on the classic tale and sees Uncle Scrooge traveling back in time to realize what Christmas is all about. Boasted by phenomenal animation, this Netflix movie is an instant classic. The voice cast, including Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman, and Luke Evans, is terrific.
Yes, the movie has a fair share of darker moments, but it also has a lot more positive slants than the previous editions.
The movie is currently playing in theatres for a limited period of time and will be streaming exclusively on Netflix on December 2.
2) ‘Home Alone’
It’s almost criminal to not include this movie in the list of finest Christmas films. ‘Home Alone’ is the perfect example of how a brilliant holiday movie should be made. It follows the journey of an 8-year-old boy named Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) who is forced to live in the attic when he starts acting up a day before the much-awaited family trip. However, his family mistakenly leaves without him and what happens next is something historic. The movie does a good job of making people laugh throughout as it is filled with nostalgia.
Culkin is the soul of the movie and does an extraordinary job. Meanwhile, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern are the scene stealers in this funny movie. Even after 32 years, ‘Home Alone’ is a gem that continues to shine bright.
1) ‘A Royal Christmas’ (Hallmark)
Imagine this: you are preparing to spend your holidays with your boyfriend and you want it to be special. But things go wild when he announces that he is the heir to the throne of Cordinia and wants you to travel to his home so that he can make you meet his parents. That’s what ‘A Royal Christmas’ is all about. But there are a lot of elements that make this movie so enjoyable. The holiday between the couple seems to be a hard examination of how strong their relationship is because the Queen of Cordonia (Jane Seymour) is trying to break the relationship between her son (Stephen Hagan) and a commoner (Lacey Chabert) from Philadelphia.
This movie turned out to be a game-changer for Chabert because she became a fan favorite after the movie and Hallmark started collaborating with her frequently. Meanwhile, Jane Seymour gives another classic performance in this thoroughly enjoyable Christmas movie.
In any case, it is an excellent movie.
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