10 CHRISTMAS ROMANCE MOVIES TO INSPIRE THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT
By Movieguide® Contributor
It’s the most wonderful time of the year to curl up and watch cozy Christmas Romance movies. From new flicks starring your favorite ingenue to timeless tales of romance, this curated Movieguide® list offers the best holiday Rom-Com films.
FALLING FOR CHRISTMAS
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+3 Some minor questionable elements. (Media-wisdom is suggested to discuss.)FALLING FOR CHRISTMAS is a romantic comedy on Netflix about a spoiled hotel heiress, but gets in a ski accident that leaves her with amnesia. FALLING FOR CHRISTMAS creates a light, heartfelt Christmas mood for viewers and is filled with love and family.
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A CHRISTMAS BLESSING
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+4 Biblical, usually Christian, worldview, with no questionable elements whatsoever.A CHRISTMAS BLESSING on the Great American Family network stars Lori Loughlin as a TV chef in New York City who discovers the Christmas Spirit when she unexpectedly takes over her late aunt’s Christmas food bank in Milwaukee. A CHRISTMAS BLESSING tells a delightful, winsome story about the meaning of Christmas, including the joy of giving.
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MY CHRISTMAS HERO
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+4 Biblical, usually Christian, worldview, with no questionable elements whatsoever.MY CHRISTMAS HERO is a wonderful romantic drama on the Great American Family network about a female orthopedic doctor working as a reservist at a hospital treating soldiers who meets and is romanced by a handsome major who runs a center for helping veterans and helps the doctor find out how her grandfather died during World War II in December 1944. MY CHRISTMAS HERO is a powerful Christmas drama laced with many lighthearted moments and great scenes honoring sacrifice, heroism, helping others, hope, and love, including Christ’s birth and sacrifice.
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A ROYAL DATE FOR CHRISTMAS
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+2 Moderately questionable elements.A ROYAL DATE FOR CHRISTMAS on the Great American Family network is about an ordinary, fun-loving clothing shop owner, who agrees to serve as a stylist for a dashing new customer whose luggage is lost but she doesn’t know her new customer is a European duke. A ROYAL DATE FOR CHRISTMAS evokes the magic of a fanciful Christmas romance and highlights classic family traditions of the season.
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THE JINGLE BELL JUBILEE
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+2 Moderately questionable elements.THE JINGLE BELL JUBILEE is a Christmas romance on UPtv about a widower who returns to his hometown in early December to become the city manager and turns to his son’s middle school teacher to help him with the city’s donation drive for needy families, which is part of the town’s annual Christmas festival. THE JINGLE BELL JUBILEE tells a well-rounded and entertaining, though sometimes low-key, story of romance, humor and heartwarming values like gratitude, kindness, compassion for the needy, and making Christmas less materialistic and more meaningful.
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A PARIS CHRISTMAS WALTZ
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+4 Biblical, usually Christian, worldview, with no questionable elements whatsoever.A PARIS CHRISTMAS WALTZ follows a young woman who starts taking ballroom dancing classes, quits her job and suddenly finds herself in a pro-am ballroom competition in Paris at Christmas with a handsome professional dancer she secretly admires. A PARIS CHRISTMAS WALTZ is a joy to watch, with beautiful dance numbers, a lush score, great chemistry between the romantic leads, and overt positive references to the Baby Jesus, Jesus as Savior, answered prayer, and Christian salvation in wonderful renditions of the Christmas carols “Silent Night” and “O Holy Night.”
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JOURNEY TO CHRISTMAS
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+3 Some minor questionable elements. (Media-wisdom is suggested to discuss.)JOURNEY TO CHRISTMAS is a redemptive romance on the Great American Family Channel about the handsome owner of a limousine service in New York City who drives a beautiful model across country to make some charity and professional stops before Christmas, but a snowstorm diverts them to the man’s parents’ house in Illinois, where the couple learns there are more important things in life than just living day by day. JOURNEY TO CHRISTMAS is funny, enjoyable and heartwarming, with charming performances and a strong moral, pro-family worldview that adds a dash of Christmas cheer and Christmas theology while celebrating bits of Mid-Western Americana and a pinch of free-market, capitalist values.
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CHRISTMAS TOWN
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+4 Biblical, usually Christian, worldview, with no questionable elements whatsoever.CHRISTMAS TOWN is a joyful, inspiring movie about a young woman who finds herself spending very well may be one of the best Hallmark Christmas movies to date, with a strong Christian, biblical worldview, pleasant acting, and a refreshing take on a love story. It extols kindness and charity to others, with multiple references to Christianity, the nativity and prayer.
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BRINGING CHRISTMAS HOME
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+4 Biblical, usually Christian, worldview, with no questionable elements whatsoever.BRINGING CHRISTMAS HOME offers a combination of sleuthing, romance, patriotism, and Christmas spirit as an antique dealer teams up with a professor of military history to find potential family members connected to a highly decorated
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THE PRINCESS SWITCH
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+3 Some minor questionable elements. (Media-wisdom is suggested to discuss.)THE PRINCESS SWITCH is about a young woman named Stacy who travels all the way from Chicago to Belgravia for a baking contest and meets a Duchess who looks exactly like her, so the two women switch places. THE PRINCESS SWITCH is a fun, cute and clean movie, with strong positive moral themes, that the whole family can enjoy together.
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