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Top 10 Christmas Movies | 2020 Christmas Movies

January 5, 2021 Cassandra Morgan
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I watched something like 86 Christmas movies this year. There are another 4 movies that I haven’t watched yet. That means there were ninety Christmas movies released between Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, Lifetime, Hulu, and Netflix. That is absolutely bonkers, isn’t it? So here are my top 10 Christmas movies released in 2020.

Honorary Mention: Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker - Since this isn’t really a Christmas movie, I didn’t want to put it in the top 10. However, it is definitely worth watching.

10. Spotlight on Christmas - A very cute actress-comes-home story
9. The Angel Tree - How to give back to your community without making it about yourself
8. Merry Liddle Christmas Wedding - When the sequel is better than the original
7. Cranberry Christmas - Proof that marriage is work and sometimes people don’t really want what they think they want
6. Love, Lights & Hanukkah! - Family is family, even if you’ve never met them before and they were raised in a different religion
5. Just Another Christmas - Foreign Christmas films can be better than American Christmas films
4. The Christmas Setup - The best movie from Lifetime, where the main couple is gay
3. The Christmas House - The movie with the gay secondary couple that broke Hallmark
2. Jingle Jangle - A Christmas musical extravaganza
1. Holly & Ivy - The best movie from Hallmark that shows a community stepping up to care for two children

There you have it. My top 10 Christmas movies of 2020. Let me know if you loved or hated any of the movies on my list. Keep an eye out later this week for my 10 worst list. I’m sure everyone is looking forward to it.

In Movies Tags Christmas movies, Christmas 2020, Best Christmas Movies 2020, Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker, Spotlight on Christmas, The Angel Tree, Merry Liddle Christmas Wedding, Cranberry Christmas, Love Lights Hanukkah!, Just Another Christmas, The Christmas Setup, The Christmas House, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, Holly & Ivy
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Just Another Christmas | 2020 Christmas Movies

December 25, 2020 Cassandra Morgan
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This is the first time I have included an international movie in the annual Christmas reviews. Just Another Christmas (originally titled Tudo Bem No Natal Que Vem) is a Netflix original movie from Brazil. I almost passed on it. I am so glad I didn’t.

Jorge (Leandro Hassum) was born on December 25. As a result, he hates Christmas. After a particularly terrible Christmas with his in-laws, he is cursed by his grandfather-in-law to learn about the true meaning of the holiday. When he wakes up the next morning, an entire year has gone by and it is once again Christmas day. He can’t remember anything that happened during the year, only what happens on Christmas day. Over the next couple of decades of only experiencing Christmas day, Jorge learns how much his family means to him.

When I first turned on Just Another Christmas, I didn’t realize it was a foreign film. Since my list of movies to review this year is so long, I debated skipping it. Instead, I flipped it to the original Portuguese language, popped on the subtitles, and got ready for what I thought was a comedy. It wasn’t supposed to make me cry!

Throughout the movie, we are shown one day - Christmas - for every year of Jorge’s life. Much like Jorge, we don’t know what happens during the year. He has to turn to his wife, Laura (Elisa Pinheiro), to tell him what has gone on in his life and what kind of man he is. Unfortunately, he makes some terrible decisions in the missing time but seeing the results through everyone else’s eyes is heart-wrenching.

I don’t want to give away too much because I really think everyone should watch Just Another Christmas. There are options for Portuguese with English subtitles or English dubbed. It doesn’t matter which way you watch it, as long as you watch it. You’ll definitely want to hug your loved ones afterwards.

In Movies Tags Christmas movie, Christmas 2020, Brazilian movie, Brazil, Netflix, Just Another Christmas, Leandro Hassum, Elisa Pinheiro, Danielle Winits, Louise Cardoso, Arianne Botelho, Miguel Rômulo
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