7 new or recent holiday sagas

(Netflix, from E1] single mom Taylor (Alexandra Breckenridge), struggling to make ends meet and pay for her teen daughter's snowboarding lessons, fakes her way into a gig as the resident Santa Claus at a high-end ski resort.

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MEET ME NEXT CHRISTMAS

(SOPHIE GIRAUD Netflix)

While hiding behind a prosthetic mask, jolly red suit and a made-up name (“Hugh Mann”), she forms an unexpected bond with Matthew (Ryan Eggold), the resort's handsome manager.

Dear reader, “My Secret Santa” took me by surprise.

The chemistry between Breckenridge and Eggold truly crackles onscreen, and the clever script gives the actors much to work with.

Impersonating St. Nick, Taylor dispenses amusingly practical advice to children telling her what they want for Christmas. “Where are you gonna put the pony?” she asks one kid. “In your room? It’s gonna poop on the floor.”

Taylor, in disguise, becomes an advisor to Matthew, who has no clue that “Hugh” is also the stylish, world-weary woman he encountered in a record store. He can’t stop thinking about her. (Little does he know.)

Suspend your disbelief! This is a love story that touches the heart and lifts the spirit.

Best way to live vicariously through Minka Kelly: ‘Champagne Problems’

Stuck at home this Christmas, but dreaming of France? Then pour yourself a nice glass of bubbly, grab a cozy blanket and watch Kelly in this effervescent escape that I want to re title “Minka in Paris.”

Kelly portrays Sydney Price, an ambitious, American executive angling to acquire Chateau Cassell, an esteemed Champagne house in the French countryside.

The night before her big pitch, she visits a twinkle-lit bookstore and meet-cutes Henri Cassell (Tom Wozniczka), a soulful poet type who invites her to walk through the City of Light with him. One thing leads to another, and lo and behold, she discovers that his family owns the vineyard that she wants to claim for her company.